Anna Russell is the Deputy Director for the Cornell University Law Library. Prior to her appointment at Cornell, she was a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals library branch manager, based in Anchorage, Alaska. Anna began her law library career in a warmer climate, though, at the University of San Diego’s Pardee Legal Research Center.

She is also a current sitting board member for the American Association of Law Libraries. Before her library career, she worked as an intelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has also honorably served as a United States Surface Warfare Naval Officer. Anna received a BA from the University of Notre Dame, a JD from the University of San Diego, and an MLIS from San Diego State University.