Ann Ellis Raynolds died at home on February 28, 2023 after a long life committed to making the world a better place. Born on July 25 ^th 1928 to George Adams Ellis and Margaret Richards Ellis, the family lived in New York and Vermont. Ann subsequently graduated from Chapin, Westover, Cornell University, Goddard College and Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

Work towards the cause of social justice began in 1965 when Ann organized Head Start in Springfield, VT and went on to serve as co-director of the Windsor/Windham counties child development corporation known as the Consumer Controlled Community Child Care Inc. Recognizing the psychological causes and effects of inequitable social systems, Ann obtained a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Her work extended to Boston where she directed The Family Project dedicated to bringing mental health services into the homes of a diverse inner city community. During this time, she also coordinated efforts with Roxbury Comprehensive and Whittier Street Community Health Center.

After three years working at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, she became clinical director of Boston City Hospital Department of Child Psychiatry where she worked until 1999 and lectured on family systems in the faculty of Boston University. She was also on the faculty of Harvard University School of Medicine and worked in the department of Child Psychiatry at Beth Israel Hospital. Ann was active in civil rights issues, serving on the Advisory Committee to Eyes on the Prize before and during its production by Blackside, Inc. She was also active in the Greater Boston Interfaith Project as a member of Trinity Church Copley Square.

On her return to Vermont, Ann worked for Marion Cross School, then as consulting psychologist for Rivendell School District and in her private practice in Quechee. Ann was active in local and state politics, tirelessly advocating for universal healthcare and speaking up for anti-racist objectives. Her dying wish was to have a chapter of NAACP in Windsor county, and it looks like it will come to be. Chapter certification is scheduled for May 2023.

Ann is survived by her children, Christopher Raynolds, Timothy Raynolds and Madeline Raynolds. Dorothy Raynolds died in 2018. A private family memorial will be held; no flowers, no gifts, but only "daily acts of loving-kindness" are requested in Ann's memory.