Anne L. Head of Yarmouth is the Commissioner of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Her appointment was made by Governor John E. Baldacci on August 22, 2008. She was reappointed by Governor Paul R. LePage on January 6, 2011 and reappointed and sworn in by Governor Mills on February 5, 2019.
Anne continues to serve as Director of the Department's Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, a position she has held since March 11, 1996. The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation is a state agency responsible for protecting the public health, safety and welfare through the regulatory functions of professional and occupational licensing programs.
Previously, Anne served as General Counsel of the Maine Health Care Finance Commission. She is a graduate of Ithaca College and Catholic University Law School. Prior to her service at the Maine Health Care Finance Commission, Anne acted as legal counsel to the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C.