Anne P. Mitchell (born April 3, 1958) is an attorney and the founder and CEO of the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy.
[2][3] Upon moving to California to attend Stanford Law School she founded the first fathers' rights BBS which she ran from her student housing.
She joined Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), the first formal anti-spam organization, as Director of Legal and Public Affairs.
[6] A year later Mitchell left Habeas to found and run the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP).
[8] In September 2005, Mitchell founded Auction Aid to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, enlisting donated items from friends and colleagues Guy Kawasaki, Béla Fleck, Warren Farrell, Anne Fadiman, Eduardo Sánchez and Sir Harold Evans, to raise more than $5,000.