Annie Breckling, Director of Corporate Sales and Business Development for the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology management at the Stevens Institute of Technology, joined the Steven’s team in 2005. She is responsible for strengthening relationships with corporations and increasing enrollment within the Howe School’s graduate programs.
Ms. Breckling brings a strong background of business development, education, and non-profit management to the role. Before joining Stevens, she was Manager of Business Development at Antenna Audio, Inc., the world's leader in audio/audio-visual tour content and technology for museums, historic sites, and corporations. Ms. Breckling independently managed 10 states in the U.S. plus sections of Eastern Canada. In addition to opening new markets, she championed new technology and worked closely with new product development to successfully promote and sell the first multimedia PDA tour in American Sign Language in the United States. Clients included the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney, Guggenheim, Louvre, Vatican, Versailles, Alcatraz, Graceland and the Intel Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
In 1998, Ms. Breckling created her own start-up non-profit organization, the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the only training orchestra in the region dedicated to the development of professional orchestra musicians. As Founder and Managing Director, she grew the orchestra to larger proportions than ever expected, attracting over 400 rotating musicians in the short space of 8 months. She created educational programs on effective audition techniques, master classes with acclaimed musicians, and opportunities to read and rehearse important repertoire with members of the New Jersey Symphony.
Prior to creating the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Breckling served as Music Director of several orchestras and guest conducted throughout the country.
Ms. Breckling is a graduate of Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL, with a Bachelor of Music degree. While still an undergraduate, she completed a Master’s thesis in music theory, as well as doctoral coursework to become the first undergraduate orchestral conducting major in the school’s history. She pursued additional graduate studies in music education and theory at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
