Ann Rogers is the founder of Tales of the Cocktail, an annual culinary event celebrating the history of the cocktail in New Orleans which is in its fourth year. She has planned, implemented and promoted the event since its inception in 2003. Tales of the Cocktail was created as the first anniversary celebration of the New Orleans Original Cocktail Tour. Rogers is also the founder of the Cocktail Tour, which started in 2002, and is currently operated by Gray Line New Orleans.

In 2006, for Tales of the Cocktail's fourth year, Ann formed the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society to preserve New Orleans' dining and drinking history, raise funds for the hospitality industry and produce the annual event. Currently, Ann works with the Society to further its mission and to produce Tales of the Cocktail, generate media attendance and coverage for the event and New Orleans and attract visitors to the city to attend it.

During a three-month temporary move to New York City in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina, Ann was hired as an Account Executive with Bratskeir and Company, a marketing and public relations firm that represents 25 clients and their leading national brands. Ann worked with illy Coffee for Bratskier, planning multiple consumer and media events in the New York City area.

As the founder and owner of Sponsor One, a full-service sponsorship and event marketing company, Ann has helped multiple clients in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast including Audubon Nature Institute, The National D-Day Museum, The New Orleans Children's Museum, Red Bull and Cox Communications. Most recently, Ann planned and implemented the launch parties and media relations for Arnaud's Restaurant's newest bar, French 75, and assisted in the planning and media relations for the grand reopening of Morton's The Steakhouse in New Orleans. Ann also planned the marketing and media relations for the opening of Masquerade, Harrah's new $15 million club.

Prior to Ann's founding of Sponsor One, she was Promotions & Marketing Director/Event Marketing/New Business Development Director for WVUE-TV, FOX-8 News. While at FOX-8, Ann founded and developed the FOX Event Marketing Division. Ann has also worked as a media buyer for an advertising agency, as a promotions director for New Orleans radio stations and was the first franchise owner of Three Dog Bakery.

Ann's accolades include being named a ÒWoman of the YearÓ by New Orleans CityBusiness in November 2004 and as a ÒTop 40 Under 40Ó by Gambit in 2004 as well. In 2005, She was also named to the ÒPower GenerationÓ by New Orleans CityBusiness in 2003. Ann's event, Tales of the Cocktail, won an award from the American Marketing Association New Orleans Chapter for ÒBest Consumer Special Event.Ó The New Orleans Original Cocktail Tour won ÒMost Creative TourÓ from Gray Line Worldwide during their annual awards in 2002. Ann also won several awards during her career at FOX-8 including the Emmis Communications Great Idea Contest, the New Business Director of the Year, the Revenue Systems Rookie of the Year Award and the first ever FOX-8 Spirit Award.

Ann received a BA in Marketing and Certificate in Event Marketing and Management from the University of New Orleans. Ann was also the first person in the United States to receive an Advanced Diploma in Sponsorship Marketing from the European Sponsorship Consultants Associations.

Over the past several years, Ann has volunteered her time with the Children's Charity Foundation, the NO Aids Task Force, Odyssey House and as a participant in the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade.