Anne Carr’s lobbying career started in 1980 when she assumed the in-house lead lobbyist role for the Tennessee State Employees Association. She was also executive director of the 16,000 member organization for two years. She took on government relations responsibilities for the Tennessee Health Care Association in 1985. As a contract lobbyist beginning in 1986, Carr developed her reputation as knowledgeable on a wide range of health care issues, including those affecting teaching hospitals, primary care centers, pharmaceutical companies, and psychiatrists. At SHC she focuses on health care but also works on a variety of business issues. In her work for the community, Carr has served voluntarily as a small business representative to the regional Workforce Investment Board, on the state's Perinatal Advisory Committee, as President of Nashville CARES, and as a member of the Metro Nashville Storm Water Management Committee.

Carr, a Knoxville native, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Tennessee and has a master's degree in Public Administration from UT and Tennessee State University. She has a daughter who is 21 and a son who is 14.