 Anne E. Derse completed her Bachelor of Arts in French and Linguistics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1976 and her Master of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1981.She also graduated with distinction from the State Department's Economic and Commercial Studies program in 1989.Derse is married to fellow (now retired) foreign service officer E. Mason "Hank" Hendrickson.