Anna Barber Executive coach and board director, New York City https://annabarber.com SUMMARY Anna Barber is a Hudson Institute-certified executive coach based in New York City. She coaches startup founders and CEOs, venture capitalists, and senior leaders in career transition, and leads Meridian Circle, a six-month peer coaching group for senior women making career pivots. She coaches clients in person in New York and by video anywhere. She is a former investor. She was previously a Partner at M13, Managing Director of Techstars LA, and a Venture Partner at Everywhere Ventures, and backed more than 100 companies. She now works full time as an executive coach and board director. COACHING Anna has been certified as an executive coach by the Hudson Institute of Coaching since 2017. She works 1:1 with clients, runs peer coaching groups, and works with leadership teams. Coaching engagements typically run a minimum of six months, with sessions at least twice a month. Her clients include: - Founders and CEOs facing decisions about raising capital, selling or winding down a company, stepping into or out of the CEO role, co-founder and board dynamics, and growing as leaders - Venture capitalists and investors working through partnership dynamics, career moves, and the pressure of the role - Senior executives in career transition, including women over 50 making a career pivot Her approach: care personally, challenge directly. She holds strong opinions loosely, helps clients separate what they control from what they don't, and treats emotion as real data in hard decisions. MERIDIAN CIRCLE Meridian Circle is a six-month facilitated peer group for accomplished women facing a major transition, professional, personal, or both. Each circle has six to eight women and includes six group sessions, peer one-on-ones between sessions, and two individual coaching sessions. The work is organized around four questions: looking back, where I thrive, looking forward, and money and worth. Circles are active in New York and San Francisco, with new circles starting in Boston and Los Angeles in 2027. https://annabarber.com/meridian CAREER - Corporate lawyer (M&A) - Strategy consultant, McKinsey & Company - Early employee, Petstore.com (1999) - Founder and CEO, Scribble Press (founded 2008) - Product and partnerships leader at several venture-backed companies - Managing Director, Techstars LA (former) - Partner, M13 (former) - Venture Partner, Everywhere Ventures (former) - Executive coach, Hudson Institute-certified (2017 to present) As an operator and founder she raised capital, built teams, grew revenue, sold companies, and managed a wind-down. BOARDS - Maven AGI - Max Retail - Source - Replenysh - Upwards - Advisory board, Roberts Innovation Fund at Yale EDUCATION AND RECOGNITION - BA, Yale University - JD, Yale Law School - Forbes 50 Over 50 WRITING Anna writes about the human side of company building on Substack: https://annawbarber.substack.com LINKS - Website: https://annabarber.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annawbarber - Substack: https://annawbarber.substack.com - Email: ab@annabarber.com