Ana Maria Barella
Founder & Executive Coach | Masterwork LLC
Ana Maria Barella is a transformational executive coach, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience guiding leaders, teams, and organizations through change, growth, and reinvention. She is the founder of Masterwork Coaching, where she supports clients in gaining mastery of themselves, the moment, and their mission.
She brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, creative insight, and deep empathy to her work. She partners with leaders in various industries, including finance, law, healthcare, higher education, technology, and the public sector, to elevate executive presence, strengthen communications, and align career and business goals with core values. Her clients include Fortune 100 & 500 executives, rising leaders, TED/TEDx speakers, artists, entrepreneurs, creatives, and mission-driven changemakers.
She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). She also holds advanced certifications in team coaching, facilitation and training. and is qualified to administer assessments such as Hogan, Myers-Briggs, DISC, Emotional Intelligence, Benchmarks 360, Workplace Big 5, Insights Discovery, and other assessments.
With a Master of Design Methods from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a BA in Media and Communication from UNC Chapel Hill, Ana Maria integrates design thinking, neuroscience, and storytelling to create space for reflection, clarity, and action.
Her presence is grounding and galvanizing, inviting clients to move beyond their comfort zones with clarity and confidence. She is both warm and challenging in a way that helps clients gain clarity of intention, presence, and authenticity. Clients emerge stronger, more self-aware, and ready for what’s next.
Coaching Specialties: Leadership Development, Career Transition, Personal Branding, Executive Presence, Communications, Presentation Skills, Confidence Building, Navigating Transitions in Life, Team Coaching, Work-Life Balance, Strategic Planning and Prioritization, Time and Energy Management
