Our Mission
CAREER FULFILLMENT FOR ALL WOMEN.
We help women who are stuck in their work, transition into their ideal career or business with our proven career change system that guarantees they will feel excited for work on Monday.
OUR MISSION
CAREER FULFILLMENT
FOR ALL WOMEN.
We help women who are stuck in their work, transition into their ideal career or business with our proven career change system that guarantees they will feel excited for work on Monday.
ABOUT ANNA
Anna is the creator of CLASS: The Love Your Work and Life System and The Classy Career Girl Certified Career Coach Program. She is a former corporate consultant turned entrepreneur. Her website was picked as one of Forbes Top 100 Websites For Women and one of Forbes 35 Most Influential Career Sites. She’s been featured on Fox, The Wall Street Journal and People StyleWatch magazine. Anna was nominated as San Diego Magazine’s Woman of the Year and her podcast was named as Yahoo’s 10 Best Podcasts.
Prior to founding Classy Career Girl in 2010, Anna worked for Booz Allen Hamilton where she spent 8 years managing a client delivery team and managed a $75M annual U.S. Navy budget. She was a Certified Adjunct Instructor at Booz Allen Hamilton and a Professor of Management at DeVry University. She received her MBA from University of California, San Diego and is currently traveling around Europe with her husband and three daughters.
How I Found My Calling
My life wasn’t always happy and my career hasn’t always been good. I had a lot of stress and overwhelm in my corporate consulting job. I dreaded Mondays…
My dream was…
…to be a happy working mama someday. By 2012 I was starting to gain some confidence because the little blog that I started in 2010 was starting to gain a little bit of website traffic and press requests. I was starting to get confidence and clarity.
I knew I had more potential and more purpose in my life than sitting in a cubicle all day crunching numbers. I just couldn’t find the time to make a change and we were drowning in debt.
I literally worked from sun up to sun down. I felt like there was no way out. Sometimes I would just go to my car and cry during my lunch break. I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up and the stress of doing other people’s jobs was affecting my health.
That’s when I hit rock bottom.
…and created a new plan for my life. I went on a journey to discover more of myself and what career fulfillment was for me. I wasn’t going back to my old way of life. I made a decision to make a change and keep moving forward.
My life really turned around over the next year. I got really serious on what my vision was and what my ideal career was and I created a 90-day plan to make it happen.
That next year was amazing.
We had our first daughter in 2014. I also finally got clear and focused on what my ideal career was and committed to it, which led to my business taking off and being able to quit my day job just 6 weeks after maternity leave started.
I actually built up my business on the side of my day job so that three weeks after I quit, I was flown with my husband and daughter to Brazil for my first international speaking event. I never even dreamed that would be a reality but it was.
I continued to create coaching programs and work individually with clients and in 2019, all of my programs were consolidated into my CLASS Membership and since then, I’ve been able to help hundreds of women make more money doing work they love.
My dreams were coming true.
I just wanted to be that happy, working mama. My dream was so simple and that’s me today. We had two more daughters, Sienna, in 2018, and Etta, in 2021. I love to have the freedom and flexibility to hang out with my daughters whenever I want.
I also have work I absolutely love. I get to help women launch their dream careers and businesses and that makes me so happy that I get to help impact other women every single day.
I am so grateful that after 10 years of Career Coaching, I now get to transfer my knowledge and experience to other Career Coaches through my Certified Career Coach program. It’s truly a dream job and I can’t wait to continue helping women around the world make their dreams happen.
My dream was…
…to be a happy working mama someday. By 2012 I was starting to gain some confidence because the little blog that I started in 2010 was starting to gain a little bit of website traffic and press requests. I was starting to get confidence and clarity.
I knew I had more potential and more purpose in my life than sitting in a cubicle all day crunching numbers. I just couldn’t find the time to make a change and we were drowning in debt.
I literally worked from sun up to sun down. I felt like there was no way out. Sometimes I would just go to my car and cry during my lunch break. I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up and the stress of doing other people’s jobs was affecting my health.
That’s when I hit rock bottom.
…and created a new plan for my life. I went on a journey to discover more of myself and what career fulfillment was for me (teaching!) I wasn’t going back to my old way of life. I made a decision to make a change and keep moving forward.
My life really turned around over the next year. I got really serious on what my vision was and what my ideal career was and I created a 90-day plan to make it happen.
That next year was amazing.
We had our first daughter, Mila, in 2014. I also finally got clear and focused on what my ideal career was and committed to it, which led to my business taking off and being able to quit my day job after maternity leave.
I actually built up my business on the side of my day job so that three weeks after I quit, I was flown with my husband and daughter to Brazil for my first international speaking event. I never even dreamed that would be a reality but it was.
My dreams were coming true.
I just wanted to be that happy, working mama. My dream was so simple and that’s me today. We had another daughter, Sienna in 2018 and Etta in 2021. So I have three daughters and I love to have the freedom and flexibility to hang out with them whenever I want.
I also have work that I absolutely love. I get to help women launch their dream careers and businesses and that makes me so happy that I get to help impact other women every single day.
Three ways to get involved
A little bit more about
Anna Runyan
(rapid fire style!)
What do you do in your free time?
When I’m not working, you can find me driving my kids around or pushing a kid on a swing at a park. I love traveling and exploring new towns and places with my family as well as reading and listening to podcasts. You can find me pushing the stroller around town with my smoothie and latest podcast download.
Share 3 fun facts about yourself.
1. I can’t get enough sour gummy worms.
2. I’ve got way too many unread books on my bookshelf that I swear I am going to start this weekend.
3. I’m a wife and Pinterest loving mom trying to find balance and enjoy a hot cup of coffee…
Where are you from?
I grew up in Minnesota where I could be found near a lake in the summer or near an ice arena in the winter.
Where are you now?
After 20 years living in San Diego, meeting my husband there, having our three kids and planning to never leave the sunshine, we decided to make a big change to work, homeschool, and travel around Europe.
A little bit more about
Anna Runyan
(rapid fire style!)
What do you do in your free time?
When I’m not working, you can find me driving my kids around or pushing a kid on a swing at a park. I love traveling and exploring new towns and places with my family as well as reading and listening to podcasts. You can find me pushing the stroller around town with my smoothie and latest podcast download.
Share 3 fun facts about yourself.
1. I can’t get enough sour gummy worms.
2. I’ve got way too many unread books on my bookshelf that I swear I am going to start this weekend.
3. I’m a wife and Pinterest loving mom trying to find balance and enjoy a hot cup of coffee…
Where are you from?
I grew up in Minnesota where I could be found near a lake in the summer or near an ice arena in the winter.
Where are you now?
After 20 years living in San Diego, meeting my husband there, having our two kids and planning to never leave the sunshine, we decided to make a big change after COVID and move to Wisconsin to be near family. Any tips for surviving winter, please send our way!
Our Mission
To help all women find career fulfillment.
Our Vision
For our kids to see their moms loving work and that we teach our kids that work isn’t something to dread.
OUR WHY
We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact in the world and make a difference in our careers, businesses and lives.
Our Values
Help first. Never stop learning. Make a difference. Don’t waste time.
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