Navigate Forward
Anne Sample serves as the CEO and owner of Navigate Forward, Inc., a leading provider of Executive Transition Services, since March 2019. Additionally, Anne is a contributing author for Kiplinger since July 2022. Previous roles include Chief People Officer at both Coffee & Bagel Brands and Caribou Coffee from August 2016 to August 2018, where responsibilities involved strategic HR leadership and M&A support. Anne has held senior HR positions at Thrivent Financial as SVP and Chief Human Resource Officer, PepsiAmericas as EVP HR, and Walker Digital as EVP Human Resources, among others. Notable early experience includes roles at Citigroup and PepsiCola North America, focusing on talent development and organizational effectiveness. Anne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and an MBA from The University of Toledo.
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Navigate Forward
Navigate Forward exists to help executives successfully navigate career transitions with intentionality and purpose, and we bring the confidentiality, candor, and credentials necessary in these sensitive, significant moments. Since our inception in 2008, we’ve delivered on this belief and purpose in working with more than 2,500 clients and 470 companies across the U.S. and around the world. We are proud to be a certified women-owned business. Our powerhouse team of consultants and advisors bring an average of 30 years experience as corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, board members and mentors, communicators and change managers, HR professionals and executive recruiters. And, our job isn’t done until an executive has successfully landed smoothly at their destination. Our values guide the delivery of our highly customized, concierge-style coaching. They reflect who we are and what you can expect from us: expertise and service excellence, confidentiality and trust, compassion and care, collaboration and respect, and accountability and follow-through.