Meredith Schwarz

I am a previous small business owner. I founded an executive search firm in Newport Beach, CA in 1989, Barnes & Associates Executive Search, INC. We specialized in the high tech industry placing sales and marketing executives. It was a fun and exciting time in my life. In 2003 my husband and I decided to purchase our home in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Our only child had gone off to college and we were ready for a change. I commuted back and forth until my husband Richard could retire from Boeing.

In November 2005 we sailed from Long Beach, CA to St. Augustine, FL aboard our 50ft Gulfstar ketch. It was a trip of a lifetime. Since then we have thoroughly enjoyed the sailing grounds that the east coast of the US has to offer. Many winters we have sailed to the Bahamas enjoying both the Abacos and the Exumas. Summers have been spent sailing up the eastern seaboard to New England. We have found Maine to be a sailor’s paradise in the summertime.

For the last 5 years I have been heavily involved with the Guardian ad Litem program out of St. John’s County. We are the voice of the child in the court room after they have been removed from their family due to neglect or abuse. It is an extremely rewarding experience and I look forward to continue work with them.

So I have had my sabbatical and am biting at the bit to get back into action. I miss the excitement of the business world!

I am excited to bring my experience of negotiating and counseling individuals in making lifetime