Podcast: Barbara C. Archer

Barbara C. Archer On Leadership and the Entreprenurial Spirit

Join Sharon Fiehler as she talks with a woman who is at the top of her game — Barbara Archer. Fierce from the beginning, you’ll hear how Barbara stood her ground in her first job after college as a lab supervisor in an all male industry and worked her way to the top as Managing Director and Partner of HighTower St. Louis Wealth Advisors. Barbara candidly shares the decisions and practices that led her to becoming the success she is as well as invaluable educational and career advice for girls.

About Barbara

Barbara has received numerous industry awards and recognitions, including:
· St. Louis Business Journal’s “Most Influential Business Women” (2017);
· Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors" (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018);
· Worth Magazine’s “Top 250 Advisors” (2008); and 
· Forbes’s “Leading Wealth Managers of the Central United States” (2009).

Barbara earned her BS and MBA degrees from the University of Dayton and completed the Wharton Executive Education Program on Retirement Risk and the Harvard Business School Executive Education Course Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director. She holds designations as a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP™), Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®), Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®) and Certified Family Business Specialist (CFBS). She is a member and past President of the St. Louis Chapter of the Financial Planning Association and a member and past Board Committee Chair of the Estate Planning Council.

Outside of work, Barbara lives here credo, “Always grateful and never satisfied.” She is a passionate community volunteer, serving on the boards of the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Public Radio, Mercy Health Foundation and the Center of Creative Arts (COCA). She continues to support the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Legacy Partners, Mercy Women with a Mission and St. Louis Forum. She is a donor advisor for the HighTower St. Louis Wealth Advisors Charitable Foundation.