Anna Horndahl

Anna brings a global perspective shaped by more than two decades of advising businesses across the United States and Europe, including a two-year capital markets rotation in London. Her cross-market experience informs a leadership approach grounded in trust, disciplined innovation and long-term value creation.

An Assurance partner at Ernst & Young LLP with more than 24 years of public accounting experience at Big Four firms, Anna is a business-minded leader who has led complex audit engagements for multinational public and private companies across sectors, including private equity portfolio companies. Her work spans initial public offerings (IPOs), mergers, carve-out audits, equity and debt offerings, complex reporting, and private placements.

Anna also serves as the EY Americas Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Program Director, overseeing one of the organization’s most prestigious entrepreneurship platforms across the United States, Canada and Latin America. In this role, she leads a connected ecosystem that recognizes, convenes and supports high-growth entrepreneurs — helping founders navigate complexity and scale with confidence.

Anna earned her BBA in Accounting from Texas State University in San Marcos, where she was a student-athlete on the track and field team. She is a CPA in Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

How Anna is shaping the future with confidence

I’m passionate about giving back and positively impacting the next generation of entrepreneurs. I’m actively involved with Junior Achievement of Central Texas and Habitat for Humanity. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: “Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.”