About
Elia Barry joined Mainsail Partners in 2025 in an executive support role for Partners in the San Francisco office and remote mid-level executives. She previously spent nearly six years as an Executive Assistant at Kleiner Perkins, supported investment bankers at RBC Capital Markets, and coordinated administrative work for the Client Relations Group at Morrison & Foerster LLP. She holds a Bachelor's in Fine Arts from Loyola Marymount University.
Experience
- Mainsail PartnersExecutive Assistantcurrent2025 — present
- Kleiner PerkinsExecutive Assistant2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- RBC Capital MarketsExecutive Assistant2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Morrison & Foerster LLPClient Relations Coordinator2014 — 2018San Francisco, CA
- Behavioral Medical ClinicAdministrative Assistant2007 — 2014San Mateo, CA
Education
- Loyola Marymount UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature, General2007 — 2011
Skills & more
Office Administration3Administrative Assistants3Creative Writing3Organizational Effectiveness2Customer ServiceSocial Media1Social Networking2ProofreadingSportsTypingMicrosoft Excel2Microsoft Word2
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KeynotePowerPointWindowsInternetWritingLanguages Spanish
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Shared employers
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Colleagues at Mainsail Partners
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Senior Manager, GTM Strategy & Operations at Mainsail Partners
Ania Frankel
Senior Director, Internal Operations at Mainsail Partners
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Partner at Mainsail Partners
Anurag Sharma
Associate at Mainsail Partners
Apoorva Polisetty
Talent Director at Mainsail Partners
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