Annie Milroy Price

I was born in Mansa, Zambia, spent my early childhood in Scotland and England, and came of age in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Since then, the Blue Ridge Mountains have been home.

Those early transitions taught me to pay attention. To people, to landscapes, and to the ways the two shape and belong to each other. That orientation has stayed with me.

My parents were formative influences in how I see and how I work.

My mother, Sandy Milroy, a lifelong mixed-media artist who created a beloved children's art school, taught me how to hold creative space with intention and possibility. We later built a small business together, rooted in a shared love of pattern, texture, and color.

My father, Tom Milroy, spent decades working across more than twenty countries in public health and systems change. His global perspective and faith in intuition continue to shape how I approach complex work.

Together, they instilled a way of working grounded in curiosity, compassion, and a belief that meaningful things are built through devotion.

My educational background is in Cultural Anthropology from UNC-Chapel Hill. It trained me to observe systems, culture, and human behavior with care and without rushing to conclusions.

For well over two decades, I have worked across the for-profit and nonprofit sectors in entrepreneurial development, much of that time in close partnership with a long-standing regional organization supporting small business and entrepreneurial development.

I have supported more than twelve hundred entrepreneurs and business teams as they develop plans and bring them to life. Alongside this work, I have designed and stewarded curriculum and cohort-based learning programs that support leadership and entrepreneurial development.

Over time, this work led to the development of the Birds Eye Atlas and the R2C2 core design pattern: Restore. Reflect. Create. Connect. They help guide decision-making and the design of thoughtful learning environments.

My work today brings together strategy, facilitation, learning design, and reflective practice.

I am often invited into moments where there is complexity, uncertainty, or an important decision to be made. I bring structure where it is needed and make space where clarity has yet to emerge.

This work is relational at its core. Much of it unfolds over time through ongoing conversations, shared inquiry, and the extended arc of building something meaningful.

My training in yoga and nervous system regulation informs how I hold space, particularly in retreat settings. Restoration is not separate from the work. It is where the work begins.

Thank you for making your way here.