Ann Wilcek Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, MN, US

* Provide consultative support around capacity growth, sales growth, and advice to senior field leaders in the Advisor Groups including Group Vice Presidents (GVPs), Market Vice Presidents, Market Directors, and Market Developers.* Accountable to deliver best in class services, insights, and resources to the GVP teams as well as coordinate and collaborate.

* Lead the development and execution of initiatives that drove growth and culture for the Advisor Group.* Responsible for planning and forecasting the Advisor Group budget and other operational resources.* Built and maintained a high-performing team.* Lead execution of change management.* Drove efficiency and effectiveness of the Advisor Group Leadership.

• Dedicated and focused professional who has a proven ability to lead, motivate and manage field teams. Excels at process management, change management, and possesses exceptional communication, organizational and.
• Partner with leaders to drive consistency, efficiency, and overall execution of processes.
• Responsible for the implementation, execution, improvement, and communication of key processes for regional and corporate initiatives.
• Develop and manage an effective operations teams to support business and operational plans.
• Provide change management assistance to ensure achievement and sustainability of targeted performance goals.
• Ability to manage a $4.1M annual budget within plan and optimize operations.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Managed Senior Vice President’s day-to-day operations of corporate office by delegating assignments, directing activities of staff, and providing executive support. Expedited business, discovering operational.
• Trained and mentored Executive Assistants, increasing productivity through improved knowledge and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Planned events, booked conferences, meetings, and coordinated catering for monthly staff development meetings, maintaining 100% budget compliance.
• Reported and analyzed actual and forecast data for the Team Sponsored Launch pilot; communicated performance indicators to operations management.
• Hosted Adobe and Zoom virtual meetings for senior executive leaders which led to reduced travel and increased contact with team members.
• Crafted and distributed company-wide announcements reaching over 2,500 associates, increasing efficiency, productivity and business readiness of expectations from executive leaders.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Performed executive level administrative duties for VP, Head of Field Distribution. Handled communications, maintained executive’s schedule and calendars, and coordinated meetings, conferences, presentations, and.
• Planned extensive travel itineraries, adapting quickly based on rapidly changing business needs.
• Administered expense reports and reimbursements; kept records up to date while simplifying processing for executive and assigned teams.
• Acted as Project Manager for the Member Transition Program; simultaneously maintained multiple calendars, kept schedules productive but manageable and ensured project was completed on time.
• Prepared and coached leaders on how to deliver successful change management with staff as a result of Department of Labor (DOL) government ruling and client reassignment projects.
• Completed development opportunities of LiveLink Knowledge Owner training, increasing work efficiencies with document storage, along with Agile Fundamentals and Resistance Management training for collaboration on.

East MN And Northwest WI Regional Financial Office

• Worked with high-quality, value driven candidates and guided candidates through selection process of joining the Thrivent Financial family as financial representatives.
• Improved candidate interview cycle time by greater than 50% (109 days to 54 days) by implementing a paperless charting system that reduced wait time between interviews and saved $2K in annual shipping costs.
• Developed regional recruiting materials, weekly recruiting newsletter and capacity report, updating team on current status with goals.
• Administered screening assessments, employment background checks and conducted 1st interviews with candidates, ensuring top-quality candidates.
• Maintained accurate client relationship manager (CRM) records by updating recruiting database via BrassRing and Salesforce.
• Conducted weekly 1:1 recruiting meetings with 6 regional Partners; prepared presentation materials and spreadsheets to produce high quality reports, presentations, and other documents.

• Educated students on the role food and nutrition plays in the everyday lives of individuals and families throughout the lifecycle through the Food, Nutrition & You course.
• Facilitated students learning of complex nutrition terms and concepts by developing curriculum and presenting course materials in a positive learning environment.

• Registered DietitianProvided meal support and nutrition counseling to individuals who were unable to normalize eating and / or interrupt eating disorder symptoms. Developed curriculum and taught weekly group nutrition.
• Helped adolescent and adult clients discover the connection between physical and emotional health through variety, moderation and balance in eating.

M.S, Nutrition

Registered Dietitian, Dietetics/Dietitian

1999 – 2000 Graduate credits focusing on clinical dietetics, nutrition epidemiology and dietary assessment.

Bachelor Of Science, Dietetics