Maureen Wilke combines over 25 years of sales, marketing, and training experience with best practices from the financial advisors and distribution groups she has worked with, to build proactive financial teams. This includes developing on-line education and sales training centers for the Money Management Institute, the Family Wealth Alliance and other firms. This includes dynamic workshops at industry conferences, top advisor meetings, and virtual sales trainings for top firms in the industry.

Lauren has joined Protective's Retirement leadership team as the National Sales Director, Annuity Advisory Solutions. She is responsible for leading our efforts to grow our Advisory business and our distribution relationships with Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Aria RetireOne, and DPL.

Her 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and financial planning background have made her appreciate the difference that proper retirement planning can make in people’s lives. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Boston College as well as a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Hartford and is pursuing her Doctorate of Business Administration from Walden University.