Jenna Reck

Jenna Reck is senior vice president of Communications at Thrivent, a Fortune 500 financial services organization that puts generosity at the heart of saving and investing.

Jenna leads Thrivent’s communications organization and helps shape how the company connects with employees, financial advisors, clients, the media and other key stakeholders. She oversees internal and external communications, Board and executive communications, field communications, reputation management, media production and event planning.

Before joining Thrivent, Jenna spent more than 15 years at Target, where she helped tell the story of one of the world’s most recognized brands. She led product, corporate, culture and reputation communications strategies and spent many years leading crisis and reputation communications.

Jenna has a passion for compelling storytelling, building and supporting teams, creating cross-functional communications strategies and engaging people across an organization. Intensely curious and a systems thinker, she is a problem-solver by nature who enjoys leading dynamic teams and maintains a strong focus on professional development. She leads Thrivent’s Communications AI Council and serves on the Board of Thrivent’s political action committee.

Jenna proudly serves as Board chair of the Issues Management Council, a professional development organization for issues and reputation management professionals.

Jenna holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management a Bachelor of Arts from Hamline University.

Jenna lives in Woodbury, Minnesota, with her husband and four children.