Anna Soo Wildermuth, AICI CIM Anna Wildermuth is the
founder of Personal Images Inc., a recognized leader in the image industry. Her professional credentials include
being past President of the Association of Image Consultants International, the largest image consulting organization
in the world; one of only seven Certified Image Masters in the world; a Toastmaster ATB; and a member of the American
Society (ASTD) of Training and Development.
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Anna has been highlighted in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Wall
Street Journal; quoted as an image expert in Success, Star and Crain's Chicago Magazines and featured on television's
ABC7 Chicago, CNN Financial and Fox News. She also the author of CHANGE ONE THING: Discover What's Holding You
Back and Fix It with the Secrets of a Top Executive Image Coach published by McGraw-Hill August 2009.
Anna regularly conducts workshops, seminars, and presentations for corporations and not-for-profit organizations.
She consults for corporate executives and management teams enhance their credibility and relationship building
capabilities by strategizing their professional image and sensitizing them to the nuances of business social etiquette
and issues prompted by diversity. Anna also coaches individuals, helping them make their first impression their
best impression through their appearance, speech and interpersonal communication skills, which results in them
being confident in all situations.
A recognized expert in creating successful visual images, Anna was chosen to design and coordinate the attire for
8,500 individuals involved in the U.S. Senior and U.S. Open Golf and PGA Championships. She also developed the
frontline image of Vistar Auto Glass' 365 retail stores and Insurance Auto Auctions’ 100 plus branches.
Born in Chicago, Anna majored in the arts and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her early career
included success as a real estate broker, achieving lifetime membership in the Two Million Dollar Club.
Anna serves on numerous Chicagoland civic and charitable boards and committees. Currently, she is a Director of
the Women's Western Golf Association, a trustee of the Ray Graham Foundation for the Disabled and a director of
the Chicago Minority Business Development Council, Inc. Anna also is active with the Victor Neumann Association.
Past and current clients include:
- Accenture
- ABN-AMRO North America, Inc.
- McDonald's Corporation
- Dade Behring, Inc.
- Chelco Electric Services, Inc.
- Dairy Management Council, Inc.
- J.C. Anderson and Company
- Chicago Realtors Association
- Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu
- Electri-Flex, Inc.
- Four Season Hotel
- General Electric Company
- Harris Bank
- HSBC, Inc.
- Humana, Inc.
- Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Henderson Construction Company
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Insurance Auto Auction
- Medinah Temple Shriners
- Roman, Inc.
- Schneider Electric (formerly known as Square D and Group Schneidner)
- Sears Roebuck and Company
- Speedway Disposal, Inc.
- University of Chicago
- Vistar Auto Glass
- Women's Western Golf Association
- CEO & Spouse of Fortune 1000 Company
- Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
- Partner of Big Five Public Accounting Firm
- Spouse of President of large private university
- Sr. Executive of SBA
- Executive of Fortune 500 company
- Spouse of prominent Illinois politician
- Emmy nominated investigative reporter