Anna Soo Wildermuth, AICI, CIM founder of Personal
Images Inc. is a recognized leader in the image industry. A seasoned, professional image and communication consultant,
trainer and coach since 1983, Anna has been highlighted in the Chicago Tribune, New York
Times, Crain's Chicago Business and Wall Street Journal, quoted as an image expert in
Success, Star, Newsweek Tip, Woman's Day and Chicago Magazine
and featured on television's ABC7, CNN Financial and Chicago Fox News. She has also co-authored Unlocking the Secrets of Successful
Women in Business and has written articles for numerous local and national publications.
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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.
Personal Images, Inc received the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Development Agency (MBDA) and the Chicago Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Council 2004 Professional Service Firm of the Year award. Anna also received China Star Media's 2004 Minority Business Success Award.
Past and current clients include:
- Accenture
- ABN-AMRO North America, Inc.
- McDonald's Corporation
- Dade Behring, Inc.
- Chelco Electric Services, Inc.
- Chicago Realtors Association
- Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu
- Electri-Flex, Inc.
- Four Season Hotel
- General Electric Company.
- HSBC, Inc.
- Humana, Inc.
- 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