Allison Engel leads Women’s Market Strategy at Northwestern Mutual.  She brings over 15 years of work experience to the table including almost a decade in media sales and strategy and operations experience for various startups, including a Fintech company out of Austin.  Prior to Northwestern Mutual, Allison was in a Global Marketing and Communications role at Dell where she helped to build and lead the Dell for Entrepreneurs initiative which she worked with high growth startups and the entrepreneur community in the US and Europe.  She has a BS in Marketing and a BS in Management from Arizona State University.  Currently, she is a mentor for the Cherie Blair Foundation and mentors women around the global on sustainable and growth business practices and is an active member of GAMA, WIFS, LIMRA and locally TEMPO Milwaukee and the Women’s Affinity Alliance.  Alison is a Los Angeles native and relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband and daughter from Austin, Texas.