Jen Wilson leads the private investments strategy team at Thrivent, overseeing 15 employees. Her team pursues investments in buyout funds, equity co-investments, and other alternative assets while maintaining relationships with more than 200 high-performing general partners concentrated on North American lower- and middle-market buyout firms. Under her leadership, Thrivent’s private investment portfolio has grown from $250 million in 2006 to approximately $7 billion today. Wilson and her team also worked to issue Thrivent a $400 million collateralized fund obligation in 2023. That same year, she also spearheaded the addition of a private equity asset class to the organization’s asset allocation funds and portfolios, providing clients with investment tools historically reserved for institutional and high-net-worth investors.