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About Us > Management > Ann Toole; Senior Vice President of
Finance
As Senior Vice President of Finance, Ann Toole has several general
areas of responsibility. She oversees the Technical Analysis Unit,
which offers a high-level of analytical support to GUARD’s
executive, home office, and field office management teams as well as
various internal working groups by providing the data needed to make
informed decisions, plan strategy, and allocate resources in the
most effective possible manner. In addition, she is involved in a
variety of accounting and finance activities (such as budgeting and
related analysis) and serves as GUARD’s primary liaison to a number
of corporate partners. In that latter capacity, Ann is the primary
contact for all reinsurance functions and participates in the
process of soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and securing
agreements that appropriately balance cost and coverage.
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Ann is uniquely qualified for her current responsibilities through
her service to GUARD and related organizations for more than a
decade in accounting, sales, and executive management. Most
recently, she displayed her diverse skills while overseeing the
State Filings Unit as well as Home Office Claims and Underwriting.
Before assuming that role, she worked directly with GUARD's Chief
Executive Officer, often serving as his surrogate with various
internal and external audiences while concurrently assuming a
leadership position for numerous new initiatives.
Other past duties within the company demonstrate Ann’s extensive
financial background. Specifically, she was Manager of GUARD's
Northeast Region and was responsible for the production,
performance, and operations of 11 states and the District of
Columbia, including supervision of staff and the organization's
distribution network. Ann also served as Corporate Controller of
GUARD and all related subsidiaries, maintaining accurate financial
information and preparing statutory reports and financial statements
needed by regulatory agencies on an ongoing basis while
simultaneously coordinating and monitoring the annual budget. Prior
to that position, Ann accumulated nearly 10 years of accounting
experience as Controller and Vice President of First Peoples
National Bank and as Controller of BankVest, Inc., a bank holding
company.
Ann is a magna cum laude graduate of Bloomsburg University where she
received a Bachelor of Science/Business Administration degree in
accounting. She also holds a Master of Business Administration with
concentrations in management and finance from Wilkes University. Ann
is a 1991 graduate of Leadership Wilkes-Barre and is active in
educational organizations and several non-profit entities.
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