Terry Saber

Partner

Terry Saber has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of strategic planning, human capital, executive compensation, and executive coaching with family-owned, privately held, and publicly traded financial institutions, state banking associations, and nonprofit organizations.

Terry is nationally known for her facilitation skills, as well as her all-inclusive, highly customized, and organization-specific approach to strategic planning and performance management. With particular expertise and experience in financial institutions, Terry combines an extensive financial institution background with decades of insight in numerous financial institutions to provide Wipfli clients with accurate, current, and creative approaches to strategic planning and other relevant industry issues.

Prior to Wipfli LLP’s acquisition, Terry was the President and CEO of her own consulting practice, Saber & Associates, Inc., which focused extensively on facilitation and strategic planning throughout the United States, working closely with boards of directors and executive management. Prior to starting her consulting business in 1992, Terry held senior management positions with two community banks in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Terry is an accomplished speaker and is frequently called upon to be the featured speaker at numerous state financial institution conventions throughout the United States and has been the featured speaker at the ABA-sponsored Conference of State Banking Association Executives. She has also spoken at the Community Bankers Assembly and was on the faculty of the American Bankers Executive Development Seminars.

Terry currently coordinates leadership and management curriculum for the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves on the Curriculum Advisory Committee. She is the curriculum Section Leader for the Human Resource School.



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Terry Saber

Terry Saber

Partner
 
Minneapolis
7601 France Avenue South
Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN  55435
Tel: (952) 548-3363
tsaber@wipfli.com
 
Areas of Expertise
  • Strategic planning: facilitation, plan development, and plan implementation/guidance
  • Organizational development
  • Design/implementation of supplemental income plans for key executives
  • Variable compensation at all levels, aligned with strategic plan
  • Corporate governance and board development and education
  • Human Capital executive coaching, performance management, salary administration, talent management, and hiring and recruitment expertise
  • Family strategic advisory services and succession planning

Industries
  • Financial Institutions
Education
  • Minnesota State University; Bachelors of Science degree, with triple majors of speech, english, and education
  • National certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
  • BMA Graduate School of Marketing
  • University of Georgia, Athens; Management and Strategic Planning
  • Harvard University - Cambridge, MA; Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Executive Development program
  • Certified Master Coach with the Behavioral Coaching Institute owned and led by Dr. Suzanne Skiffington, Melbourne, Australia.