Terry Franke is a strategic consultant, certified executive coach, and proven business developer with expertise in building relationships within large corporations and selling services to C-suite executives. Clients have included Ford Motor, Whirlpool, Berkshire Hathaway, Baxter Healthcare, and Trustmark. Franke excelled as a senior business development executive at Hewitt Associates, the premier human resources consulting firm in the world, where he was also a partner.

For our clients, Franke navigates complex business environments by identifying key issues, managing relationships for results, and closing the gap between strategy and implementation. He understands how to create value by building a winning sales culture, increasing capacity and capability of talent, and integrating marketing strategy and sales solutions. Franke has helped numerous companies create visions of the future and map strategy to realize those visions.

An accomplished sales curriculum developer and executive-level trainer, Franke created and hosted the monthly talk show $ales Talk and has been a frequent expert guest on broadcast interview shows, including Selling Across America and News Radio AM 850.

Numerous board positions reflect his leadership and management talents. Franke is vice chairman of the board of trustees at Lawrence University and chairman of the board’s investment committee. He has also served as a board member for American Hospital Association Mutual Funds, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America Chicago Chapter, and the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Advisory Council.

Franke holds an MBA in finance from The Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BA in history from Lawrence University.