Angela S. Rieger
Board Member
Angela (Angie) Rieger has been a member of the Thrivent Board of Directors since 2020. She serves as a member of the Human Resource / Governance Committee.
With her leadership experience in business, operations and strategic planning, Rieger helps ensure Thrivent and its workforce are well positioned to help people achieve financial clarity so they can live lives of meaning and gratitude.
Rieger is currently chief transformation officer at Lands’ End. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of the product life cycle, from initial development through final sales, driving profitability, improving market share and increasing brand awareness. Prior to her current position, she held several progressively advanced leadership roles at Lands’ End, including senior vice president of International and Wholesale, senior vice president for Global Planning and Inventory, and senior director for Planning U.S. Direct. Earlier in her career, she was in various merchandising roles with The Douglas Stewart Company and May Companies.
Rieger now serves on the boards of MGD Energy and American Family Children’s Hospital Development and is a past board member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Clean Lakes Alliance and Doyenne. She is involved in several associations, primarily the International Women’s Forum and Extra Ordinary Women on Boards. Additionally, she is an advisory member of the U of I Gies Dean’s Business Council.
Rieger served on the regional board for the Thrivent Member Network–South Wisconsin Region from 2014 to 2019, where she was board chair.
Rieger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational leadership from the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
About Thrivent
Thrivent is a Fortune 500 financial services company that helps build, grow and protect financial well-being through purpose-driven advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs. Thrivent serves more than 2.4 million clients through thousands of financial advisors across the country and has more than $212 billion in assets under management/advisement (as of 12/31/25). Thrivent carries strong financial ratings from independent rating agencies - including AM Best, Moody's and S&P Global Ratings - which demonstrate the company’s financial strength, stability and ability to pay claims. Ratings don't apply to investment product performance and more information can be found on each rating agency's website. For more information about Thrivent, visit