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Women in Leadership Advisory Member

Jessica Crooker

Active Term: 06/2025 - 06/2026
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Areas of Expertise

  • Work-Life Balance
  • Nonverbal Communications
  • Empowering Communications
  • Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation
  • Transformational Vs. Transactional Leadership
  • Organizational Leadership & Cultural Diversity

Vice President Human Resources

Life Time Inc.

Jessica Crooker is an experienced HR and organizational development leader known for building high-impact, scalable talent strategies that drive growth, resilience, and engagement. With deep expertise in leadership development, employee experience, and cultural transformation, she helps leaders move beyond check-the-box development and instead build the courage, clarity, and connection it takes to lead with real impact.

Jessica believes that growth is not a side project—it is the work. Her leadership philosophy is grounded in accountability and care, with a strong emphasis on helping individuals navigate complexity, build trust, and lead in a way that’s both bold and deeply human. She is especially passionate about creating space for women to show up as powerful, authentic leaders in every room they enter.

As a forward-looking strategist, Jessica has led enterprise-wide initiatives across large, dynamic organizations—reducing hiring costs, strengthening internal mobility, and aligning talent strategies to business goals. She’s recognized as a trusted advisor to executives and peers, known for her ability to turn ambitious goals into practical, people-centered action.

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Center for Workforce Professional Education
Minnesota State University, Mankato
424 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507.389.1479
mnsu.edu/wpe

Contact Us

Angie Clapp - WIL Program Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 507.353.0800 ext. 800
 
Mickie Giacomini – WIL Program Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 507.353.0800 ext. 801
 
Lorena Guillen – CX Program Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 507.218.2300
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