Deborah Brancel

About Deborah Brancel

Dynamic Business Driver and Team Leader with extensive industry knowledge (Insurance) and entrepreneurial mindset Highly accomplished, results-driven Strategy Leader in progressively higher roles of impact and responsibility within a Fortune 250 company. Broad knowledge in navigating a large and growing enterprise to achieve critical objectives and outstanding results. People-centric and accomplished leader of multi-disciplined teams with reliable business acumen. Trusted business partner with experience skillfully bridging business and technology teams through proactive collaboration and positive influence. Passionate people leader focusing on growing and developing top talent through a honest and compassionate coaching approach. Change Agent forming and directing highly productive, trusting teams, partnering at all levels of an organization to drive long-term results. Highly organized, with a fierce ability to prioritize, and able to offer attention to detail and high level vision.Multiple Associate Vice President roles driving mission, vision, strategic planning, technology governance, fiscal health and operational improvements in alignment with the corporate roadmap. Hands-on experience in product development, pricing, underwriting, reporting, data analytics, Lean start-ups, Agile, SAFe, portfolio management, process improvement, compliance, and top line financial forecasting.Co-owner of a small business that is a service provider for the annual RAGBRAI bicycle ride supporting customers each year which grew from 50 customers in the initial year of 2003.* Completed Actuarial courses in Interest Theory, Economics, Finance, Probability, Stochastic Models, Statistics, Survival Models, Life Contingency Models and other topics.* Proficient in MS Office Suite, MS Teams, Zoom, Slack, Workday; familiar with Tableau, SAS, SQL, GPC, AWS, HTML and Guidewire Policy Center.Data Analysis Business Forecasting Actuarial Science Research New Process Development Strategic Planning Profit Building P&L Budgeting Best Practices Business Analysis Talent Recruiting Vendor Relations Project Expediting Staff Management Job Scheduling Benchmarking Enterprise Solutions Operational Streamlining C-Suite Presentations Market Trend Review Multi-Channel Development Fiscal Controls Program Administration Budget Planning Growth Strategies Talent Coaching Special Projects Business Communications

Experience

1. AVP - Business Integration and Support

   American Family Insurance

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Leadership of OpCo teams with Personal Lines accountabilities for business systems support, experience enhancements, compliance, project management, billing, and policy administration system migration.

Education

• Northwest Missouri State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics

  1998

• The University of Kansas

  Master of Arts - MA, Mathematics

  2003