Our Leadership Team

Manager

Karen Peckenschneider

Karen joined Wrangle in 2025 as the Manager of the Form 5500 process. She brings over fifteen years of experience in Health and Welfare Form 5500 compliance, having previously worked for a global brokerage company and led a 5500 team at another national firm. Karen is well-versed in all aspects of the process, including preparing and reviewing filings, training team members, developing new data collection processes and systems, and leading successful 5500 teams. Karen graduated with a Bachelor of Business degree in Finance from Western Illinois University. In her free time, Karen enjoys spending time with family and friends, as well as her two dogs. She also has a passion for gardening, reading and all types of crafts.

Sales Director

Amanda Bodin

Amanda Bodin joined Wrangle in 2026 as a Sales Director. Prior to joining Wrangle, she worked at Ascensus, Wrangle's parent company, where she served as a Contract Administrator and Paralegal. Over the past 24+ years, Amanda has built a career focused on helping people, solving complex problems, and delivering meaningful results. Her professional experience includes more than 22 years in the financial services industry, eight years in contract administration, and over two decades in customer service and sales. Amanda earned her Paralegal Certification from Rasmussen University in 2023. She believes that education represents opportunity, personal growth, and the confidence to continually challenge herself. A strong advocate for lifelong learning, Amanda views education as one of the most valuable investments a person can make. Outside of her professional interests in compliance and law, Amanda enjoys spending time on the water with her family at Lake Emily in Minnesota. She and her husband have two daughters.

Employee Benefit Representative

Emily Marr

Emily came to Wrangle with over 18 years of experience in a paralegal capacity for an ERISA attorney. She joined Wrangle in January 2017 integrating her plan document capabilities into Wrangle’s ERISA-compliance business model. Recognizing Emily’s solid knowledge base managing the employee benefits consulting and plan documents services Wrangle jumped at the opportunity to have her as part of our team and expand Wrangle’s service base for brokers and clients. After attending U.C. Berkeley, Emily flirted briefly with the film and TV industry as an art assistant before starting her career in the legal industry, first working with research attorneys and legal editors at a division of Thomson Reuters and eventually focusing her attention on employee benefits law and the associated documents. Emily currently hikes the back trails of Oregon between working hours and hopes one day to be brave enough tackle segments of the Pacific Crest Trail on her own.

Project Manager

Ann McAdam

Ann jumped at the chance to join Wrangle in 2014 as their Project Manager. She readily admits that she is a 5500 Nerd. She tackles complex questions from brokers, using her relationships with the DOL to obtain input and answers. She also prepares Wrangle’s training material and marketing material, serving as a co-trainer, and writes Wrangle’s bi-monthly Blog along with other tools to assist brokers develop an understanding of ERISA Reporting and Disclosure. Prior to Wrangle Ann worked since 2002 in the employee benefit brokerage industry as an account manager. Ann has a degree in Psychology and a minor in business Administration from Sonoma State University. She additionally has a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University. Her passion is in running which helps her stay just a step ahead of her four children as well as for reading and research, a hobby she developed after working at Forbes ASAP magazine for many years.