Wilde Wealth Management Group, an award-winning financial services firm that provides comprehensive retirement, investment, real estate, insurance, legal and tax planning services all under one roof, is pleased to announce Erica Bloudek as its new Chief Operating Officer. In her role, Bloudek will lead the firm’s operational strategy, ensuring all systems, processes, and infrastructure are aligned with long-term growth objectives. She will drive the development of a scalable, efficient, and compliant operating model, while guiding strategic planning initiatives across the organization. Bloudek will also oversee key internal functions, including advisor and client onboarding, marketing communications, and workflow management to enhance consistency and performance, all in support of a culture that empowers advisors to deliver attentive, white-glove service to clients.

Bloudek joins Wilde Wealth Management Group following an executive leadership tenure with Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, an Arax Investment Partners company, where she served as Chief Operating Officer. During her time with the firm, she helped lead a period of remarkable expansion, guiding operational strategy as the company expanded from five locations to 19 offices nationwide. She also played a key leadership role in integrating a newly acquired broker-dealer into the organization, aligning technology platforms and operational systems to support the firm’s rapid national growth.

Prior to that role, Bloudek spent 18 years with Wells Fargo and its affiliated entities, including leadership positions within Wells Fargo Investments, Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, Wells Capital Management and Galliard Capital Management.

Bloudek’s professional philosophy centers on building high-performing teams through mentorship, collaboration and strong organizational culture. Her approach aligns closely with Wilde Wealth’s culture-driven business model. Founded in 2003 by Trevor Wilde and his father William Wilde, the firm was built around a vision of delivering boutique, fiduciary investment advice within a fully integrated wealth platform. Over the past two decades, that vision has expanded to include retirement planning, investment management, tax strategy, estate planning, insurance solutions and real estate guidance coordinated under one roof through strategic partnerships and in-house specialists.

Under Trevor Wilde’s leadership, the firm has grown from a single office into one of the largest comprehensive wealth management teams in the Southwest. In the past five years alone, the firm has expanded from 12 advisors to more than 60 and now maintains offices in Scottsdale, Sun City-Surprise, Glendale, Goodyear, Tucson, Paradise Valley, Payson, Sedona and Chandler. The company also launched Wilde Wealth Insurance in 2022 and introduced W Family Office in late 2024 to deliver coordinated wealth planning services for high-net-worth families through a single flat-fee structure.

With that growth has come national recognition. Barron’s recently named Wilde Wealth Management Group among the 2025 Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams in the nation, ranking the firm No. 60 nationwide and the highest-ranking Arizona firm on the list. Only four Arizona firms earned a place on the list for 2025, with Wilde being one of just two local firms ranked within the top 100.

That recognition follows Wilde being named to Barron’s annual list of the Top 1,500 Financial Advisors in America, ranking No. 1 in Arizona for 2026. The honor marked his 18th consecutive year receiving the distinction and his seventh year in a row ranking among the top five advisors statewide.

Equally central to the firm’s identity is its commitment to community engagement through Wilde for Arizona, the company’s philanthropic initiative that organizes firmwide volunteerism, fundraising and nonprofit partnerships throughout the year. Through the program, Wilde Wealth supports organizations including Phoenix Children’s Foundation, Child Crisis Arizona, Sunshine Acres, Junior Achievement of Arizona and Arizona Tuition Connection, among many others. For his leadership in community impact, Trevor Wilde was recently named the 2025 Champion of Change of the Year by AZ Big Media and is a past honoree of the Most Admired Leaders in Arizona by the Phoenix Business Journal.

As Wilde Wealth Management Group looks toward its next phase of expansion, Bloudek will play a central role in strengthening operational infrastructure while preserving the culture that has fueled the firm’s success.

For more information, visit www.wildewealth.com.