Anna Papadopuolos

Edward Jones Principal Anna Papadopoulos joined Edward Jones in January 2026 and is responsible for leading the firm’s growth marketing strategy. As a principal, her focus includes media planning, paid and owned channels, marketing mix optimization, and performance marketing, ensuring marketing investments deliver measurable impact in client acquisition and retention. She was named a principal with the firm in 2026.

In her current role, Anna oversees digital marketing across paid, owned, and earned channels, partners closely with Practice and Market Management teams to implement and measure client growth initiatives, and leads and develops a high-performing team of marketing specialists.

Prior to joining Edward Jones, Anna served as Head of Brand and Enterprise Marketing at MetLife, where she led corporate marketing strategy to drive commercial outcomes. She established the Brand Central platform, built enterprise marketing as a distinct organizational capability, and led creative team development. Before MetLife, she was Global Vice President for Media, Sponsorships, and Acquisition Marketing at Prudential Financial, where she managed a multi-million-dollar annual media and sponsorship budget and led integrated media and experiential teams.

Recognized as an early adopter of digital media, Anna developed and executed some of the earliest digital campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, including Schering Plough (now Merck), Oppenheimer Funds (now Invesco), New Balance, Nestlé, Volvo, and JPMorgan Chase.

Anna is a sought-after industry speaker and media contributor, with commentary appearing in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Ad Age, and Adweek. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) School of Business, where she developed a pioneering media planning curriculum.

Anna earned a B.S., summa cum laude, in journalism from St. John’s University and completed executive education at Rutgers Business School, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the City University of New York.