Professional
I was born and raised in Wapakoneta Ohio, and I grew up in a family with four other siblings, three brothers and one sister. My parents are my heroes; they have shown me what it means to put others first, to be unselfish, and how to live a loving, faith centered life. When I first was introduced to Northwestern Mutual in 2018, I was asked to identify what my core values were, by shuffling through a deck of about 200 cards with different characteristics and ideas on them. After reducing the size of deck multiple times, I identified that the five core values that I try to embody, and that I want to center my life and career around were Faith, Family, Growth, Passion, and Integrity.
There is nothing more important to me in this life than my faith in Jesus Christ. I understand that life is a gift and that each day should never be taken for granted. Therefore I put my faith in Jesus, who died on the Cross for my sins and the sins of the whole world, so that we could all have a chance at eternal life in Heaven. With my faith as my anchor, I try to imitate the leadership and the example that Jesus set when He walked this Earth, by loving God and loving my neighbor. My faith is what drives me every day to be the best husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend, that I can be.
My hope is that I can leave a lasting impact on every person that I meet.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Investment Planning & Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Disability Planning
Education Planning & Funding
Planning for Special Needs
Long-Term Care Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
