Brandilyn Dirker
Growth and Development Director|MBA, CLF®
About Brandi
Brandi is originally from central Illinois but moved to Wisconsin for college and has been here ever since. She graduated with her undergraduate degree in human resources in 2020 and received her MBA in 2021 both from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. She was a member of the women's basketball team from 2017 - 2021. Go Panthers!
She met her husband, Isaac Dirker, in 2018 while at UWM and got married in May 2024. They enjoy staying active, traveling, and going to visit their parents, siblings, and nieces and nephews!
When you meet with Brandi, you will notice that she is determined to make financial conversations approachable and engaging, not intimidating or overwhelming. She came to NM because she saw something special here that was bigger than herself. She saw that she could help people feel financially free and help people find their dream career. Brandi also utilizes her talents to develop and mentor her team to better help their clients reach their full potential.
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.
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.
