Helping you live your best life.

Charles Walker and his team have built a national practice across several industries helping physicians, medical professionals, business owners & executives, and their families execute on their goals and dreams and provide a plan for safety, growth, and peace of mind in retirement.

Charles Walker and Sharon Yoder lead a team of highly skilled professionals to deliver financial independence and peace of mind to clients. Sharon and Charles became business partners in 2006, while Charles joined Northwestern Mutual over 30 years ago. Sharon also serves as the Managing Director of Northwestern Mutual for Southwest Michigan.

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Each of us has a different vision of what it means to be financially secure, and your vision is likely to change throughout your lifetime – when you begin your career, start a family, educate your children and enter retirement. I can help you create a personalized financial plan that has a firm foundation in your beliefs and addresses your hopes for the future.

But achieving financial security takes more than creating a comprehensive plan; you also have to take action on your plan, and evaluate and adjust it over time. Together, we’ll create a timeline to help protect you and your family now, and execute the steps necessary to respond to whatever life brings.

Specialization in helping think through ideas and strategies unique to you:

  • High income tax mitigation strategies
  • Overcoming shorter time horizon to save for retirement 
  • Investment planning & advisory services
  • Other services include: Estate planning, optimization of insurance offerings, education planning for dependents, and multi-generational wealth management


OUR MISSION

Our mission is to bring customized wealth management and financial planning. We help our clients:

  • Execute on goals and dreams
  • Create customized retirement solutions that serve as the roadmap to retirement
  • Transfer knowledge so clients can make informed decisions

We don’t have the luxury of picking the problems our clients want or need to solve, we simply ask the right questions and offer the appropriate solutions. When we do what we do well, we change lives.

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The Northwestern Mutual difference

No. 1

Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4