Personal
Christopher is a divorced stepfather to two great girls, Maddie and Payton Schultz. Maddie is a freshman at UWEC and Payton is a Junior at Chaska High School. Chris lives in Eden Prairie and is active outside of work playing golf and tennis. He enjoys traveling and keeping up with Wisconsin sports teams like the Badgers and Packers.
Chris's hometown is Kohler, WI and he gets back there often for the great golf as well to visit his parents and sister.
Professional
Chris joined Northwestern Mutual in 2004 as a financial representative in Kohler, WI. Chris' father John G. Stevens, CLU has been with the Network since 1965 as a financial representative and former managing director. Chris and John worked together for seven years in Wisconsin. In August of 2011, Chris moved back to Minneapolis now has an office in Edina, MN.
Christopher has earned numerous company awards in his years with Northwestern Mutual. He has earned the Bronze (2005), Silver (2006), Gold (2007) and Platinum (2008) awards consecutively in his first 5 years in the industry. These awards represent the highest level available to representatives in their first years in business.
He is excited to maintain these high production figures as he starts his practice in Minneapolis. In 2011, Chris achieved Million Dollar Round Table.
Chris is a member of NAIFA., the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, the nation's largest financial services membership association.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2004.
Education
UW-Eau Claire - Marketing (Bachelor of Science)
Awards and Recognition
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2011-2015
- Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
- National Quality Award 2008-2010
- Award recognizing persistency and performance
- National Sales Achievement Award 2009
- Award recognizing performance
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
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate 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.
