Danielle Shea
Financial Advisor|RICP®
Personal
After growing up outside of Arlington and graduating from Starmont, I moved to Cedar Rapids to attend Radiology School and finished at The University of Iowa where I graduated with my Bachelors in Radiation Sciences. With my Bachelor Dipolma in hand, I moved to Elkader, Iowa where my husband, Caleb, and I now reside. During our first couple years in Elkader, I commuted to Iowa City where I worked at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the Radiology Department. While I loved my job there, ultimately it was more important for me to be surrounded by family, friends, and the community, where we wanted to raise our future family. In order to do this, I took a large leap of faith in early 2012. I am now able to spend my days in the beautiful rolling hills of Northeast Iowa surrounded by family and friends . While, this was a difficult decision, it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. In 2019 we had our first born, Isaac, and as I look back on this career change I am grateful for the life we have allowing us to continue to put down roots and raise our family here. I could not imagine it any other way.
I truly love what I do every day. I have the opportunity to meet and help so many wonderful people enrich their lives on a daily basis.
When I'm not working you can usually find me on the Mississippi River spending time with family and friends.
Professional
Calling oneself a professional doesn't really make one a professional. As a Northwestern Mutual Advisor, professionalism is defined not only by the measure of one's experience, education and accreditation, but by one's character and professional standard of practice in supporting clients as a trusted financial expert.
Through personal commitment, professional associations, accreditations and continuing education, I have worked hard to establish a reputation as a respected professional and to gain the trust of clients.
Before we can speak intelligently about the products and services that might be appropriate for you and your family, we need to get to know you. And, before you can feel comfortable sharing your goals and dreams, you need to get to know your Financial Representative.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2012.
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.
