About Justin
Born and raised in St. Charles, Missouri, Justin came to Springfield to be a student athlete at Missouri State University. He led the Men’s Basketball Team as a captain in his senior year. Justin was honored with the Virgil Cheek Award (given to one senior male athlete across all sports, voted on by all the sports coaches and awarded to an individual who exemplifies leadership and character on and off the court/field). During his last semester at Missouri State University, Justin began his career with Northwestern Mutual in the College Internship Program. Justin graduated from Missouri State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Sales and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He began his full time career with the company immediately following his graduation.
In 2013 Justin took the role of Managing Director for the Springfield Office of RPS Financial Group. Under his leadership, the Springfield District Network Office ranked 6th among all offices in the Northwestern Mutual Internship Program. As a Managing Director, in addition to building his personal business, he is also responsible for all aspects of recruiting, training & development of advisors at the Springfield office.
In 2019 Justin transitioned to the Phoenix Office to expand his Practice and develop new Financial Representatives.
Justin and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Chandler, AZ. Their daughter, Margot, was born in October 2017. Stephanie is a busy Mom and a Yoga instructor. Justin’s hobbies include exercising, playing golf, music, and traveling.
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Professional
During his tenure with Northwestern Mutual Justin has received many industry awards for his personal achievements including Pacesetter First Forty and Pacesetter Second Sixty, an accomplishment of only 3% of all first year Financial Representatives achieve.
In his first year Justin was recognized as “Rookie of the Year” and finished 3rd in the Mike Gish Competition – an award honoring the best performing Financial Representatives in their first year following the Internship Program at Northwestern Mutual. In his 2nd Year he also earned Team Gold Financial Rep of the Year. Justin has been a New Financial Representative Award winner every year finishing at the Platinum level for 2014.
Justin has earned the Life Impact Award every year since 2012, he earned Top 100 Lives Honors for Northwestern Mutual in 2013, Lives Leaders Summit, the Growth Award, and OARS Award every year since 2015. Justin has qualified for MDRT every year since starting in the industry. Other honors include Top 10 in the Southern Region for the bronze year, and finished top 20 for Silver, Gold, and Platinum in the South. He also finished top 10 in the Company in 2013 in New Clients with 111 and has been an Achievement Award winner for the last two years.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2010
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Missouri State University
- Bachelor of Science in Advertising and Promotion from Missouri State University
Awards and Recognition
- Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member 2014-2015, 2017-2018
- MDRT is the premier association of financial professionals. MDRT status designation is granted for one year and members must apply every year to continue their affiliation with the MDRT
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2012-2015, 2017
- Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
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
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.
