Lisa A Scamehorn
Employee Benefit Specialist|CEBS®
Pharos Employee Benefits, Inc. Guiding you through the changing tides of employee benefits
Personal
Lisa was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Southern Minnesota. She graduated from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato with an Associate of Arts degree and Gustavus Adolphus College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. She received her Certification in Employee Benefits in 2006 and is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefits, Minnesota Association of Health Underwriters (MAHU) and National Association of Health Underwriters.
She lives with her husband Rich in New Brighton and has two grown children.
Professional
Lisa has been working in employee benefits since 1996. In 2007 she was given an opportunity to move within Northwestern Mutual from the Minneapolis office to the Eagan office to mange their employee benefits division.
In 2017, Lisa was able to purchase the benefits company and founded Pharos Employee Benefits. She named the company after Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous lighthouse in antiquity. It was a technological triumph and is has been used as a template for all lighthouses since. The logo and symbol of a lighthouse are very fitting in the ever changing world of employee benefits.
Her experience, compassion, dedication and knowledge help her to provide the guiding light for the team at Pharos. Together this allows us to adapt and guide employers and employees through the changing times of employee benefits. The goal is to create an environment structured to control costs, blend benefits to the culture of each company, communicate on a corporate and individual level and offer compliant solutions.
Associations and Memberships
- International Foundation of Employee Benefits
- Minnesota Association of Health Underwriters (MAHU)
- National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU)
- TRUE Network of Advisors
Education
- Gustavus Adolphus College - Biology (Bachelor of Arts)
- Bethany Lutheran College - Liberal Arts (Associate of Arts)
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:
PinkySwear Foundation
Pinky Swear Foundation's mission is helping kids with cancer and their families with financial and emotional support
Ampersand Families
Ampersand Families does everything possible to restore youth to loving, permanent families as quickly and as safely as possible.
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.
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.
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.
