Spend Your Life Living
Matthew A Thibodeau
Wealth Management Advisor
About me
Matthew grew up in Rochester, NY. He began his practice with the Northwestern Mutual in May of 2012 while majoring in Financial Planning at St. John Fisher University. In 2013, Matthew moved across the country and opened a practice in Denver, Colorado, despite having very limited connections in the region.
Matthew’s commitments to relationship building and lifelong education have propelled him into over a decade in his business. He is a national speaker in the Fortune 100 company of Northwestern Mutual for his expertise on financial planning and leadership.
In his free time, Matthew enjoys visiting his family back East, playing electric guitar in a couple different bands, playing tennis with his wife, Pari, and making a difference in the lives of others outside of his professional impact.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2012.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Financial Planning from St. John Fisher University
- McQuaid Jesuit High School
Awards and Recognition
- Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member (2017, 2019-2020)
- 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
Here are my areas of expertise
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Wealth Management
Tax-Efficient Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Life Insurance Strategies
Disability Planning
Long-Term Care 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.
Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc. (Volunteer)
Class instructor at John F. Kennedy High School to teach students about career building, entrepreneurship and financial planning. Volunteer with a group at the JA Finance Park; Help facilitate student interaction in a simulated world where students budget their income to save, invest, and make purchases to teach them good personal financial habits.
Advocates For Children - CASA (Strategic Advocate & Sponsor)
Nearly 700,000 children experience abuse or neglect each year. Instead of playing with neighbors and making happy family memories, they’re attending court hearings, adjusting to new foster homes and transitioning to new schools. That’s a heavy burden for a child to carry. With a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) or guardian ad litem (GAL) volunteer dedicated to their case, America’s most vulnerable children will have someone speaking up for their best interests. Because of CASA, children have the opportunity to thrive in a safe and loving home.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Strategic Advocate & Sponsor)
As the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
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.
