Richard Alexander Green
Growth and Development Director
Personal
Richard Green is a Chicago native, who grew up on the city’s northwest side. The youngest of three children, his parents developed in him a strong work ethic and belief in the importance of family and faith.
When his mother became disabled, he learned first-hand the profound importance of planning. It was this personal experience that reinforced his career path and his commitment to helping others plan for the expected and unexpected.
Proud of his Afro-Latino heritage, he aims to bring financial education and empowerment to the communities he serves.
He is a passionate fan of all things sports. While a student a Dominican University, Rich played four years as an outfielder on the Stars baseball team. His love of the game continues, and he is an avid viewer of Major League Baseball, and especially enjoys his beloved St. Louis Cardinals.
In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, entertaining and most importantly golfing.
Richard, and his, wife, Nicole, their children, Jace, Aria, Theo, reside in Arlington Heights, Il.
Professional
Rich Green has built his financial planning practice with a sense of responsibility and duty of doing what is in his client’s best interests. With a clear focus on working with medical professionals, business owners and c-level executives. Rich aims to teach his clients how to effectively and efficiently grow and transfer wealth.
A graduate of Dominican University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, he has continued his education earning his series 6 and 63 securities licenses.
Rich started his career in the firm’s Top 10 internship while a student-athlete. Working full-time in the summer and part-time during the school year, he successfully navigated his studies, his baseball commitment, and the internship program. Upon graduation, he joined the firm full-time.
A true team player and leader, he was appointed a College Unit Captain in 2017 and was named a College Unit Director in 2018 and in 2021 he was appointed a Growth and Development Director. As part of the leadership team, he mentors and coaches a team of financial representatives in the Rosemont district office of Northwestern Mutual – Chicago.
Lending a hand in my community.
Rich is an active member in his community. Rich serves as Co-Chair on the Associate Board for City Year Chicago.
City Year Chicago
City Year partners with 350 schools and 51 school districts across the U.S. to create positive learning environments that benefit the entire school community. Working closely with partner schools, City Year also convenes district and school leaders to build learning networks, where we share what we’re learning, spread promising practices and support continuous improvement.
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.
Inspiring and Discipling Youth
At the same time, he has pursued his own outreach interests working with youth in his community. He is a firm believer in having strong, positive role models for the next generation. He is a weekly volunteer in The Free youth ministry program at Chicago Tabernacle. And, he has coached kids participating in the Near West Little League, a Chicago inner-city baseball and softball program.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Investment Planning & Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Insurance Protection Strategies
Tax-Efficient Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Estate Planning
Business Planning & Succession
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.
