Professional
As a Financial Advisor, Rick has found a great sense of purpose operating his own practice and impacting the financial lives of his clients. With over a decade of experience and expert specialists at his fingertips, Rick has the ability to provide his clients with innovative financial solutions and valuable guidance to help them protect and prepare for their dreams in life.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2002.
Awards and Recognition
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2011-2015
- Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
- National Quality Award 2004, 2009-2010
- Award recognizing persistency and performance
Personal
Rick and his wife, Michelle, live in Olympia, where they both grew up and attended local schools. Both Rick and Michelle attended Western Washington University (go Vikings!). Their newlywed life started in Chicago, but they were thrilled to have an opportunity to move back to the Pacific Northwest after only a few years of being away. Michelle is a primary school teacher in Olympia. They love being parents to their three boys, Kyle, Luke and Cole, who are also very active in sports and school school activities.
Football and baseball season are important in the Johnson household, as you can imagine with three boys, and there was much celebrating when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2014.
In the summer, when not overrun by baseball tournaments, the Johnsons love going camping, hiking, fishing and swimming, and even try to fit in a few rounds of family golf.
Rick loves being a husband and father. Family is very important to Rick, and he believes that the values he is teaching his children of respect, honesty, integrity, gratitude and generosity, are just as important in his client relationships.
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.
