Northern Summit Wealth Group
Ryan Patrick Gargaro
Wealth Management Advisor
Empowerment, Energy, Balance, and Integrity
Reach your new level of financial confidence.
I approach financial planning differently. Not only can I help you grow your money, but also protect everything you've worked so hard for-so your finances can take you further.

I'll look at where you are now, and where you want to go, tailoring your plan from a range of financial options designed to reinforce each other to get you there. Giving you the confidence to live the way you want now, and down the road. Here's what I can help you with:
Protection strategies
Wealth accumulation
Managing tax advantages
Optimizing retirement
Leaving a legacy
Charitable planning
The right products and services to fit your needs.
As a Northwestern Mutual financial professional, I have access to a wide range of financial options designed to reinforce each other and make sure your plan can work its hardest for you.
Retirement Solutions: income you can rely on.
With fewer companies offering pensions and the future of Social Security uncertain, it's more important than ever to have a comprehensive plan. We have a range of options to help you enjoy every day of your retirement years.
Investments: invest in your best life.
With more ways to invest than ever before, it can be hard to make sure your money is working its hardest for you. We focus on long-term investment strategies to give you more confidence and help make sure that the growth potential and management of your money isn't left to chance.
Disability income: protection for your earning power.
Your ability to earn a living is likely the most important financial asset you have. Depending on the type of job you have (or business you own), we have a solution.
Life insurance: protect you and your loved ones.
You've worked hard to build a life you enjoy with the people you love, let's make sure you protect it. We'll work together to figure out how life insurance can meet your needs. Here are a range of options you can consider to fit your needs:
Long-term care: have more choice and control.
Financial planning
Our financial planning conversations don't begin with your finances. Instead we start with you - your life, your family, your priorities, and goals. Once we have your big picture in focus, we'll tailor a plan from a range of financial options using multiple strategies designed specifically to help get you to where you want to be.
Retirement planning
We tailor your plan to fit you and your goals with a range of financial options. From insurance for protection to strategies for growing your money and providing more flexibility, we'll help you live the retirement you always wanted.

Business planning
No matter if your business is big or small, we'll work hard to help you grow. From protecting against risk and managing growth, to attracting and retaining top talent, we have a range of solutions designed for you and your employees.

Estate planning
We can help you coordinate with your other advisors like attorneys, accountants, and tax professionals to do things like set up trusts, minimize taxes, and administrative costs that can protect the legacy you leave behind.

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.

Get a financial plan that prioritizes your priorities.
I'll guide you through each step so you'll feel confident that you can do the things you've always wanted to—without having to worry if you can. See how we'll get it done below:

Look at where you are today
Your plan will help you make the most of what you already have, no matter where you're starting from, and give you a snapshot of your financial big picture.
Identify where you want to go
Whether it's shorter-term goals like managing your debt, or longer-term ones like saving for a new home, or retirement, your financial plan will show you how you're tracking, help you understand what's working, and point out any gaps you might have.
Put together range of options to get you there
Looking across all your goals, you'll get personalized recommendations and strategies to grow your wealth while making sure everything's protected. And I'll help you determine the right moves to make today and later on. Your financial plan is based on your priorities. As those priorities change throughout your life, we'll shift the financial strategies in your plan, too-so your plan stays flexible, and you stay on track to consistently meet goal after goal.