Personal

Wayne resides in Sylvania, Ohio with wife Kathy and son, Cody.

Wayne enjoys Triathlons, Whitewater Rafting and Canoeing, Woodworking, and is an Avid Books on tape Listener.

Wayne is a member of the International Association of Dyslexia.

Professional

Toledo Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Past President, The Estate Planning Council-Past President, and member of Society of Financial Service Professionals.

Years of Experience

Representing Northwestern Mutual since 1980.

Education

Cleveland State University - Comprehensive Communication: Speech, English, Reading, Journalism and Secondary Education (BA)

Awards and Recognition

  • Health Insurance Quality Award 1989
    • Award recognizing quality in the field of health insurance
  • Million Dollar Round Table Provisional Member 1991, 1994
    • 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
  • Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member 2005
  • National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2012-2015
    • Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
  • National Quality Award 1982, 1984-1995, 1997-2001, 2005
    • Award recognizing persistency and performance
  • National Sales Achievement Award 1982, 1984-1990
    • Award recognizing performance

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.

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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.

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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.

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