Andrew J Braun
Financial Representative
Personal
Drew Braun lives in West Chester, PA and is active at Calvary Chapel Church in Chadds Ford, PA. His son Eric is a director of film in Los Angeles, CA.
Drew enjoys travel, basketball (not travelling on the basketball court), visiting family in Indiana, Florida, and California, and bumping into friends at the YMCA.
Drew is involved with the Board of Advisors for the Greater Brandywine YMCA in West Chester where he also serves on the Mission Advancement Committee. He is a huge fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and Indiana Pacers (having grown up in Indiana). He also likes to explore self-improvement opportunities through CD's, workshops, podcasts, and books.
Drew is significant contributor to the Northwestern Mutual Trading Floor, featured at Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University. He is also active, annually, in the Alex's Lemonade Stand in the fight for Childhood Cancer. Drew is an active member of both the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry (CCCBI) as chair for the Ambassador Committee and a chapter leader for the Philadelphia Area Great Career Group (PAGCG) serving those professionals in the Philadelphia area in career transition.
My Mission
Drew Braun seeks to have a positive effect on your life, helping you maximize your financial potential. He brings passion to the process, working with you to define the values that guide your financial vision. And he delivers every financial solution with integrity and accountability.
Professional Background
Drew Braun is a Growth & Development Director and Financial Advisor for The Guinan Agency out of West Chester, PA, serving the Borough, and Greater Philadelphia marketplace for the Northwestern Mutual. Drew earned a business administration degree from Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, in 1985. Immediately following graduation, Drew managed a health club in Washington, D.C., for three years.
In 1988 Drew entered the financial services industry, joining MetLife. He served as a financial rep for three years and then spent 10 more in a managerial capacity. In 2001 Drew joined Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and served as Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Training and Development for The Derrickson Financial Group in Indianapolis, IN. He moved on to serve as Assistant to the Managing Partner with the Indianapolis Financial Group for three years. In January 2005, Drew rejoined Northwestern Mutual as part of the Philadelphia Group, leading to a position of Managing Director of the Mid Atlantic Financial Group in Mount Laurel, NJ. and eventually in 2013 served the same role of the office in Wilmington DE.
Drew Braun is active in both local and national chapters of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He previously served as vice president of NAIFA in Indianapolis, where the membership committee he headed lead the country for growth in chapters of that size.
Currently Drew proudly serves on the Board of Advisors of he Greater Brandywine YMCA in West Chester, PA. He also volunteers a chapter leader for the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group in King of Prussia weekly. PAGCG is a nonprofit group assisting over 4,000 local professionals in career transition.
Drew also chairs the Ambassadors Committee of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry in Malvern, PA, tasked with visiting with and being advocates for new members of the Chamber of Commerce.
Designations and Education
- ChFC® Chartered Financial Consultant®
- The ChFC® program provides the most current and comprehensive financial planning education by combining the key financial planning fundamentals, with practical applications to put those theories to work. With content in the curriculum that addresses topics such as: behavioral finance, special needs planning, small business planning, financial planning for clients in the LGBT community, financial planning for divorce complexities and more, ChFC® designees are trained to masterfully handle a wide variety of modern financial topics.
- CLU® Chartered Life Underwriter
- The CLU®) designation has long been recognized as the fundamental and foremost educational credential for life insurance professionals. Since 1927, more than 94,000 individuals have earned their CLU®, helping them build a successful life insurance practice by providing clients with knowledgeable and ethical advice. For financial representatives, field management, home office personnel, and others involved in providing life insurance products to the public, the CLU® designation symbolizes continuing growth and commitment to professionalism.
- RICP Retirement Income Certified Professional\
- The Retirement Income Certified Professional better qualifies one to serve senior clients, ultimately enabling clients to make more informed decisions regarding retirement financial planning.
- Muskingum University - Business (Bachelor of Arts)
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
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.
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.
