About me
Brent grew up on a farm in Agency, MO. He attended Northwest Missouri State University while studying International Business. Brent travelled abroad and studied European Studies, Innovations, and Sustainable Development from three Universities throughout Europe. After completion of undergrad studies in December 2009, Brent worked alongside the Dean of the Booth College of Business, as an assistant, while completing his MBA through April 2011.
After joining Northwestern Mutual in June of 2011 as part of the Post-Graduate Program and completion of Power of 10, Brent went full-time in September of 2011.
Having grown up in a family of multigenerational business owners, his team’s focus is working with business owners, farmers, and high-income earners such as physicians & real estate professionals—in the key areas of tax mitigation strategies, pushing off taxable events, and disinheriting the IRS.
Brent looks forward to having a greater impact in the Kansas City, MO area into the future. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Danielle, daughter Stella, the outdoors, boating, travel, and cheering on the Royals and Chiefs!
Brent has strengths in seeing and believing in what’s possible and a passion for bringing out the potential in others. He values an environment that promotes autonomy, achievement and impact and that is in alignment with his values of courage, excellence, growth and integrity.
Therefore, what he loves most and is called to do is…To inspire, encourage and foster the belief that YOU CAN!
Awards and Achievements
Brent has received a number of awards throughout his career as a Financial Advisor, including the Runner-Up Rookie of the Year within his Agency, Team Gold Premium Leader for Southern Summer Contest, RPS Team Gold Premium Leader 2013-2014 Awards Year, NAIFA Quality Award, Life Impact Award, Bronze Award, Team Gold Top 10 in the South—Silver Award, Gold Award, Top 50—Platinum Award, qualification as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table (beginning in 2013), and Lives Leader Summit (in 2016 and 2017).
He is passionate about leadership, and was a College Unit Captain for 1 year, College Unit Director for over 3 years (finishing as the #2 CUD in the country for the 2016/2017 Awards Year) and moved into the Growth and Development Director role mid-2017. After a strong track record of success in working with clientele, developing advisors within the organization, and recruiting—Brent was appointed Managing Director of the downtown Kansas City, MO office in 2019.
The last 4.5 years as Managing Director have been the most dynamic and rewarding years with Northwestern Mutual for Brent and the overall Kansas City team AKA Team KC. The District's College program had a sweep in 2022-2023 Awards year and other notable office achievements by winning #1 College Program in the 2022-2023 Awards Year, #1 College Unit Director, #1 Campus Recruiter, (3) <5 Lives Leader Summit achievers, and (1) FORUM producer who won #1 Advisor in the Bronze (in her first year). Our team continues to grow and achieve new levels of success in planning for our community and clients!
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.
Making a difference in our community is important to us because an investment in community is an investment in the future. We are dedicated to improving the community in which we live, work, and play, through active involvement and meaningful participation. Here are some of the organizations we support:
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.
Sophie's Run at Lake Waukomis
Our office is the title sponsor of this race and the organization's mission is to never see a child have to wait to communicate. Through fundraising efforts this organization has provided assistive communication devices to over 92 students since 2014. We are proud to support this great cause.
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.
