Brian K Ford
Wealth Management Advisor|CFP®, RICP®, CAP®, CLU®, ChFC®
Professional
Brian K Ford, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional, RICP® CAP® CLU® ChFC® CLTC® and his team have built a national practice across several industries helping physicians, dentists, business owners, and athletes implement healthy habits and rituals with money.
For Brian and his team, achieving financial security for his clients will empower them to truly live life differently. Brian envisions his clients' marriages being enhanced, children graduating from world class universities and going on to become exceptional adults, businesses starting, stock ticker symbols being created, diseases being cured, people being healed, and much more.
Contact Brian to structure a plan specific to your needs.
Awards and Recognition
Forbes Best In State Top Financial Security Professional
The people on my team are some of the best. Their hard work has led to Forbes recognizing me as one of the country’s top 100 financial security professionals. Without the support of my team, and our amazing clients, this would not have been possible. Thank you!
Forbes Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2024), Research and ranking provided by SHOOK Research, LLC. Based upon data as of 12/31/2023. Northwestern Mutual (NM) and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating or ranking lists. NM and its advisors do, however, pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating or ranking(s). Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.
The Northwestern Mutual Forum
The goal of Northwestern Mutual Forum is to motivate financial representatives to achieve the highest level of productivity and excellence. Qualifiers represent the top segment of our industry leading field force.
Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member 2019, 2021, 2022
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
Brian K Ford has earned several designations which include:
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional
The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional certification is one of the most recognized financial planning marks in the world. This certification identifies to the public those individuals who have met rigorous professional standards and have agreed to adhere to the principles of integrity, objectivity, competence, fairness, confidentiality, professionalism, and diligence when dealing with clients.
RICP® Retirement Income Certified Professional
The RICP® program prepares financial professionals to create effective retirement income plans to maintain clients' desired lifestyle over the course of retirement, identify retirement income needs and objectives, evaluate clients' current situation relative to goals, determine the optimal retirement age and choose appropriate annuities, become familiar with the latest research on strategies to ensure retirement assets last a lifetime, and select a method for funding long-term care needs.
CAP® Chartered Advisory in Philanthropy
The CAP® provides the knowledge and tools for advisors and fundraisers to help clients articulate and advance their highest aspirations for self, family, and society. CAP®s enjoy the benefits of taking their high-achieving career to another plane, becoming members of a growing network of top planners to make towns and cities better places to live.
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.
ChFC® Chartered Financial Consultant
The ChFC® designation focuses on the comprehensive financial planning process as an organized way to collect and analyze information on a client's total financial situation; to identify and establish specific financial goals; and to formulate, implement, and monitor a comprehensive plan to achieve those goals.
CLTC® Certification in Long Term Care
The CLTC® designation was created in 1999. It focuses on the discipline of extended care planning. It provides professionals the critical tools necessary to discuss the subject of longevity and its consequences on their client's family and finances.
Personal
Brian Ford was born and raised in Northwest Indiana. Upon graduating from Purdue University with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Brian relocated to Atlanta and has resided in metro-Atlanta since 2007.
Today, Brian resides in metro-Atlanta with his gorgeous wife Ashley who also happens to be a native of Indiana.
Brian and Ashley have three children together; Carter, Alaura, and Anyssa. Brian says his children have provided new perspective and energy both in the way Brian invests his time professionally and personally.
Brian's hobbies include weight lifting, football, and playing golf. In his spare time, Brian enjoys spending it with his family.
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.
Brian Ford is committed to improving his community. He was blessed to learn at an early age about the impact that one person can have on their surroundings by serving.
Today, Brian is privileged to serve on the Board for Purdue Alumni Club of Atlanta, as well as, the Purdue Black Alumni Organization.
Additionally, Brian volunteers time to Inroads Atlanta Alumni Association.
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.
