Tom Thomas Armstrong
Financial Representative|CPA
Personal
Tom married his high school sweetheart in 1984. Tom and Jill have raised 3 great kids, Chad, Brett and Grace. Chad is a veteran of the US Army. Brett is a graduate student at Colorado University in Music and Grace is completing her undergrad studies in Pre Med at Grand Valley State University.
Tom is a two time cancer survivor. He won his battle against Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma though a successful bone marrow transplant in 2003.
After recovering, Tom completed the Chicago and Phoenix marathons. In 2011 Tom became an avid Cross-fitter and that interest has progressed into competitive Olympic style weight lifting.
Tom loves golf, traveling and time with the family.
Professional
Tom started his career as a Certified Public Accountant in 1985. His practice focused on tax issues and financial planning for small business owners and physicians. In 1989, Tom established Armstrong and Associates, CPAs in Charlottesville, Va. This practice continued his focus and expanded into retirement and business succession strategies for executives and entrepreneurs. Tom became a member of the Virginia CPAs financial planning task force and took an active role on the board of the Boys and Girls Club in Virginia.
In 1995, Tom sold his CPA firm and moved his family back to Grand Rapids, Michigan. For several years, Tom was involved in tax consulting and estate planning for high net worth individuals.
In 2003, Tom joined Northwestern Mutual. He has enjoyed continued success serving executives and business owners. Continuing his focus in developing income strategies after retirement, or the sale of a business, he has built a team and a unique process supported by Northwestern Mutual to address all of the particular risks associated with helping build an income and asset distribution strategy for life.
Associations and Memberships
Tom Armstrong is a member of:
- American Institute of CPAs
- Michigan Association of CPAs
- MICPA Financial Institutions task force
- Michigan Bankers Association
- Indiana Bankers Association
- Ohio Bankers League
- Illinois Bankers Association
- Rotary International
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2003.
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.
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.
