Our Work

WHO WE HELP

Sales | Staffing | Managers 

Employees with Equity Compensation | Top Tax Bracket Families

HOW WE HELP

Confidence & Clarity on your Financial Plan

Investment Management

Equity Compensation Management 

Tax Strategy

Retirement Planning

Insurance Planning

Education Planning

Estate Planning 

We pull together the data you need to get clarity on where you stand today, align on where you want to go, and build a plan to help you get there - walking with you step-by-step through it all. 

Carl Lipani

Carl began with Northwestern Mutual in 2016 during his senior year at Colby College. He always wanted a career focused around helping people, professional autonomy, and a world class culture.

His mission is to help his clients achieve financial independence, paired with confidence in how they are spending their time and money. The purpose of having money is to not have to worry about money, but that requires a considerable amount of planning, time, thought, and expertise- that’s what the team provides.

Most clients are 30-50 crushing it in sales. They typically have variable income, equity compensation, financial pieces, and are getting crushed in taxes. The team provides alignment between the most important things in their life and their money.

Carl is married to his beautiful wife, Abby. Both were born, raised, and live in Greater Boston. Abby owns and runs a therapy practice named GroundingU in Wellesley, MA. Carl & Abby love good food, quality time with friends and family, sporting events, concerts, and golf.

Get to know my dedicated team

Each of us are committed to providing exceptional service. If you need to schedule an appointment, request service, or have a question about a policy or account, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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Cameron Richall

WMCP®

Director of Investment Operations

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Kevin S. Swansburg

RICP®, WMCP®, CLTC®

Director of Financial Planning

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Charlotte Hunton

Director of Client Experience

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

Investment Planning & 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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The Northwestern Mutual difference

No. 1

Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4