Chawn A Payton
Financial Advisor|ChFC®, CLU®, CLTC®
Personal
Chawn A. Payton graduated with a Computer Engineering degree from Florida A&M University in 2008 and began his career as a management consultant for Accenture. In 2017, after 9 years with Accenture he decided to start his financial planning and advisory practice in the Atlanta area, affiliated with Northwestern Mutual.
Chawn’s life mission is to positively impact the lives of everyone he meets. His current role as a financial advisor allows him to do this by serving his community in providing financial literacy as well as helping create generational wealth through comprehensive financial planning. He believes the first step in building wealth is having the appropriate mindset. Understanding this developed a passion for helping others in his community think differently about money.
He currently lives in Kennesaw, GA with his wife Yolanda. They’ve been married 10 years and love to travel and try new restaurants. He’s an avid fan of all the sports teams in Atlanta and occasionally, will live on the edge by going sky diving.
Professional
My Process
I enjoy hearing the stories of the people I meet and how they got to where they are. This helps me understand what's important to you and allows me to speak intelligently about the services that might be appropriate for you and your family. And with that, it's only fair that you get to know me, before you can feel comfortable sharing your goals and dreams. That's why I work closely with my clients to develop a lasting relationship while developing innovative solutions that meet their long-term financial goals and objectives.
My Services
I deliver comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, and business owners by building wealth accumulation strategies that also address the short and long-term risks that can interrupt your cash flow. Conversations with my clients typically revolve around putting together a long-term financial game plan that encompasses managing investments, mitigating risk, and applying tax-efficient strategies.
Years of Experience
I started my practice with Northwestern Mutual in Spring of 2018. Prior to this, I spent 9 years as a management consultant within the financial services industry at Accenture.
Education
Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Engineering
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.
The Covenant House
Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter, food, immediate crisis care, and an array of other services to homeless and runaway youth. In addition to basic needs, Covenant House provides care to homeless youth aged 14–20, designed to transition them into an independent adulthood free from the risk of future homelessness. Covenant House offers services including healthcare, educational support/GED preparation/college scholarships, job readiness and skills training programs, drug abuse treatment and prevention programs, legal services, mental health services, mother/child programs, transitional living programs, street outreach and aftercare.
Dekalb Brilliance Academy
Chawn serves on the executive board of directors as the proposed treasure for Dekalb Brilliance Academy. With unwavering commitment to exceptional academics, leadership development, and community collaboration, DeKalb Brilliance Academy prepares all Kindergarten - 8th grade students to thrive in high school and college, have fulfilling careers, and become impactful leaders in our communities.
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.
