Elevate Your Wealth
Colin McGuire
Financial Advisor|CFP®
Personal
I was born and raised in Rockford, IL. After high school, I went to Winona State University in Winona, MN, where I played football and majored in Public Relations with a minor in Chinese. Winona State is also where I met my wife Cheslea. We started dating in the fall of 2011. After graduating, I moved to North Dakota for work and Chelsea went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Chicago. We lived apart until 2015, and married in 2018. We were grateful to welcome our son, Shannon Patrick, to our family in February of 2020.
I am constantly trying to become a more well-rounded person and learn from everyone I meet. I enjoy spending time outdoors and pushing my mind and my body to new limits through reading, writing, learning new skills, and listening to others. I love cooking for family and friends and trying new exercise routines, learning martial arts, and watching movies.
Some favorite books I have recently read are:
- The 12-week Year
- The Secret
- Code of The Extraordinary Mind
- Grit
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
- The Go-Giver
Professional
I'm committed to helping you get closer to your dreams. When you partner with me, you can expect a judgment-free, pressure-free environment with conversations that will be jargon-free. I strive to provide you the best experience possible.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations from Winona State University
- Minor in Chinese Language from Winona State University
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.
