Personal

Born and raised in Oregon, Matt attended David Douglas High School and Pacific University, studying Business with a concentration in Accounting and Marketing.  Matt also played soccer and baseball while at Pacific.

Matt and Karen met in 2013 and were married by her father in 2016 in Redmond, Wa.  They have three children and moved to Bend, OR in 2019.  Matt and Karen enjoy golf, hiking, mountain biking, fly fishing, pickleball and camping.  Any chance they get you'll find them enjoying the outdoors.  Together, Karen and Matt are passionate about helping others and being involved in their community and their church.

 

Professional

Matt joined Northwestern Mutual in 1993 to make a positive impact in families and businesses.

Matt's goal is to educate his clients and implement strategies that will help them achieve their personal, professional and financial goals. He works primarily with families, sales professionals, medical professionals and business owners to create financial plans that will address what is truly important to them and help them execute on that plan.

Education

Pacific University - Accounting & Marketing (Bachelor of Arts)

Awards and Recognition

  • National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2011-2015
    • Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
  • National Quality Award 2002, 2007-2010
    • Award recognizing persistency and performance

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

Retirement Planning & Income Strategies

Investment Planning & Strategies

Advisory Services

Life Insurance Strategies

Business Risk Management

Long-Term Care Planning

Disability Planning

Education Planning & Funding

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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