Michael Dean II

Michael has a Bachelor's in Business Management and minors in Math and Statistics as well as New Media Communications. "In high school and college, I excelled in math and finance and took as many classes in those as I could. I did several internships during that period; my favorite was working for a state legislator on the joint finance committee. Whether it was itemizing the state budget, working to simplify the state tax code, or performing comprehensive scenario comparisons for restructuring the state's bonding program, my experiences through that drew me to the financial services industry."

Michael's prior professional experience includes owning and managing a landscaping and plowing business in the Brookfield, Pewaukee, Elm Grove area. "I loved the combination of hard work and the personal interaction with clients. My favorite jobs were tree maintenance - whether you are fifty or a hundred feet up in a tree, you get to see some incredible views of surrounding communities." Unfortunately, after five years in the landscaping industry Michael tore his right pectoral and shoulder muscles in a non-work related incident. "I had enough workers to finish out the summer and fall work, but I had always known I didn't want to spend my entire life in landscaping. After my first interview with Northwestern Mutual I was ecstatic - I found a career that combined my expertise in math and economics with my passion of meeting, interacting with, and helping people."

Michael came to Northwestern in the summer of 2014. In addition to growing and maintaining his personal financial practice, Michael continues to pursue furthering education in the financial field. Michael and his wife are involved in the community with weekly Kid's Clubs and enjoy going for walks, spending time with friends and family, fishing, hunting, and sitting on the couch with popcorn and a movie.

Mike lives in Waukesha with his wife Jana. They both love hunting and fishing in addition to playing softball and going for walks when they have free time. Mike is passionate for his faith in Christ and does extensive volunteer work throughout the community such as coordinating local kid's clubs, volunteering at local jail ministries and softball leagues and has gone to Central American and helped host baseball clinics for young, underprivileged youth throughout the Dominican Republic.

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.