Michael Pierson
Financial Advisor
Professional
Michael's mission is to develop enduring relationships with clients by providing expert guidance for a lifetime of financial security. He uses a four-step approach in working with his clients to understand complex financial issues, and how they can affect life goals — whether a client is working to achieve current financial success, or to protect and preserve assets over the long-term.
Michael earned his undergraduate degree from Penn State University in 2008 and his Master's in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 2013. He joined Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Advisor in 2020 after several years working as a leader in hospitality and financial services organizations. He chose Northwestern Mutual as his home due to the company’s alignment with his professional vision of making a positive impact on a community through both professional and philanthropic endeavors. He is committed to furthering his education and expertise in financial planning and is currently enrolled in the Certified Financial Planner™ curriculum at The American College of Financial Services as he works to pursue designations to better serve the evolving needs of his clients.
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
Personal
Michael lives in the Greater Philadelphia area, in the suburbs northwest of the city with his wife Shelley and their two yellow labs, Penny Lane and Stella Pierson. They are very excited to welcome their newest edition this summer, with our son, "Miles Pierson" expected in August 2022!
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.
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.
