Mike Wood
Financial Representative|CLU®
Personal
A native Memphian, I live in Memphis with my wife, the former Willie Frances Seay. Willie and I have three children, Carrie, Charlie, and Tom.
I served three years in the United States Army including one year in Korea.
I enjoy reading and fishing in my leisure time.
Professional
I have earned my Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation from the American College and the Accredited Estate Planner (AEP®) designation from the National Association of Estate Planning Councils.
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Estate Planning Council of Memphis, Planned Giving Council of Greater Memphis, Memphis Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Memphis Chapter of the National Society of Financial Service Professionals, Professional Advisors Council of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, Professional Advisory Group of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 1967.
Education
University of Memphis - English (Bachelor of Arts)
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.
