Ronald N. Lipka
Financial Advisor|ChFC®, RICP®
Personal
Ron resides in Northern Baltimore County with his wife Kristyn. The two have been married since 2007 and share three wonderful children: Jaxon, Piper, and Tyson.
Ron began his career with Northwestern Mutual in the Spring of 2007. He loves his job and how his efforts directly impact the financial security and wealth of his clients. It brings him great satisfaction when he helps his clients set goals, create strategies to achieve them, and then watching them obtain them. Ron's family recently achieved one of their biggest goals they've been striving towards the last few years, they recently built and moved into their dream home this past summer.
During Ron's time spent outside of the office he enjoys spending quality time with his family, CrossFit, reading and cheering on local sports teams.
Professional
Ron Lipka joined Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Advisor in 2007. He began his career as a buyer for McCormick & Company in Baltimore, but soon realized that he desired more autonomy and the opportunity to have an impact in the lives of others. As Ron began to work with his Northwestern Mutual clients it became clear that this was exactly the path that he was looking for. As an advisor Ron works closely with his clients by getting to know what is important to them and helping them to implement steps that will ultimately move them closer to achieving their financial goals. This personal interaction and the ability to make a financial plan come to life for his clients is exactly what drives Ron to grow his practice and expand his impact.
Ron is inspired by the opportunity to make a positive impact on the financial wellbeing of every client who he meets. He has achieved his Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) and Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®) designations to expand his expertise. As an advisor Ron works closely with his clients by getting to know what is important to them and helping them to implement steps that will ultimately move them closer to achieving their financial goals.
In 2019 Ron began a partnership with another Northwestern Mutual financial practice, Grandy Bell Partners, with the goal of expanding the offerings that he could bring to his clients. As a financial planner Ron has extensive training, over 10 years of experience in the financial field, and access to some of the strongest products in the industry. His firm now has the additional benefit of managing extremely complex client planning needs in-house with the support of his team and his partners.
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.
