Personal

Katie, Powell, Clayton, Beau and I live in beautiful Watkinsville, GA. We both graduated from the University of Georgia, Go Dawgs! We love spending time in our community and outdoors with our kids and dogs. We grew up in Snellville, GA and are high school sweethearts. We enjoy investing richly in the next generation, neighborhoods, and the nations around us. 

We are involved in a few organizations including Young Life, Watkinsville First Baptist, Extra Special People, University of Georgia to name a few. 

Little League sports is also a big passion of mine and I spend a lot of my free time coaching football and baseball in Oconee County. Most of our weekends are spent on the ball field! 

Here's myself, my wife, and my kids hanging out with Mickey Mouse at Disney.

Family at Disney

The boys (and future girl!) outside of Sanford Stadium. Go Dawgs!

The boys in Sanford stadium

Katie and I after the Dawgs' win in the 2022 National Championship game!

UGA National Championship Game

Professional

I'm committed to helping you get closer to your dreams. When you partner with me, you can expect a judgment-free, pressure-free environment with conversations that will be jargon-free. I strive to provide you the best experience possible. 

Education

University of Georgia - Agriculture Business (Bachelor of Science) - Class of 2012

Experience

Northwestern Mutual - Financial Advisor (2016-present)

Young Life - Area Director (2014-2016), Staff Associate (2012-2014)

 

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:

Young Life

Young Life is an evangelical Christian organization which focuses on young people in middle school, high school, and college. Young Life helps kids know Jesus, grow in their faith, and serve Him.

https://younglife.org/

young life logo

Watkinsville First Baptist Church

Watkinsville First Baptist is a people on mission to glorify God by making wholehearted followers of Christ. Together we hope to: learn what it means to follow Jesus wholeheartedly, strengthen families within our church body, impact the thousands of college students who move through our community.

https://www.watkinsville.org/

Watkinsville First Baptist Church

Must Ministries

MUST addresses the basic needs of individuals, families and children with facilities in the Cobb and Cherokee counties and programs in numerous other counties. MUST brings people of many faiths together to respond to God's challenge to minister to others with compassion and love, without judgment of the beliefs, background or circumstances of those who serve or are being served.

https://www.mustministries.org/

Must Ministries

Cru

Cru is the name of Campus Crusade for Christ International in the U.S. Our purpose is helping to fulfill the Great Commission in the power of the Holy Spirit by winning people to faith in Jesus Christ, building them in their faith and sending them to win and build others.

https://cru.org

Cru

OCYFA (Oconee County Youth Football Association) and Oconee County Little League

Much of my time spent outside of the office is dedicated to coaching my boys' various sports teams, including football in the fall and baseball in the spring.

OCYFA

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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Alex's Lemonade Stand logo

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.

Visit partner website

Beads of Courage logo

Backpack kids for Jackson County Schools

Backpack for KIDS program has been set up to identify those children in Jackson County Schools that may not have sufficient food when out of school.

https://www.facebook.com/BackpackForKidsFeedingProgram/

Backpack Kids

Rock Goodbye Angel

Rock Goodbye Angel, Inc. (RGA) is a community based 501(C) 3 nonprofit organization that offers a support network, grief education and pastoral counseling to grieving parents of pregnancy loss and early infant loss. Our mission Is to invite parents of pregnancy loss and early infant loss to Open the door to HOPE and HEALING in a safe community where they are educated about their grief and given resources to help them heal.

http://rockgoodbyeangel.org/

Rock Goodbye Angel

March of Dimes

March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education and advocacy so that every family can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy, we support every pregnant person and every family.

https://www.marchofdimes.org/

March of Dimes

Operation Christmas Child

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations.

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

Operation Christmas Child

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.

Downtown Milwaukee, WI Skyline