Professional
Van joined Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Advisor in June of 2019 after practicing law for seven years. He earned his B.S. at Drake University, and his J.D. from the University of Iowa. Van currently holds his FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations in addition to the Iowa Life and Health Insurance licenses.
Van has a passion for developing strong relationships with his clients in order to carefully craft recommendations and a plan that is tailored to fit your specific needs and goals. What he loves about his work is the ability to build structure around your finances that empowers you to focus on what matters most.
Van is a long time resident of West Des Moines, Iowa. Outside of work, Van is passionate about the Self-Help International organization, based out of Waverly, Iowa, supporting small business owners internationally among other initiatives. In his spare time, Van enjoys reading and staying active with friends and family playing golf, ultimate frisbee, and pickleball.
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.
