Professional

After graduating from Louisiana College in 2006, Wesley spent 4 seasons playing quarterback professionally in the IFL. He taught and coached part time in the falls of 2006 and 2007, then was in the classroom full time for 3 years until changing careers to start his practice with Northwestern Mutual.

Since coming on board with Northwestern Mutual in June of 2011, Wesley has had a successful and growing practice. Wesley holds his Series 6, Series 63, Series 65 and Series 7 licenses.

Wesley and his team share the vision of developing the premier financial services practice in East Texas by serving each generation of their clients and their families.

Personal

Wesley is a 2002 graduate of Edgewood High School in Edgewood, Texas. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Louisiana College in 2006. He currently resides in Sulphur Springs with his wife Kelsey and their children, Clark and Caroline.

He is the son of Blake and Tammy Cooper of Commerce, Texas. He has a brother, Robert, who is married to Emily and currently resides in Brock, Texas with their three children Luke, Josh and Hannah. He also has a younger sister, Rebekah, who is now married to Matt Rich and they have a daughter named Isabelle.

Wesley's hobbies include hunting, golfing, and traveling with friends and family.

Lending a hand in our community.

As part of Northwestern Mutual, we're 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.

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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.

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TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation

In honor of Connor Cruse, TeamConnor aims to fulfill Connor's wish that no child endure the suffering of childhood cancer. TeamConnor is dedicated to funding novel research projects around the country that will move us closer to funding the causes and cures to help end all childhood cancers. Reaching our goal of $50K will allow us to add one more year of funding for the researchers to continue their life-saving work. Join us in giving kids back their childhoods!

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 ours) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.

It's why we're happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.

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