Danielle Lukens with Northwestern Mutual-Clayton Achieves Chartered Leadership Fellow (CLF®) Designation

ST. LOUIS, MO, December 16, 2016 – Danielle Lukens, Internship Development Officer for the Northwestern Mutual network office in Clayton, MO, has attained the Chartered Leadership Fellow (CLF®) designation.

The Chartered Leadership Fellow (CLF®) program, developed by The American College, provides financial services managers with the knowledge and tools they need to achieve key organizational goals. These include recruiting and retaining top performers, setting performance, developing effective business plans and improving managerial and leadership skills.

Earning the CLF® designation benefits individuals by giving them tools to create a high performance culture within their office. These include tools such as creative problem solving, leadership skills, practice management concepts, and managerial best practices.

Lukens has been with Northwestern Mutual since 2008. She attended SIU-Edwardsville where she majored in Business Administration and Marketing. She is married to husband Ben Lukens who also works for Northwestern Mutual. The two reside in Rock Hill, MO.

About Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for nearly 160 years. Our financial representatives build relationships with clients through a distinctive planning approach that integrates risk management with wealth accumulation, preservation and distribution. With $238.5 billion in assets, $27.9 billion in revenues and more than $1.6 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 4.3 million people who rely on us for insurance and investment solutions, including life, disability income and long-term care insurance; annuities; trust services; mutual funds; and investment advisory products and services. Northwestern Mutual ranks 100 on the 2016 FORTUNE 500, and is recognized by FORTUNE as one of the “World’s Most Admired” life insurance companies in 2016.

Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI, and its subsidiaries. Northwestern Mutual and its subsidiaries offer a comprehensive approach to financial security solutions including: life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, annuities, life insurance with long-term care benefits, investment products, and advisory products and services. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (NMWMC), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC).