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Management Team Harry Hoopis, CLU®, ChFC®Managing Partner After participating in Northwestern Mutual Financial Network’s college intern program in 1968, Harry graduated from the University of Rhode Island with an accounting degree and began his full-time sales career with Northwestern. He quickly moved to the Home Office in Milwaukee in 1974 and became the Superintendent of Manpower development. Just three years later, 30 year old Harry Hoopis was appointed the Managing Partner in Chicago-the youngest appointment in Northwestern’s prestigious history. Building on Harry’s unique visionary gifts and his unwavering belief in developing and succeeding to a strong purpose, the agency experienced exceptional growth since his appointment in 1977. The Hoopis field force increased from 34 representatives to over 180, with over $30 billion of face value life insurance.
Harry resides in Lake Forest, Illinois with his wife Bea. He has two grown children who are both married, Krina and Peter and is the proud grandfather of Alex, Sophie, Teddy, McKenzy and Teagan.  Joseph NillChief Development Officer Joe received his BA from Indiana University and his MSBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of St. Francis in Ft Wayne, Ind. He started as an agent with NML, in 1979, as one of two NML agents in Fort Wayne. He was appointed District Agent in 1984. While maintaining Life & Qualifying MDRT personal production on over 1,800 Lives, Joe was able to grow the District Agency, by 1999, to 11th largest in the NML system.
Joe was appointed Managing Partner for Columbus, Ohio, on February 1, 2000. He averaged 17 full-time recruits/year. The last two years, his team emphasized college interns with 40+ intern contracts/year. Joe achieved NML's Growth Award 5 out of his 6 eligible years for his team’s recruiting results and production from new recruits. In January, 2008, Joe joined the Hoopis Financial Group Leadership Team as Chief Development Officer. In this role, Joe oversees and supports our numerous growth and development goals.
Joe has been married to Cathy for 36 years. They have two grown children, Emily and Andy. Andy and his wife, Cathy, have a son, Michael and a baby girl, Colleen.  Scott Carr, CLU®Managing Director Scott Carr began his career with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as a college representative in 1984 while attending Illinois State University. After graduating with a B.S. in marketing and maintaining Top Ten Internship status during his senior year, he joined the Network full-time. In 1987, Scott was appointed Managing Director in Schaumburg, where he has built a highly successful district network office. Scott and his wife, Beth, have two children, Megan and Matt. They have lived in the Long Grove area for more than 18 years. Besides spending time with family, Scott enjoys golf, travel and coaching–especially coaching his son’s baseball team in the Buffalo Grove Recreational Association.  Peter H Hoopis, CLU®, CLF®, CLTCManaging Director For about as long as he can remember, the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network has been a part of Peter Hoopis’ life. His father, Harry Hoopis, CLU, ChFC, has been with the company for more than 30 years, and the positive effect that this connection has had on his family, their friends and the community inspired Peter to follow in his footsteps. One of Peter's main goals is to exert the same type of influence. Peter H Hoopis started his career with Northwestern Mutual in 1996 at the age of 19 as a college intern. During his time as an intern, Peter led all college financial representatives in production for the Central Region and placed fifth in the entire company among college financial representatives. Upon graduating from the University of Denver with a degree in Finance and Marketing, Peter was offered a full time position in September of 1999. Peter ranked in the top 50 for all first year representatives in the Northwestern Mutual. He has qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table and has achieved the National Quality Award and the National Sales achievement award numerous times. In May of 2004 he led the entire Northwestern Mutual in new client production. Within his organization, Peter placed in the top 5 of 165 representatives in group health insurance production in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Peter is a recent graduate of NAIFA’s Leadership in Life Institute. He currently holds his series 6,7,9,10,26,63 registrations and earned his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation from the American College. Peter has taken his passion for the financial services business and moved into a leadership role with Northwestern Mutual. Peter is one of the first in Northwestern Mutual to earn his Chartered Leadership Fellow designation from the American College. Peter now leads a group of 30 young financial representatives that have the ability produce over $3,000,000 of life insurance premium. Peter Hoopis has been married to Kelley for 8 years. They have two daughters, McKenzy and Teagan, and dog, Nika. They live in Lake Forest.
 James KratochvilManaging Director James Kratochvil joined the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in 1999 as a college intern and made an immediate impact by placing among the top two percent of his peers nationwide. He became a Financial Representative in 2000 and was appointed Managing Director in 2004 at the age of 26. James Kratochvil lived in Crystal Lake for most of his life. He now resides in Woodstock with his wife, Jen. The couple has a daughter named Jordyn and a Golden Retriever named Blu. For leisure James Kratochvil enjoys fishing, golfing, and traveling and spending time with his family.  Harry K Mathur, CLTCManaging Director
Harry Mathur is a Managing Director with the Mathur Financial Group in Lombard, Illinois. Harry specializes in life and disability insurance, estate planning and works primarily with physicians, traders and business owners.
Harry is a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) as well as a 1x Forum qualifier.
Harry is a member of the Lombard Chamber of Commerce. Harry is an avid golfer, and enjoys spending time with close friends and family.
Harry lives in downtown Chicago.  Jeffrey W Sons, CLTCManaging Director Jeff Sons started his career at Northwestern Mutual right out of the doors of the University of Illinois with a degree in Finance. Jeff started as an intern in 1994 with the Hoopis Financial Group. After doing the internship with Northwestern Mutual, Jeff decided that this was the career path for him. After reviewing all of his options, he understood that Northwestern Mutual was the only opportunity where he could control 100% of his success. He felt that he had unlimited potential, and it allowed him the freedom and flexibility to create his own schedule, balancing his professional and personal life. Jeff is currently a Wealth Management Advisor and Managing Director of The Sons Financial Group, in Vernon Hills, IL. His focus is developing representatives in this office, as well as working with his clients on their insurance and investment planning, specializing in wealth accumulation and distribution strategies. Jeff currently resides in St. Charles, IL with his wife Michele, and four children, Colin, Keira, Brogan, and Declan. He enjoys playing golf, and spending time with his family and friends. |
