Brian Eder '04
Brian Eder is at the top of his game as a financial advisor and a philanthropist.
Eder started as an intern at Northwestern Mutual in 2005 and now serves as partner and CEO of wealth management firm Voyage Wealth Architects, a founding member of the Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group. He has earned Forbes recognition as a Best in State Security Professional and Best in State Wealth Advisor and is a 12-time recipient of the FORUM award recognizing the top 5 percent of Northwestern Mutual’s 7,000-plus financial advisors.
Eder put his passion for golf to work in the Birdies4Brains, the nonprofit he founded in 2011, which has raised more than $1.5 million through golf-centric events to support brain injury survivors. Eder was recognized with Northwestern Mutual’s Community Service Award, and he and his Voyage Wealth Architects partners have been on MSP Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropist List two years in a row. They recently committed $250,000 to M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital to fund the first Child Life Specialist in its Pediatric Kidney Dialysis Unit.
Brain Eder '04