Retired Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Over his 41-year career with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Qualy reached the highest levels of corporate success, and he has generously shared his leadership capacity with St. Louis community organizations and Mizzou. He began with Northwestern in 1971, as a financial representative operating out of an apartment in Columbia, Missouri. He opened an office in Columbia and expanded to eight financial representatives before being appointed Managing Partner to develop a financial planning network in St. Louis. Over the next 20 years he quadrupled the number of financial representatives, and the St. Louis office earned the company’s prestigious Growth Award every year from 1990 to 2010. During this time, the performance of the St. Louis network he managed increased from $2.6 million in premiums on 2,000 policies sold to $30 million in premiums on 15,000 policies sold. Qualy’s group became the national office leader for the entire Northwestern Mutual network. Within his organization, Qualy developed the company’s largest College Internship Program, and served several terms on the board of the Leadership of the Northwestern Mutual Managing Partners Association, including a term as President.