Michael J. Brink

Michael J. Brink, CLU Director of Business and Advisor Development Michael J. Brink joined Nease, Lagana, Eden & Culley, Inc. in June of 1994 as Director of Business and Advisor Development for the Southeast. Michael has a diversified background having developed his career in both insurance and trust banking. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Regional Manager of a major Tennessee bank trust company where he oversaw the personal trust, estate settlement, and qualified plan divisions. Prior to that, he was Director of Employee Benefits of a large regional property and casualty firm. A graduate of the University of Tennessee and holder of the Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College, Michael has been a frequent guest lecturer for the UT Finance Department and has addressed numerous insurance, banking, retirement planning and tax seminars, including the Tennessee Federal Tax Conference. He has had several articles pertaining to these issues published on both the local and national level. While in Knoxville, Michael was a member of the Estate Planning Council, East Tennessee Employee Benefits Council, the Knoxville Industrial Revenue Development Board, the Downtown Rotary Club, the board of several civic and charitable organizations and served as Finance Chairman of a successful mayoral campaign. Currently, he is Chairman of the Estate Planning Committee of the Georgia State Association of Life Underwriters and board member of both the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and The Entrepreneurship Institute. Michael is also Chairman of the Atlanta United Way Planned Giving Advisory Board, and past board member for the Buckhead Business Association Leadership Program as well as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table and Court of the Table. He is a registered representative of M Holdings Securities, a registered broker/dealer, member NASD & SIPC.