Brian D. Heckert, CLU, ChFC, is a 33-year MDRT member with seven Court of the Table and 14 Top of the Table honors. Heckert, of Nashville, Illinois, served as MDRT President in 2016 and is the founder and managing member of Financial Solutions Midwest, a financial planning firm focused on creative retirement plan design and income distribution planning. He also served on the leadership board for the MDRT Foundation and as the 2019 president of NAIFA–Illinois.