Manuel Amezcua is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and executive in the wealth management and insurance industry. He currently serves as CEO for MassMutual Great Lakes, one of the leading brands in creating financial security, stability, and success on behalf of those it serves in the United States. Manuel is also the founder of Podium Risk Management which has a concentrated focus on serving professional athletes, business owners, and CEOs. Within Manuel’s four-year span leading MassMutual Great Lakes, the firm has sponsored and supported over 60 nonprofit organizations and been recognized on Metro Detroit’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For’ list annually since 2018, as well as Crain’s Detroit Business ‘Cool Places to Work in Michigan’ list in 2019 and 2021. Manuel has been recognized each year since 2019 as one of Detroit’s 500 ‘Most Powerful Business Leaders in Metro Detroit’ by DBusiness Magazine, received the 2019 Huebner Service Award from the Society of Financial Services Professionals Detroit Chapter and MassMutual’s national Community Service Award in 2015 and 2019. During his professional career, he has spoken at more than 50 conferences and companies across the country. His conversations focus on developing a clear brand and value proposition, working intentionally from a written plan, and having relentless hustle. He believes some of the greatest professional skill sets are the ones we learned as children: be polite, remember and use a person’s name, ask for permission, and give compliments because being kind is cool. At the forefront of Manuel’s personal life are his wife, Samantha, and two children, Ava and Atlas. Manuel serves on the Board of Governors at the Skyline Club, the Executive Committee for the Game on Cancer, and the DePauw Centers Co-Curricular Advisory Board. He also served as Chair of the Chicago Melanoma Research Foundation’s Wings of Hope Gala for three years. He has provided previous board service to the Melanoma Research Foundation, NAIFA Chicago, POSSE Chicago’s Leadership Council, the Center for Economic Progress, and the Reilly C. Bush Foundation.