Debbie is the President of Retained Earnings Company and has been an insurance and investment professional since 1992. She has focused her practice primarily on seeing to the insurance and financial needs of successful business owners, their families, and employees. She creates frequent seminars on these topics and provides guidance to companies and individuals searching for the best strategies and financial products to fit their business succession, estate planning, and benefit needs. Debbie is a founding sponsor of the Wisconsin Family Business Forum through the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. Debbie served as a board member of the Fox River Valley Association of Life Underwriters.
Debbie is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse and has a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)www.finra.org Series 6 (Investment Company/Variable Contracts Representative) and Series 63 (NASAA Uniform State Law Exam, USASLE) registration. Debra Hackel-Gostas has been a MDRT Top of the Table qualifier in 2006. She and her husband Gary have two children and live in Neenah, Wisconsin.