Cody Dolly
Having joined Northwestern
Mutual in
2002, Cody Dolly
is a managing
director in the Milwaukee
based financial services
company’s White
Plains office. There, he
leads of group of veteran
financial advisors
while also overseeing
the recruitment and
development of early
career professionals.
The financial advisory
team Cody manages
develop enduring
relationships with clients
by providing expert guidance
for a lifetime of financial
security. They work with clients
to identify their own specific
definition of financial security
and then focus on the solutions
that can help make those financial
goals a reality.
Cody and his team typically
work with business owners and
successful professionals, helping
them find the time to make
smart decisions about money.
That work involves assisting
clients in identifying and prioritizing
the values that each individual
brings to the table and
comparing what those values
suggest with the financial decisions
they have made to date.
Cody takes pride in creating
for his clients an atmosphere
in which they focus their time
and energy on their families and
businesses without fear that
their financial future may be
in doubt. The result is that
his clients employ financial
solutions that allow them
to accomplish the things
that are truly important
to them.
Cody has been an instrumental
leader on
the professional concerns
of LGBTQ community
members who
work at Northwestern
Mutual. He serves on the
LGBTQ+ Field Advisory
Group and has been a critical
voice in challenging the group to
push the boundaries and create
greater impact.
This year, for the first time in
its 163-year history, Northwestern
Mutual honored a local network
office with the Diversity and
Inclusion Champion Award, and
Cody was a member of the judging
panel that decided on that
award. Given the depth of his experience
with the company and
his level of professional credibility,
he proved a tremendous asset
to that panel. Cody remains
committed to and active in the
effort to create a truly inclusive
culture across his company’s
wide network of workplaces.
Cody was born and raised in
the Adirondack region of New
York State and now lives in
Stamford, Connecticut. As an
Ironman triathlete and a marathon
runner, he stays active and
fit physically, and he also enjoys
travel, volunteering, checking
out new restaurants, and
spending time with friends and
family.
Managing
Director &
LGBTQ+ Field
Advisory Group
Member, Northwestern
Mutual
Wes Enos
Wes Enos was
raised by a history
teacher father
and an English
teacher mother on the Oregon
Coast, so it may not seem surprising
that in 2015 he founded
The Generations Project, a
non-profit that connects LGBTQ
people of different ages in life storytelling
events where the community
shares and celebrates its
collective history.
But, as Wes told Gay City News
last year, there was a time in his
life when history became a painful
topic. His father’s 10th grade history
class was famous in his high
school – other students told him
his Dad made “history come alive”
for them. But when Wes himself
reached 10th grade, he lost his father
to pancreatic cancer.
“I grew to hate history,” he recalled.
In time he came around, earning
his bachelor’s degree from
San Francisco State University
in history. Working as a waiter in
the Castro, Wes noticed older gay
men who were regular customers,
and from a fellow waiter heard
stories of how those men had lost
so many friends to AIDS in the
1980s and ‘90s. While in San
Francisco, Wes volunteered
at the city’s GLBT Historical
Society.
Wes arrived in New York
a few years later armed
with his appreciation for
LGBTQ history. Many
of his peers, meanwhile,
seemed clueless about
it. Overhearing a 21-yearold
gay man at a party say
that anyone over 40 should
be banned from the bars, Wes
vowed to find a way to educate
young folks about the community’s
history while bringing people
of different ages together.
“History has a history of being
forgotten,” Wes said, adding,
“There’s so much rich history
in the LGBTQ community. As
a young gay person new to the
scene, where do you start?”
After conversations with
older people about queer life
it struck him – intergenerational
storytelling. The
Generations Project was
born.
“The best way to build
our community is to
share our history and
make sure our stories are
passed to the next generation,”
Wes explained.
The Generations Project
consists of workshops and
shows, where stories are recorded
in front of a live audience.
“Now we have an archive of
experienced storytellers,” Wes
said. “When we create themed
shows we can pull storytellers
from past workshops, mix them
with others in our network,
and build an eager community
to support them… Some of the
participants never thought they
would share their story in front
of an audience.”
Executive
Director,
The Generations
Project
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