As a student, Chase Lowden had the unique job of working in a cadaver lab at the university. One day while working on a body, his professor looked up and asked for some advice on stocks, knowing that Lowden was enrolled in business school for financial management.
While Lowden wasn’t able to provide professional advice at that point in his career, he jokingly offered to go into an investment partnership with his professor, who took him up on his offer.
From there, his interest in finance only grew and he eventually joined Airey Financial Group in Merrillville as a financial adviser. Five years later, he opened his own firm, Lowden Financial Partners.
It’s here where his unique business style attracts both clients and other financial advisers eager to work with him because of his leadership abilities and distinctive approach to financial management and estate planning.
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A former emergency medical technician in addition to having worked in a cadaver lab, Lowden says his experiences trained him to think diagnostically, since both fields demand precision and exactness. He carried that mindset into financial management, where he established internal checks and controls to take a similarly diagnostic and thorough approach.
“We really try to get to the root of the problem and do a physical exam on their finances so we can have a good baseline,” Lowden said. “When I started applying a more clinical approach to my practice, it was a game changer for me.”
Lowden’s entrepreneurial mentality started when he was a child, working at his own lemonade and hot dog stand that was located near where workers would come and go.
“One summer, I made $1,000 because I set up next to a construction site,” he said. “I always enjoyed the idea of commerce and participating in it.”
His goal may be to build the business, but for Lowden, it’s about more than money. Ultimately, he says he wants to help people, and that includes clients who can’t afford financial advising.
“The firm takes on several pro bono cases each year,” Lowden said. “We’re a big believer in pro bono work. We also have relationships with non-profits including Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center.”
Lowden also serves as vice chairman for Franciscan Health Foundation, is a board member for the Schererville Civic Funds Board and avid supporter of Hospice of the Calumet Area. When not working or giving back to his community, you might be able to catch him up in the air.
“Every few years I go skydiving,” he said. “There’s a motto that I live by from Guy Lombardo, a singer and musician in the 1950s and ‘60s: Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.”
