Brian Bonifant brings to Lion Street a twenty-year history of leading top performing sales and business development teams. In his role as Senior Vice President of Firm Development, Brian is focused on attracting and supporting industry-leading life insurance producers as they become Lion Street Owners. Brian started his career as a life insurance agent with John Hancock in 1990. While at John Hancock, he held several leadership roles and contributed to John Hancock’s initial launch into independent Life Insurance distribution. In 2006, Brian joined PartnersFinancial, a division of NFP (NYSE: NFP) as Vice President of Business Development, where he helped life insurance Producers uncover new revenue opportunities in the high net worth markets of wealth transfer, private business, and executive benefits. Brian earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.