David C. Allen, M.S.

            David C. Allen is a leader and successful entrepreneur of eighteen years.  Tru North Advisors is a culmination of his experiences from the coaching both high level athletes and sales professionals to achieve their best. He specializes on moving audiences and individuals from where they are to where they want to go.  He is captivating, funny, and inspiring.  He has clients from Oregon to the Carolinas and Texas to Michigan. 

            David received his bachelors degree in Psychology from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.  Before he had even graduated, as a result of his leadership traits, was appointed to a staff position within the athletic department as a Student Head Coach.  Following graduation, worked closely with the newly formed Life Specialist Program with Allstate Insurance Company as their Regional Life Underwriting Coordinator for the Southeastern Region.  In this position, he played an intregal part in the Southeastern Region being the first to exceed $1 Million in issued production for the year.  David later went on to a successful stint working in with the Auburn University Football program. After Auburn, he went on to receive his Master's degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.  Besides wroking with the staffs at Auburn and Baylor, he followed by working with the performance development staff at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  David went on from there to found a nationally respected facility The Center for Athletic Development.  The facility developed athletes of all ages starting as young as 5th grade to the professionals from all across the country.

David also spent several years back working with Allstate Financial services in several different capacities.  He served as the primary regional assistant coordinating and assisting in the training for all new and existing Financial Specialists.  He went on to head the regions pilot program for Exclusive Benefit Specialist program for Allstate's supplemental benefit program.  In this program, David was responsible for the marketing to the regions agents, recruiting, and training for the Benefit Specialists for the four state region.  He has lastly successfully guided his own Allstate Agency the last several years during which his agency maintained one of the highest customer retention rates in the country until he sold the agency at the end of 2008.