Monty Edson

Monty Edson is a business coach, business owner and graduate business education leader with extensive experience in the health insurance, industrial distribution and graduate education fields. As a business coach, he has built on his business and education experience to guide small and medium-sized business owners to grow and develop their businesses using time-tested management systems. As an educator of MBA students, he specializes in the areas of innovation, risk and strategy.

Monty is the owner of Insurance Partners, a health insurance program manager that develops virtual insurance companies by linking third-party administrators to insurance companies, reinsurers, actuarial firms, underwriters and marketing organizations. He is a faculty member and member of the Education Programs and Solutions Committee of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois; a board member of the Lake Forest High School District 115; a board member of Bennu Legal Services, Lake Bluff, Illinois.

Monty is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, where he earned distinction as a Baker Scholar. He received his undergraduate degree from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, and later served as an officer in the U.S. Army.