Lon is a 1977 graduate of Brodhead High School and a 1981 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Lon's financial services career began in 1983 as the Assistant Vice-President at a community bank in Brodhead, WI. In 1992, Lon transitioned into the investment services arena, opening Brodhead's first full service brokerage firm. Married to his wife Michelle, they have two children, Mitchell and Brooke.