Nick Abbate

Nick Abbate is the Assistant General Agent for the Abbate Agency. He was the number one Assistant General Agent in North America for the Knights of Columbus for 2019 and 2020. He qualified for MDRT Court of the Table in 2020 and was the Knights of Columbus Rookie of the Year his first year as a Field Agent. 

He also directly serves Brother Knights and their families in Richmond, Fort Lee, Farmville and Lynchburg. In this role he educates, counsels and advises Brother Knights and their families on the importance of securing their financial future and being able to achieve their financial goals and aspirations.

Nick was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and has lived in Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Utah. Nick attended St Gregory the Great in Virginia Beach. He graduated from Kempsville High School and earned a full Air Force ROTC Scholarship at UNC Pembroke.

Nick graduated Cum Laude in International Relations. He then attended Air Force flight school in Florida and then reported to his first duty station at Robbins AFB in Georgia as an Air Battle Manager in the JSTARs community. During his 7.5-year career, he was deployed to the Middle East four times. Nick is married to his wife of four years, Arielle. Nick and Arielle have two daughters, Mary Grace and Catherine. Arielle is a pharmacist and also left the Air Force as a Major after 7.5 years of active duty. She is now a pharmacist in the Richmond area.

Nick continues his service as a Captain in the Air National Guard working out of D.C. Nick is the son of Julie and Bob Abbate, the General Agent for the Knights of Columbus in Virginia and West Virginia. Nick is responsible for the following councils: Msgr Francis Byrne #5476, Fr William Nolte #11533, Bernard Quinn #11710, St Martins of Tours #15794, St Theresa’s # 11678, Holy Cross #595.

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