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Joy Bridson is a financial advisor at Thrivent Investment Management with five years of industry experience. She has worked at Thrivent Investment Management and Thrivent Financial since 2020, and previously at Action Financial Strategies and Mersberger Financial Group. Bridson holds a Series 66 designation and is based in Appleton, Wisconsin. Thrivent Investment Management offers Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients, providing written recommendations on a wide range of financial topics without implementation. The firm uses goal-based analyses and allows clients to combine planning with managed-account programs under a consolidated billing option called “WealthPlan.”

Julie Osladil is a financial advisor with Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. in Kiel, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Packerland Brokerage Services since 2006. Outside of her advisory role, she works as an independent insurance agent, selling long-term care, disability, health, and life insurance. Packerland Brokerage Services serves individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and advisory program access through various fee-based and brokerage platforms. The firm combines individualized financial planning with discretionary and non-discretionary account management and supports multiple investment strategies and third-party manager oversight.

James Gresens is a financial advisor with Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. in Kiel, WI, holding a Series 63 designation and 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Packerland Brokerage Services since 2004. Outside of his financial advisory role, he serves as the treasurer for the Lakeshore Estates East Pond Owner Association, a non-compensated position involving financial record-keeping and dues collection. Packerland Brokerage Services serves individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and advisory programs through firm-managed portfolios, wrap programs, and third-party co-advisory arrangements. The firm combines individualized financial planning with discretionary or non-discretionary account management and routinely monitors third-party managers, providing both brokerage and advisory services through dual SEC and FINRA registration.

Mark Brown is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Packerland Brokerage Services and National Mutual Benefit. In addition to his advisory work, he has served as an independent insurance agent offering life insurance, long-term care insurance, and fixed indexed annuities. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as select retail clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns, rebalancing, and savings rates through point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Samantha Fitzgerald is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Wipfli Financial Advisor, LLC and Hewins Financial Advisors, LLC. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning–led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various specialized portfolio management techniques.

Bradley Ruh is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in New Holstein, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2011 and operates under the DBA Action Financial Strategies, LLC, focusing on the sale of New York Life products and brokering non-registered insurance products. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a volunteer board member at St. Mark Ministries, providing general advising and guidance. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm delivers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages most of its assets on a non-discretionary basis, working extensively with defined contribution and defined benefit plans as well as charitable and corporate clients.