Jacob Andrew Augustine

Nkozi Knight is a financial advisor with Thrivent Investment Management in Germantown, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Thrivent, Knight worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and U.S. Bank. Outside of advising, Knight owns multiple businesses including GreenHomeHub, a cleaning and sustainability company, NEST Healthworks, a healthcare consulting firm, and Bodhi Photography, a creative media enterprise, and serves on the boards of the Marquette University Alumni Association and Greater Galilee Community Development Center. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits, offering holistic, goal-based financial planning without discretionary portfolio management, and allows clients to integrate planning with managed-account services through its WealthPlan option.

William Niewoehner is the sole advisor at WHN Investor Services, Inc., an independent firm based in Brookfield, WI. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 25 years of industry experience. Niewoehner has been with WHN Investor Services since 1981. WHN Investor Services provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals and institutional consulting to corporate retirement plans. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios primarily composed of large-cap, dividend-paying stocks, supplemented by U.S. Treasuries and high-quality corporate bonds, and offers pension consulting and manager-search services that are uncommon among small independent advisers.

Brian earned his Bachelor of Science degree from UW – La Crosse with a triple major in Accounting, Finance, & Economics. He has a Master's of Business Administration with a specialty in Finance from Marquette University and has post-graduate certificates from Cornell University SC Johnson graduate school of management in Executive Leadership & Leading Management Teams. Brian is a Certified Financial Planner, Certified Public Accountant, Personal Financial Specialist, Certified Global Managerial Accountant, and a Certified Project Management Professional. He started his career working in Public Accounting for a regional CPA firm for a number of years. Then Brian worked in the private sector for a large fortune 30 company and smaller corporations, holding positions in Corporate Finance, Internal Audit, and Strategic Management. After that Brian started his own firm Leben CPA LLC and now Brian is a principal at Midwest Wealth Solutions and CPA firm Lulloff, Leben & Taylor. Brian is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA). In his spare time Brian loves the outdoors (biking, hiking, camping, downhill skiing), Sports (Packers, Brewers, Bucks), and enjoys spending time with his wife Megan and two young daughters.

Brian Selerski is a financial advisor with Selerski Asset Management, LLC in Hartland, Wisconsin. He holds the ChFC® designation and has 21 years of industry experience, including 19 years with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and 16 years with Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. He manages his independent advisory firm as a solo practitioner. Selerski Asset Management serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charities, and employee benefit plans. The firm offers financial planning, discretionary investment management, and qualified plan consulting, employing a strategic asset allocation approach with custom portfolios and a mix of analytical methods. The firm is notable for providing both plan-level and participant-level retirement plan consulting, including discretionary services and educational seminars, which is uncommon among independent solo advisors.

Matthew Buehler is a financial advisor at Erenda Capital with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Glarus Capital for five years and Ankura Consulting for one year. Buehler’s background includes involvement in law, private equity, and asset valuation, including co-founding a farmland private equity business. Erenda Capital provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a proprietary, value-oriented equity selection approach, focusing on concentrated portfolios and offering tailored allocation profiles without taking custody of client assets.

David Sims is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with SIMS Capital Management LLC since 2003. SIMS Capital Management LLC is a small advisory firm managing approximately $56 million across about 16 client relationships. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individual investors and manages the publicly traded Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc., employing a blend of value and growth stock selection with a specialization in closed-end funds.