Ryan Key is a financial advisor at Pine Grove Financial Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Edward Jones and LPL Financial, before joining Pine Grove Financial Group. Pine Grove Financial Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and participants. The firm focuses on value investing combined with strategic and tactical asset allocation, implementing client portfolios through third-party managers and model providers.

James Heimler is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Ballast Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to that, he was with Gradient Advisors, LLC for six years and Case Central for six years. Ballast Advisors manages approximately $674 million in client assets, serving individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers financial planning, investment and wealth management, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a range of strategies including modern portfolio theory and tactical asset allocation.

Katherine Frazier is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at BGM Wealth Management in Bloomington, MN. Her prior experience includes roles at Securities America Inc and Everest Financial Group. She is part of a six-advisor team at BGM Wealth Management. BGM Wealth Partners manages approximately $517 million in client assets for about 213 households, serving individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm emphasizes integrated planning across investment, tax, and estate matters, supported by a multidisciplinary team including CFP and CPA/PFS professionals.

Christopher Miller is a financial advisor at Boyum Wealth Architects LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial, Strategic Wealth Group Registered Investment Advisor, and Thrivent Investment Management. Outside of finance, he was involved with Legends Global Merchandise for five years. Boyum Wealth Architects LLC provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of technical and tactical allocation strategies alongside fundamental and cyclical analysis to create customized portfolios aligned with clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

John Zevnick is a financial advisor at Tealwood Asset Management in Minneapolis, MN, with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Tealwood since 2010. Tealwood Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, qualified retirement plans, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a valuation-oriented investment approach across equity and fixed-income strategies and uses a proprietary strategic risk management framework to adjust asset allocation at long-cycle inflection points.

Bryan Halicki is a financial advisor at Aspire Capital Advisors LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining Aspire Capital Advisors, he worked at multiple firms, including Securities America Advisors and Highland Capital Brokerage. Outside of his advisory role, he participates in Toastmasters to develop public speaking skills. Aspire Capital Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, businesses, charities, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while also using independent managers and conducting regular portfolio reviews.

Rachel Nault is a financial advisor with Stonebridge Capital Advisors LLC in St. Paul, MN. She holds a Series 65 credential and has been working in the industry since 2015, including four years at Nystrom & Associates before joining Stonebridge Capital Advisors in 2019. Stonebridge Capital Advisors provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients across a broad asset range, including non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth households. The firm’s investment process is committee-driven and emphasizes active, research-based portfolio management supported by specialized staff with institutional asset management backgrounds.

Alyssa Craggs is a financial advisor at Compass Capital Management Inc in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. She has been with Compass Capital Management since 2018 and previously worked at Cottrell Law Firm, Simple Energy Testing, and Residential Science Resources. Compass Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and tailored advisory services to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in assets, employing fundamental research and valuation disciplines with a focus on mid-to-large-cap growth equities and laddered fixed income strategies.

Mark Pearson is a financial advisor with Nepsis, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked with Nepsis Advisor Services since 2014 and has been associated with Nepsis, Inc. since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CEO of Nepsis Insurance Services, LLC, an insurance agency. Nepsis, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement accounts, charities, and businesses by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm also offers research and educational products to other financial advisors, utilizing a wrap-fee program with continuous supervision and a mix of investment vehicles in client portfolios.

Bradley Klitzke is a financial advisor with Colliers Securities LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Colliers Securities since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in farming in McLeod County, MN. Colliers Securities LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering brokerage, custody, execution, and investment advisory services. The firm operates both non-discretionary fee-based advisory programs and discretionary wrap programs managed by unaffiliated sub-advisers, utilizing third-party platforms and client profiling tools to support investment decisions.

Ryan Woitalla is a CFP® and CFA® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Palisade Asset Management, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Sam Linden. He played men's hockey at the University of Minnesota Duluth during his college years. Palisade Asset Management provides investment management and financial planning services primarily for high-net-worth individuals, as well as nonprofit organizations, corporations, and ERISA company retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term holdings in high-quality growth equities and conservative fixed-income management, tailoring portfolios to client objectives and incorporating diverse investment vehicles.

Curtis Myran is a financial advisor with Element Squared Private Wealth in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and New York Life Securities. He has also operated as a sole proprietor since 2013. Element Squared Private Wealth provides discretionary asset management and integrated financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance. Financial planning is routinely offered as part of the advisory relationship without additional charge.

Cole Billings is a financial advisor at Strong Tower Advisory Services in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, and DFPG Investments, LLC. Strong Tower Advisory Services serves individual clients, small businesses, trusts, and estates by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm primarily uses ETFs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and options in customized or model-based strategies, with a focus on risk management through hedging and tactical rebalancing.

Kody Sherlund is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Brooklyn FI, LLC since 2023 and was previously with Heritage Wealth Architects, LLC for six years. Brooklyn FI, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm emphasizes passive investment management while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away accounts for comprehensive portfolio oversight.

Timothy Fahey is a financial advisor with Nicollet Investment Management, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Nicollet Investment Management since 2016. Nicollet Investment Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $557 million across about 300 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, companies, and qualified retirement plans, offering discretionary investment management, integrated wealth advisory, financial planning, and ERISA plan services with a focus on customized, tax-aware portfolio management and client education.

Anthony Johnson is a financial advisor at Kusske Financial, Inc. in Burnsville, MN, with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including OSAIC and Triad Advisors. Kusske Financial provides personalized financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes non-discretionary financial planning through fixed-fee and hourly engagements, delivering detailed written evaluations while leaving implementation decisions to clients.

Dean Allen is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience at Pine Grove Financial Group and a total of two years in the financial industry. Prior to joining Pine Grove in 2019, he worked at Highland Bank and was involved in the University of Minnesota’s Security Monitor Program. Pine Grove Financial Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, and plan participants. The firm employs a value investing approach combined with strategic and tactical asset allocation, managing approximately $1.48 billion in discretionary assets across a 15-advisor team.

Jeffrey Jacobson is a financial advisor with Colliers Securities LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Colliers Securities since 2002. Jacobson serves as President of Colliers Insurance Agency and is a trustee on the NDSU Foundation Board of Trustees. Colliers Securities LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering brokerage, custody, execution, and investment advisory services through both non-discretionary fee-based and discretionary wrap programs. The firm operates as both a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser and is affiliated with the broader Colliers group, providing access to insurance products alongside advisory and brokerage services.

Lewis Coffey is a financial advisor at Windsor Capital Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Windsor Capital Management since 2011. Windsor Capital Management manages approximately $703 million in discretionary client assets for a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, utilizing customized portfolios and proprietary model portfolios, and offers services such as discretionary portfolio management and sub-advisory arrangements.

Christopher Nuth is a financial advisor at Compass Capital Management Inc in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Compass Capital Management since 2017 and previously was employed at Augsburg University from 2015 to 2017. Compass Capital Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a fundamental research-driven investment process, managing equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios with an emphasis on mid- to large-cap growth companies and high-quality fixed income securities.