Amelia Kinch is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Great Waters Financial, she held roles at Minnesota Wire & Cable, Olu's Home, Inc., Robert Half, USPS, American Specialty Health, Faustian Nonsense, LLC, and Kalpan Test Prep. Her background also includes two years at the University of Colorado Boulder Law School. Great Waters Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $1.2 billion across more than 1,600 client relationships and offers tiered portfolio management and financial planning services that incorporate both fundamental and technical analysis.

Robert Bruner is a CFP® and ChFC® with 26 years of experience in financial advising. He is a principal at Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning, where he has worked since 2018, and previously worked at Woodbury Financial Services from 2005 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he sells traditional life insurance, disability insurance, fixed annuities, and long-term care insurance. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation through mean-variance optimization.

John Mackimm is an investment advisor with Everest Financial Group, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and over 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at Everest Financial Group since 2005 and has been involved with The Mackimm Company since 1993. Outside of advising, he serves as an arbitrator for FINRA panels. Everest Financial Group serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a variety of analytical techniques and model asset allocation programs to provide both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, supported by scalable processes that enable a high client-to-advisor ratio.

Michelle Kpissay is a CFP® professional with five years of experience at Bond & Devick Wealth Partners. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, she worked at Royal Credit Union and Minnesota Bank & Trust. Bond & Devick Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, managing approximately $705 million through a nine-advisor team. The firm uses a goals-based, fiduciary approach with a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and cyclical analysis, incorporating ESG research and offering both long-term and tactical investment strategies.

Shannon King is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Silveroak Wealth Management LLC in Edina, MN. She has been with Silveroak since 2002, contributing over two decades to the firm’s advisory team. Silveroak Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers fee-only financial planning, portfolio management, and additional services such as pension consulting and financial education workshops, managing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios that include a variety of investment vehicles.

Ryan Haag is a financial advisor with Tradition Wealth Management LLC in Edina, MN, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His career includes 20 years at Lincoln Financial Advisors and roles at Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc and Private Client Services. Haag also assists clients with fixed life insurance and life settlements through his separate financial LLC. Tradition Wealth Management serves individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm utilizes a variety of investment strategies and third-party managers, with specialized services including 1031 exchange consulting and ERISA fiduciary roles.

Anthony Ressie is a ChFC® credentialed advisor with Gambit Capital Management, LLC in Woodbury, MN, where he has worked since 2025. He has 15 years of experience at the Department of Veteran Affairs, where he oversees a team involved in loan servicing and provides training and counseling related to veteran borrower assistance. Gambit Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, including accredited investors and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning, coaching, tax preparation, and CIO consulting. The firm applies a long-term investment philosophy using fundamental and cyclical analysis with strategies that include derivatives and options tailored to each client's needs.

Eitel Dannenfels is a financial advisor with Global Wealth Strategies and Associates, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Global Wealth Strategies, he worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities, including wealth management and investment services. Global Wealth Strategies and Associates provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, foundations, retirement plans, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental approach to asset allocation and offers services including retirement-plan advisory, direct indexing, and integration with clients’ other advisors.

John Truckenbrod is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Capital Management Associates Inc. He has been with Capital Management Associates and its affiliated broker-dealer since 2016 and previously worked at First Advisors for 28 years. Capital Management Associates provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, a manager-of-managers program, and financial planning, using an investment approach that combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with asset allocation tailored to client objectives and tax considerations.

Skip Johnson is a financial advisor at Tailwinds Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at firms including Gratus Funds and Advisornet Wealth Management. Outside of advising, he serves as a director of the nonprofit Riverbend Refuge and manages short-term rentals at Historic Riverbend Farm. Tailwinds Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and customized Investment Policy Statements. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using multiple analysis techniques and often utilizes third-party managers and model portfolios.

Christopher Kelley is a financial advisor with Compass Capital Management Inc in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Compass Capital Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in Compass Advisors, LLC, where he researches tax-lien auctions and investment opportunities in internet startups, and serves as an advisory board member for Crown Infrastructure Solutions, focusing on technology and infrastructure. Compass Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and tailored advisory services to institutional clients and individual high-net-worth investors. The firm manages approximately $2.54 billion in assets and employs a fundamental research and valuation-based investment approach across equity and fixed income portfolios.

Jeffrey Broders is a financial advisor at Running Oak Capital LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. and Principal Financial Group. Running Oak Capital provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and a range of institutional clients. The firm employs an equity-focused investment approach combining fundamental and quantitative analysis to manage mid- and large-cap stock portfolios, and serves in multiple roles including ETF adviser and sub-advisor to wrap programs.

Siddharth Sinha is a financial advisor at Neil Jesani Wealth Management with CFA® and Series 63 credentials. He has 11 years of industry experience, including ten years at Thrivent Asset Management and a sabbatical before joining his current firm. Neil Jesani Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with fee-based discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and investment consulting. The firm employs a tactical asset-allocation approach that integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to make modest tactical adjustments to risk and opportunities.

Varaphone Potter is a financial advisor at CSP Financial Group LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes roles at Champion Brokerage Group, WealthVest, Questar Capital Corporation, and Allianz Life. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring aligned with Modern Portfolio Theory, asset allocation, and ongoing rebalancing, often employing third-party managers such as Matson Money.

Nathan Diercks is a financial advisor at Nepsis, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at General Mills and Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP. In addition to his advisory role, he is a Certified Public Accountant and serves as a tax specialist at Nepsis Tax Solutions. Nepsis, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement accounts, charities, and businesses. The firm also offers research and educational products to other financial advisors and manages portfolios through a wrap-fee program with ongoing supervision and periodic re-optimization.

Michael Dolan is a financial advisor with Colliers Securities LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Colliers Securities since 1997. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a committee member and Men's League Commissioner at the Town & Country Club in St. Paul, MN. Colliers Securities LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing 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 guide investment decisions.

Logan Taft is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Lifelong Wealth Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2013, including a period at AdvisorNet Wealth Partners. Lifelong Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, and profit-sharing plans with financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a consultative, team-based approach with tailored strategies and uses a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and direct indexing, alongside proprietary model portfolios and derivative strategies.

Alex Carlson is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Before joining Great Waters Financial in 2022, he worked at Ascentis Human Capital Management and HelpSystems. Carlson is also a licensed insurance agent. Great Waters Financial provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes and offers a range of services including standalone financial planning, tax preparation, and retirement-plan rollover advice.

Marissa Klaers is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Concord Wealth Partners. Her prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Personal Wealth Partners, LPL Financial, and H. Beck, Inc. She also holds a notary public commission. Concord Wealth Partners is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.07 billion for individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting, employing a tailored investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, alternatives, and complex strategies as appropriate to client objectives.

Josiah Larson is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Palisade Asset Management, LLC. His prior roles include positions at CapFinancial Partners LLC (CAPTRUST), Quantitative Advantage, LLC, and United Health Group, Inc. Palisade Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for high-net-worth individuals, as well as nonprofit organizations, corporations, and ERISA company retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term holdings in high-quality growth equities and conservative fixed-income management tailored to client objectives, incorporating various investment vehicles to achieve diversification.