Jan Barnes is a financial advisor at Larson Financial Group, LLC with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Larson Wealth Partners and Larson Financial Securities, LLC since 2020, in addition to prior roles at Comprehensive Asset Management & Servicing, Inc. and Counsel Wealth Management, Inc. Larson Financial Group, LLC offers financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, corporations, nonprofits, and pension plans, with a specialized focus on physicians and related businesses. The firm uses a combination of model portfolios and custom discretionary programs that incorporate strategic and tactical approaches, alongside affiliated broker-dealer, commercial real estate, and private equity activities.

Richard Frith II is a financial advisor with Larson Financial Group, LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Larson Financial Securities, LLC and Larson Wealth Partners and has been associated with Larson Financial Group since 2009. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a director of a nonprofit homeschool co-op and is involved in managing property ventures, including a vacation rental partnership. Larson Financial Group provides financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, corporations, nonprofits, and pension plans, with a focus on doctors and related businesses. The firm combines strategic and tactical investment approaches and utilizes both proprietary model portfolios and external money managers in its service offerings.

Matthew Benson is a CFP® with 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Focus Financial Network and OSAIC, having previously worked at United Planners Financial Services of America, Lee Stoerzinger Inc., SII Investments, Inc., and Royal Alliance Associates. Outside of advisory roles, he serves as Vice President and Secretary of Hecla Land Company, an LLC owning farmland, where he manages administrative functions. Focus Financial Network is an enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $6.3 billion through a network of 118 advisors. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering a range of managed accounts, third-party manager access, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning services.

Charlie Huskisson is a financial advisor at Berger Financial Group in Plymouth, MN, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined Berger Financial Group in 2025 and has prior work experience in the hospitality and retail sectors. Berger Financial Group serves individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, businesses, corporate executives, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary wealth management, comprehensive financial and retirement planning, income tax planning, succession planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing proprietary long-term investment strategies with fundamental analysis.

Brian Wagener is a financial advisor with Focus Financial in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His work history includes multiple roles with Focus Financial since 2018 and involvement with Osaic since 2019. Outside of his advisory work, he spent two years working at Frank and Andreas Pizza. Focus Financial Network serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities, offering managed account services, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm emphasizes personalized investment advice tailored to investor profiles and coordinates closely with other professionals for estate planning and related legal or tax services.

Kathryne Stuempert is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 28 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Equity Services since 2008. Outside of her advisory role, she has operated an Amway distributorship since 1984 and participates in a local business networking group. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm uses multiple advisory platforms and frequently employs third-party asset managers and model portfolios, combining long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading and specialized instruments.

Philip Anderson is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Investors Financial Group, LPL Financial Corporation, and Mutual Service Corporation. Anderson also sells fixed insurance products on occasion. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

Alek Van Valkenburg is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2022 and previously worked at Gradient Advisors and Case Central. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $295.6 billion in client assets and follows a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure.

Garrett Groebner is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Brookstone since 2014. He also has ongoing experience with Ohio National Financial Services since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance and indexed annuities sales. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charitable organizations, other RIAs, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions, delivering investment management primarily on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and various managed account strategies.

Jillian Hoffman is a financial advisor at &Partners with 20 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and WELLS FARGO Advisors, LLC. Outside of advising, she has co-ownership in two print-on-demand merchandise businesses. &Partners serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers investment management and financial planning services using a combination of proprietary and third-party strategies, supported by fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis.

Nicholas Ovshak is a Certified Financial Planner™ at Commonwealth Financial Network with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including Fidelity Brokerage Services and Ameriprise Financial Services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad platform of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, supporting a wide range of investment options and portfolio implementation approaches.

Stephen Sawyer is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in White Bear Lake, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 32 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Principal Financial Services and related entities since 2026 and previously worked at OSAIC and Securities America. Outside of his advisory role, he operates The Sawyer Group, which involves the sale of non-registered insurance products and client outreach through a dedicated website. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Lori Reiman is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Champlin, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and nine years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Prudential Insurance Company of America and Ameriprise Financial Services. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail brokerage clients, offering integrated services linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

James Bear is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at AE Wealth Management since 2017 and previously at Global Financial Private Capital. Outside of his advisory work, he is a self-employed musician who plays drums in a band. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a platform-centered approach with model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services.

Brent Carlson is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory. He has worked at Kestra Advisory Services, Kestra Investment Services, and WFG Investments. In addition to his advisory role, he is a public notary. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients, offering fiduciary services, plan design and compliance, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Troy Gourde is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at firms including Investors Financial Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2013. In addition to his advisory work, he has served as a seminar instructor at Normandale Community College and Hennepin Technical College. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides access to multiple advisory programs and third-party asset managers through a network of investment adviser representatives.

Jacob Mc Alpine is a financial advisor with Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Retirement Solutions and Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation since 2018 and previously at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2016 to 2018. Transamerica Retirement Advisors serves participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and IRA owners by providing managed advice programs and investment education, utilizing proprietary software and model portfolios from Morningstar Investment Management. The firm operates at scale primarily with non-discretionary assets and does not target high-net-worth or corporate clients in these programs.

Nuvia Solorzano Zambrano is a financial advisor at The Huntington Investment Company with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at BMO Harris Bank, LPL Financial, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Bank, NA. The Huntington Investment Company serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities with advisory and brokerage services. Its investment programs use an open-architecture model combining third-party sub-managers with proprietary offerings and provide wrap-fee arrangements covering portfolio management, trade execution, and manager fees.

Grant Shaffer is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Clearing, and National Life Group prior to joining Equity Services. He is also active as an insurance agent with Lakeshore Financial Group and National Life. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms utilizing third-party asset managers and combines long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading and specialized instruments.

Bryan Marker is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has extensive involvement in insurance and financial services through his roles at Professional Pension Services, Inc., Pinnacle Planning Group, Inc., and his independent insurance practice. Outside of investment-related work, he serves as board treasurer for Southside Services I, Inc., a nonprofit supporting adults with disabilities, and manages Life Renewal Counseling LLC, a mental health therapy business. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan services, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform utilizing multiple custodians and third-party money managers.