Lauren Naze is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, currently serving as an advisor at Pine Grove Financial Group with five years of industry experience. She previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services LLC and has experience in both financial services and hospitality. Pine Grove Financial Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan sponsors through a team of 14 advisors managing approximately $1.5 billion across 1,400 client relationships. The firm focuses on value-oriented, long-term investing combined with strategic asset allocation, offering discretionary asset management, financial planning, and fiduciary services.

Bridget Wiltse is a financial advisor at Petros Family Wealth, LLC with 41 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Petros Family Wealth serves individuals, high net worth clients, family entities, foundations, and businesses with investment and wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a team approach to managing approximately $274 million in regulatory assets and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management using risk-adjusted, tax-aware asset allocations that combine active and passive strategies.

Cody Nadeau is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Tailwinds Wealth, LLC, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to that, he held roles at Great Water Wealth Management and AdvisorNet Financial. Nadeau is also active as an insurance agent in New Hope, MN. Tailwinds Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and individualized investment policy statements. The firm employs a blend of analysis techniques and offers stand-alone financial planning, often incorporating third-party managers and model portfolios in its investment approach.

Benjamin Olson is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Guardian Wealth Strategies, LLC in Minneapolis, MN, bringing nine years of experience at the firm and eight years in related roles. His background includes positions with University Investment Advisors and Guardian Tax L.L.C., as well as involvement in Guardian Insurance Solutions, LLC, where he acts as an insurance agent. Outside of his advisory work, he previously managed Cimarron Rock Enterprises for a decade. Guardian Wealth Strategies provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and qualified plans. The firm employs a two-tiered asset management approach and serves over 1,100 clients with approximately $944 million in assets under management.

Imara Hixon is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC and Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC. Outside of advisory work, she is also licensed as an 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 manages approximately $1.18 billion in assets across a range of investment strategies and also offers standalone financial planning, tax preparation, and retirement-plan rollover advice.

Sara Schreiber is a financial advisor at Cedar Cove Wealth Partners with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at several firms including Thrivent Investment Management and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed insurance agent providing insurance services to clients. Cedar Cove Wealth Partners manages approximately $455 million in assets across over 2,000 accounts and offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients. The firm uses a blend of active and passive strategies, tactical asset allocation, and ESG considerations, delivering services that include ongoing portfolio management, estate planning coordination, and a proprietary wrap fee program.

Michael Babicz is a CFP® at Pine Grove Financial Group with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Pine Grove, he worked at Capital Strategies Investment Group and JP Morgan. He also has a background in media from his time at Wave Media Company. Pine Grove Financial Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan sponsors through a team of 14 advisors managing approximately $1.5 billion. The firm emphasizes value-oriented, long-term investing combined with strategic asset allocation and offers fiduciary consulting, discretionary asset management, and educational seminars.

Klair Reese is a financial advisor at DSG Capital Advisors, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Hightower Advisors, Hightower Securities, LLC, and Family Partners LTD. DSG Capital Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and businesses by providing investment management, financial planning, family office coordination, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis to construct primarily long-term portfolios consisting of individual stocks, bonds, and ETFs, while integrating services such as family governance and succession planning.

David Gau is a financial advisor with Great Waters Financial in Shoreview, MN, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He previously worked at Fidelity Investments and TreeLine Wealth Management. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed as an insurance agent with Great Waters Financial. Great Waters Financial serves individuals across wealth levels as well as business entities, trusts, and charitable organizations, managing approximately $1.235 billion across 1,627 client relationships with a 23-advisor team. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management combined with financial planning services, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis and a range of investment vehicles.

Carl Lymangood is a financial advisor at Petros Family Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Lymangood also served in the Minnesota Army National Guard for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a container storage leasing business. Petros Family Wealth serves individuals, high net worth clients, family entities, foundations, and businesses with investment and wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a team approach and manages approximately $274 million in assets, offering risk-adjusted, tax-aware portfolios through both active and passive strategies, and maintains an affiliated accounting practice to facilitate integrated advisory and tax services.

Michael Swanson is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at MetroState University, Jimmy John's, Papa Murphy's, McDonald's, and New Prague High School. Swanson is also licensed as an insurance agent through Great Waters Financial. Great Waters Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, offering a range of service tiers. The firm manages approximately $1.18 billion in assets across equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis, and maintains additional services such as tax preparation and retirement-plan rollover advice.

Sharon Bloodworth is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at White Oaks Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. She has been with White Oaks Wealth Advisors since 2011 and White Oaks Investment Management since 2014. White Oaks Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension, profit-sharing, and charitable organizations, providing family office services, wealth management, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs proprietary model-based strategies, actively monitors client accounts, and maintains distinctive organizational relationships including proprietary pooled funds and a referral path to a federally chartered trust company.

Rachel Infante is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Birchwood Financial Partners, Inc. since 2018 and previously at Fure Financial Corporation and Commonwealth Financial Network. Birchwood Financial Partners provides personalized financial planning and investment management primarily for individuals and couples, as well as high-net-worth clients and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on asset allocation, manager selection, and aligning portfolios with client risk profiles.

Kathleen Nelson is a CFP® and PFS™ with 8 years of industry experience. She has been with SilverOak Wealth Management LLC since 2015. She is also a partner of an inactive accounting firm, Moquist Thorvilson & Kaufmann. SilverOak Wealth Management is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and tax-related services, emphasizing individualized investment policy development and ongoing portfolio supervision.

Allen Le May is a financial advisor at Strong Tower Advisory Services with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Strong Tower Wealth, he held roles at Gratus Funds, ServiceNow, Oracle, Butterfly Network, and Workday. Strong Tower Advisory Services manages approximately $759 million in client assets and serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a total-return investment approach that combines capital appreciation, dividend income, and risk management through customized and model portfolios, tactical rebalancing, and hedging strategies utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and options.

Annasia Ford Mc Collum is a financial advisor at Bernicke Wealth Management with three years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Northwestern Mutual, and Mapei Corporation. Outside of her advisory role, she is a commissioned Notary Public in the state of Minnesota. Bernicke Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, foundations, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a macroeconomic, top-down asset-allocation approach, supplemented by an AI-driven quantitative model, and serves a diverse range of institutional and individual clients.

Gregory Nelson is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Star Capital Inc. He has held roles at Strategic Asset Management, Peak Brokerage Services, and Strategic Retirement Solutions Inc. Nelson also owns and operates several related businesses, including an insurance agency and tax preparation services. Star Capital Inc. is a five-advisor team providing investment management and consulting to retail and high-net-worth individuals, retirement accounts, small businesses, and other advisers. The firm combines fundamental analysis, quantitative screening, and macroeconomic assessment in a process-driven approach, offering model portfolios and the actively managed Lyra Adaptive AI Strategy focused on clients with above-average risk tolerance.

Dominique Villaume is a financial advisor at Contego Capital Group, Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, Secured Retirement Advisors, The Ordway for Performing Arts, and Ameriprise Financial Services. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with Cavalier Tax Support, LLC, a tax preparation and accounting business. Contego Capital Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, pooled investment vehicles, and charities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, sub-advisory services, and retirement-plan advisory roles, employing asset allocation and security selection based on fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Nelson Moen is a financial advisor at Parr McKnight Wealth Management Group with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and the University of Minnesota. Moen owns Northern Arrow Ventures, an investment-related business. Parr McKnight Wealth Management Group manages approximately $1.07 billion for about 441 clients through a ten-advisor team. The firm offers personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, family offices, trusts, private foundations, and retirement plans, emphasizing long-term fundamental analysis alongside shorter-term trades.

Alan Carlson is a financial advisor with United Advisors America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 28 years of industry experience. He previously worked at U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and is also an insurance agent for Alliance America, offering annuities, life insurance, and senior health products. United Advisors America provides investment management services primarily to individuals near retirement and to pension and profit-sharing plans, employing a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with customized asset allocations and model portfolios. The firm manages approximately $353.7 million in assets and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with complimentary financial planning upon request.