Aaron Imholte is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Principal Financial Services. He has worked at firms including Baird and UnitedHealth Group. Imholte owns Imholte Management, LLC, established for entity planning and tax purposes related to his financial planning practice. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Todd Burgess is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Otsego, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GWFS Equities, Prudential Customer Solutions, and Prudential Investment Management Services. Outside of advising, he works part-time as a greenskeeper at Cedar Creek Golf Course. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and select retail brokerage clients. The firm’s integrated approach emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and savings rates, delivering point-in-time financial plans alongside optional managed account solutions.

Michael Gerberding is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at JD Mellberg Financial and Wealth Planners Of America. In addition to his advisory role, he is a fixed indexed annuity and life insurance producer, meeting with clients to analyze and recommend insurance solutions based on their individual needs. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser that provides 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 registered investment advisers, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions, delivering investment management primarily on a discretionary basis through various model portfolios and managed account strategies.

Collin Brown is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with four years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Creative Planning and previously worked at Wipfli Financial Advisers and the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $295.6 billion in client assets and employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure.

Scott Kottke is a financial advisor with Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at New York Life Insurance Company, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and Eagle Strategies. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers as the head coach for a local youth hockey team in Rogers, Minnesota. Transamerica Retirement Advisors serves participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and IRA owners, providing managed advice and investment education through various programs that emphasize asset allocation and retirement planning. The firm utilizes Morningstar Investment Management tools for portfolio construction and oversight, operating at scale with a large client base and a focus on non-discretionary assets.

Peter Reiner is a financial advisor at Cetera with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Cetera and its affiliated firms since 2021. Prior to that, he was with VOYA Financial Advisors for seven years and has been associated with The Bank of Elk River for 19 years. He is also an independent insurance agent involved in the sales of fixed insurance products. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving individual and institutional clients through a large network of independent advisors. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and retirement services across multiple program platforms, managing over $256 billion in assets with more than 10,000 advisors and approximately 800,000 clients.

Clarice Toth is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Elk River, MN, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Bank of the West and several positions outside finance, including teaching at Creighton University and Elk River High School, as well as working at Caribou Coffee. Ameriprise provides retirement-income planning services primarily for individuals with significant investable assets, combining research, modeling, and tax-efficient strategies to deliver tailored, non-discretionary recommendations through a centralized consulting team.

Mark Gabriel is a CFP® and ChFC® with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise since 2005, currently serving as a financial advisor in Princeton, MN. Outside of his advisory role, he provides pro-bono financial planning through the Angel Foundation. Ameriprise is a large institutional firm offering a retirement-income planning service for clients generally holding at least $1 million in investable assets. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to deliver written, non-discretionary retirement income recommendations in partnership with its financial advisors.

Robert Jackson is a financial advisor with Thrivent Investment Management, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Thrivent in 2020, he held roles at Under Armour and Total Wine and More. Outside of advising, he works as a Senior Inventory Analyst at Target Corporation, focusing on improving inventory reliability within distribution and delivery operations. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients through a network of Financial Advisors. The firm offers comprehensive, goal-based planning without discretionary trading authority, emphasizing periodic reviews and a separation between planning and managed-account services.

Matthew Kruse is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in St. Michael, MN, holding a Series 66 designation with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Edward Jones since 2012. Outside of advisory work, he is a landlord of rental property in Albertville, MN. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients through a nationwide network of over 23,700 advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment strategies, including discretionary and non-discretionary managed solutions, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.

Michael Sundsmo is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Thrivent Investment Management in Anoka, MN since 2007. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services for individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits through a network of financial advisors. The firm offers goal-based, holistic planning across various topics without discretionary trading authority, and its services can be combined with managed accounts under a consolidated billing option called “WealthPlan.”

Thomas Endersbe is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Osaic since 2023. He previously worked for 14 years at Sagepoint Financial, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Endersbe is an author and leadership coach, having written the book *The Three Commitments of Leadership* and providing coaching and speaking engagements related to leadership development. Osaic Wealth, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering integrated brokerage and advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers and multiple platforms. The firm employs a range of asset-allocation tools and third-party managed-account solutions to construct portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance and investment preferences.

Anthony Hackenmueller is a financial advisor at Ameriprise with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise and its affiliated entities since 2005 and holds a Series 63 designation. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service designed for individuals nearing or in retirement who meet specific asset criteria, providing detailed Recommendation Reports on income sources, Social Security options, and tax-smart withdrawal strategies. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to generate personalized advice, primarily for clients with assets managed within Ameriprise.

Dillon Mc Cann is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding a Series 66 credential and three years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Avantax Advisory Services and Avantax Investment Services Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he is a tax preparer and wealth management assistant at Jasicki Tax & Financial, Inc., where he provides tax preparation and planning services. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm that supports a nationwide network of independent advisors serving individual, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and retirement services through diverse program platforms and third-party managers.

Joshua Beck is a CFP® and ChFC® with 24 years of experience in financial advising at Thrivent Investment Management. He has been with Thrivent and its predecessor entities since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, Beck serves on the Senior Leadership Council of Family of Christ Lutheran Church and works as a high school and college football official during the fall season. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients, focusing on holistic, goal-based analyses across a broad range of financial planning topics. The firm offers these planning services separately from managed account programs and does not accept discretionary trading authority for its planning engagements.

Shae Morsfield is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Elk River, MN, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Edward Jones, Shae worked in various educational and community support roles, including positions at multiple public schools and non-profits. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients with a range of advisory programs and investment options, supported by a nationwide network of over 23,000 financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, access to separately managed accounts and affiliated mutual funds, and operates under a fiduciary standard.

Brian Thickpenny is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors since 1988 and Primerica Financial Services since 1991. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as CEO of Brian Thickpenny, Inc., a legal entity formed for Primerica business purposes. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, which offers model-delivery strategies and a limited selection of discretionary separately managed accounts for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses an independent due-diligence consultant to evaluate asset managers and delegates trading to BNY Mellon Advisors, operating under a tiered wrap-fee structure.

Donald Davenport is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 32 years of industry experience, including over 15 years with Wells Fargo Insurance Services Investment Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, wrap-fee programs, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages roughly $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Lisa Middagh is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Edward Jones since 2012. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets under management and offers a broad range of advisory strategies and affiliated investment products through a nationwide network of financial advisors and branches.

Troy Bigalke is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise since 2005, currently based in Saint Michael, MN. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a business, Bigalke Inc., which is not related to investment activities. Ameriprise is an institutional firm offering a retirement-income planning service tailored for clients generally holding at least $1 million in net investable assets. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to provide written recommendations, primarily for clients approaching or in retirement, and delivers a broad range of advisory, brokerage, and insurance solutions.