Joshua Moklestad is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience currently with GEN Financial Management Inc. He has worked at GEN Financial Management since 2019 and previously held roles at Northwestern Mutual and Garrett Larson State Farm Agency. Moklestad's background also includes community involvement through prior positions with Cottage Grove Church and Cornerstone Church. GEN Financial Management is a fee-only advisory firm serving executives, business owners, families, individual investors, and company retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $332 million in client assets, employing a disciplined investment approach using model portfolios overseen by an Investment Committee that meets weekly and emphasizes tax efficiency, rebalancing, and limited individual stock selection.

George Jacques is a financial advisor at Symmetric Advisors Inc in Minnetonka, MN, holding a Series 63 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Symmetric Advisors, Inc. since 2000 and has over three decades of involvement with Symmetric Investments, Inc. Jacques also serves as president of Island Investment Services, Inc., a Nevis corporation that wholly owns Symmetric Advisors, Inc. Symmetric Advisors, Inc. is a Minnesota-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers personalized asset management and financial planning, managing discretionary accounts through structured and non-structured portfolios using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

David Thompson is a financial advisor at Symmetric Advisors Inc with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Symmetric Advisors since 2000. Outside of his advisory role, he is CEO, CIO, CFO, and Treasurer of Island Investment Services, Inc., a Nevis corporation that wholly owns Symmetric Advisors. Symmetric Advisors provides personalized, fee-only asset management and retirement fiduciary advice primarily to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a structured investment approach with its “Prism” grids and combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor portfolios to client objectives and risk profiles.

Kristina Bentzen is a financial advisor with Paradigm, Strategies in Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Paradigm since 1995. Bentzen is also a licensed independent insurance agent in Minnesota specializing in life, accident, and health insurance. Paradigm serves individuals, families—including high net worth clients—and charitable organizations by providing discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a multi-meeting onboarding process, ongoing portfolio supervision, and integrates employer-sponsored defined contribution plan advice along with data aggregation to consolidate held-away assets into client reviews.

Laura Maksymkow is a financial advisor with B&E Investment Advisers, Inc. in Wayzata, MN, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. She has 29 years of industry experience and has served in various roles since 2005, including with Valmark Securities, Inc. and affiliated firms. Outside of investment advisory, she is a co-owner and general member of South-Pit LLC, a gravel pit business in Grand Rapids, MN. B&E Investment Advisers provides financial planning, asset management, third-party money manager selection, and pension consulting to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm mainly uses a non-discretionary advisory approach with model portfolios and third-party managers on the Valmark platforms, combining modern portfolio theory and fundamental analysis.

Richard Perkins is the principal advisor at Perkins Capital Management Inc in Wayzata, MN. He holds the CFA® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with the firm since 1990. Perkins Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth households, offering both equity and balanced account strategies. The firm manages approximately $147.8 million in assets across around 128 client accounts and also serves investment company clients, a service uncommon for firms of its size.

Mason De Joy is a financial advisor at Paradigm, Strategies in Wealth Management, LLC in Maple Grove, MN, holding a Series 65 license with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Target Corp, The Home Depot, and the University of Minnesota Duluth. Outside of finance, he has experience in the automotive service industry through Paradise Car Wash and Detail Center. Paradigm serves individuals, families—including high net worth clients—and charitable organizations with asset management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a multi-meeting onboarding process, ongoing portfolio supervision, and uses both active and passive investment strategies grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, incorporating third-party research and technology tools.

Christopher Gerber is a CFA charterholder with 43 years of industry experience, currently serving at FIDERE Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Kaplan, Inc., Strategic Wealth Group Registered Investment Advisor, and LPL Financial. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in photography through Beautiful Light, LLC, which he has operated since 2010. FIDERE Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, and institutions, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, family office services, and insurance advisory. The firm emphasizes a strategic, long-term asset-allocation approach using fundamental analysis and provides educational content and workshops as part of its client offerings.

Jeffrey Drayton is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience and is principal of Jeffrey A. Drayton Financial Group, Inc. He previously worked at Garrett Investment Advisors and Thrivent Financial. He also serves as a contract instructor for Certified Financial Planning courses at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to a small, primarily individual client base that includes high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term asset allocation and diversification using low-cost ETFs and no-load mutual funds, and it integrates tax services and divorce-related financial expertise alongside investment advice.

Suzanne Abrams is a financial advisor at Lundeen Abrams Advisors, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Arbor Point Advisors and Securities America, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she facilitates ethical will writing workshops and serves on the board of the Minnesota Sinfonia. Lundeen Abrams Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing portfolio management and financial planning with a focus on both passive and active investment strategies involving ETFs and quantitative analysis. The firm operates primarily with discretionary authority and distinguishes itself by also offering commissionable insurance products and ancillary services such as ethical-will workshops.

Daunte Leiran is a financial advisor at Future Bright in Maple Grove, MN, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at American Family and Pedigree Technologies. Future Bright provides fee-based discretionary investment management and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and employer retirement plans. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage portfolios primarily invested in equities, mutual funds, and ETFs, and offers selective access to private Pre-IPO opportunities for accredited investors.

Joan Rossi is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving clients at Rossi Dubuque Breckenridge, LLC since 2011. She holds a Series 63 license and works from Plymouth, MN. Rossi Dubuque Breckenridge, LLC is a small, two-advisor registered investment adviser serving individual investors, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, client-specific risk profiling, and uses mutual funds and ETFs for diversification, offering financial planning, consulting, wealth management, and investment management services with negotiated fixed or flat fees.

John Sherwin is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is president of MHS Advisory Services, LLC and affiliated entities, overseeing operations across multiple insurance and advisory businesses. His prior experience includes work at OSAIC and Sii. MHS Advisory Services is a four-advisor SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and pension consulting, tailoring asset allocation and investment advice to client objectives with ongoing monitoring and periodic rebalancing.

Rebecca Lair is a financial advisor at Adams-Hansen & Associates with a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. She has been with Creative Wealth Strategies, Inc. since 2013. Adams-Hansen & Associates provides asset management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, union locals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a risk-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and the Uniform Prudent Investor Act, utilizing diversified portfolios with periodic rebalancing.

Sarah Kaelberer is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at B&E Investment Advisers, Inc., B & E Pension Advisers, Inc., Business & Estate Advisers, Inc., and Valmark Securities, Inc. since the mid-1990s and early 2000s. She is president of B&E Investments and serves on the board of directors for the Greater Wayzata Area Chamber of Commerce. B&E Investment Advisers provides financial planning, asset management, third-party money manager selection, and pension consulting for individuals, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm primarily uses a non-discretionary approach with model portfolios and third-party managers on Valmark platforms, combining modern portfolio theory, fundamental analysis, and targeted asset allocation.

Noah Semmann is a CFP® professional at GEN Financial Management Inc. with four years of advisory experience and an additional four years of service in the United States Marine Corps. He has worked at GEN Financial Management since 2022 and prior to that was with Weir Wealth Management from 2019 to 2022. GEN Financial Management is a fee-only advisory firm serving executives, business owners, families, individual investors, and company retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $332 million in assets and employs a model portfolio approach with a weekly Investment Committee focusing on disciplined asset allocation, tax-efficient placement, and limited individual stock selection.

John Chorne is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience and serves as Vice President and Investment Adviser Representative at Dorval & Chorne Financial Advisors. He has previously worked at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and AdvisorNet Wealth Management. Outside of his role at Dorval & Chorne, he is a passive owner and investment adviser representative at AdvisorNet Wealth Management. Dorval & Chorne Financial Advisors provides financial planning, retirement planning, investment consultation, and portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $374 million in client assets and employs an investment process based on diversification, Modern Portfolio Theory, and fundamental analysis tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Deanna Constantine is a financial advisor with Jeffrey A. Drayton Financial Group, Inc., holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. She has been with the firm since 2021 and also owns and instructs at Constantine Dance Classes, providing ballroom dance instruction primarily to nonprofit and community education programs since 1992. Jeffrey A. Drayton Financial Group offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to individual clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on diversified, low-cost ETFs and mutual funds, and integrates tax and divorce-related financial expertise alongside its investment services.

Scott Larson is a financial advisor at Bannerstone Capital with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Bannerstone Capital Management LLC since 2008. Bannerstone Capital Management primarily serves affluent individuals and their affiliates, offering fee-only, discretionary portfolio management and related advisory services. The firm employs proprietary equity strategies combined with fundamental and technical analysis, alongside behavioral economics insights, to tailor portfolios according to client goals and risk tolerance.

Thomas Hokr is a ChFC® with 42 years of experience in financial services. He serves as CEO of MHS Advisory Services, LLC and MHS Insurance Agency, both founded in 2015, and has been affiliated with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. since 2018. Outside of his advisory roles, he is involved in community and nonprofit organizations, including serving on the board of the Weaver Lake Town Office Park and the MN Veterans Pantry. MHS Advisory Services is a four-advisor SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $253 million for about 310 clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, pension consulting, and third-party adviser oversight, utilizing a tailored approach that includes equities, ETFs, and alternative investment strategies.