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.

Kyle Thomas is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Guardian Wealth Strategies, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to that, he held various roles at RBC Capital Markets, LLC from 2016 to 2024. Guardian Wealth Strategies, LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive and scaled investment programs, employing a process that combines fundamental and technical analysis, client-specific investment policy statements, and discretionary trading authority.

Daniel Boeckermann is a financial advisor with BGM Wealth Management in Bloomington, MN, holding a Series 65 designation and 28 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at EntreBank, Venture Bank, and ongoing affiliations with Cornerstone Private Asset Trust Company and Boeckermann, Grafstrom & Mayer. BGM Wealth Partners is a team-based wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm’s integrated approach includes coordination across investment, tax, and estate matters, supported by a multidisciplinary staff and formal affiliations with trust and accounting entities.

Christopher Johnson is a financial advisor at Affiance Financial LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial and Wealth Enhancement Group. Johnson also maintains a role as an independent insurance agent specializing in Accident & Health, Variable Life & Variable Annuities, and Life insurance. Affiance Financial serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and sponsors of employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and ERISA-focused retirement plan services. The firm employs a top-down macroeconomic framework combined with fundamental analysis to tailor asset allocations and offers a variety of model strategies with both passive and active elements.

Samuel Johnson is a CFP® and ChFC® with five years of experience in financial advisory. He has worked at Boyum Wealth Architects LLC since 2023 and previously was with Paradigm, Strategies in Wealth Management, LLC from 2017 to 2023. His background also includes roles at Village Bank and the University of Minnesota. Boyum Wealth Architects LLC provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of technical and tactical allocation strategies alongside fundamental and cyclical analysis to create customized portfolios aligned with client goals and risk tolerance.

Eric Mccarver is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 30 years of industry experience, currently serving at Normandy Investment Advisors since 2025. He previously worked for Commonwealth Financial Network for 26 years. He is also president and sole owner of Private Portfolio Services, Inc., an entity engaged in securities and insurance business. Normandy Investment Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and other entities with personalized wealth management, financial planning, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a blended active/passive investment approach within an asset-allocation framework and utilizes options strategies for income and hedging.

Alexander Dunne is a CFP® and PFS™ with eight years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with SilverOak Wealth Management LLC since 2015. 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, pension consulting, and tax-qualified employee benefit services, managing diversified portfolios with a formal due-diligence process and access to third-party manager programs.

Kevin Distad is a financial advisor at Nepsis, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 66 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Nepsis since 2015. Nepsis, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement accounts, charities, and businesses by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm also offers research and educational products to other financial advisors, including portfolio analytics and speaking engagements.

Brendan Halleron is a financial advisor at Affiance Financial LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Affiance Financial and Private Client Services since 2017. Prior to his advisory career, he was employed by Cargill Inc for three years. He serves as a board member of Achieving Cures Together, a nonprofit focused on microbiome research and microbial disease cures. Affiance Financial serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and sponsors employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing investment management, financial planning, and ERISA-focused retirement plan services. The firm uses a top-down macroeconomic framework combined with fundamental analysis to tailor asset allocations and offers a range of model strategies with blended passive and active investments.

Jeffrey Clark is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Pine Grove Financial Group since 2020. He previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC from 2013 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he is also licensed as a fixed insurance agent. Pine Grove Financial Group is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and participants. The firm focuses on value investing with a long-only core, complemented by strategic and tactical asset allocation, and commonly uses third-party managers and model providers in its portfolio implementation.

Robert Lawson is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Palisade Asset Management, LLC since 2020. He previously worked at Sns Financial Group, LLC (D/B/A Vector Wealth Management) and Vector Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his financial advisory role, he is a musician performing guitar and vocals in two rock bands, POPBANG! and The Soul Trustees. Palisade Asset Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily for high-net-worth individuals, as well as nonprofits, corporations, and ERISA company retirement plans. The firm’s approach focuses on long-term holdings in high-quality growth equities and conservative fixed-income management, tailoring portfolios to client needs and incorporating diverse investment strategies.

Benjamin Fox is a financial advisor with Scarecrow Advisors, LLC who holds a Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Scarecrow Advisors since 2020 and previously at Strategic Income Advisors and as an insurance agent. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Fox serves as Vice President of Scarecrow Trading Inc., a business that provides trading signals to registered investment advisers and representatives. Scarecrow Advisors, LLC is a state-registered investment adviser serving individual and institutional clients with discretionary investment supervisory services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and uses both strategic and tactical asset allocation to align portfolios with client goals and risk tolerance.

Peter Wiedewitsch is a financial advisor at Lifelong Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has worked at Lifelong Wealth Advisors, AdvisorNet Wealth Partners, and Cetera Advisor Networks. Lifelong Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, and profit-sharing plans with financial planning, discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, and related wealth management services. The firm uses a consultative, team-based approach that includes tailored strategies, asset allocation, portfolio construction, and employs proprietary model portfolios as well as derivative instruments in separately managed accounts.

Jon Otterness is a financial advisor at Vantage Point Wealth Management with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at LPL Financial LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. He has also operated as a sole proprietor since 2006. Vantage Point Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with model-based and manager-access strategies, utilizing LPL Financial’s platforms and programs.

Benjamin Johnson is a financial advisor with Tradition Wealth Management LLC in Edina, MN, holding a Series 63 designation and 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at New Era Financial Advisors, Inc., J.W. Cole Financial, Inc., and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. Tradition Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable organizations with approximately $2.55 billion in discretionary assets. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and specialized consulting services, implementing model portfolios and using a range of investment vehicles including ETFs, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and third-party managed accounts.

Thomas Barten is a financial advisor with United Advisors America and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 14 years of industry experience, including eight years at U.S. Bancorp Investments and five years at both United Advisors America and Alliance America. He is also a licensed insurance agent offering life, fixed annuity, health, and long-term care insurance products. United Advisors America provides investment management services primarily to individuals near retirement and to pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory approach, focusing on customized asset allocations with mutual funds, ETFs, and select exchange-traded products, including those investing in digital currencies.

Jon Spahn is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Kingstone Capital Partners Texas, LLC, where he has worked since 2022. He has one year of industry experience and previously held roles at Pathway Ventures LLC and North Dakota State University. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas, LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm uses a fundamental, bottom-up research process combined with a top-down allocation view and employs derivatives and leveraged ETFs within its risk-managed investment strategies.

Thomas Jensen is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Kusske Financial, Inc. with two years of industry experience. His work history includes positions at Southview Country Club, Petros Family Wealth, and Bethel University. Outside of his financial career, he has been involved with Wear Out the Net for seven years. Kusske Financial, Inc. is a small, state-registered advisory firm that provides personalized financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm focuses on financial planning rather than discretionary portfolio management, offering services such as cash-flow and tax planning, retirement and estate reviews, and education-funding advice.

Jerod Gustafson is a financial advisor at Highmark Wealth Management LLC in St. Paul, MN, with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Highmark and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2014. Highmark Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of charting, fundamental, and technical analysis to manage portfolios primarily consisting of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and allocations to independent managers.

Maxwell Fox is a financial advisor with Scarecrow Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He also serves as a project manager for Scarecrow Trading, LLC, where he oversees marketing and data sourcing projects. Scarecrow Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individual and institutional clients, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside strategic and tactical asset allocation to align portfolios with client goals and risk tolerances. The firm manages approximately $74 million in discretionary assets and employs a variety of trading strategies as appropriate.