John Whalen Jr. is a financial advisor at RBC Capital Markets with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at RBC Capital Markets since 2008, following a six-year tenure at City National Bank. Outside of his advisory role, Whalen teaches a weekly business class at College Lake Country. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering various advisory programs that provide portfolio management, financial planning, custody, and brokerage services tailored to each client’s risk profile.

Erik Lindenberg is a financial advisor at OSAIC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at Jhfn Sii for eight years before joining OSAIC in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Lindenberg serves as Council President for St. Peter Lutheran School, a charitable organization. OSAIC Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, charities, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage and advisory services through a multi-advisor platform that emphasizes model-based asset allocation, portfolio optimization, and a range of managed account programs.

Benjamin Zimmer is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2007 and holds a Series 66 designation. He is part of The DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, profit-sharing plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The team provides tailored consulting and portfolio services, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, separately managed accounts, and a variety of traditional and non-traditional investment strategies.

Alice Ambrowiak is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Robert W. Baird since 2012. The DDK Group, part of Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management department, serves individual, corporate, pension, and charitable clients through a range of services including financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and separately managed account programs. The firm employs both internal research and external partnerships to support its investment strategies and reported approximately $394 billion in regulatory assets under management as of December 31, 2025.

Logan Demaa is a financial advisor at Thrivent Investment Management with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Verve a Credit Union and several other companies prior to joining Thrivent. Outside of his advisory work, Demaa serves as a high school golf coach and is on the boards of directors for The Arc of Fond Du Lac and REACH Waupun, organizations focused on disability rights and youth mentorship, respectively. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients through a network of financial advisors. The firm offers holistic, goal-based analyses and allows clients to combine planning with managed-account services under a consolidated billing option called “WealthPlan.”

Brittany Boyle is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Robert Baird since 2014. She is part of The DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The group offers customized financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and overlay services tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Tyler Swank is a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Jackson, WI, holding a Series 66 credential and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Edward Jones in 2018, he worked at American Marketing & Publishing and Shire BioLife. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory strategies and affiliated investment products through a large nationwide network of advisors and branch offices.

Wendy Citko is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Freedom Wealth Alliance, Intrua Financial, LPL Financial, Aurora Health Care, and Landaas & Company. She is part of The DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, and institutional clients. The group offers tailored financial planning and portfolio management services using a combination of in-house and third-party managers, with strategies spanning traditional and non-traditional asset classes.

Charles Weber is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert Baird & Co. since 2005. He is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individuals, corporate clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a broad range of services including financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and separately managed account programs, with an investment approach supported by internal research and a mix of manager-traded and model-traded strategies.

James Wozniak is a financial advisor with RBC Capital Markets in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and having 43 years of industry experience. He has been with RBC Capital Markets Corporation since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Wozniak serves on the board of directors for Fr. Genes Help Center, an organization that educates, feeds, and clothes needy individuals. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, institutions, pension plans, corporations, and charities. The firm offers various advisory programs with customizable strategies implemented through a combination of in-house and third-party managers, supported by a broad capital-markets platform and affiliated asset management capabilities.

Anastasia Medvedev is a financial advisor at J.P. Morgan Securities with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked exclusively within the J.P. Morgan organization in various roles since 2013. J.P. Morgan Securities provides institutional consulting services to plan sponsors, corporations, endowments, and other institutional clients, focusing on written asset allocation advice, investment manager and fund searches, and customized performance reporting. The firm combines quantitative and qualitative research through a centralized due diligence process to support its recommendations.

Scott Hanson is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. in West Bend, Wisconsin, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 1998. He is part of The DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The group offers customized financial planning and portfolio management services using a variety of investment strategies and manager options.

John Marlis is a financial advisor with LPL Enterprise holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities, LLC, Mass Mutual Investors Services, METLIFE Securities Inc., and Aegis Wealth Advisors, LLC. LPL Enterprise provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individual and high-net-worth investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, banks, and corporate and charitable entities. The firm primarily uses model-driven investment implementation and offers access to third-party asset managers, financial planning, and affiliated insurance and trust services.

Ann Rowan is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Edward Jones since 2017. Prior to that, she was with Wayne Hummer Investments LLC from 2012 to 2017. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving both individual and institutional clients with a wide range of advisory programs and affiliated financial services. The firm manages over $1 trillion in assets and maintains a large national network of advisors and branch offices.

Thomas Hayden is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, he owns interests in waterpark condominiums, which are managed by the waterpark management program. He is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management practice, which serves individuals, families, pensions, profit-sharing plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The group offers tailored consulting and portfolio services, utilizing a combination of in-house and third-party managers across a range of traditional and non-traditional investment strategies.

Nicholas Pluemer is a financial advisor at Equitable Advisors with a Series 66 designation and less than one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JP Morgan Chase & Co., the Wisconsin Army National Guard, and involvement with FOCUS Catholic. Equitable Advisors provides financial planning, retirement consulting, and asset management services to individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a network of Investment Adviser Representatives and partners with third-party asset managers and advisory programs to deliver customized investment solutions.

Jeffrey Baier is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with Edward Jones in Elm Grove, WI, bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Edward Jones, he worked for eight years at Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., a division of The Kroger Co., and has additional experience with the University of Minnesota in wellness and recreation roles. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory programs and related services, including wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and tax-efficient solutions, supported by a large network of financial advisors and branch offices nationwide.

Mark Severson is a CFP® professional with 41 years of industry experience, currently with Stifel since 2018. He previously worked at B. C. Ziegler and Company for 34 years. Outside of his advisory role, Severson serves as a basketball official, refereeing boys’ and girls’ games from elementary through high school levels. Stifel serves a broad client base including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm employs a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to guide asset allocation and planning.

Nick Costello is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird since 2016 and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Nick is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individuals, corporate and business clients, pensions and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of services including financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and custody and brokerage services, utilizing internal research and technology including artificial intelligence in client advisory processes.

Sarah Nelson is a financial advisor with Fidelity, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at Drake & Associates LLC and R&R Insurance. Fidelity’s Strategic Advisers LLC provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional investors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with fund advisory and model portfolio delivery. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction across a broad investable universe.