Mark Stevens is a financial advisor at Bane O'Leary LLC in Bloomington, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Bane O'Leary LLC since 2017 and previously operated as a sole proprietor while also working at Barber Financial Group. Stevens served as CEO and president of Beacon North Associates, a sales consulting business, which he currently maintains in an inactive status for tax purposes. Bane O’Leary LLC manages approximately $85 million for about 166 primarily individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning services, including Social Security and tax planning. The firm uses tailored model portfolios based on fundamental and technical analysis, conducts regular account reviews, and provides educational seminars at no charge.

Timothy Madey is a financial advisor at White Pine Capital LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with White Pine Capital since 2013. Madey is also a manager member of Itasca Capital Partners, LLC, a limited liability investment partnership. White Pine Capital provides fee-based, discretionary portfolio and wealth management to institutional clients, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a mix of active and passive investments across multiple asset classes and manages separately managed accounts, including held-away retirement accounts, using a third-party platform.

Joseph Vesey is a financial advisor at Clark Wealth Strategies, Inc. He holds a Series 65 credential and has four years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at First American Exchange Company for eight years and Chicago Title Insurance Company for two years. Clark Wealth Strategies provides investment management and wealth planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, retirement planning, pension consulting, and specialized 1031 real estate exchange consulting, using a strategic asset allocation framework and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Ted Hefty is a financial advisor at Michael Traxler Wealth Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation. His prior work experience includes roles at Berger Financial Group, Seagate, Safe Management, and American Income Life. Michael Traxler Wealth Management, LLC serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary asset and annuity management along with financial planning, using documented client goals and risk tolerance to guide investment decisions.

Tracy Torland is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at PSC Financial LLC since 2014. She also has been affiliated with LPL Financial since 2005. PSC Financial LLC serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as institutional and fiduciary clients such as retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consulting, customizing portfolios with a range of investment vehicles and employing both fundamental and technical analysis.

Mark Carlton is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Trademark Financial Management, LLC since 2000 and previously worked at O'Brien and Associates, Inc. from 2019 to 2020. Trademark Financial Management serves individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation approach using proprietary portfolio models and both fundamental and technical analysis to manage discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Gregory Konezny is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Provenire Capital LLC since 2013. Provenire Capital provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, managing approximately $65.5 million in regulatory assets. The firm focuses on technology, media, and telecommunications sectors through long-short and long-only equity strategies, utilizing fundamental research and derivative instruments for portfolio construction and risk management.

Tyler Engbrecht is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with TruMix Advisors in Bloomington, MN, and previously worked at GTS Financial, Fure Financial Corporation, and Wells Fargo Private Bank. TruMix Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses, providing discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm applies Modern Portfolio Theory with a combination of passive and active funds, offers ESG and values-based portfolio options, and manages approximately $170 million across a small team.

Charles Bellows Jr. is a financial advisor at White Pine Capital LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with White Pine Capital since 2003. White Pine Capital provides fee-based, discretionary portfolio and wealth management services to institutional clients, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies across multiple asset classes, tailoring allocations based on clients’ cash-flow needs, tax considerations, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

Elizabeth Alf is a financial advisor at Clerestory Advisors, Inc with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Clerestory Advisors since 2015. Clerestory Advisors provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily to individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, and trusts and estates. The firm employs diversified portfolios including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs, offers an optional sustainability-focused portfolio with ESG screening, and uses negotiated flat annual and project fees rather than percentage-of-assets fees.

Kevin O’Laughlin is a financial advisor with TruMix Advisors in Bloomington, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Cahill Financial Advisors, Inc. for seven years and Gen Financial Management, Inc. for three years. TruMix Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and employee benefit plan services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and corporate plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing asset allocation, diversification, and a long-term horizon using a blend of passive and active funds and individual securities.

Jaron Kissner is a Series 65 licensed advisor with The Wealth Group – Austin B. Colby & Associates in Eden Prairie, MN, where he has worked since 2021. He has eight years of prior experience at Torrch. The Wealth Group – Austin B. Colby & Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and managed-account services. The firm uses asset-allocation frameworks combined with techniques such as dollar-cost averaging and technical analysis, and it employs third-party aggregation platforms to manage held-away retirement assets.

Chad Lea is a financial advisor at Strategic Wealth Group with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been affiliated with Strategic Wealth Group, Running Management Group, and LPL Financial since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at FBL Marketing Services for several years. Strategic Wealth Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement plan advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs fundamental and technical analysis to develop client strategies, utilizes sub-advisors and third-party platforms, and manages over $1.5 billion in discretionary assets.

Fong Her is a financial advisor at Capital Management Associates Inc in Minneapolis, MN, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Edward Jones. Capital Management Associates provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm utilizes a variety of investment approaches, including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, as well as options strategies and both long- and short-term trading, and it employs third-party asset managers within its Managed Accounts Program.

Adam Swanson is a financial advisor with MD Financial Advisors / Vestment Financial in St. Louis Park, MN. He holds a Series 65 designation and has three years of industry experience. Prior to joining MD Financial, he worked at BHS Financial and spent time at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Outside of his advisory role, he works seasonally as a tax preparer for a CPA tax firm. MD Financial Advisors / Vestment Financial provides financial planning, customized investment advisory, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan services to individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional plan sponsors. The firm manages approximately $246 million in discretionary assets and follows a long-term, asset-allocation driven investment approach emphasizing diversification, rebalancing, and tax strategies.

Eitel Dannenfels is a financial advisor with Global Wealth Strategies and Associates, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Global Wealth Strategies, he worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities, including wealth management and investment services. Global Wealth Strategies and Associates provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, foundations, retirement plans, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental approach to asset allocation and offers services including retirement-plan advisory, direct indexing, and integration with clients’ other advisors.

John Truckenbrod is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Capital Management Associates Inc. He has been with Capital Management Associates and its affiliated broker-dealer since 2016 and previously worked at First Advisors for 28 years. Capital Management Associates provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, a manager-of-managers program, and financial planning, using an investment approach that combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with asset allocation tailored to client objectives and tax considerations.

George Mulwee is a financial advisor with Strategic Wealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Strategic Wealth Group and LPL Financial since 2017, and previously worked at Cetera Advisors from 2014 to 2017. Strategic Wealth Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement plan advisory services for individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm manages $1.54 billion in discretionary assets and uses fundamental and technical analysis alongside third-party manager programs to build and monitor client strategies.

Benjamin Prchal is a financial advisor with Strategic Wealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN, holding a Series 66 credential and five years of industry experience. Before joining Strategic Wealth Group and LPL Financial in 2025, he worked at Thrivent Investment Management and Thrivent Financial from 2021 to 2025 and has experience as a sole proprietor. He also worked for the City of Lake Elmo and Cedar Corporation earlier in his career. Strategic Wealth Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement plan advisory services for individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm uses fundamental and technical analysis to guide investment strategies and manages $1.54 billion in discretionary assets as of December 31, 2025.

Jill Vilkama is a financial advisor at Birchwood Financial Partners, Inc. in Bloomington, MN, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Fure Financial and Cahill Financial Advisors before joining Birchwood Financial Partners. 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, emphasizing asset allocation, manager selection, and aligning target allocations with client risk profiles.