Patrick Schmitz is a financial advisor at Triton Investments, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in real estate brokerage since 2022 while also owning and managing Atlas Rental LLC, a real estate investment company. Prior to his current roles, he was employed at Xcel Energy and Dakota Gasification Company. Triton Investments, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a long-term investment approach centered on passively managed index ETFs and active rebalancing. The firm manages approximately $17 million in assets and customizes portfolios based on client objectives documented in Investment Policy Statements.

James Clark is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with 20 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Stone Fortress Wealth Strategies in Plymouth, MN. His prior roles include positions at Nuveen Securities, LLC and FactRight. Stone Fortress Wealth Strategies provides fiduciary investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis and a long-term investment approach, utilizing low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and derivatives within customized portfolios.

Brandon Wood is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and has been with Solidity Financial LLC since 2011. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Solidity Tax, LLC, a tax preparation service, though he is not actively involved in day-to-day operations. Solidity Financial LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, foundations, and small businesses. The firm follows a low-cost, passive core investment approach supplemented by tactical asset management and serves about 250 clients with a two-advisor team.

Amelia Kinch is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Great Waters Financial, she held roles at Minnesota Wire & Cable, Olu's Home, Inc., Robert Half, USPS, American Specialty Health, Faustian Nonsense, LLC, and Kalpan Test Prep. Her background also includes two years at the University of Colorado Boulder Law School. Great Waters Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $1.2 billion across more than 1,600 client relationships and offers tiered portfolio management and financial planning services that incorporate both fundamental and technical analysis.

Robert Bruner is a CFP® and ChFC® with 26 years of experience in financial advising. He is a principal at Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning, where he has worked since 2018, and previously worked at Woodbury Financial Services from 2005 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he sells traditional life insurance, disability insurance, fixed annuities, and long-term care insurance. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation through mean-variance optimization.

Joseph Bertilson is a financial advisor at Cedrus Wealth Group with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Edward Jones and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, Bertilson is a partner in 360 Security Services LLC and Rooted Tax Group, LLC. Cedrus Wealth Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plan sponsors, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and donor-advised fund advisory services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and tactical strategies, integrates AI-enabled estate and tax planning tools, and maintains a formal affiliation with an accounting firm for potential cross-referral opportunities.

Varaphone Potter is a financial advisor at CSP Financial Group LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes roles at Champion Brokerage Group, WealthVest, Questar Capital Corporation, and Allianz Life. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring aligned with Modern Portfolio Theory, asset allocation, and ongoing rebalancing, often employing third-party managers such as Matson Money.

Logan Taft is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Lifelong Wealth Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2013, including a period at AdvisorNet Wealth Partners. Lifelong Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, and profit-sharing plans with financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a consultative, team-based approach with tailored strategies and uses a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and direct indexing, alongside proprietary model portfolios and derivative strategies.

Alex Carlson is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Before joining Great Waters Financial in 2022, he worked at Ascentis Human Capital Management and HelpSystems. Carlson is also a licensed insurance agent. Great Waters Financial provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes and offers a range of services including standalone financial planning, tax preparation, and retirement-plan rollover advice.

Aaron Dally is a financial advisor at Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked with the firm and its related entities since 2013, including a five-year tenure at Woodbury Financial Services. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation using mean-variance optimization, managing portfolios on a discretionary basis with strategies that include long- and short-term holdings, options, and margin.

Nicole Wilken is a financial advisor with Financial Perspectives in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2013 and has been with Financial Perspectives since 2010. Outside of advisory work, she is also a licensed insurance agent for life, health, and variable insurance products and serves as a notary public in Minnesota. Financial Perspectives offers investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, trusts, businesses, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1 billion in assets and employs a multi-team advisory model, utilizing third-party managers and technology platforms while also providing an affiliated accounting practice for tax preparation and accounting services.

Russell Rogers is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is associated with Summit Investment Advisory Services, where he has worked since 2015. Rogers also has a history with LPL Financial starting in 2011. Summit Investment Advisory Services provides portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management. The firm employs a mix of analytical approaches and manages accounts through its own programs as well as various LPL Financial-sponsored advisory programs.

Meghan Bohlke is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving at FPNavigators. Her prior roles include positions at LPL Financial LLC and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. She holds the Series 63 designation and is based in Maple Grove, MN. FPNavigators provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, and it offers services including wrap fee programs and multiple ERISA roles for retirement plans.

Brandon Valtinson is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with six years of experience, currently serving at Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning. His prior roles include seven years at Wells Fargo and ongoing work as an independent insurance agent. He also operates Valtinson Tax Services, providing tax preparation and accounting services. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis, focusing on asset allocation with mean-variance optimization and portfolio management on a discretionary basis.

Claire Orcutt is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has held positions at several firms, including Retire Smart and BankVista, as well as various self-employed roles. Orcutt has also worked in academic settings at Arkansas Tech University and Creighton University. Great Waters Financial serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, managing approximately $1.235 billion across 1,627 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning through tiered service programs that integrate asset allocation, tax strategy, income and distribution planning, and specialized long-term care and children's planning.

Jason Hetland is a financial advisor at FPNavigators with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Bleakley Financial Group, LPL Financial, and Northwestern Mutual Insurance Services. FPNavigators provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of Modern Portfolio Theory, fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to clients' risk tolerances and goals, and offers services including wrap fee programs and multiple ERISA fiduciary roles.

Olivia Drey is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Financial Perspectives with one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Ameriprise for two years and has held various roles in education and business. Financial Perspectives serves individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations by providing investment advisory and financial planning services, portfolio management, and access to independent managers. The firm customizes recommendations based on client objectives and risk tolerance, monitors portfolios regularly, and integrates third-party reporting and custodial platforms.

David Dugan is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at Financial Perspectives in Minneapolis, MN. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2013 and has been with Financial Perspectives since 2005. Dugan is also a 33% owner of FP Tax & Accounting, LLC dba Dugan & Company, a tax preparation firm separate from his advisory work. Financial Perspectives provides investment advisory, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to independent third-party managers to individuals, trusts, businesses, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.00 billion in assets and operates through a multi-team advisory model.

Justin Halverson is a financial advisor at Great Waters Financial with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Great Waters Financial and its affiliated firms since 2012, including Advisornet Wealth Management from 2015 to 2022. Halverson also provides financial education through seminars as a trainer. Great Waters Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a range of investment strategies across equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, and provides additional services such as tax preparation and retirement-plan rollover advice.

Anders Haugen is a financial advisor at Lifelong Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 credentials. Haugen previously worked at AdvisorNet Wealth Partners and Cetera Advisor Networks. He serves on the finance committee of the Center for Victims of Torture, where he is involved in risk assumption monitoring, investment review, and budget planning. Lifelong Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a consultative, team-based approach to tailor asset allocation and portfolio construction according to each client’s risk tolerance, time horizon, and liquidity needs.