Bryon Deiss is a financial advisor with Gradient Securities, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Securian Financial Services, Minnesota Life Insurance Company, and Cetera. Outside of advising, he is also a musician and vocalist who performs with the Righteous Rock Band at events several times per year. Gradient Securities, LLC (doing business as Gradient Wealth Management) provides financial planning, consulting, and non-discretionary asset management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm emphasizes a non-discretionary investment approach and collaborates with multiple third-party managers, offering implementation support and ongoing client reviews.

Thomas Stoltman is a financial advisor with Brookwood Investment Group and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 10 years of industry experience and has worked at several firms, including Redwood Private Wealth LLC and Regal Investment Advisors. In addition to his advisory roles, he is the managing director of Redwood Tax Specialists and works as an independent insurance agent. Brookwood Investment Group is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing over $1 billion for more than 3,000 clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, utilizing a variety of investment strategies and supporting negotiable advisor-level fee arrangements.

Jeffery Bird is a financial advisor with M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, holding ChFC® and Series 63 credentials and bringing 39 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Winged Keel Group, LLC and NBW Insurance Group. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as president of Hope Farm School, an inner-city ministry focused on supporting underprivileged youth. M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. serves a broad range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through a national network of independent firms and professionals. The firm provides a variety of advisory and brokerage services, including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, and insurance advisory, using platform providers and sub-advisory arrangements to support its offerings.

Mark Fenlon is a CFA® charterholder with over 32 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2019, following positions at Schenck Investment Solutions, Cleary Gull Advisors, and Johnson Bank. He also serves as a principal of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP and is a non-paid board director at Collidion, Inc., a healthcare company focused on drug and medical device development. CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors provides wealth advisory and asset management services to individuals, corporations, institutions, and qualified retirement plans. The firm combines fiduciary RIA services with broker-dealer and insurance activities, employing strategic asset allocation through model portfolios and integrated multidisciplinary planning with its parent firm, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP.

Peter Hoff is a financial advisor with NorthRock Partners, LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 65 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has been with NorthRock Partners since 2016. Hoff serves as a director of the Park Region Telephone Cooperative in Underwood, MN. NorthRock Partners provides comprehensive wealth management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tailored investment approach emphasizing broad asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing, frequently utilizing independent managers and incorporating private market allocations where appropriate.

Randy Birkinbine is a financial advisor at Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Ausdal since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales and financial planning through his ownership of B & N Financial, LLC. Ausdal Financial Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities, managing approximately $3.73 billion for over 16,000 clients. The firm offers a wide range of investment and planning services tailored to client objectives, combining proprietary strategies with third-party money managers and maintaining dual registration as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA-member broker-dealer.

Gerson Diaz is a Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with one year of industry experience. He is currently with Boulay Wealth and has prior experience at Ameriprise Financial and Boulay Financial Advisors. Before entering the financial industry, he worked at Twin Town Pedicabs. Boulay Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, corporate retirement plans, charitable institutions, and foundations. The firm employs a model-portfolio approach focused on diversification, cost control, and after-tax outcomes, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, supported by affiliations with an accounting firm and insurance agency.

Bruce Ensrud is a financial advisor with Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Thrivent Investment Management Inc, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Ensrud serves on the boards of several nonprofits, including Every Meal, The Collegeville Institute, and Mount Olivet Rolling Acres, providing advice on governance and organizational strategy. Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC delivers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to independent managers, typically constructing diversified portfolios with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

David Matthews is a CFP® with 21 years of experience, currently serving as a Senior Financial Advisor at Focus Financial and OSAIC since 2014. He provides financial planning and operational support to clients of David Beissler. Outside of his advisory role, Matthews is president of Appaloosa Consulting Inc., an S-Corp established for tax purposes. Focus Financial Network, Inc. is an enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $6.3 billion through a network of 118 advisors. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of investment and financial planning services.

Justin Stokes is a financial advisor at Van Clemens Wealth Management, LLC in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 66 designation. He has experience working across various roles within Van Clemens entities since 2025 and previously spent 26 years at Cirrus Aircraft. Van Clemens Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional clients, offering customized portfolio management and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a range of methods including modern portfolio theory and employs third-party managers across multiple platforms while also offering an in-house Growth Opportunities model focused on micro- and small-cap equities.

Renata Krieger is a financial advisor at Berger Financial Group with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Berger Financial Group, she held roles at Bethel University, Life Time Inc., Northwestern Mutual, North Central University, Western Racquet Club, and Pewaukee High School. Berger Financial Group serves individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, businesses, corporate executives, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning using long-term investment strategies developed by its Investment Committee.

Ross Middleton is a financial advisor with ON Investment Management Company, holding a Series 63 designation and 28 years of industry experience. He has worked with The O.N. Equity Sales Company since 2002 and Woodmen Acc & Life since 1996. Outside of investment advising, Middleton is also licensed as an insurance agent, selling life, disability, and fixed annuity products. ON Investment Management Company is a SEC-registered adviser providing financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary management options and utilizes a dual-registration model integrating broker-dealer activities.

Steven Nelson is a financial advisor with Principal Advised Services in Maplewood, MN, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Coyote Logistics. He has been with Principal Financial Services and affiliated entities since 2021. Principal Advised Services provides investment advice and related services primarily to retirement plan participants and retail IRA clients, offering both non-discretionary recommendations and a discretionary, wrap-fee investment management program called SimpleInvest. The firm integrates proprietary models and third-party methodologies and operates within the Principal Financial Group family, which provides access to a range of affiliated financial products and services.

Elizabeth Odegaard is a financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with 49 Financial. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Her prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and Thrivent Financial. Outside of her advisory work, she is a member-owner of a cooperative brewery in Minneapolis. 49 Financial provides financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals and trusts. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation strategy and offers tiered fractional family office services alongside access to third-party managers.

Alissa Tinklenberg is a financial advisor with Focus Financial, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Financial and Osaic Wealth Inc. in 2025, she worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities from 2024 to 2025, and spent four years at Cargill Inc. She is also involved with the Hopkins Hurricanes since 2024. Focus Financial Network serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charities, and corporate entities. The firm offers personalized investment advice and comprehensive financial planning, emphasizing coordination with other professionals for estate planning and related legal or tax services.

Richard Bjorklund is a financial advisor with Balefire, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at VisionPoint Advisory Group, LPL Financial, and Principal Life Insurance Company. He is also a partner at Fuse Partners, LLC, which operates as VisionPoint Advisory Group. Balefire, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team investment adviser serving individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charities, and business entities. The firm employs a core-and-tactical investment strategy with oversight from an Investment Committee, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and sub-advisors to tailor portfolios to client goals.

Anthony Gruba is a financial advisor with Associated Investment Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, CUNA Brokerage Services, Wings Financial Credit Union, and he was involved with Hockey iQ Academy, LLC. Associated Investment Services, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services primarily to individual investors, as well as to small corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable institutions. The firm uses a range of model portfolio and separately managed account programs through third-party managers and its affiliate Kellogg Asset Management, delivering services mainly on a non-discretionary basis.

Jay Dworsky is a financial advisor with ON Investment Management Company in Minneapolis, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 15 years of industry experience. He has worked with ONIMCO since 2013 and is also involved with Wisconsin Financial Advisors LLC and Ohio National Financial Services. Outside of investment advisory, he serves as a board member for Fraser and is engaged in life insurance sales through his own firm, Dworsky Agency. ON Investment Management Company is a SEC-registered adviser offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management options and maintains a dual-registration model, combining advisory services with broker-dealer activities.

Steven Klane is a financial advisor at Berger Financial Group with 12 years of industry experience. He previously operated Klane Wealth Management, LLC for 18 years before joining Berger Financial Group in 2024. Berger Financial Group serves individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, businesses, corporate executives, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, comprehensive financial and retirement planning, income tax planning, succession planning, and retirement-plan consulting through its affiliate Quorom, employing proprietary, long-term investment strategies primarily managed on a discretionary basis.

Douglas Goodmundson is a financial advisor at Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Great Waters Financial, Bethany International, and Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services. Outside of advising, he serves as treasurer for Faith Homes and works as a Medicare agent helping clients assess and enroll in Medicare plans. Guardian Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and business entities. The firm employs a systematic, quantitative investment approach using ETFs and mutual funds, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and retirement plan consulting.