Ryan Jaeger is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, Jaeger serves as a ski coach for the Ausblick Ski Race Team. He is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management practice, which advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, pensions, corporations, and charitable organizations. The group offers customized financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and overlays tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Jeri Albrecht is a financial advisor with Merrill in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 36 years of industry experience. She has been with Merrill since 1988 and has also worked at Bank of America, N.A. since 2011. Merrill provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions program, offering model-based and discretionary investment strategies to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional fiduciaries. The firm’s integration with Bank of America allows access to a wide range of products and services beyond typical managed account offerings.

Thomas Ewing is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation. He began his advisory career in 2025 and has held various roles at firms including Republic Finance and Goshen Health prior to joining Baird. Robert Baird & Co.’s DDK Group serves individuals—including high net worth clients—corporate and business clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and a range of separately managed account programs supported by in-house research and investment professionals.

Debra Stefl is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 34 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Morgan Stanley since 2012, including time at Morgan Stanley Private Bank since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she is a 50% owner of Equipmentfax, a business tool for tracking liens on off-highway equipment. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offers a wide range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, delivering tailored financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and analysis from its Global Investment Committee. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and provides services through both direct and employer-sponsored financial planning agreements.

David Lange is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Before joining Mass Mutual, he worked at Alto Financial Group and BetterLife Insurance, among other positions. Outside of financial services, he has been involved with Lange Medical LLC for over a decade. Mass Mutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser providing financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm uses firm-approved software tools and structured annual engagements to deliver written recommendations and offers specialized planning services including divorce planning and estate settlement.

Dawn Panas is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Waukesha, WI, with 37 years of industry experience. She has held her current position at Morgan Stanley since 2009 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer offering a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes structured financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and serves clients with various investment strategies, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in assets.

Anna Ferkel is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation with six years of industry experience. She has worked at Baird since 2018 and previously at Northwestern Mutual in 2017. Outside of her advisory role, she was involved with the Cedarburg Community Pool from 2013 to 2017. She is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice, which serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, and charitable organizations. The group provides tailored financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing a range of strategies from traditional equity and fixed-income to complex non-traditional investments.

Stanley Zurawski Jr. is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors since 2017 and previously worked at SII Investments, Inc. from 2005 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Stanley serves as an independent insurance agent and is president of American Financial Services Inc., where he also provides tax return services. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors is a large SEC-registered firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement advisory services through a network of independent financial professionals, providing both proprietary model strategies and access to unaffiliated investment managers.

Andrew O'Connell is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert Baird & Co. since 2011. 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, and institutional clients. The group offers customized consulting and portfolio management services, utilizing a mix of in-house and third-party managers to implement a range of traditional and non-traditional investment strategies.

Lee Mccarthy is a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with UBS since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he organizes and facilitates fundraisers for St. Jerome Parish School in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients through a range of brokerage and advisory offerings, combining institutional trading capabilities with wealth management services supported by proprietary research and model-based asset allocations.

Lea Gerschwiler is a financial advisor at Robert Baird & Co. with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Robert Baird & Co. since 2010. 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 provides customized consulting and portfolio services, including financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and separately managed account programs.

Samantha Gerrity is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Baird since 2017, following two years at BMO Investment Distributors. She is part of The DDK Group, a team within Baird’s Private Wealth Management department that serves individuals, corporate clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. Baird provides a range of financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing manager-traded and model-traded SMA strategies, tax management, and direct indexing, supported by internal research and investment monitoring.

Ralph Reed Jr. is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 66 designation with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Robert W. Baird since 2019 and previously spent three years at BMO Harris Bank. He is part of The DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management department that serves individuals, corporate and business clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of services including financial planning, portfolio management, separately managed account programs, and brokerage services, supported by internal research, manager monitoring, and innovative investment strategies.

Heather Reliford is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Brookfield, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing nine years of industry experience. She has worked with PFS Investments Inc. since 2017 and Primerica Financial Services since 2016. Outside of advisory roles, she is involved in real estate sales and works as a Lyft driver. Primerica Advisors sponsors a wrap-fee asset management program primarily serving individual investors along with corporate and charitable clients. The firm utilizes model-driven investment strategies managed by unaffiliated asset managers and supports trades through BNY Mellon Advisors and Pershing custody services.

Sarah Damsgaard is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. She has 20 years of industry experience, including roles at JPMorgan Securities LLC and The Invictus Collective, LLC. She is currently based in Mequon, WI. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs and tailored financial planning services that use firm-approved tools and modeling techniques to support client goals.

Michael Birschbach is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience currently at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. He previously worked at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Charles Schwab Bank before joining Raymond James. In addition to his advisory role, he is an associate at Gentian Financial, Inc., focusing on financial planning and client relationship management. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors provides financial planning, investment consulting, and advisory services to individual and high-net-worth investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm offers tailored, typically non-discretionary advisory services and maintains a notable presence in municipal and public finance through its affiliate network.

Edward Defrance is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, WI, with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird since 2003 and holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. He is part of the DDK Group, a team within Robert W. Baird’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The group offers a combination of consulting and portfolio services, including financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and separately managed account programs tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Frank Wilson is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. in Whitefish Bay, WI, holding a Series 66 designation and over 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2003. 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 consulting and portfolio services, including financial planning and discretionary and non-discretionary management, utilizing both in-house and third-party managers across a range of investment strategies.

Brianna Hoskins is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 license and has previously worked at Taylors, Connected Technology Solutions, Explorium Brewpub, and UW-Milwaukee. Outside of her advisory role, Hoskins works as a sales representative for U.S. Lawshield, providing legal defense insurance related to self-defense in the greater Milwaukee area. She is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individuals, corporate clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a variety of financial planning and portfolio management services.

Paul Nowak is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding a Series 63 designation and 35 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for a combined ten years. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a wide range of advisory programs, financial planning services, and investment management solutions supported by proprietary and third-party research.