Wesley Merk is a Series 66-registered financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Big Bend, WI, and has 10 years of industry experience. He has worked concurrently with LPL Financial and Citizens Bank of Mukwonago since 2016, serving as an investment consultant at Citizens Bank. LPL Financial is a national SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, financial institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by proprietary and third-party research.

Casey Rajala is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Champps Americana Restaurant. He is part of The DDK Group, a team within Baird’s Private Wealth Management practice that serves individuals, families, pensions, corporations, and charitable organizations. The group provides tailored consulting and portfolio management services, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, using a variety of strategies and overlays to meet client goals and risk tolerances.

Kevin Frisinger is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 1999. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. 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 charitable organizations. The group offers tailored consulting and portfolio management services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and overlays to meet client goals and risk tolerances.

Brittany Peters is a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with UBS since 2014. She also operates a separate business under the name Lake Financial Group. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients through a range of brokerage and investment advisory offerings, combining institutional trading capabilities with wealth management services.

Christine Lind is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. in Mequon, WI, holding a Series 63 designation and 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2001. The DDK Group, part of Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management practice, advises individuals, families, pensions, corporations, and institutional clients. The team offers tailored consulting and portfolio services, including financial planning and discretionary management, utilizing a range of strategies from traditional equity and fixed income to more complex private funds and real-asset exposures.

Thomas Gerger is a financial advisor at Stifel with 52 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel since 2012 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Stifel serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm employs a proprietary investment strategy methodology for asset allocation and planning, providing clients with analysis to support their decision-making.

Benjamin Hemer is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and JP Morgan Securities, LLC, where he worked for five years. He is part of The DDK Group within Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management department, which provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and custody services to individuals, corporate and business clients, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $394 billion in regulatory assets and offers a range of investment strategies and municipal advisory services.

Bruce Lanser is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services in Brookfield, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 44 years of industry experience. He has been with UBS Financial Services since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, Lanser serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin and chairs its Investment Committee. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of brokerage and advisory services, employing proprietary research and model-based asset allocations to tailor plans. The firm combines institutional trading capabilities with wealth management and offers services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and capital markets activities.

Trent Muller is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley since 2009 and has been with Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member and treasurer for the Black String Triage Ensemble, an organization involved in art, culture, disaster relief, public safety, and individual rights and liberties in Milwaukee. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including financial planning services that utilize structured discovery conversations and firm-approved tools to develop tailored plans.

Scott Waechter is a financial advisor with Osaic Wealth, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has eight years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Alliance America, United Advisors America, FSB Premier Wealth Management, and Bankers Life. Osaic Wealth, Inc. serves a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm provides integrated brokerage and investment advisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers through a large network of affiliated advisers and advisory platforms.

Timothy Wachter is a financial advisor at Ameriprise with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors for the Franklin Economic Development Commission and owns Victory Creek Accounting LLC, a tax preparation business. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service focused on individuals approaching or in retirement with substantial investable assets. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to deliver tailored, non-discretionary retirement income recommendations through a centralized consulting team.

Raluca Stanescu is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Milwaukee, WI, and has 10 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in both their investment management and life insurance divisions from 2015 to 2019. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as treasurer for the Whitefish Bay chapter of AFS-USA, a nonprofit organization supporting exchange students and host families. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a wide range of advisory programs and financial planning services to individuals and institutions, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets. The firm employs a structured planning process using firm-approved tools and models and offers both retail and institutional investment solutions.

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.

Ashley Iwinski is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. with one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera Wealth Services, Avantax Advisory Services, and DBHW Wealth Partners. She is also associated with DB Wehring Wealth LLC and Wehring & DB Tax and Wealth LLC, businesses offering retirement planning and tax services. She works within The DDK Group at Robert W. Baird, which serves individuals, corporate clients, pension plans, and charitable organizations. Baird provides a range of financial planning and portfolio management services using a variety of strategies, including separately managed accounts and tax-managed approaches, supported by ongoing manager selection and internal research.

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.

Kevin Hoeft is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with LPL Financial in New Berlin, WI, having 10 years of industry experience. He has been with LPL Financial since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is employed as a plasma donor at BioLife. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by in-house research and third-party subadvisors.

Michael Violette is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in New Berlin, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Investment Services, LPL Financial, CUNA Mutual Group, and U.S. Bank. Outside of finance, he works as a driver for Go Riteway Transportation. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting to qualified ERISA plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s advisory process is IPS-driven and incorporates a range of investment options, including insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep programs.

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.