Spencer Larsen is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer in Minneapolis, MN, holding a Series 66 designation. He joined Oppenheimer in 2025 and has no prior industry experience. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of advisory programs across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and it maintains custody of client assets while operating its broker-dealer and advisory businesses.

Michael Armstrong is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameritas in various capacities since 2006 and previously served at Independent School District 191. Outside of financial services, Armstrong is a vocalist who performs at funerals. Ameritas Advisory Services provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a variety of portfolio construction methods and program platforms, combining model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, and operates within a corporate structure that includes affiliated broker-dealer, investment, and insurance entities.

Aaron Hurley is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory. His prior experience includes roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Northwestern Mutual, Credent Wealth Management, Choreo LLC, and US Bank. Outside of financial advising, he teaches courses on Trust Administration and Investment Company Regulation for Drexel University’s online Masters in Financial Compliance program and serves as an Institutional Review Board member at the University of Minnesota. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning primarily to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients. The firm’s advice follows Charles Schwab’s asset-allocation models and research tools, with tailored recommendations based on each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Nicholas Flatness is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Principal Securities Inc, Principal Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, MetLife Securities, and Waddell & Reed. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for the Parachute Foundation and volunteers as a youth soccer coach with the Mahtomedi Soccer Association. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs, employing a mix of adviser and promoter arrangements to deliver investment solutions.

Scott Ekholm is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial for 22 years before joining OSAIC and Blaze Credit Union. He serves as a successor trustee in a family trust. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, and corporations through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan support, and access to alternative investments, operating with a hybrid adviser and broker-dealer structure.

Matthew Hadley is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. He has previously worked at Great Point Capital, LLC, West Coast Wealth Strategies, and eMoney Advisor, LLC. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, and family offices. The firm employs a combination of in-house model portfolios, custom accounts, and third-party manager selection, supported by an Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.

James Chapple is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Investors Financial Group, LLC and LPL Financial. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to a variety of managed account solutions, including proprietary and third-party platforms. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that incorporates multiple investment strategies and third-party managers.

Levi Broersma is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. Prior to this, he held roles at LPL Financial and CH Robinson. Outside of finance, Broersma is involved with Tokyo Grill Steakhouse, a business he has been associated with for ten years. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified investment approach combining passive and active management overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Stephanie Mattson is a CFP® professional with 18 years of experience in financial advising. She is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and has held various roles within Wealth Enhancement firms and LPL Financial since 2007. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets through a large advisor network, offering diversified investment solutions that blend passive and active management supported by a formal Investment Committee.

Christopher Paulson is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Minneapolis, MN. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Orgel Wealth Management, CRI Securities, and Securian Financial Services. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in insurance wholesaling and marketing through Advisors Resource and acts as an independent insurance agent. TLG Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.0 billion in discretionary assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and institutional investors, providing investment supervisory and portfolio management, comprehensive financial and estate planning, and ERISA fiduciary services. Its investment approach combines fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, with a direct-to-consumer platform, Starlight Portfolios, that uses risk questionnaires to tailor client portfolios.

Dustin Peltier is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience, currently with Guardian Life and its subsidiary Park Avenue Securities. He has worked with both firms since 2005, primarily at Park Avenue Securities. Peltier also operates Well-Being Wealth Strategies, LLC, a business he established in 2018. Park Avenue Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of financial planning, consulting, and investment management solutions, combining advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and access to proprietary and third-party platforms.

Derek Strong is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with United Planners Financial Services of America as a Limited Partner. He has worked at firms including Thrivent Financial and Hemingway Wealth Management, where he continues to serve as a financial planner. Strong is also licensed as a non-variable insurance agent in St. Louis Park, MN. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm delivers advisory and brokerage services through independent representatives and manages approximately $12.77 billion in assets, primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Colton Higgins is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. His prior experience includes four years at NorthRock Partners and four years at Carlson Capital Management. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by specialized equity and fixed income management and private market investments, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Lucas Anderson is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked with LPL Financial, Investors Financial Group, and Ameriprise Financial Services. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various managed account solutions. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that integrates client goals with a range of investment strategies and third-party managers.

Courtney Ruiz is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Edina, MN, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and eight years of industry experience. She has worked with New York Life and its affiliates since 2007 and operates under the DBA Veritas Financial Strategies, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, Ruiz serves as an election judge in Washington County, overseeing election processes multiple times per year. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional and retirement plan clients, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Nancy Hughes is a CFP® with 12 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2024. Her prior roles include positions at Waypoint Capital Advisors and Be Financial Wealth Management. She serves as Chair of the Board for Interfaith Outreach Community Partners, a nonprofit focused on community support and stability. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios and offers a range of implementation options and affiliated service lines.

Eric Norman is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Investors Financial Group, LPL Financial, and Ameriprise. Norman provides investment advisory services through Private Advisor Group, an independent firm. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers a fiduciary-based advisory model and a variety of managed account solutions, including proprietary and third-party strategies.

William Sukup is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC since 2002 and has held roles at LPL Financial and Wealth Enhancement Brokerage Services. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as an agent selling traditional insurance products including fixed annuities, disability, and long-term care insurance. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in regulatory assets under management, employing a diversified investment approach that blends passive and active strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

James Bear is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J. Alan Capital Management, LLC, Global Financial Private Capital, and he has operated J. Alan Financial, Inc. since 2000. Outside of financial advisory work, he is a self-employed musician and freelance drummer. AE Wealth Management provides fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, trusts, and ERISA plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes model portfolio management and supports third-party RIAs through sub-advisory and model-licensing arrangements.

Emily Irwin is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked for Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo Bank. Irwin is a non-practicing attorney licensed in both Arizona and Minnesota. Cerity Partners advises a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and institutional investors, offering customized wealth management services and access to alternative and private market investment solutions.