Stephanie Mattson is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 17 years of industry experience. She has worked with Wealth Enhancement Brokerage Services, LPL Financial, and Wealth Enhancement Group over the course of her career. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of financial planning and asset management services, employing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management across multiple programs.

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® with 18 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors. He has worked extensively with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company over the past two decades. Outside of his advisory role, he operates Well-Being Wealth Strategies, LLC, a business he established to provide investment-related services. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

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 two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Creative Planning. His prior roles include positions at NorthRock Partners and Carlson Capital Management. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach with low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and other portfolio management techniques, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure.

Lucas Anderson is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2016 to 2020 and has been affiliated with Investors Financial Group, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC since 2020. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm utilizes a network of investment adviser representatives and provides access to third-party asset managers, turnkey asset management platforms, and its own WealthSuite separately managed account program.

Courtney Ruiz is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Edina, MN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with seven years of industry experience. She has been associated with Eagle Strategies since 2023 and also operates Veritas Financial Strategies, LLC, where she sells New York Life products and services. Outside of her advisory role, Ruiz serves as an election judge in Washington County, Minnesota. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with the majority of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

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 credential and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Investors Financial Group and LPL Financial since 2013 and joined Private Advisor Group in 2022. Private Advisor Group, LLC manages over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships, serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs, using a range of investment strategies and coordinating custody and reporting through multiple custodians.

William Sukup is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and has worked with related firms since 2002, including Wealth Enhancement Brokerage Services and LPL Financial. His other business activities include serving as an agent selling traditional insurance products, fixed annuities, disability, and long-term care insurance. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a large network of advisors. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement plan consulting, employing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

James Bear is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at AE Wealth Management since 2017 and previously at Global Financial Private Capital. Outside of his advisory work, he is a self-employed musician who plays drums in a band. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a platform-centered approach with model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services.

Frank Macgowan is an investment advisor representative with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Kestra Advisory since 2016 and has longstanding affiliations with Kestra Investment Services LLC, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, and CG IRI. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of PFM Solutions, LLC, which provides cash flow management software with identity theft protection in the employee benefit marketplace. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients, including very large institutional investors. The firm provides fiduciary services, plan design, benchmarking, and investment due diligence, supporting multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Lauren Koschmeder is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. and Twin Pines Financial, holding a Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Akamai Investment Advisors and The University Club - Madison. She is also an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. offers investment advisory, brokerage, financial planning, and retirement plan services to a diverse client base, including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm utilizes a mix of model portfolios and manager-driven sleeves, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs.

Anton Deden is a financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co. in Eden Prairie, MN, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Piper Jaffray & Co. for 14 years before joining D.A. Davidson in 2022. D.A. Davidson & Co. offers investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm provides a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, wrap fee programs, equity research, and comprehensive financial planning, operating under fiduciary standards and incorporating both qualitative and quantitative investment analysis.

Timothy Ronning is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Creative Planning, LLC since 2023 and previously spent 10 years at BerganKDV Wealth Management LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent for various companies. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and offers a financial planning–led investment process with a range of portfolio management and retirement plan fiduciary services supported by a large advisory team and centralized infrastructure.

Ethan Mottla is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Allianz Life Financial Services and Parady Financial Group. He is also involved as an Associate Advisor at NFP, assisting with client meetings and account management. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts, serving a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Bryce Bockin is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Minneapolis, holding a Series 66 credential and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2022 and previously at Cetera Advisor Networks and Voya Financial Advisors. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a soccer referee with the United States Soccer Federation and is on the Board of Directors at Sigma Chi (University of Minnesota). Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning and portfolio management. The firm integrates resources from across the Goldman Sachs ecosystem, providing strategic allocation models, specialized wealth programs, and a broad range of investment solutions.

Nicholas Johnson is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Carson Wealth, Northwestern Mutual, and SFM Insurance. Outside of advisory work, he assists with coaching and technology support at an indoor golf facility. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, foundations, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of more than 600 advisors. The firm manages discretionary accounts using model portfolios and integrates fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools, with a focus on retirement plans, institutional services, and transparent fee practices.

Christopher Wollo is a financial advisor at United Planners Financial Services of America with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has held roles at Strategic Tax & Business Consultants LLC and ISC Financial Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in multiple business ventures including an advanced computing consulting company and a manufacturer of ammunition components. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan services, and brokerage solutions through a network of 477 independent advisors. The firm operates an open-architecture platform utilizing multiple custodians and third-party money managers, with a notable focus on non-discretionary asset management.

Anthony Quill is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Tiedemann Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to joining Tiedemann Advisors, he was employed at Envoi, LLC and Terra Partners Asset Management Limited. Tiedemann Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and consulting services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional investors. The firm uses a manager-of-managers approach, combining core allocations to third-party managers with tactical positions, and employs a proprietary risk-optimization tool to guide asset allocation.