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Producer Profiles


  • Small Town Guy Just Wants to Help

    May 7, 2012

    From big city to small town, Willy Gamalero, of Madison County Community Bank, is a financial advisor who just wants to help people in the investing world — and beyond.

  • The Science of Investing

    April 1, 2012

    Former geophysicist Jim Stottlemyre, now a financial advisor at Baker Boyer National Bank in Kennewick, Wash., finds science and advising can be parallel universes.

  • The Hunt for Business

    March 1, 2012

    Duck hunter and wetlands conservationist Darin Dewsnup parlays his love of hunting and nature into a thriving practice.

  • A Family Tradition

    February 1, 2012

    Michael Alexander and his daughter Brandy Sorenson both draw from previous careers (Navy and nursing) to help their credit-union clients.

  • Driving to the Goal— Advice for the Gridiron

    January 3, 2012

    A lifelong athlete and a fan of the Minnesota Vikings, David Arndt had become an advisor. His "crazy" plan was to get a job where the Vikings did their banking—and it worked.

  • Muni Bonds and Blue Skies

    December 1, 2011

    Advisor Fred Greene likes tax-free bonds for his clients and has specific reasons why. But he really gets excited when he's in the air and able to clear his head.

  • Tooting His Own Horn

    November 1, 2011

    Army vet Steve Kennedy is brave enough to actively manage money in today's environment—it's him versus "Mr. Market" and that's just the way he likes it

  • Forget President, Call Him "Dr. Anderson"

    October 1, 2011

    Curt Anderson, a financial advisor at Busey Bank in Champaign, Ill., used to be a corporate president. But as many others can attest, "Being president isn't all it's cracked up to be," Anderson says.

  • Meet the Dream Maker

    September 1, 2011

    Ashlyn Hood, a financial advisor who works out of Susquehanna Bank in Reisterstown, Md., uses her training in psychology to help her clients realize their dreams of financial stability.

  • In The Zone

    August 1, 2011

    Sorrento Pacific Financial advisor Frank Smith loves to coach youth sports, which is good for business in rural Louisiana.

  • Planting The Seeds to Become a 'Star'

    July 1, 2011

    In a small Mississippi town, a popular advisor carves out a comfortable niche her way-without a mention of 'high-net-worth.'

  • Advisor to the Lawmakers

    June 1, 2011

    Financial advisor Roderick Day has seen his share of government workers—some of whom are on financial services committees and others who actually write financial laws. But he notes that their lack of financial literacy, on a personal level, is astounding.