Founding Member
Ankeny, Iowa branch office
 
Brian has more than 15 years of experience in financial services and planning and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner (CFP®)

Brian serves as the firm's Registered Principal and specializes in financial planning and investment management.  He frequently travels to each branch office and often works jointly with the other partners on the more complex investment related issues.

Brian is from a small rural community in southern Iowa - Melrose, and grew up helping his family with their cattle farming operations. 
He earned his Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Iowa State University in 1994 and has lived in the Des Moines area ever since.  He and his wife Jeri were married in 2005 and they have one son, Luke.

In his spare time, Brian enjoys attending sporting events, movies, golf, pheasant hunting and most of all spring crappie fishing on Lake Rathbun.

 
Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) Financial Planning Association (FPA)
Chartered FInancial Consultant (ChFC) Society of Financial Services Professionals
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) American Cancer Society
Series 24: Registered Principal* Knights of Columbus
Series 7: Registered Representative Ankeny Chamber of Commerce
Series 63: Blue Sky Melrose Community Betterment
Life, Health  
   
   


Founding Member
Ankeny, Iowa branch office

Linda has over 18 years of experience in insurance and financial services.  She serves as Business Manager for the firm and Insurance Specialist for our Ankeny branch.  She specializes in
providing risk-management services in all aspects of life and health insurance for the firm’s clientele.  Linda performs quote comparisons, financial needs analyses, and in-depth insurance audits when needed.

She is a native of Iowa City, IA and earned her BA from the University of Iowa.  She served as marketing representative for professional engineering services for seven years, prior to making a career move into insurance in 1988.  Linda was a successful State Farm agent in Iowa City for 12 years, before re-locating to the Des Moines, IA, area.

With her involvement in IEA Wealth Management, Linda is able to combine her expertise in marketing, business management and insurance services for a very rewarding business opportunity helping people with their insurance needs.   
 
Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
LUTCF Designation
[Life Underwriters Training Council Fellow]
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors [NAIFA]
Series 6 - Mutual Funds / Variable Products Association of Health Insurance Advisors
Series 63 American Business Women's Association
Life / Health Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity of Women
Property / Casualty / Commercial Ankeny Chamber of Commerce
   
   


Operations Manager
Ankeny, Iowa branch office

Shanell has 10 years of experience in the banking industry and joined IEA in September 2006.  She works primarily with Brian's accounts and clients and is responsible for the firm's operations

and customer services.  Shanell grew up on a farm outside of Monona in Northeast Iowa. 

She earned her BA Degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa with a major in Business Administration.  She was very involved in the music department and the work study management program.  Upon graduation, Shanell worked in Cedar Falls for five years.  She and her husband were married in 2003 and moved to Ankeny, Iowa and in 2005, their daughter, Jenna was born. 

In her spare time, Shanell enjoys scrapbooking and spending time with family.
 
Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
Series 7: Registered Representative Ankeny First United Methodist Church
   
   

 

Founding Member
Danville, Iowa branch office
(approximately 15 miles west of Burlington, Iowa)

Ben has over 22 years of experience in insurance and financial services.  Although he has always focused on providing investment

services to his clients, Ben is excited about the expanded wealth management strategies he can now offer them.

Ben received his BS degree from Iowa Sate University in 1979, where he was a member of the ISU wrestling team and competed on the ISU Rodeo Team as a bull-rider,  Upon graduation Ben moved to Danville, Iowa where he met his wife Michelle. 

He and Michelle have been married for over 28 years and have two children; Jared - a Motor Performance Engineer for Case/New Holland at the Burlington, Iowa factory and Hannah - is enrolled in medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical in Omaha.

Ben is very active in the community as a volunteer on the local and state levels and he currently serves as past-president and membership chairman of the Southeast Iowa Insurance and Financial Advisors organization.

In his spare time, Ben enjoys hunting, fishing and horse back riding.  He also has a small acreage where he raises sheep and several horses and mules.

 

Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
Series 7: Registered Representative Danville Lions
Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) Danville Masonic Lodge #48
Series 63 Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ
Life, Health Danville Volunteer Fire Department
Property / Casualty / Commercial Danville Enhancement Committee
   
   

Founding Member
Cannon Falls, Minnesota branch office
(located approximately 20 miles north of Rochester, MN)


Todd has over 20 years of experience in insurance and financial services. 
After spending many years focusing on insurance, Todd now looks forward to transitioning his practice into a full service

wealth management firm.

A native of Cannon Falls, MN, Todd attended college at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls with a major in Animal Science.  He played basketball each year during his four year college experience and returned to the farm upon graduation until 1989 when he started his independent insurance agency.

Todd and his wife Stephanie have been married for over 32 years.  They have four wonderful children; Andrea lives in Colorado, Erin and her husband Michael live in Kentucky, Erik & Matthew live in Cannon Falls.

In his free time, Todd enjoys farming his 60 acres of organic crops, horseback riding, skiing, playing basketball and elk hunting near Jackson Hole in Wyoming.

   
Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
Series 7: Registered Representative MICHA
Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) NAIFA
Series 63 Cannon Valley Fair Association
Life, Health Elder at St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Property / Casualty / Commercial Member Cannon Falls Chamber
   
   

Wanamingo, Minnesota Branch Office 

 

Dean is a CPA and has more than 30 years of tax preparation experience.  He also became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner (CFP®) in 1998.  Dean is the founding member of Baker & Axelson, LTD located in Wanamingo, Minnesota.

Dean was born and raised in Wanamingo, MN.  He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Mankato State University.  Dean has been married to his wife, Sherri for 30+ years and they have 2 daughters who also reside in the Wanamingo area.  One of his daughters, Kari is also a CPA and co-owner of Baker & Axelson, LTD.

In his spare time, Dean enjoys his grandchildren, hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family.

   
Qualifications / Licenses Organizations
Certified Public Accountant  
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®)  
Series 7: Registered Representative  
Series 63: Blue Sky  
   
   

 

Wanamingo, Minnesota Branch Office

Kari has over 5 years of accounting experience and has been a CPA Since 2006.  She is became a Registered Representative at the Wanamingo, MN in 2008.

Kari grew up in Wanamingo, which is a small rural community in southeastern Minnesota.  She received her Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2003.  She returned to her hometown in 2004 and began working at Baker & Axelson, Ltd.  Kari and her husband, Jerry, were married in 2005 and they live in rural Wanamingo.

During her free time, Kari enjoys traveling, photography, and spending time with family and friends.

   
Qualifications / Licenses  
Certified Public Accountant  
Series 7: Registered Representative  
Series 63:  Blue Sky  
   
   

 

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