Northwestern Mutual
St. Cloud
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Leadership at the St. Cloud office is dedicated to doing good for our clients, employees and community.
Joshua Longnecker
Managing Director
Josh Longnecker is originally from the small central Minnesota town of Morris. He married his high school sweetheart, Missy, in 2005. Following the completion of his degree from the University of North Dakota, Josh began a sales career for a large corporation. In 2009 Josh took a leap of faith and began his career at Northwestern Mutual. In 2012, Josh became the Managing Director of the St. Cloud office where he now leads over 20 advisors. Josh, with his wife Missy and their three children live in Saint Augusta. In Josh’s spare time, he enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family at their cabin.
Katie Knutson
Director of Operations & Development
Originally from St. Cloud, MN Katie graduated with a degree in Economics from The College of Saint Benedict, before starting in the finance world almost 15 years ago. She joined Northwestern Mutual as the Director of Operations in December of 2019. In her role she is able to help advisors develop into the best versions of themselves as well as assist our Managing Director in all office operations. Katie and her husband, Matt, have three wonderful (but crazy) children Hailey, Jordan and Tyler. She enjoy volunteering with All Saint Academy and the St. Cloud Youth Hockey Association. In the winter, if they are not at the hockey rink they are enjoying the outdoors fishing or snowmobiling, in the summer we cherish our time camping and spending time on the water at our cabin. She is very blessed to have a wonderful support system of faith, family and friends.
Chelsea Bridenstine
Chief Recruitment Officer
After living most of my life in Eden Prairie, MN I made the move to St. Cloud, MN 3 years ago. I joined the Northwestern Mutual team in June of 2020 as the Director of Recruitment. In my role I am responsible for sourcing and casting new talent and building that relationship all the way through the interview and hiring process. What I love most is being able to meet and connect with great, insightful people in my community! At home, I have an amazing son named Roman who is my world! We enjoy being outside in the beautiful MN summers, going on bike rides, and swimming – plus a lot of sledding in the winter time.
Mike Christopherson
RICP®
Growth and Development Director
Mike joined Northwestern in 2020 after 10 years in sales leadership and was recently recognized as the 2021 new Financial Advisor of the year. He and his wife Marisa have two children, Jack and Myla, and they live in Alexandria. In addition to his personal practice Mike has a passion for leadership and serves as the Growth and Development Director for the St Cloud office.
Anthony Carver
Financial Representative
I'm a financial planner, in its purest form, I help people make smart financial decisions for both now and in the future. I take the time to get to know each and every single person/family that I work with, before I would ever make a recommendation on your financial plan. Our goal is to create a long-term relationship built on trust and a mutual understanding of what’s important to you.