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Garrett Jackson, CFA
®, is a Portfolio Analyst with Foster Group. Garrett is tasked with managing client portfolios through periodic rebalancing, investing new contributions, and making cash available for distributions.
Prior to Foster Group, Garrett worked for Wells Fargo in the Servicing Strategy and Change Management team within the Consumer Lending Group. Through this role, he learned how to help departments collaborate to mitigate wasted time and create more efficient processes. Prior...
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Brittany Heard, CFP
®, CKA
®, CFT™, CDFA
®, is a Lead Advisor at Foster Group. She works with Foster Group clients to help them define and pursue their financial goals. Brittany joined Foster Group in 2014 and enjoys helping clients make wise decisions with money. She serves clients in our Signature Wealth offering. Brittany founded Foster Group’s
Invested in Women initiative, because of her passion for assisting female clients.
In addition to being...
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Brad Rempe is passionate about serving Foster Group’s clients by helping them accomplish the things that are most important to them. Brad’s desire to ask the questions that really matter contributes to his ability to help clients live and work with intentionality.
Brad earned his accounting degree from Central College in 1994, passed the Uniform Certified Public Accounting exam in 1995, and in May 2010 earned the C
ERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®...
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Andrew Farmer assists with the delivery and implementation of financial plans for Foster Group clients. Before joining Foster Group, Andrew spent six years at Veridian Credit Union as part of their indirect lending team, one of the largest volume producers in Iowa. There he handled the outflow of $6–10 million a month. Before leaving Veridian, he assumed responsibilities in that firm’s business development efforts and was active with the Ankeny...
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Pam Culp is a Marketing Coordinator at Foster Group, located in our West Des Moines office. Her responsibilities include coordinating across the various marketing capabilities to ensure timely and quality execution. Prior to joining Foster Group, Pam worked at Meredith as a Digital Asset Administrator. Pam graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2011 with a B.A. in graphic design.
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While growing up, I thought I wanted to be a...
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Matt Abels serves as the Chief Practice Officer at Foster Group. In this role, Matt is tasked with overseeing all aspects of the client experience. Included in that, Matt also leads our planning committee, which guides the best practices of the firm and ensures that our advisors have all the tools and resources they need to effectively serve our clients. Matt also maintains responsibilities as a Lead Advisor, helping clients navigate...
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In her role as Chief Operations Officer / Chief Compliance Officer, Kate Juelfs works to align business systems with the strategies of the company. Kate splits her time between regulatory compliance and business operations and oversees the Human Capital function. She is passionate about employee engagement and sustaining the culture of the firm. Kate’s past work experience includes working for a regional brokerage firm as Institutional Sales Manager. Kate holds...
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Jerry Foster’s unique combination of knowledge, skills, expertise, and interests formed the perfect background to create Foster Group, whose mission is “to be a catalyst for positive life change, providing financial solutions that reduce complexity and establish a high probability of success” for our clients.
From his first job after college (Iowa State University, B.S., 1977) to his leadership today of Foster Group, Jerry’s focus has been education. After helping establish...
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Emily is a Business Operations Associate at Foster Group. In this role, she works to maintain and enhance core business operations. She will coordinate projects that impact multiple areas of the business and help ensure that infrastructure is in place to support business operations. In addition, she will assist with the administration of regulatory compliance review and administration.
Prior to Foster Group, Emily worked for the Principal Financial Group as a Brokerage...
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Tim Mabee is Foster Group’s Director of IT. He oversees all technology-related issues, including system innovation, IT strategy, information security, development, and systems maintenance. Prior to joining Foster Group, Tim spent a number of years in the Financial IT industry with a Des Moines Fortune 500 Company. Throughout his career, Tim has spent time in a number of roles including software development, system and infrastructure administration, and IT team leadership....
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