Affiance Updates

Affiance Financial has long partnered with BestPrep, an organization that helps students build business, career, and financial literacy skills. Years ago, Principals Steve Lear and Andy Fishman helped start the organization’s Financial Matters program, which teaches high school students financial literacy skills.

We made two additions to our staff this quarter — meet Mike Bayliss and Jodi Friendshuh.

Affiance Financial is growing again! This quarter, we added one new face and one old face to our team. Intrigued? Read on for an introduction, and reintroduction, to our latest team members.

At Affiance Financial, it’s no secret that the only constant is change. This summer, we added two new faces to our roster. And this fall, two of our current team members will be moving into new roles.

Long, sunny days are made for relaxing on a park bench, deck chair, or floatation device with a good book. Here are some of the things we've been reading this summer. 

Meet the newest member of the Affiance team – Steve Drost.

Ten years ago last month, Seth Meisler made the move from Chicago to St. Louis Park to join Affiance Financial as Chief Investment Officer. The firm looked a little different then – with only about a dozen employees in an office on the south side of 394.

Did you know you have the option to schedule meetings with your advisor on the affiancefinancial.com website? With the implementation of online scheduling tool “Calendly”, we made it possible. Calendly allows you to schedule your next meeting in just a few clicks – no phone tag, no email chains, no problem.

On Wednesday, December 7, Mark Lanterman, Chief Technology Officer at Computer Forensic Services, joined us for a night of Cybersecurity education at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Mark showed us just how easy it is to buy stolen credit cards and passports, and reminded us all of the importance of understanding the relationship between convenience and security. Like your favorite horror movie, it was just as terrifying as it was entertaining. Let’s go over some of the things we learned.