Andy grew up in Brooklyn Park, MN. Upon graduation from high school, he enrolled in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and began his studies in Aerospace Engineering. While at the U of I, his growing interest in business and his desire to help people led him to an internship with a financial planner, and he changed his major to Economics. He graduated from the U of I in 2000.
Andy began his financial planning career in 2001 with Ameriprise in Minneapolis but moved his practice to Waddell & Reed, Inc. in 2003. He earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ mark in 2016. The following year he earned the Chartered Financial Consultant® designation and founded Manifest Wealth Management, a group of independent advisors offering securities and advisory Services through LPL Financial.
Andy is active in the Minnesota Chapter of the Financial Planning Association. He and his wife, Nichole, and their children, Zoey and Zachary, live in Medina, MN. Andy and Nichole are active members of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Wayzata and active parents in their children's school, Providence Academy, where Nichole serves as Gala Chair. Andy enjoys coaching his son in football, basketball, and baseball.