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EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE ADVISOR PARTNERSHIP

My territory

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina

How I work to support your success

I am responsible for ensuring that advisors have access to resources to run and grow their practice. By combining the vision you establish for your practice with the support from my team and resources from Ameriprise, you'll have the opportunity to experience growth, equity ownership and success.

My team and I will work with you to:

  • Optimize practice efficiencies to help drive improved margins
  • Drive practice value or equity
  • Understand how to effectively operate as a CEO of your practice
  • Protect your practice from the unexpected and prepare for your retirement with a customized succession plan

Career Highlight:

  • Outstanding Leader Award Recipient 2025

Other Interests:

  • Quality time with my wife and three children
  • Spending time staying active in the outdoors
  • Learning new ideas by reading and listening to podcasts
Joe Richard /binaries/content/gallery/joinameriprise/local-leaders/joe-richard.jpg Recruiting Director joseph.k.richard@ampf.com 612.671.2367
Responsibilities

Joe is responsible for sourcing and evaluating experienced advisors, including franchisees, associate financial advisors and advisors coming from acquired practices.

Emily Leighton /binaries/content/gallery/joinameriprise/local-leaders/emily-leighton.jpg Headshot of Emily Leighton Sr. Regional Sales Director emily.leighton@ampf.com
Responsibilities

Emily specializes in helping advisors drive growth through new business opportunities. She is the primary point of contact for increasing assets and revenue through product solutions.  Additionally, she works with advisors on strategies to move up market and go deep with their best clients.

Julie Gackstetter /binaries/content/gallery/joinameriprise/local-leaders/julie-gackstetter.jpg Headshot of Julie Gackstetter Field Engagement Coordinator julie.gackstetter@ampf.com
Responsibilities

Julie provides day-to-day coordination and support for territory initiatives and projects to ensure key tasks and deadlines are met. Julie acts as a relationship manager for select advisors and operations personnel within the territory to connect with corporate resourcing and programs.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the CFP® certification mark, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification mark, and the CFP® certification mark (with plaque design) logo in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. It is for informational purposes only. Ameriprise Financial, 901 3rd Ave S, Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402 MN Permit #F-3367.
Practice growth results not guaranteed.