Meet the HOSTS
Chris Pettengill, Director
The former president of First American Securities, Inc., Chris has more than 20 years of experience in the investment profession. He is well known in Minnesota as the former host of an investment show on WCCO radio. He has been a member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange where he transacted floor brokerage and trading for his clients. In 1987, he moved off the floor and added his securities and insurance licenses and started doing comprehensive financial planning. He is also experienced in estate planning and diversified portfolio managerment.
Gerald J. Durand, Managing Partner and Director
An investment professional for more than two decades, Mr. Durand focuses on operations and new business development.
He provides assessments for merger and acquisition opportunities and evaluates all aspects of business development planning and provides the necessary due diligence for these efforts.