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Nate C Elias RICP®, ChFC®

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Nate C Elias

University of Nebraska Omaha – Lincoln, NE
Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP^®)
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC^®)
Life/Health/Long Term Care Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 6, 7, 63 and 65
SIE

Background and Expertise

Nate joined Northwestern Mutual in 2010. During his time with Northwestern Mutual he has built a wealth management team that regularly achieves the highest honors across the financial services industry. Nate focuses on building long-term relationships based on integrity, knowledge, and commitment. Nate’s overall goal is to help people define, build, and enjoy prosperous lives.

Personal

Nate resides in Southeast Lincoln with his wife, Karina, and their 4 children, Sam, Evie, Axel, and Judah. Nate and his family enjoy traveling, the outdoors, sporting events and spending time with their families. If Nate isn’t at his kids sporting events, you’ll probably catch him out on one of Lincoln’s many bike trails.

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Nate Kruse CFP®, ChFC®

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Nate Kruse

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC^®)
Life/Health/Long Term Care Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 6, 7, 63, 65 and 26
SIE

Background and Expertise

Nate joined Northwestern Mutual in 2009 as an intern. During his time with Northwestern Mutual he and his team have built a wealth management group that regularly achieves the highest honors across the financial services industry. Nate is also the Managing Director for Northwestern Mutual the Lincoln Group as a whole. Nate focuses on imbodying his teams core values: Authentic, Diligent, and Trailblazer. He believes that the planning experience can be fun, extremely meaningful, and always that the future favors those with foresight.

Personal

Nate resides on an acreage southwest of Lincoln with his wife, Cassie, and their 3 children, Aberdeen, Emerett and Berkeley. Nate and his family enjoy all activities that involve family and friends. Nate enjoys working in his shed, golfing, going to the lake, snowboarding and hunting.

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Kolby M Schlueter ChFC®, RICP®

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Kolby M Schlueter

University of Bellevue – Bellevue, NE
Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®)
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®)
Life/Health/Long Term Care Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 6,7,63
SIE
Designations: ChFC^®, RICP^®

Background and Expertise

Kolby joined Northwestern Mutual in 2018. During his time with Northwestern Mutual, he has built a successful wealth management practice. In 2025, Kolby became a Partner at Elias Kruse Financial with a mission to provide clients with confidence and clarity in their financial future. Kolby is also a Growth & Development Director for the Northwestern Mutual Lincoln Office where he enjoys developing other individuals and making a lasting difference in our community.

Personal

Kolby resides in East Lincoln with his wife Carly, and their two children, Alina and Kalan. Kolby and his family enjoy traveling to create lasting memories with friends and their family. Kolby enjoys spending time at the lake, golfing, Husker sports, and home projects.

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Aaron J Lienemann CFP®, ChFC®, RICP®

Director of Financial Planning

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Aaron J Lienemann

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Certified Financial Planner (CFP^®)
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC^®)
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 6, 7 and 63
Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®)

Background and Expertise

Aaron joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2013. During his time with Elias Kruse Financial, Aaron has moved from investment specialist to director of operations to his current role, director of financial planning. Aaron brings experience and direction to the practice helping clients create a plan personalized to their specific goals.

Personal

Aaron resides in Southeast Lincoln with his wife, Angela, and their son, Oliver. Aaron enjoys time with his family and getting outdoors playing golf, shooting trap and barbequing with friends.

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Casey Meier MBA

Director of Portfolio Research & Investment Operations

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Casey Meier

Chadron State College – Chadron, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 6 and 63, & 7
MBA – Chadron State College

Background and Expertise

Casey joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2015. He is an Associate Wealth Management Advisor and focuses on investment operations support based on integrity, knowledge, and commitment. Casey’s overall goal is to help people define, build, and enjoy prosperous lives.

Personal

Casey resides in Lincoln and enjoys spending time with his wife Hannah and his son Calvin. Casey likes watching movies and sports, working out, and hanging with his pets. When not doing these things, you can find him studying in his free time. Casey is currently pursuing the CFA designation and is a Level II candidate.

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MBA

Taylor Hall ChFC®

Director of Operations & Associate Wealth Management Advisor

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Taylor Hall

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
FINRA Series 7 and 63
ChFC®

Background and Expertise

Taylor joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2019. He is an Associate Wealth Management Advisor and focuses on enhancing the client experience with prompt communication, planning and follow up. Taylor has five years of insurance underwriting and risk management experience to go along with a couple years of financial planning and recruiting and sales experience.

Personal

Taylor lives in Omaha with his wife, Mary, and their daughter Madeline and son Walker. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, traveling, running, and being outdoors. Taylor also has an interest in craft beers, barbecuing on his smoker, and loves all things Huskers.

Director of Operations & Associate Wealth Management Advisor

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Justina Brewer

Associate Financial Advisor and Marketing Coordinator

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Justina Brewer

Doane College – Lincoln, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
FINRA Series 6 and 63

Background and Expertise

Justina joined Northwestern Mutual in 2020 as an Associate Financial Representative. She has an abundance of experience working at a Lincoln bank where she worked in the Trust and Human Resources departments. Justina enjoys building relationships and providing clients with the best possible client experience.

Personal

Justina resides in Hickman with her husband Kyle and their two daughters, Kinsley and Jaylie. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, working on home projects, and making memories at the family cabin.

Associate Financial Advisor and Marketing Coordinator

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Jett County CLU®

Planning & Insurance Associate

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Jett County

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
Series 6 and 63

Background and Expertise

Jett joined Northwestern Mutual in 2020 as an intern. He joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2021. Jett focuses on the insurance operations of the practice and takes a great sense of pride in client experience.

Personal

Jett resides in Lincoln and enjoys spending time with his fiancé Reannon. He enjoys being around friends and family, watching sports, and traveling back to his home state of Colorado. Jett also appreciates anything outdoors including golfing, being at the lake, and barbequing.

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Davey Boardman

Associate Wealth Management Advisor

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Davey Boardman

Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
Series 7 and 63

Background and Expertise

Davey has a background in managing and growing small business. He was introduced to financial planning abruptly while going through the settling a difficult estate. His experience sent him on a pursuit of knowledge and gave him a passion for sharing that knowledge. He joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2023 to share his experience and to help others develop their financial plans before a time of grieving.

Personal

Davey lives in Waverly, NE with his wife Marne, and their children Mickey (son) and MaeBeth (daughter). He was born and raised in Lincoln, a USMC veteran, with a background in growing and managing small business. He spends his free time going on adventures with his kids, golf-carting around Waverly with his family, and making music with friends.

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Thomas Kotopka

Investment Operations Specialist

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Thomas Kotopka

University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
FINRA Series 7, 63

Background and Expertise

Thomas joined Northwestern Mutual in 2022 as an intern. He became part of the Elias Kruse financial team after graduating from the University of Nebraska in 2023. He is a Financial Representative Assistant and focuses on investment operations support.

Personal

Thomas was born and raised in Lincoln, where he currently lives. He has two cats, five brothers and a sister, and can often be found hanging out with his brothers. He also coaches an after-school math program, likes being outdoors, and might play a round of golf when it’s nice out.

Investment Operations Specialist

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Travis Feldhaus

Investment Operations Specialist

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Travis Feldhaus

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
FINRA Series 6, 7, and 63

Background and Expertise

Travis joined Northwestern Mutual in 2022 as an intern was a top 100 intern in 2023. He became part of the Elias Kruse financial team after graduating from the University of Nebraska in 2023. He is an Associate Financial Advisor and focuses on investment operations support based on authenticity, diligence, and trailblazing.

Personal

Travis grew up in Lincoln, where he currently resides, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelsey. He has two snakes and a planted aquarium. Travis is a Nebraska State Chess Champion. His hobbies include cars, watches, sneakers, working out, and smoking cigars.

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Bradley Clayton Bunner ChFC®

Planning & Insurance Associate

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Bradley Clayton Bunner

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®)
Life/Health Insurance Licenses
SIE
FINRA Series 6 and 63

Background and Expertise

Brad joined Northwestern Mutual in 2020 as an intern turned full-time advisor and joined teams with Kolby Schlueter in 2022. He joined Elias Kruse Financial in 2025. Brad splits his time in the practice helping clients create a plan personalized to their specific goals and working on insurance operations.

Personal

Brad resides in Northeast Lincoln and loves spending time with his son Stokes. Being a former Husker athlete Brad enjoys supporting Husker Athletics, getting outdoors playing golf, working out, spending time with friends, and being involved in Church activities at Christ Lincoln Yankee Hill here in Southeast Lincoln.

Planning & Insurance Associate

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Carter Baune

Associate Financial Representative

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Carter Baune

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE
Life/Health Insurance Licenses

Background and Expertise

Carter graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December of 2024. He then started with Elias Kruse Financial in January of 2025. He has multiple years in sales which has allowed him to become great at working and communicating with clients in an upbeat, timely manner. He enjoys developing strong relationships with clients and making sure that they are given a great experience each time they interact with our team.

Personal

Carter is from Minnesota where he grew up with 3 siblings before coming down to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for his bachelor’s degree. He now resides in south Lincoln full-time with his cat, Koda. Carter grew up playing sports and continues to participate by playing volleyball and golf along with actively watching sports with friends. He also enjoys reading and listening to music.

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