Professional Advisor Award: Wedel Financial

(Pictured: Robert Justus, Partner; Aaron Wedel; Financial Advisor; John Quinley, Board Past-Chair; David Wedel, Partner)

Wedel Financial has been a partner with GSCF since it started in 1999 and currently has the largest outside managed investment portfolio of $9.1M for eight funds. Prior to starting Wedel Financial in 2020, managing partner Mark Wedel worked at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and through them became a founding donor and outside investment manager. A. G. Edward & Sons, Inc. was later acquired by Wachovia in 2007, and then Wells Fargo in 2008.

Wedel Financial manages two significant community grant funds for GSCF that have been making a mark in Saline County for years- The Fund for Greater Salina established by founding donors Don and Opal Dieckhoff, and the L.P. "Pat" Mullen Fund. They have sponsored charitable giving workshops as an Education Partner and served on the Give Back 5 Community Giving Pledge planning committee. Each member of the Wedel family is also taking the giving pledge.