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people first.
Get to know our leadership team
Leadership at the St. Cloud office is dedicated to doing good for our clients, employees and community.
Josh Longnecker is originally from the small central Minnesota town of Morris. He married his high school sweetheart, Missy, in 2005. Following the completion of his degree from the University of North Dakota, Josh began a sales career for a large corporation. In 2009 Josh took a leap of faith and began his career...
Josh Longnecker is originally from the small central Minnesota town of Morris. He married his high school sweetheart, Missy, in 2005. Following the completion of his degree from the University of North Dakota, Josh began a sales career for a large corporation. In 2009 Josh took a leap of faith and began his career at Northwestern Mutual. In 2012, Josh became the Managing Director of the St. Cloud office where he now leads over 20 advisors. Josh, with his wife Missy and their three children live in Saint Augusta. In Josh’s spare time, he enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family at their cabin.
Katie Knutson
Director of Operations
Originally from St. Cloud, MN Katie graduated with a degree in Economics from The College of Saint Benedict, before starting in the finance world almost 15 years ago. She joined Northwestern Mutual as the Director of Operations in December of 2019. In her role she is able to help advisors develop into the best...
Originally from St. Cloud, MN Katie graduated with a degree in Economics from The College of Saint Benedict, before starting in the finance world almost 15 years ago. She joined Northwestern Mutual as the Director of Operations in December of 2019. In her role she is able to help advisors develop into the best versions of themselves as well as assist our Managing Director in all office operations. Katie and her husband, Matt, have three wonderful (but crazy) children Hailey, Jordan and Tyler. She enjoy volunteering with All Saint Academy and the St. Cloud Youth Hockey Association. In the winter, if they are not at the hockey rink they are enjoying the outdoors fishing or snowmobiling, in the summer we cherish our time camping and spending time on the water at our cabin. She is very blessed to have a wonderful support system of faith, family and friends.
Chelsea Bridenstine
Executive Director of Recruitment
After living most of my life in Eden Prairie, MN I made the move to St. Cloud, MN 3 years ago. I joined the Northwestern Mutual team in June of 2020 as the Director of Recruitment. In my role I am responsible for sourcing and casting new talent and building that relationship all the way through the interview and...
After living most of my life in Eden Prairie, MN I made the move to St. Cloud, MN 3 years ago. I joined the Northwestern Mutual team in June of 2020 as the Director of Recruitment. In my role I am responsible for sourcing and casting new talent and building that relationship all the way through the interview and hiring process. What I love most is being able to meet and connect with great, insightful people in my community! At home, I have an amazing son named Roman who is my world! We enjoy being outside in the beautiful MN summers, going on bike rides, and swimming – plus a lot of sledding in the winter time.