Brett Vander Bloemen
Senior Partner, Financial Representative
Awards and recognition
Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals Best-In-State (2026)
#19 in Minnesota
Brett Vander Bloemen
Senior Partner, Financial Representative
About
Brett Vander Bloemen, a senior partner with North Star Consultants, Inc. in our Minneapolis office, has been working with physicians throughout the Midwest since 1997. He typically starts working with physicians while they’re in residency, helping them identify ways to reduce debt and develop savings habits, along with educating them on what to expect as they transition into practice.
Brett regularly speaks and conducts educational discussions for the Mayo Clinic Residency Programs and the Mayo Fellows Association in Rochester, Minnesota.
He graduated from Minnesota State-Mankato in 1996, with a degree in business management. He is a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table, The Premier Association of Financial Professionals®.
Brett resides in St. Paul, MN, with his wife, Stephanie, and daughters, Samantha and Lily.
Services
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Asset protection
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Retirement strategies
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Insurance strategies
Team
Resource team
Chase Brakke, DIA, DIF, CEPA®
Senior Vice President
Registered representative of Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Securities offered through Cetera Wealth Services, LLC (doing insurance business in CA as CFGAN Insurance Agency LLC, CA Insurance Lic # 0644976), member FINRA/SIPC. Cetera is under separate ownership from any other named entity. CA Insurance License #0D68781.
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is an independent membership organization of life insurance and financial service professionals. Membership levels are based on commissions, premiums, or fees generated within a year from investment and insurance products. Members must apply annually and pay a fee. Members must be members in good standing of a Professional Association which has met the following criteria: in existence at least 2 years, have 100 or more members, must be a nonprofit organization, must have a code of ethics and an effective means of dealing with breaches of its code. Members must also adhere to the MDRT Code of Ethics. Working with this advisor is not a guarantee of future financial results. Investors should conduct their own evaluation.
2026 Forbes Best-In-State Financial Security Professionals, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on last year’s data. The algorithm is designed to fairly compare the business practices of a large group of financial service professionals (FSPs) based on quantitative and qualitative elements. Data is weighted to ensure priorities are given to dynamics such as best practices, business models, recent business activity, among others. Each variable is graded and represents a certain value for each measured component. The algorithm measures thousands of FSPs against one another. The listing is prepared by SHOOKTM Research and is based primarily on commissions and premiums generated from insurance products and other criteria relative to years of experience, credentials, client retention and servicing, business model, community involvement, financial professional and peer interviews, and compliance background. Listing in this publication and/or award is not a guarantee of future investment success. This recognition should not be construed as an endorsement of the financial professional by any client. No compensation was provided directly or indirectly by the recipient for participation or in connection with obtaining or using the third-party rating or award.