Our people

Mariguax is an associate recruiter with North Star’s Recruiting department. Working out of the Minneapolis office, she brings her prior professional experience into her role as she helps the Recruiting department source excellent financial advisor candidates across the nation.

Prior to joining North Star in 2024, Mariguax served in professional roles in the hospitality, education, and finance industries. She uses each of these experiences in her role with North Star, where she helps find and recruit the next generation of financial advisors.

Born on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica, Mariguax now lives in Minneapolis. She is a 2013 graduate of Concordia University St. Paul, where she studied organizational management and leadership. In her time away from the office, she enjoys gardening, dancing, and swimming.

Tony develops lasting connections with advisors at North Star to see them through to a successful career.

Joining North Star in 2010, Tony has an extensive career in sales management and customer relations, and he is passionate about helping emerging advisors learn the communication and marketing skills needed to serve their clients in life-long relationships.

Along with one-on-one coaching, Tony also introduces new advisors to North Star’s extensive training and development program. He works with industry organizations, division specialists, and tenured advisors to provide interns and advisors the education needed to master the complex topics of financial services.

Tony works out of North Star’s headquarters in Minneapolis, but he enjoys connecting with advisors throughout the nation on his weekly mentoring and coaching calls with advisors at all stages in their careers.

Eliot is the National Director of Recruiting at North Star Resource Group’s Minneapolis office. In addition to leading and supporting the Recruiting department, he helps recruit financial advisors at each of our offices nationwide.

Eliot grew up in Golden Valley, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis. After graduating from Hampton University, he began his career as a financial advisor. Eventually, he transitioned to the recruiting side of the business at Ameriprise and Equitable Advisors, where he spent nearly 10 years using his knowledge and passion for the industry to connect with prospective financial advisors.

Now at North Star, he uses this same knowledge and passion to partner with the Recruiting department as they recruit experienced financial advisors, career changers, and recent college graduates to the firm.

Eliot continues to call Golden Valley home today. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, gardening, spending with his family, and cheering on the Arsenal FC soccer team.