Our Team
Brad Frane, CLU®, CHFC®*
Founder and General Agent
Brad Frane is the Founder and General Agent of Midwest Secure Retirement, LLC. (MSR). Brad's noted and accomplished career in financial services started in 1989 when he was selected to enter the elite Management Development Program at...
Ryan Truchon
Financial Services Professional
Ryan is originally from Ashland, WI. He started his career in residential construction. As a foreman on many developments in the Twin Cities area, he saw firsthand the effects of being underinsured and how it can slow down business...
Richard G Ward
Financial Services Professional
Richard@midwestsecureretirement.com
Dick Ward is a Career Agent at Midwest Secure Retirement. Dick's financial career began with Waddell & Reed, marketing Waddell & Reed Proprietary Mutual Funds and Nationwide Insurance Products. Recruited by Merrill Lynch, Pierce,...
Bruce Ostwald
Financial Services Professional
Bruce is a Financial Service Professional at Midwest Secure Retirement. He has a background in agriculture and has served as the Feed Division Manager for several Midwest Cooperatives prior to changing to financial services in 1996. As...
Steve Husten, ChFC®*
Financial Advisor
steve@midwestsecureretirement.com
Steve grew up in a military family and lived in many states before settling in St. Paul. He started his career as a financial advisor at IDS Financial services in 1991, where he spent 14 years working with families and small businesses...
Scott Thole*
Financial Advisor
Scott@midwestsecureretirement.com
Scott grew up in Buffalo and his parents still live there. He currently lives in Rogers, MN. He has three children, ages 20, 18 and 18 months. Having a baby again has been a wonderful experience and he enjoys watching her develop every...
Hannah Trosen*
Financial Professional
hannah@midwestsecureretirement.com
After nearly 10 years as an entrepreneur, Hannah pivoted to the financial industry after her own self-taught personal finance journey. As she began to feel empowered through taking control of her own money and future retirement goals,...
Hannah Johnson
Financial Professional
hannahj@midwestsecureretirement.com
Hannah was born and raised in Albert Lea, MN. There she attended Albert Lea high school where she played hockey at the varsity level grades 9-12 and led her team as varsity captain junior and senior year. After graduating high school...
Nicholas A MacDonald, MIB, CFP®, AWMA
Financial Professional
nicholas@midwestsecureretirement.com
Born and raised in Sioux Falls, SD, Nicholas worked in business and communications with several firms in the US and in Shanghai, China before joining the financial services industry in 2015. He was trained as a financial advisor with...