Experience and Interests
Teaching
- Associate Lecturer, UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics (2022-present)
Professional
- CEO, Hermening Financial Group, with five offices across Wisconsin
- CFP® for more than 30 years
- Subadvising more than $500 million of investable assets for 1,100 clients
Involvement
Campus
- Sponsor, UW-Stevens Point, School of Business and Economics Alumni Meet-Up
Community
- Elected to the Mosinee Board of Education five times (1993-2003, 2019-present)
- Currently serve as the Board President
- Sponsor (and Volunteer), Junior Achievement (1990-present)
- Numerous other veteran and faith organizations
Professional Memberships
- CFP® trade organization (2000-present)
- Financial Planning Association (former board member of NE Wis chapter), (1994-present)
Fun Facts
Last book you read?
Come Up for Air
Best advice you ever received?
Don’t believe your own headlines.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I dreamed of being a professional baseball player; alas, as a freshman, at 4’11”, I was too small to be able to compete on the high school baseball team.
Favorite Quote?
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt
One thing about your school that you are most proud of?
The leadership team of UWSP has managed to put the university “on the map” with its growing student body, experienced, capable, and caring staff, and outreach to a broader community of stakeholders. As a business owner, I appreciate knowing that the university is more than adequately preparing its graduates for the workplace in a changing world.