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Current Employers
Balefire, Llc

14221 Dallas Parkway Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75254 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
IL RA APPROVED 2024-01-18
IA RA APPROVED 2024-01-12
WI RA APPROVED 2024-01-12
CA RA APPROVED 2024-01-11
MN RA APPROVED 2024-01-11
TX RA APPROVED_RES 2024-01-11
  • IL RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2024-01-18
  • IA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2024-01-12
  • WI RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2024-01-12
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2024-01-11
  • MN RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2024-01-11
  • TX RA
    APPROVED_RES
    Since 2024-01-11

Branch Locations

4450 Excelsior Blvd Suite 460, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Principal Life Insurance Minnetonka MN 11/2007 09/2020
Bjorklund Wood Financial Minnetonka MN 01/2019 09/2020
Principal Securities Inc Minnetonka MN 03/2016 09/2020
Lpl Financial, Llc Maple Grove MN 09/2020 06/2022
Visionpoint Advisory Group Minneapolis MN 09/2020 Present
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments Albany NY 06/2022 01/2025
Lion Street Financial Austin TX 01/2025 11/2025
Balefire, Llc St. Louis Park MN 09/2020 Present
Integrity Alliance, Llc. Urbandale IA 11/2025 Present
  • 11/2007 → 09/2020
    Principal Life Insurance
    Minnetonka, MN
  • 01/2019 → 09/2020
    Bjorklund Wood Financial
    Minnetonka, MN
  • 03/2016 → 09/2020
    Minnetonka, MN
  • 09/2020 → 06/2022
    Maple Grove, MN
  • 09/2020 → Present
    Visionpoint Advisory Group
    Minneapolis, MN
  • 06/2022 → 01/2025
    Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
    Albany, NY
  • 01/2025 → 11/2025
    Lion Street Financial
    Austin, TX
  • 09/2020 → Present
    St. Louis Park, MN
  • 11/2025 → Present
    Integrity Alliance, Llc.
    Urbandale, IA
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

1.BALEFIRE, LLC POSITION: Employee NATURE: ORIA INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 170 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 170 START DATE: 09/08/2020 ADDRESS: 4450 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 460, St. Louis Park MN 55416, United States DESCRIPTION: Wealth manager to clients for comprehensive financial planning and executive director of planning team. 2.Lionstreet Investment Related - Yes 3. 4450 Excelsior Blvd Suite 460 St. Louis Park MN 55416 4. Fixed / Traditional Insurance 5. Agent 6. 10/2020 7. 60 hrs 8. 60 hrs 9. Sales of Fixed / Traditional Insurance Products. 3.Fixed Insurance Investment Related - Yes 3. 4450 Excelsior Blvd Suite 460 St. Louis Park MN 55416 4. Fixed / Traditional Insurance 5. Agent 6. 11/2021 7. 4 hrs 8. 4hrs 9. Sales of Fixed / Traditional Insurance Products 4.PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP POSITION: Former employee NATURE: Ongoing insurance policy trailing commissions from previous employer. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 03/15/2007 ADDRESS: 711 High St, Des Moines IA 50392, United States DESCRIPTION: Servicing existing insurance policies and fixed annuity contracts for current clients. 5.FLAGSHIP INSURANCE SERVICES POSITION: Sales NATURE: Group non-medical and medical insurance sales INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/02/2022 ADDRESS: 131 6th St N, PO Box 99, Winsted MN 55395, United States DESCRIPTION: Introduced our corporate clients to Flagship for group med and nonmed insurance needs and share in ongoing commissions for revenue generated. 6.THE BLAKE SCHOOL POSITION: Employee NATURE: Assistant coach of the girls' highschool swim team from August - November 2025 INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 7 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 08/11/2025 ADDRESS: 110 Blake Rd S, Hopkins MN 55343, United States DESCRIPTION: Coaching highschool girls' swim team - writing workouts, facilitating practices, coaching student athletes, meet entries, and coaching at competitions.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2020-06-09
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2007-11-09
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2020-06-09
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2007-11-09
Designations
Other Names
  • Erika Wood
  • Erika Bjorklund
  • Erika Wood
  • Erika Wood
  • Erika Wood
  • Erika Bjorklund Wood

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