Meet Our Professionals
The Sandman Wealth Management team is passionate about helping our clients plan for retirement based upon their individual needs, hopes and dreams. We are committed to listening to you and offer strategic options designed to fulfill your needs. After all, it is your money.
Sandy Minardi
President
Specializing In Retirement Planning
Sandy has decades of experience in marketing and advertising, from owning an advertising agency to working in broadcasting. She worked for a recent Congressman in Oklahoma’s First District. It was there she realized the importance of helping individuals navigate Federal issues and red tape. That passion led her to tackle another complex issue for many people – retirement planning. In addition to her investment advisory business, Sandman Wealth Management, Sandy is the Founder/Executive Director of a 501(c)3 women’s ministry, the Many Faces of Love, a published author and public speaker. Sandy resides in the Grand Lake area with her husband, Joe. When she’s not busy with client’s or women’s ministry, she enjoys golf and bicycling and enjoys spending time with friends and family – especially the grandkids!
Strategic Alliances
MICHAEL BINGER, CFA®
President
Gradient Investments, LLC
Mr. Binger is the President of Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2012 and has more than 30 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Binger’s prior roles include managing multi-billion dollar investment products for a large institutional asset manager. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and is a CFA® charterholder. We believe that he brings a depth of market experience that is rare within the industry and has been a featured contributor with several media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Barron’s, and The Wall Street Journal.
JEREMY BRYAN, CFA®
Senior Portfolio Manager
Gradient Investments, LLC
Mr. Bryan is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Gradient Investments. He has been with Gradient Investments since 2016 and has over 15 years of total investment management experience. Mr. Bryan’s job history includes equity research and portfolio management roles for institutional asset managers in Minneapolis and New York. He has been a frequent contributor to media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Bryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University, earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and is a CFA® charterholder.
KEITH GANGL, CFA®
Portfolio Manager
Gradient Investments, LLC
Keith joined Gradient Investments in 2018 and has more than 25 years of industry experience. Prior roles include asset management for a multi-billion dollar portfolio with a large institutional asset management firm. Keith is a CFA® charterholder, managed a Lipper Award winning mutual fund, and has been featured in media outlets such as Investor’s Business Daily, Nasdaq, Reuters, and Bloomberg.
This endorsement of Gradient Investments, LLC is provided by an investment advisor who refers clients to Gradient Investments, LLC. A conflict of interest exists because this investment advisor receives a portion of the annual management fee charged by Gradient Investments, LLC, based on the assets under management of this investment advisor’s clients. This endorsement could assist in the investment advisor increasing the assets placed with Gradient Investments, LLC, and therefore their compensation. These investment advisors are not affiliated with or supervised by Gradient Investments, LLC.