Ken Brusda

Founder at

North Star Asset Management, Inc.

74 year

Finance

Consumer Services

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Mr. Kenneth J.
Brusda, CFA MBA, is a Chairman at North Star Asset Management, Inc. He is also a Managing Director and a founding principal of North Star Asset Management.
Prior to founding NSAM, Mr. Brusda spent over 22 years in trust investments with Associated Bank.
As a Vice President and Trust Investment Officer, he managed the Regional Bank Funds and Equity Income Funds since their inceptions in the early 1980’s.
He also served as past Chairman of the Associated Bank Asset/Liability Committee.
Mr. Brusda graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1974 from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a BBA Degree in Finance and earned an MBA in Finance at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, a Certified Financial Planner certificant, and a member of the CFA Institute and the Financial Planning Association.

Ken Brusda active positions

Companies	Position	Start
North Star Asset Management, Inc. North Star Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance NSAM is a long-term investor that tailors each client portfolio to meet their specific needs and objectives through a combination of high quality, consistent growth companies and investment grade fixed income securities. The firm’s equity approach focuses on identifying and investing in consistent growth companies at reasonable prices, which offer above average total return potential. Their fixed income approach focuses on identifying and investing in companies with investment grade rated debt to avoid excessive credit risk. They strive to avoid excess interest rate risk and reinvestment risk through duration management and look to maintain adequate liquidity to ensure flexibility.	Founder	1996-05-31

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Former positions of Ken Brusda

Companies	Position	End
ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP	Portfolio Manager-Equities	1995-12-30

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Associated Banc-Corp Associated Banc-Corp Major BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiary provides chartered commercial banking services	Finance
North Star Asset Management, Inc. North Star Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance NSAM is a long-term investor that tailors each client portfolio to meet their specific needs and objectives through a combination of high quality, consistent growth companies and investment grade fixed income securities. The firm’s equity approach focuses on identifying and investing in consistent growth companies at reasonable prices, which offer above average total return potential. Their fixed income approach focuses on identifying and investing in companies with investment grade rated debt to avoid excessive credit risk. They strive to avoid excess interest rate risk and reinvestment risk through duration management and look to maintain adequate liquidity to ensure flexibility.	Finance
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services

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