Our Team

For the past three decades, Jim Rudin has been providing wealth management services to generations of families. While passionate about value investing, his focus is always on you: your family, your goals, your objectives, your needs. Jim and his team provide comprehensive, consultative, investment planning and wealth management services to affluent individuals and families. 

Making sure your wealth continues to work in support of the goals you have established takes careful planning. Such planning is not a single event - it is a process. As your life circumstances change, so must the investment strategies we use to stay on course toward meeting your objectives. That is why we work with you, one on one, to design investment strategies targeted to your specific needs and goals.

Each member of The Rudin & Rubin Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, and our support specialists, are committed to you. In order to make sure the investment consulting and advanced planning are tightly coordinated, our team works closely with all of your advisors. This often includes estate attorneys, accountants, bankers and insurance agents. Working as one team, we help optimize results across all of the interrelated pieces of your financial life.  The longevity of our team’s client relationships is a testament to the promise that your family will receive experienced advice.

Over his tenure, Jim has and continues to receive numerous awards, including Five Star Wealth Manager* and Wells Fargo Advisors Premier Advisor**.

Jim and his wife, Sherry, live in Medina, MN.  They have two college age children.  Jim enjoys traveling, squash and skiing.
   
•      *The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Active as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process*); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients; 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or awarded. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The award methodology does not evaluate the quality of services provided and is not indicative of the winner’s future performance. Private Client Group wealth managers were considered for the award;

Five Star Wealth Manager: 2013-2017, 2019-2021

2013 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (40% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2014 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (43% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2015 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (31% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2016 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (41% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2017 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (36% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2019 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (19% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2020 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (16% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

2021 [Minnesota Market] wealth managers were considered for the award; (15% of candidates) were named Five Star Wealth Managers

 *To qualify as having a favorable regulatory and complaint history, the person cannot have: 1. been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a suspended or revoked license, or payment of a fine, 2. had more than three customer complaints filed against them (settled or pending) with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process, 3. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority, 4. Filed for bankruptcy, or 5. Been convicted of a felony.

•      **The Premier Advisor distinction is held by a select group of Financial Advisors within Wells Fargo Advisors as measured by completion of educational components, business production based on either of the past two years, and professionalism. Additional criteria, including length of service, may also be used to determine recipients.  2009-2021

Debbie has over 20 years of wealth management industry experience.  Debbie has been with the Rudin & Rubin Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors since 1998 and has become a familiar voice to all of our clients.  

As Senior Registered Client Associate, Debbie is frequently the first point of contact for client questions and account administration.  Debbie is responsible for a wide range of client services including transfers of assets, operational issues, check requests, document processing, and the day to day details of running the administration team. 

Debbie is honored to have received many awards since beginning her career with Wells Fargo Advisors, including the Premier Client Associate Award for several years including (2010-2018).  The Wells Fargo Advisors Premier Client Associate distinction is held by a select group of Registered Client Associates within Wells Fargo Advisors nominated by their management for their consistent display of professionalism, integrity and core leadership values.

Debbie has 2 grown sons and a daughter-in law.  Debbie is active in her church, enjoys travelling and walks with her dogs.