We work with some of the top independent financial professionals in the country, facilitating increased professional productivity and optimal team development.
The Advisor Employee Services Team is dedicated to making a positive impact on our clients' organizational performance as well as improving the quality of work life for their employees. As an Advisors Excel exclusive partner, we reserve our work specifically for AE producers — giving you a competitive edge in your market.
With AES, you’ll gain confidence knowing that we understand the financial industry and can effectively evaluate your current team along with any future team members through the hiring process.
Your AES team
Gina Rainey
Founder
Administrative coaching guru Gina Rainey will help position your business for success. Working with financial professionals and their teams has been Gina’s forte since she entered the industry over a decade ago.
Having been an assistant and a producer herself, Gina brings both views to the table and is able to bridge the gap between the entrepreneurial side of the producer and the systematic, methodical brain of the assistant. She has created several clear-cut, easy-to-implement, hands-on solutions that are sweeping through offices all over the U.S.
With the creation of a trusted, organized and systematic back office, she ultimately frees the producer so they can focus solely on meeting with clients, closing prospects and building a great company.
Christina Gilbert
Director of Performance Coaching
Christina Gilbert, Director of Performance Coaching for AE Coach, is the first line of offense for producers looking to nip costly deficiencies and place their team on an upward trajectory to success.
Part Integrator, part Visionary, Christina brings a wealth of knowledge within the financial industry having served as a producer herself, but also in the role of client service, and as an executive team member and CEO for a startup FMO. Action oriented advisors working with Christina are sure to improve planning, communication and efficiencies within their organization all while getting philosophical glimpses of Strategic Coach, EOS, Disney and Digital Marketer throughout their time with her.
In addition to working with elite AE offices, Christina helped in the launch of AE Digital, is a regular contributor to AE Insider, coaches team members at Elite Team Training, and is a familiar face in the OpsConnect webinar series.
Her German heritage and Midwest Nice personality combine to help run what she considers to be a very tight pirate ship of a home housing three boys all of whom will be amazing future interns for our offices. She and her husband moonlight as an upaid Uber drivers and donate 187% of their income to youth sports and in her glimmers of spare time Christina enjoys keeping up with book club, loves live music & will eat gummy bears anytime, anywhere – but only the real Gummibär, from Germany.
Christina holds a bachelor's in Communication from Truman State, a Master of Ed. from the University of Missouri and as a through the roof “I” on the DISC she has been coined the team Golden Retriever with her “clear is kind” mentality - a perfect combination to serve our Advisors through coaching, education and accountability.
Rodney Kenner
Director of Business Scaling
Bringing a wealth of organizational leadership and financial management expertise to AE Coach, Rodney loves the challenge of navigating and leading teams in thought-provoking coaching and creative solutions for areas of improvement. Rodney specializes in helping executive & management teams in their vision, strategy, leadership and financial management.
Rodney has split his career between external consulting and internal leadership roles. He joined AE Coach on the heels of a career in public accounting, where he consulted McDonald’s owners on financial management and organizational practices. Rodney coached a team of managers through team performance and development, training, hiring, employee reviews and strategic plan execution.
Rodney holds a bachelor’s in accounting from Kansas State University, where he had the opportunity to play for Hall of Fame football coach Bill Snyder as a member of the football team. When not at work, Rodney coaches high school football and enjoys attending and watching sporting events. He is married to his beautiful wife Laura, and together they enjoy date nights, relaxing and raising four beautiful young girls. Outside of those activities, he enjoys reading self-development and personal leadership books, playing piano, listening to music and ensuring his lawn is in tiptop shape.
Haven Harbert
Director of Coaching
Haven acts as a rockstar liaison between producers and the AES/AE Coach teams while supporting founder Gina Rainey. Haven takes pride in ensuring streamlined processes and communication between producers’ offices, marketers and our team.
Before joining AES, Haven served as a C-level executive assistant for a large environmental consulting firm and worked for the University of Kansas while attending college. Her experience as an executive assistant has fine-tuned her abilities to manage multiple projects, strict deadlines and last-minute requests, all the while being empathetic with clients to ensure they are getting best-in-class service.
Haven is a proud Kansan, born and raised. Though her roots are in the Wheat State — Lawrence, Kansas, to be exact — she enjoys traveling whenever possible and subsequently making friends with every single one of her Uber drivers along the way. Outside of traveling, she enjoys taking care of her 80-pound black Labrador, Norbert, rooting for the Jayhawks and playing long, drawn-out games of Monopoly with her family.
Tammy Seelye
Administrative Assistant
Tammy is an experienced Administrative Assistant with over 10 years of expertise in the financial industry. With a deep understanding of the inner workings of an advisory firm, Tammy excels in providing top-notch support and ensuring smooth operations. Known for her exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, she takes pride in taking care of people and implementing efficient processes.
Beyond her professional life, Tammy is a dedicated mother to her two children. Madison, a sophomore at KU, and Matthew, a senior in high school. She cherishes spending quality time with her children and engages in various activities together. Whether it's going to the gym, enjoying long walks with her dogs Bella, a Golden Doodle, and Callie, a Chihuahua mix, or simply snuggling with her two cats Snow and Luna, Tammy finds joy in nurturing her family and pets.
With her passion for supporting others, and commitment to personal and professional growth, Tammy strives to make a positive impact on the people around her every day.
Lindsay Oglesby
Recruiting Assistant
With several years of experience in administrative and program support, Lindsay prides herself in establishing smooth communication between producers’ offices, candidates and corresponding team members.
Before joining AES, Lindsay served as an administrative assistant in the medical field. Her experience has taught her how to work with multiple departments and people and has provided her with the tools to ensure operations run smoothly for all involved. With her attention to detail, positive attitude and organizational skills, Lindsay can jump in where needed to ensure a task is completed while providing the ultimate client experience.
Lindsay holds a bachelor’s in environmental studies from the University of Kansas, allowing her to gain experience in subjects that interest her — permaculture, prairie maintenance and field ecology. She enjoys spending time with her husband, catching up on TV shows and raising their two beautiful and wild daughters. She also enjoys taking care of her chickens and two dogs, being outside, and dreaming of more land for more animals and room for gardening.
Danyelle Stark
Recruiting Specialist
Bringing over 10 years of Recruiting and Talent Acquisition experience to her role at AES, Danyelle prides herself on matching the right person to the right opportunity.
Before joining AES, Danyelle utilized her recruiting savvy in several exciting industries; from hiring Grain Farmers to Pilots, Laboratory Technicians to Software Developers. Danyelle uses her love of relationship-building to form connections with advisors and candidates alike. She especially enjoys becoming a candidate’s “first friend” in the interview process.
Danyelle holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Language from Winona State University. She loves watching movies with her husband and two chiweenies, shopping and taking road trips – especially back to see her friends and family in Minnesota.
Varince Agyeman-Badu
Recruiting Specialist
Born in “The Big Apple ''and raised in Ghana, West Africa. Varince brings to AE her unique life
experiences, diverse skills and competencies and several years in recruiting and placing top
candidates in various fields of work.
She has worked in varying industries including Manufacturing & Logistics, Medical, Tech,
Admin, HOA operations and many others. She gains a great sense of satisfaction in making an
impact in the livelihoods of applicants.
Varince obtained her degree in Community Health & Psychology from the University of Kansas
and enjoys cooking, dancing, traveling and spending time with her family. She owns a catering
business specializing in West African and Western dishes. She is also an Afrobeats dance
instructor and loves to teach people how to dance.
Kyrsten Chrisman
Recruiting Intern
As a recruiting intern, Kyrsten brings a readiness to the team to gain as much knowledge and insight as possible. After several years of honing her customer service skills in other industries Kyrsten has eagerly accepted the challenges offered at AE Coach. As a full-time student currently attending Western Governors University, Kyrsten hopes to attain her degree in Business Administration in 2025.
Outside of work Kyrsten enjoys spending time with her wife and their pet cat and dog. She also spends her time shopping or roller skating with friends or being a homebody curled up with a good book and soft tunes.