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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

Michael Lee Demers

Advisor at VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Elkhorn, NE

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 12, 2020 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2016earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 4, 2025
First registration: Feb 12, 2020
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Mike Lee Demers
IAPD individual key: 7193875

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 5, 2025	n/a	yes	Elkhorn, NE	Current employment
THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 21, 2020	Nov 17, 2022	no	Fremont, NE\|MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Previous registration
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 12, 2020	Oct 28, 2020	no	OMAHA, NE\|Elkhorn, NE\|FREMONT, NE	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC	VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.	Nov 17, 2022	Aug 5, 2025	992	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC	Oct 28, 2020	Sep 21, 2020	-37	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
18387:304569:NE:2020-10-28	Oct 28, 2020	Sep 21, 2020	FREMONT, NE	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 21, 2020 to Nov 17, 2022factForm ADV
→ THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 12, 2020 to Oct 28, 2020factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 17, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Michael Lee Demers left Thrivent Advisor Network, Llc for Valmark Advisers, Inc. (registered 2025-08-05)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:cf4407f1-b8ed-88e5-dcc8-7ead8209933f
First observed: Feb 12, 2020
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

Michael Lee Demers

Advisor at VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Elkhorn, NE

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Aug 5, 2025

n/a

yes

Elkhorn, NE

Current employment

THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Sep 21, 2020

Nov 17, 2022

Fremont, NE|MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Previous registration

THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Feb 12, 2020

Oct 28, 2020

OMAHA, NE|Elkhorn, NE|FREMONT, NE

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC

VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Nov 17, 2022

Aug 5, 2025

992

Firm change after gap

Ibd to ibd

THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.

THRIVENT ADVISOR NETWORK, LLC

Oct 28, 2020

Sep 21, 2020

-37

Firm change after gap

Ibd to ibd

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

18387:304569:NE:2020-10-28

Oct 28, 2020

Sep 21, 2020

FREMONT, NE

Firm change after gap