Wells Fargo adviser managing $219 million joins Ameriprise

Michael Huffman moves to employee channel in Mesa, Ariz.
DEC 04, 2017

Michael Huffman, who managed $219 million in assets in the Mesa, Ariz., office of Wells Fargo Advisors, has joined the employee channel of Ameriprise Financial. Mr. Huffman began his securities career at Kober Financial in 1991 and spent time at three other firms before joining Wells Fargo in 1997. Separately, Heath Bartlett, who managed $135 million at the Lexington, S.C., office of Commonwealth Financial, also has joined the employee channel of Ameriprise. Mr. Bartlett began his securities career in 2002 at W.C. Smith & Co. He moved to the Capital Investment Group in 2004 and to LPL Financial in 2007, before joining Commonwealth in 2011.

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