Lisa J. Kelly, CFP

Lisa Johnson Kelly joined the Mairs & Power team as a Client Advisor in 2021. In this role she actively interacts with clients discussing investment strategy and performance, while also providing counsel in other financial planning matters. In 2022, Lisa assumed management of the Client Service team as Client Service Manager. This position is responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operations of the client service department as well as directing the strategic and tactical planning for the department.

Lisa began her career in financial services with Bernstein Private Wealth Management in the firm’s Chicago office in 2006.  While in Chicago, Lisa supported several advisors and their clients in the day-to-day management of client accounts along with assisting with wealth planning needs.   In 2012, Lisa relocated to Bernstein’s Minneapolis office where she was promoted to a Client Advisor.  In that position, she worked closely with her clients and their professional advisors on a wide range of investment matters including tax and estate planning, retirement planning, concentrated stock positions, the sale of privately held businesses, and charitable gift & philanthropic related planning for high-net worth individuals and institutions.

Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts in industrial/organizational psychology with a minor in marketing from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.  She is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, a designation she has held since 2012. 

A native of St. Paul, Lisa is passionate about investing in the Twin Cities and the Upper Midwest region. She has served previously on the advisory board of the Fourth Generation Fund at the Minneapolis Foundation, the Guthrie Theater’s Corporate Council, the board for Pathways, and spent six years as a member of the Guthrie Theater's Board of Directors.

Lisa and her husband, Chris, have identical twin daughters and hope as they grow to share their love of travel, theater, hiking, and dinner parties with good company.