Anthony Away From Work
I am a proud husband, father, and believer in God. My wife Mandy and I were college sweethearts and met at Washington State University (Go Cougs!) while I was working in the athletic department and Mandy was playing for the women’s golf team. In 2010, after both graduating from WSU, we moved back to Mandy’s hometown in Spokane and were married the following year. We welcomed our daughter Kennedy into our lives in 2020 and soon after we welcomed our son Brody in 2023. While not working you can usually find me hanging out with my family, golfing, hunting, or making memories on our boat out on Lake Coeur d’Alene during the summers. We have been members of Valley Real Life church in Spokane Valley since 2010 where I also serve on their Elder board. We also enjoy supporting our local nonprofits such as Family Promise, Vitalant, Lutherhaven and HRC.
Anthony at work
The first time I knew I wanted to be a financial advisor goes all the way back to high school after taking my first DECA business course. After completing my finance degree from WSU, I started as a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual in Spokane. In 2012 I was offered the opportunity to work with Thrivent, which was an amazing blessing as I was able to align my faith with my desire to help clients navigate their financial journey. In 2019, I joined Thrivent’s leadership team where I had the privilege of coaching and training up new advisors in the Northwest region as a Market Developer, all while continuing to run my practice and service my existing clients. While I still very much enjoy teaching this business to new advisors, after 3.5 years of the Market Developer role I realized my true joy was helping to advise my own clients so in 2023 I officially returned to the financial advising role full time. In addition to serving my Spokane clients in our downtown Spokane office, I also joined up with a fantastic team, Lakeside Financial Group, where I have a second office in Coeur d’Alene, ID to serve our growing client base in north Idaho.
Meet My Team
Spokane Office
Lakeview Financial Group
- Title
Team Practice
- Website
- https://connect.thrivent.com/lakeview-financial-group
David Moore
David is our Client Service Administrator and is working on becoming fully licensed. He is a U.S. Navy veteran with a business degree from University of Idaho and an MBA from Washington State University. He is excited to work on our team specializing in the asset management space. David has a dog named Bud, and enjoys golfing and reading.
- Title
Client Service Administrator
- Location
Spokane, WA
- Phone
- 509-645-2816
Jessica Hallberg
Jessica has been with Thrivent since 2017 helping our members be wise with money. She grew up in Coeur d’Alene and has lived in the inland Northwest for most of her life. She is an active member in Rotary, Toastmasters, and loves to volunteer in the community. Jessica is married to her husband Alan, and they have a daughter, Rylie, and their dog Dilly. When Jessica is not working, she loves to spend time with her family and friends, go for a run around one of our beautiful lakes or stay home reading a good book.
- Title
Associate
- Location
Coeur d'alene, ID
Melissa Ornellas
Melissa has been with Thrivent since 2024. She is working towards becoming insurance licensed. She enjoys helping our clients and our team. Melissa is married to her husband, Joe. They have two kids, Kingston and Genevieve, and their dog, Harley. They enjoy taking trips to the coast as a family. Melissa and Joe both enjoy gardening and going for motorcycle rides/trips together.
- Title
Office Professional
- Location
Coeur d'alene, ID