
Carin Thomas
Senior Vice President–Wealth Management
Certified Investment Management Consultant
Carin is a Senior Vice President-Wealth Management with Align Wealth Partners. She is putting her skills and experience to work helping clients who are in transition because of a major life change, such as career change, retirement, divorce, and death of a loved one. By working with clients to plan their investment and cash flow strategies, she helps each individual work toward long-term financial security during some of life’s most challenging transitions. Her goals are to engage, empower and prepare our clients for their futures.
Carin, a Certified Investment Management Analyst®, began her career in the securities industry in 1985, working as a Vice President in Trust Services at Wells Fargo and US Bank. She began advising clients in 1995 at Merrill Lynch in Minneapolis. She also co-authored a book on the subject of divorce and created a workbook for people who need to navigate the financial aspect of this process. Carin holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
She lives in Prior Lake, Minnesota. She has two adult sons who each have two children who she loves to spoil. She loves to play tennis, golf and pickleball, and also has a passion for cooking and travel.
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Carin Thomas
Recognized as an industry leader:
- Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2023, 2024, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.
- Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State, 2023, 2024, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in February based on information from a 12 month period ending September of the prior year.
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Carin Thomas
Credentials
- Certified Investment Management Consultant




