Mr. Simenstad joined Thrivent Financial in 1999. He is the Chief Investment Strategist.

Mr. Simenstad serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds: Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2005), Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2005) Thrivent Moderate Allocation Fund (since 2005), Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund (since 2005), Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund (since 2006), Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Fund (since 2015) and Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund (since 2017).