Haley Sanders
President and Founder
Haley began her career by making coffee and answering phones at her father’s office. Her father, Steve Hansen, founded Steve Hansen & Associates; a retirement planning company. After graduating from the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado in 2006, Haley became Steve’s apprentice. Haley has greatly expanded her roles and is now the President of Altitude Wealth Management, LLC., a Registered Investment Advisor in the State of Colorado.
Haley has a passion for seeing her clients achieve their financial goals and aims to give them peace of mind with regard to their financial future. Haley resides in Elizabeth, Colorado with her husband Jonathan and their two beautiful children, Jaxson and Alexa. Haley is a Colorado native and enjoys spending time in the great outdoors, serving the community and spending quality time with her family.
Jonathan Sanders
Team Member
Jonathan brings the personality, friendliness and motivation to the Altitude Wealth Management team. He loves people and has a passion for seeing clients achieve their financial goals. Jonathan specializes in the income planning portion of retirement planning. Jonathan started his career in the financial planning world about 14 years ago. He left for a couple of years to help develop his mother and step-father’s company into a multi-million dollar company. He has since rejoined the Altitude Wealth Management team to pursue his true passion of working with people to create their retirement plans.
From Jonathan, “I love each of our clients like my own family. I like to take the state-of-mind that I am planning for my sister, brother, mom or dad so that each piece of the plan is what is best for every client.” Jonathan resides in Elizabeth, Colorado. He loves the outdoors and love spending time with Haley, Jaxson and Alexa.
Rachael Junge
Rachael is a member of the Altitude office team and has an eye for the details. She supports our clients during the application submission process and enjoys seeing clients progress toward their financial goals. She is positive, with a can-do attitude and fantastic organizational and time management skills. Outside of her professional life, Rachael enjoys an active lifestyle with her two children and husband.
Strategic Alliances
MICHAEL BINGER, CFA®
President of Gradient Investments, LLC
As President, Michael is the leader of Gradient Investments and has been with the firm since 2012. He brings more than 35 years of industry experience, including prior roles managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios for an institutional asset manager. Michael is a CFA® charter holder and is a frequent contributor on CNBC, Fox Business, Barron’s, and the Wall Street Journal.
KEITH GANGL, CFA®
Senior Portfolio Manager of Gradient Investments, LLC
Keith joined Gradient Investments in 2018 and has more than 30 years of industry experience. Prior roles include senior portfolio manager for a large institutional asset management firm, managing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio. Keith is a CFA® charter holder, managed a Lipper Award-winning mutual fund, and has been featured in media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg, Investor’s Business Daily, Nasdaq and Reuters.
KYLE BERGACKER, CFA®
Portfolio Manager of Gradient Investments, LLC
Kyle joined Gradient Investments in 2025 and has more than 15 years of financial services experience. Prior roles include portfolio manager with a couple of large international institutional asset management firms, also was an advisor with a retail wealth advisory firm. Kyle has developed experience with financial advice, asset allocation, and investment analysis across the asset spectrum. He is a CFA® charter holder and has appeared on the Schwab network.
This endorsement of Gradient Investments, LLC is provided by an investment advisor who refers clients to Gradient Investments, LLC. A conflict of interest exists because this investment advisor receives a portion of the annual management fee charged by Gradient Investments, LLC, based on the assets under management of this investment advisor’s clients. This endorsement could assist in the investment advisor increasing the assets placed with Gradient Investments, LLC, and therefore their compensation. These investment advisors are not affiliated with or supervised by Gradient Investments, LLC.