Lincoln Branch Office

Forrest (Frosty) Anderson grew up in East Lansing, Michigan watching his father coach the Spartan basketball program. When the wins became harder to find in the early 60s, the family made the move to Scottsbluff, Nebraska. While active in high school athletics, he also excelled in the classroom. Frosty made the honor roll every semester and was named to the National Honor Society both his junior and senior year. He was also president of the school’s academic Key Club in 1968.

Final college choices included Stanford and the Air Force Academy, but the lure of the Husker football program won out in the end. Incredible team success made it a most fortunate choice as he was a participant on two National Championship teams during his career. In addition to earning Academic All Big-8 and Academic All American honors at UNL, Frosty was named one of 11 scholar-athletes by the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame as a senior. He also served the University as co-chair of the student-rights committee, and was Treasurer of the Sigma Chi fraternity house. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in December 1973.

Upon entering the business world, he quickly learned the basics of banking at First National Bank of Lincoln while wedging in a short-lived pro-football stint with the New Orleans Saints. In October 1976 he joined Dean Witter, Inc. as a financial advisor and a career in financial services was launched. After accepting the additional responsibilities of Branch Manager in December 2009, Frosty attended the College for Financial Planning in 2011, completing the CFP Certification Professional Education Program. Shortly thereafter, he earned the Certified Financial Planner™ designation in 2012.

Frosty is licensed Series 7/general securities, series 8/branch manager, options/debt, equities, and commodities. He also has a producer’s license in Life and Health Insurance in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri.

Married to the former DeEtte Gifford of Fremont, Nebraska, they have two children, Giff and Emily, and 6 grandchildren. Frosty is a 20 year member of the Lincoln YMCA Youth Sports Committee of Management, serving as the Treasurer for the last 10 years. He has now joined the Y’s Board of Directors, and is also a member of the University of Nebraska’s Letterwinner’s Club advisory board. In 2015, he accompanied 20 UNL student athletes on a service project to Guatemala, helping an underprivileged school restore their playground. Previous volunteer activities include running the Lincoln Youth Track Club from 1988 to 2009, Nebraska Association USATF Treasurer 2000-2011, and USATF Junior Olympic Regional Coordinator 1998-2007. Frosty and DeEtte are supporters of Friends of the Lied in Lincoln, and Circles of Giving with the Omaha Performing Arts. In addition to the theater, they enjoy attending Husker athletic contests, youth sports activities of their grandkids, fishing, biking, and running.

Anna Steele began her career in the financial industry in 1999 as a client service associate with the Lincoln Smith Barney office. Over the years she has served as a Consulting Group Analyst, Branch Administrator and was promoted to the Senior Complex Risk Officer position and obtained her First Vice President title with the firm in May of 2013. She has earned a BA in Psychology from Marian University as well as her master’s degree in legal studies from the University of Nebraska Law School.

I am the Business Service Officer for the Omaha and Lincoln offices. I have been in the financial industry since 1997, bringing a wealth of experience to my role. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. I work in close partnership with the Branch Manager and the Branch Administrator to help successfully run the office and build strong relationships across the Branch, Market and Region.

I started with Morgan Stanley as the Branch Administrator in 2013 and transitioned to the BSO role in 2021. In my current role, I lead, mentor, and supervise a team of support professionals, ensuring that they receive the necessary training development opportunities and recognition to succeed. With a passion for mentoring support professionals and working closely with financial advisors, I am dedicated to providing clients exceptional service.

“As your business partner, my primary goal is to assist you with your business at Morgan Stanley. I will help acquaint you with the tools that you need to be effective and to grow a successful practice.”

NaVonna is our Branch Administrator and comes to us with several years of Operations Management and administrative experience.

NaVonna is an innovative, creative, and driven professional with a reputation of successfully optimizing the day-to-day productivity of business needs in a positive, energetic, and efficient manner. She loves the outdoors, traveling with friends and family and reading.

NaVonna has spent many years helping within her local communities and is passionate about seeing people succeed in all they do. She is excited to spend more time with her 8 nieces and nephews.