Beth Monge has been named managing principal of the Minneapolis regional planning office of Lincoln Financial Advisors.

Monge will be responsible for recruiting, coaching and developing Lincoln-affiliated financial planners throughout the Minneapolis and St Louis areas. She joined Lincoln Financial earlier this year.

Prior to joining Lincoln Financial, Monge served in a number of sales management and training positions at firms in and around Minneapolis, MN.

Lincoln Financial Network is the marketing name for the retail sales and financial planning affiliates of Lincoln Financial Group and includes Lincoln Financial Advisors and Lincoln Financial Securities. Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation. With headquarters in the Philadelphia region, the companies of Lincoln Financial Group had assets under management of $141 billion at 31 December 2009.