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Debra Hartsfield is the sole advisor at DPH Financial, an independent firm based in Pearland, TX. She holds the ChFC® designation and has 21 years of industry experience, having founded DPH Financial LLC in 1998. In addition to her advisory role, she is licensed to sell life and health insurance in Texas. DPH Financial serves individuals, professionals, small business owners, and charitable organizations, focusing on clients with beginning incomes around $65,000 (single) or $130,000 (couple) and those aged 35–72. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning, investment advisory services, and financial education, emphasizing a primarily passive investment approach with low-cost, goal-oriented strategies and discretionary portfolio management.

Heriberto Chinea is a financial advisor at Eightone Capital LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and serves as CEO of iACT Holdings LLC, a real estate investment company. His prior experience includes roles at Parsons Corporation, FS Group Architects, and public schools in Pearland, TX. Eightone Capital LLC provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily uses a passive, asset-class-driven investment approach with ETFs and index funds, and offers retirement plan consulting and educational seminars.

Spencer Smith is a financial advisor at US Growth Partners, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Tremont Street Advisors, LLC and Respire Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he provides business consulting services to Northstar Industries in Houston, focusing on product development and growth strategies. US Growth Partners, LLC serves pooled and institutional portfolios as well as individual and fiduciary clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management. The firm employs multiple analysis methods to align investment allocations with client objectives and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis, which is less common in its category.

Angela Johnson is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Worthen Financial Advisors, Inc. She previously worked for Farmers Financial Solutions and Farmers Insurance Group from 2005 to 2021. Outside of her advisory role, Johnson is president of several closely held businesses, including a commercial real estate enterprise and management companies affiliated with insurance agencies. Worthen Financial Advisors provides investment management, subscription-based financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, small businesses, and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, evidence-based approach using diversified portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed-income allocations, and offers a distinctive advisor-access digital membership for ongoing planning support.

Johnny Salinas is the principal of Salinas Asset Management, LLC and holds a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC and served with the Texas State Securities Board. In addition to his advisory role, he owns and tutors for Financial Adviser Exam Tutors, LLC during non-trading hours. Salinas Asset Management, LLC is an independent investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with a small pool of accounts. The firm employs a blend of technical, fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis alongside asset-allocation theory and a barbell strategy, offering multiple model objectives and access to a range of higher-risk instruments and strategies.

Jesus Marquez is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at EZ Financial Group Inc. in Pearland, TX. He has been with EZ Financial Group since 2015 and also maintains a separate tax practice as an Enrolled Agent preparing and filing returns for individuals and businesses. EZ Financial Group provides ongoing asset management and modular financial planning for individuals, trusts, estates, corporate retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm typically manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts using a passive portfolio construction approach with index mutual funds and ETFs, complemented by fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses.