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Christopher Russell is a financial advisor at Avidian Wealth Solutions with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Linscomb and Williams, LPL Financial LLC, and Cadence Bank. Russell serves on the boards of the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville and the HudsonAlpha Foundation. Avidian Wealth Solutions is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth families, businesses, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a model-based investment approach supplemented by sub-advisors and separately managed accounts and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management and financial planning.

Tara Nicholas is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has been in the industry since 2024, with prior experience at Kovack Securities, Inc. and Nicholas Financial Services. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a committee member at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Scottsboro, Alabama. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan advisory through a large network of independent professionals and multiple account platforms.

Joseph Gilbert is a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. in Scottsboro, Alabama, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Edward Jones, Regions Bank, and Cetera Investment Services. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer of the Board of Deacons at Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base that includes individual investors, high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and public entities. The firm offers financial planning and non-discretionary investment consulting, emphasizing advisory support and tailored financial plans developed through comprehensive risk profiling and asset-allocation analysis.

Rebecca Kilgore is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 16 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Edward Jones since 2009. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment strategies, operating under a fiduciary standard and managing approximately $1.01 trillion in assets.

David Nicholas is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 36 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Kovack Advisors, Inc. and Kovack Securities, Inc. for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a notary and owns a financial services firm. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and charitable organizations through a network of independent financial professionals. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan advisory services using various account platforms and third-party sub-advisers.

Tyler Shankles is a financial advisor at Cetera with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Regions Bank and 1st Franklin Financial Corp. in addition to his current roles at Cetera and Cetera Investment Services LLC. Cetera Investment Advisers serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and retirement-plan clients through a large network of independent advisors. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services, combining advisor-managed accounts, firm-sponsored model portfolios, and third-party managed solutions.