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Kathleen Kempf is a financial advisor with Your Path Financial LLC in Adkins, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at multiple firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Global View Capital Management, LTD. Kempf also writes and conducts educational and spiritual workshops related to money and finance through her role as president of Your Path 4 Prosperity LLC. Your Path Financial LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting services to high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies implemented primarily through third-party model portfolios and conducts ongoing manager monitoring and client reviews.

Jorge Garcia Rico is a financial advisor at Merrill with Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and two years of industry experience. He has previously worked at firms including Fidelity Investments and J.P. Morgan Securities. Merrill serves a broad range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients by offering managed account programs, third-party manager selection, discretionary portfolio management, brokerage execution, and custody services. The firm emphasizes manager selection and tax-efficient investment strategies, supported by its integration with Bank of America affiliates and a comprehensive capital markets platform.

Taylor Gaudlitz is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services and holds a Series 66 designation. He has four years of industry experience and has worked at several First Command entities since 2020. Outside of financial services, he has worked with Instacart since 2019. First Command Advisory Services serves individual, high-net-worth, corporate, and charitable clients through a multi-service platform that includes financial planning, discretionary asset management, brokerage recommendations, and insurance and banking product distribution. The firm emphasizes advisor-led planning relationships and offers structured, year-long engagements with written financial plans and periodic progress meetings.

Laura Ortega is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. Her prior experience includes roles at Charles Schwab Bank and First National Bank of Omaha. Creative Planning is an enterprise firm managing approximately $217 billion in client assets, providing investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a broad range of affiliated non-investment businesses such as an affiliated law firm and trust company.

Kathryn Prescott is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 11 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Edward Jones since 2014. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households and corporate clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets under management and offers a variety of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds.

Lane Talbert is a financial advisor with Edward Jones based in La Vernia, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Edward Jones since 2003. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs and investment solutions supported by a large nationwide network of financial advisors and branch offices.