Danial James Verhaalen

I’m a CFP® (fiduciary financial advisor) and CDFA® who helps busy professionals, pre‑retirees, and retirees simplify complex financial lives. My work focuses on tax‑savvy wealth management, including equity compensation strategies and retirement income planning, so clients can grow and use their wealth in ways that support the life they want to build. I pay close attention to how career decisions, benefits, and family responsibilities intersect, especially for clients balancing their own retirement goals with support for aging parents or children. Clients often come to me with multiple accounts, company stock, and big questions about “what’s next,” and we work together to create a clear plan, regular check‑ins, and a decision‑making framework that feels calm, collaborative, and easy to maintain. Maia Wealth is an an independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

Michel Klus is a financial advisor at Synergos Capital Management with a Series 65 credential and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and the Texas Permanent School Fund. Synergos Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis. The firm employs long-term trading alongside options strategies and maintains a focused, derivative-oriented approach supported by custodial platforms that facilitate margin and derivatives execution.

Brian Ziarnick is the owner and president of Ziarnick Financial LLC, a state-registered investment adviser based in Wimberley, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he provides bookkeeping services for two small businesses. Ziarnick Financial LLC primarily operates as a solicitor for Austin Wealth Management and as a life insurance agency. The firm employs a top-down investment process using fundamental, quantitative, charting, and cyclical analysis but does not currently exercise investment discretion or hold client assets.

James McGrath is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, operating through Financial Strategies, Inc. in Dripping Springs, TX. He has been associated with Financial Strategies, Inc. and Financial Management Group, Inc. since 1984. In addition to advisory services, he provides tax planning and preparation at the same location as his advisory business. Financial Strategies, Inc. serves individuals, trusts, estates, charities, retirement plans, and businesses, managing approximately $19.4 million in client assets. The firm employs a Core+Satellite investment approach combining passive core holdings with selected active managers and individual securities, and offers financial planning alongside investment management.

Erica Schnabel is a CFP® and CFA® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Mountain Flower Investments & Planning, LLC. Her prior experience includes roles at Colorado Capital Management and First National Bank. She serves as an outside investment committee member for the Colorado State University Other Post Employment Benefits Trust. Mountain Flower Investments & Planning provides investment management and integrated financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, combining passive index-based ETFs with selective active management to deliver personalized portfolio construction and continuous oversight.

Terry Roberts is a financial advisor with PCK Investments in Martindale, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at PVK Investments since 2008 and has been associated with The Variable Annuity Marketing Company since 1978. PCK Investments advises individual participants in 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plans at educational institutions and a smaller number of IRA/Roth IRA clients. The firm focuses on portfolio construction, fund selection, and periodic reviews, managing assets on a non-discretionary basis with client approval required for all changes.