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Korwin Wall is the principal of KDWALLSTREET Investment Advisor LLC in Topeka, KS, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has led his firm since 1999. Outside of investment advisory, he owns and manages KDWallStreet FINANCIAL Services LLC, which provides tax preparation, bookkeeping, and business consulting services. KDWALLSTREET Investment Advisor LLC serves primarily individual clients, including high-net-worth households, offering investment supervisory services and financial planning for approximately 91 client relationships with $26.5 million in assets under management. The firm combines strategic asset allocation with a cash-needs bucket approach and employs various investment instruments and option strategies, alongside affiliated financial businesses in accounting, mortgage financing, and insurance.

Nicholas Schilling is a financial advisor with Avant Wealth Management, LLC in Topeka, KS, holding Series 65 and Series 66 designations and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at FMT Solutions, LLC, AE Wealth Management, LLC, and Advisors Excel. He is also licensed as a life and health insurance agent and engaged in business management consulting. Avant Wealth Management is an independent, single-advisor firm providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolio strategies and offers management both directly and through third-party sub-managers using the Altruist platform.

John Minnick is the sole advisor at Minnick Capital Management, an independent firm based in Topeka, Kansas. He holds a CFA designation and a law license, and has 46 years of industry experience, having founded his firm in 1972. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as corporate secretary and director of his college fraternity’s alumni association on a non-compensated basis and acts as a trustee for several family trusts. Minnick Capital Management serves individual investors, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations with discretionary portfolio management and separate counseling. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis, focusing on market trends, industry strength, and volatility, while tailoring portfolios to clients’ income, tax, and risk objectives.

Vincent Foster is a financial advisor at Generations Wealth Design with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. and National Planning Corporation. Outside of advisory services, he is also an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed life insurance, fixed annuities, disability, and long-term care insurance. Generations Wealth Design is a Kansas-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary wealth management and financial planning, constructing customized portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and occasional stock options with a primarily long-term investment approach.

James Lord is a financial advisor at Paladin Financial with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at multiple firms including Gradient Securities, LLC, and LORD'S WEALTH PARTNERS, LLC. Outside of his advisory roles, he is involved in recording motivational radio spots for a program called 90 Seconds to a Greater You. Paladin Wealth, LLC provides fee-based financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs a range of investment approaches from long-term purchases to shorter-term trading and options, and offers specialized services for retirement plans as a limited-scope ERISA 3(21) adviser.

Ryan Shumaker is the owner and managing member of Retirement Portfolios, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at World Equity Group, TCM Securities, and co-owns Next Generation Investing, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he owns a tax preparation business and a farming operation. Retirement Portfolios, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, endowments, businesses, and other registered investment advisers. The firm manages approximately $154 million across about 225 client accounts, offering discretionary portfolio management, standalone financial plans, and educational workshops. Their investment approach combines fundamental, technical, charting, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, implementing a range of strategies including long-term, short-term, and trading.