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Michelle Vargas, Certified Financial Planner™ is the President of Waymaker Financial Planning, a Fee-Only firm that provides transparent and accessible financial guidance. She enjoys helping clients navigate and plan all aspects of their financial life so that they will worry less about their future and free up more time to spend doing what they love. After earning a degree in Finance from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1990, she moved to Florida and started her career with Harcourt Brace Publishing. Her journey into personal finance began when she signed up for her 401K and wanted to learn about additional options to plan for retirement. This eventually led to working as a financial advisor and completing the extensive education requirements for becoming a CFP® in 1998. She believes her experience as a young professional searching for unbiased advice enables her to better serve Gen XY professionals because she remembers what it was like being in their shoes. As a former homeschool parent and the wife of a federal employee, she is passionate about helping women, homeschool families, and federal workers plan wisely for a comfortable financial future. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking in Colorado, barbecuing with family, and working in her garden.

Lacy Rogers is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience currently serving as the sole advisor at The Dedicated Dollar in Fort Worth, TX. Her prior roles include positions at Hilltop Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley. The Dedicated Dollar provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, including business owners. The firm utilizes a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with primarily passive portfolios and automated model platforms, offering project-based, hourly, and ongoing comprehensive planning engagements.

Kevin Freeman is the sole advisor at Freeman Global Investment Counsel in Keller, TX. He holds the CFA® designation, Series 63 and 65 licenses, and has 21 years of industry experience. He has operated Cross Consulting and Services, LLC since 2004. Freeman serves on the board of directors for Galectin Therapeutics, a publicly held company, and provides consulting to major financial services companies on the nature and future potential of their businesses. Freeman Global Investment Counsel offers portfolio management and investment supervisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes global equities and employs a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing client assets directly without outsourcing to third-party managers.

Matthew Beeby is a financial advisor at Harvest Capital Management in Aledo, TX, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Stephens from 2014 to 2018. Outside of advisory work, he owns and manages residential real estate investments through MHB Real Estate Investments, LLC. Harvest Capital Management provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, modern portfolio theory approach with fundamental analysis, offering services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting.

Ryan Mc Lin is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He is currently the sole advisor at Impact Wealth Group and has prior experience with Ameriprise Financial Services, Clearfork Wealth Management, and Lincoln Financial Advisors. Mc Lin serves as an unpaid board member for HopeKids, a nonprofit focused on fundraising and event coordination. Impact Wealth Group provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual clients and facilitates employer-sponsored retirement plans through a third-party manager. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and charting analysis with a long-term trading approach tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Travis Soppe is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving at Cumbie Advisory Services, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX. He has been with Cumbie Advisory Services and Rhodes Securities since 2012. Cumbie Advisory Services, Inc. provides financial planning and investment management consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm operates as a non-discretionary investment consultant, focusing on diversified, low-cost portfolios and research-based approaches while assisting clients in selecting and monitoring independent money managers.