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Amie Varnado is a financial advisor at Capital Financial Planners, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Capital Financial Planners since 2011. Outside of her advisory role, she is a half owner of an electrical service company and spends part of her time on accounting and insurance sales. Capital Financial Planners is an independent firm serving individual clients, businesses, charities, and small pension plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management with a primarily passive, asset-allocation approach tailored to client goals.

Bradley Ortego is a financial advisor at SOW Advisors LLC in Lafayette, LA, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience at Narrow Way Equity Partners, Adventure Vehicle Concepts, and IPT Global. SOW Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser offering financial planning, portfolio management, private market investing, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, small businesses, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an evidence-based approach to public markets and fundamental analysis for private markets, providing both discretionary management and standalone advisory engagements.

Logan Bowers is the owner and managing member of H&L Investments LLC, with over 10 years of experience in real estate investment and private fund management. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background that includes roles at Power Investors LLC and Cetco Energy Services. His outside business activities include overseeing operations and asset management for multifamily, single-family, and mobile home park investments through H&L Investments. SOW Advisors LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser offering financial planning, portfolio management, private market investing, and consulting services to individuals, families, small businesses, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an evidence-based approach in public markets combined with fundamental and qualitative analysis in private markets, serving both accredited and non-accredited clients through discretionary management and hourly advisory engagements.

Charles Duchamp is a financial advisor at Apex Capital Management, L.L.C. with 23 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He has been with Apex since 2002 and also serves as president of Charles J. Duchamp, CPA, a professional accounting corporation providing accounting and tax services since 1991. Apex Capital Management serves individuals, retirement plan sponsors and participants, trusts, and business entities with financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and annuity product management. The firm uses fundamental analysis to guide asset allocation and trading decisions, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Ashley Blanc is a financial advisor at Elevation Point Wealth Partners, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc. from 2012 to 2025. Elevation Point Wealth Partners provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm utilizes tactical, model-based asset allocation across risk-targeted portfolios and operates multiple managed programs, including the Elevation Point Managed Volatility (MVP) and Summit Portfolios.

Jackie Goulas is a financial advisor with Meridian Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 21 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Integrity RIA LLC, Arete Wealth Management LLC, and Dupre Carrier Godchaux. Meridian Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and a network model that includes both employee and independent contractor advisors.