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Spencer Smith is a financial advisor at US Growth Partners, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with several firms, including Tremont Street Advisors, LLC and Respire Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of advising, he serves as a business consultant to Northstar Industries in Houston, focusing on product development and growth strategies. US Growth Partners, LLC serves individual, fiduciary, pooled, and institutional clients with both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm employs multiple analysis methods to tailor portfolios to client objectives and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis, a practice uncommon in its category.

Johnny Salinas Jr. is a financial advisor at Salinas Asset Management, LLC in Texas City, TX, with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Equitable Advisors, LLC and the Texas State Securities Board. Outside of advisory services, he operates Financial Adviser Exam Tutors, LLC, where he provides tutoring during non-trading hours. Salinas Asset Management, LLC is an independent investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with a small portfolio base. The firm employs a diversified investment process that includes technical, fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis, offering multiple model objectives and access to a range of higher-risk instruments and strategies.

Michael Goodrich is the sole advisor at Goodrich Financial Advisory LLC in Santa Fe, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has three years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2022, he served 15 years in the United States Air Force. Goodrich Financial Advisory provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as small- and medium-sized businesses and their owners. The firm employs a discretionary management approach based on client-specific Investment Policy Statements and combines fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis in its investment process, while also offering business-focused financial planning and analysis services.

Alfredo Felicella is a CFA® charterholder and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with three years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Cypress Lane Advisors in Galveston, TX, where he has worked since 2023. His prior experience includes self-employment and a role at Imaging Brands, Inc. Cypress Lane Advisors provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small business owners. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework with a top-down macroeconomic overlay, using primarily ETFs and no-load mutual funds, and incorporates leverage, derivatives, and limited cryptocurrency exposure in client portfolios.

Clayton Curley is a financial advisor at Ridgeback Financial LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones and New Benefits. Ridgeback Financial LLC is a single-advisor independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored investment programs using multiple analysis methods and provides ERISA 3(21) pension consulting and participant education services.

Andre Norman is a financial advisor with Gravity Advisers LLC in Houston, TX. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and has worked in the financial services industry since 2016, including roles at Jellifin Financial, Inc., Tradier, Inc., and Opencash Finance, Inc. He is also involved with Norman Hospitality Group LLC. Gravity Advisers LLC provides digital portfolio management to individual investors through an online platform that offers preselected managed portfolios and AI-assisted custom portfolio construction. The firm combines rules-based implementation with automated rebalancing and limits managed holdings to individual equities and unleveraged ETFs, with discretionary authority granted only after client approval.