Michael Joseph Hall

David Brooks Sr. is a financial advisor with SMART Wealth, LLC in Omaha, NE, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and 18 years of industry experience. He has been associated with SMART Wealth since 2020 and has leadership roles in multiple affiliated companies, including serving as president of Tax SMART, LLC and Mid-West Learning, Inc., which provides marketing and educational services. Brooks also oversees DMDN Insurance Company, Inc., which offers pooled insurance solutions. SMART Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth households with retirement income strategies, investment advisory, and financial planning. The firm manages discretionary portfolios through in-house models and sub-advisers, offers a Private Wealth Partners division for affluent clients, and sponsors the SMARTWay ETFs, integrating proprietary products with affiliated services.

Tyler Petersen is a Partner & Wealth Advisor with RetirePath Advisors partnered with the Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has worked with various Thrivent entities since 2012, including Thrivent Investment Management Inc and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Petersen serves as a director for the Dana College Foundation and is a board member of Relational Tithe, an organization focused on community support through relationship-based resource distribution. Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach with customized asset allocations, using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, fixed-income securities, and alternative investments, while offering clients access to independent managers and integrated services within the broader Thrivent group.

Bruce Aken Jr. is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Securities America Advisors and Guardian Life Insurance. He is co-owner of Nelson Murphy Insurance & Investments, LLC, a private entity engaged in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing client assets totaling around $212.7 billion. The firm offers a comprehensive platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Chad Burger is a financial advisor at Reserve Wealth Planning in Omaha, NE, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he spent ten years at Precision Lens and concurrently works as a Senior Account Executive at Johnson & Johnson Vision, where he provides ophthalmic advice and sells medical products. Reserve Wealth Planning offers comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, combining investment management with financial planning. The firm employs a holistic, goal-based planning process and primarily uses passive, low-turnover portfolios while accommodating socially responsible investing preferences.

Joseph Hearn is the sole advisor at Intentional Retirement, LLC in Omaha, NE, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Intentional Retirement (formerly Provisio Publishing) since 2004 and previously at Teckmeyer Financial Services, L.L.C. He also operates as an independent insurance agent, spending a small portion of his time on this activity. Intentional Retirement provides advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and participants, focusing on asset management, written financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary consulting and education. The firm manages over $131 million in client assets on a non-discretionary basis and offers pension consulting for plan assets exceeding $9 million.

Jason Williams is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He has been with LongView Investment Management LLC since 2019 and previously worked at Wells Fargo Bank from 2015 to 2019. LongView Investment Management LLC is an independent advisory firm serving approximately 33 clients with $7.5 million in discretionary assets. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations, using a primarily passive investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory.