Nathan Hale

You've experienced an unimaginable loss: the loss of a spouse, a marriage, or a loved one. You never handled the "money" side of things, and you're scared. Your estate planning or divorce attorney has helped you through the nuts and bolts, but now what? Molly Laughter, CFA® Charterholder and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ is passionate about helping women understand finances and answer this question. Molly has spent her professional career making complicated financial topics relatable and understandable. You don't have to know numbers to build a successful life or start again. Molly’s mission is to educate and empower the women she works with to live a life they love, with solid analysis and planning as a foundation for the future. She provides access to comprehensive financial planning and investment management.

Corey Winten is a financial advisor at Winten Investment Partners, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with his firm since its founding in 2011. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as a licensed independent insurance agent, focusing on term life and long-term care insurance. Winten Investment Partners provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm follows a long-term, income-focused investment approach based on the Random Walk Hypothesis, managing client assets directly with diversified portfolios designed to generate and manage cash flow over multi-year horizons.

Marc Helfrich is the sole advisor at Marc C Helfrich Registered Investment Advisor in Van Alstyne, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has operated his own advisory firm since 2012 and has been an insurance agent specializing in life, long-term care, and annuity products since 2009. His firm provides tailored financial planning services to individual clients on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on establishing client goals, risk tolerance, and conducting periodic reviews. The firm emphasizes individualized advice without discretionary trading authority and integrates client approval in all account changes.

Joseph Mc Cullough is the principal of McCullough Wealth Management LLC in Van Alstyne, TX, with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior experience at Securities America Advisors, Securities America, Inc., and Ameriprise Financial Services. Mc Cullough is also a CPA licensed since 1993 and a Texas-licensed insurance agent, though he does not currently sell insurance products or provide accounting services. McCullough Wealth Management LLC offers asset management and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and business entities. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios and focuses on long-term, income, and tax-efficient strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Hannah Szarszewski is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with six years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Blue Mountain Financial Planning, an independent firm based in Melissa, TX. Prior to founding her current firm, she worked at Keener Financial Planning and other advisory firms. She also owns Blue Mountain Money Education, LLC, through which she provides financial literacy and educational content. Blue Mountain Financial Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with ongoing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, focusing on a primarily passive, asset-allocation-driven investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs. The firm offers fixed subscription, project, or hourly fee arrangements rather than percentage-of-assets fees.

Nancy Elliott is a CFP® professional at Silver Lake Advisory Partners, LLC with six years of industry experience. She has been with Silver Lake Advisory since 2010. Silver Lake Advisory Partners, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, small foundations, and endowments. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis with attention to corporate cash flow and dividend growth, tailoring portfolios to clients’ risk tolerance, income needs, tax status, and objectives.