Paul Robert Hicks

Celia Baehr is a CFP® with 43 years of industry experience, currently operating as the sole advisor at Celia Mann Baehr, CFP in Mobile, Alabama. She previously worked at LPL Financial LLC for 26 years before founding her independent advisory firm in 2014. Outside of her advisory work, Baehr serves as President and CEO of the Mobile Symphony, a nonprofit organization. Her firm provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals and small businesses, offering tailored financial planning and investment strategies across a range of asset classes. The firm employs a disciplined approach with regular account reviews and emphasizes client-specific suitability and investment restrictions.

James Hickey is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as Managing Director of Crimson Wealth. His prior experience includes roles at Clearmeadow Partners, Mariposa Community Partners, and Growth Lending GP, among others. Outside of advising, he is CEO of X1 Capital, a business development company, and serves on the board of Mariposa Community Partners, a nonprofit focused on economic development in Alabama. Crimson Wealth primarily serves individual investors, family offices, institutions, and corporations, offering portfolio management focused on U.S. equities. The firm creates custom portfolios blending low-cost index ETFs, thematic ETFs, and concentrated stock positions, employing a buy-and-hold investment approach informed by macroeconomic themes and disciplined company analysis.

John Brandon is a CFP® and ChFC® with 37 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the principal of Atlantes Financial Advisors since 2005 and is also affiliated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Atlantes Financial Advisors provides personalized portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, institutions, and trust clients, employing a core-and-satellite investment approach that combines passive index funds and ETFs with selective active management.

William Brigham is the sole advisor at Brigham Jr., William H., an independent firm based in Mobile, Alabama. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 22 years of industry experience, having worked at his current firm since 1996. Outside of his advisory work, he co-owns and helps manage a family farm in Mobile County. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and estates, focusing on long-term capital appreciation through investments in mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed-income securities. Its investment approach relies on fundamental analysis and a multi-year holding horizon, serving a small client base with individualized oversight.

John Cocke is the sole advisor at Kairos Asset Advisory, LLC in Mobile, Alabama, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 17 years of industry experience. He has led Kairos Asset Advisory since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CFO on a part-time, unpaid basis for his wife's marketing and design business. Kairos Asset Advisory manages approximately $18.6 million for a select group of individual and institutional clients, including pension and Taft–Hartley plans, charitable foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, valuation-oriented investment approach across a range of asset classes and provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services.

Jordan Jones is a financial advisor with Medora Value Equity, LLC in Mobile, Alabama, holding a Series 65 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Medora Partners, LLC and Medora Value Equity, LLC since 2016. Jones serves as chairman of the board of JOD Holdings, LLC, a coal mining business, and is a director for ElbFeeder, Inc., a containership owning company. Medora Value Equity, LLC manages discretionary, concentrated global value equity portfolios primarily for high-net-worth individuals, institutions, trusts, partnerships, and family offices. The firm employs a value-oriented approach with typically 10–20 holdings and pursues multi-year returns through fundamental analysis, often investing across capitalization ranges including less liquid instruments and using derivatives where beneficial.