Vanessa Marie Welter

Nkozi Knight is a financial advisor with Thrivent Investment Management in Germantown, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Thrivent, Knight worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and U.S. Bank. Outside of advising, Knight owns multiple businesses including GreenHomeHub, a cleaning and sustainability company, NEST Healthworks, a healthcare consulting firm, and Bodhi Photography, a creative media enterprise, and serves on the boards of the Marquette University Alumni Association and Greater Galilee Community Development Center. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits, offering holistic, goal-based financial planning without discretionary portfolio management, and allows clients to integrate planning with managed-account services through its WealthPlan option.

Ronald Larson Jr. is the sole advisor at Larson Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in West Bend, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 21 years of industry experience, including nine years at LPL Financial prior to founding his own firm in 2013. Outside of his advisory work, Larson has experience coaching high school basketball. Larson Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to build asset allocations tailored to clients’ net worth, risk tolerance, and goals, and may include derivatives-based ETFs as short-term hedges in portfolios.

Diane Esser is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently operating as the sole advisor at Direction Financial Management, LLC since 2012. Her background includes integrating financial planning with tax services through her CPA credential and affiliation with an in-house tax practice. Direction Financial Management is an independent, fee-only firm serving individuals, families, trusts, retirees, professionals, and small business owners. The firm provides consultative financial planning and investment advice based on a long-term, passive approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and broad index fund exposure, focusing largely on non-securities planning areas such as tax, estate, and risk management.

Kevin Chapman is the sole advisor at Crossover Capital Trading LLC in Germantown, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of self-employed experience, with one year specifically at his current firm. Crossover Capital Trading LLC provides discretionary portfolio management for individual clients using a proprietary price-momentum model to trade exchange-traded funds, including leveraged and inverse ETFs. The firm focuses on price-based signals with short holding periods and aims to limit market exposure while managing accounts daily without taking custody of client assets.

David Lake is a financial advisor with Capital Wealth Advisors, Ltd. in West Bend, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Capital Wealth Advisors since 2010 and has been involved with RIA Services LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory roles, he is a member and executive vice president of Black Earth LLC, a real estate investment company. Capital Wealth Advisors, Ltd. provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, as well as sub-advisory services to other financial firms. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to build portfolios and offers ongoing portfolio monitoring and reviews.

David Rosenow is a financial advisor at CWP Private Wealth Management with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including HBW RIA Services LLC and Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is an independent insurance agent with experience dating back to 1986. CWP Private Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and business consulting to professionals in the financial services industry, serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a comprehensive investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis across various asset types, and offers sub-adviser services to other advisers.