William Harold Wilkinson III

Bryan Wisda is the President of Almega Wealth Management, a fee-only fiduciary financial planning and investment advisory firm with offices in Arizona, Kentucky, and North Carolina. With more than three decades of experience in financial services, investment management, and financial planning, Bryan helps families coordinate their wealth, taxes, retirement planning, and long-term legacy goals. Bryan has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional since 2006 and is also an Enrolled Agent, a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor, a Dave Ramsey SmartVestor Pro, and a member of Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group. His path into financial services began in high school, when he worked as a bank teller and discovered an early interest in helping people navigate financial decisions. After college, he worked in the insurance industry before being recruited by PaineWebber. His first day as a financial advisor was September 10, 2001. The events of September 11th, and the questions clients asked in the days following, shaped his belief that financial advice is ultimately about helping families make wise decisions in uncertain times. That belief became more personal after Bryan watched inherited wealth create strain within his own extended family. Today, much of his work centers on helping families build multi-generational wealth without allowing money to damage the relationships it was meant to support. Like a well-built bridge, good planning should help one generation cross safely while leaving the next generation on firmer ground. Prior to founding Almega, Bryan held roles with Bank of America, Farmers Insurance, UBS PaineWebber, and Summit Wealth Management. He also served as a Deputy Sheriff and received the Purple Heart after being wounded in the line of duty. Bryan studied Economic Philosophy at the University of Arizona and Financial Planning through Boston University, and he has completed additional coursework in Adult Education through Rio Salado College. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Sarah. Their youngest son attends Notre Dame Preparatory, and their oldest son attends High Point University.

Ronald Lang is a financial advisor at Atlas Wealth Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Atlas Wealth Management since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved with MajesticTrader.com LLC, a business he has been part of since 2010. Atlas Wealth Management primarily serves individual clients, including many high-net-worth households, as well as pension and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services, using fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios to clients’ financial situations and risk tolerance.

Creighton Hardy is a CFP® and ChFC® with eight years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual for several years. Hardy is also licensed as an insurance broker outside of Guardian Life. Park Avenue Securities, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individual and institutional clients with brokerage, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm offers a combination of proprietary and third-party investment advisory programs and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships.

Scott Cadieux is a CFP® with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services, Strategic Advisers LLC, and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors before founding Echelon Private Wealth LLC, where he has been since 2020. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates a vending machine business and works as an independent insurance agent. Echelon Private Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management, asset allocation advice, and goal-based financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, offering customized investment strategies including options programs managed on a discretionary basis.

Robert Kerns III is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor with six years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Kerns Legacy Planning, an independent firm he founded after working at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Merrill, American Family Insurance, and The University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an assistant coach for the U14 age group with the Coyotes Amateur Hockey Association, a youth ice hockey organization in Arizona. Kerns Legacy Planning provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and business entities. The firm employs fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to manage portfolios across various asset classes, with a focus on tailored investment policy statements, ongoing monitoring, and referral to third-party advisers when appropriate.

Joel Karpinski is the principal of Karpinski Financial, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments from 2012 to 2016. Karpinski Financial, LLC provides fee-for-service financial planning and investment management to individuals, businesses, and trusts, serving mainly mainstream individual households along with some high-net-worth or accredited clients. The firm offers both Strategic Asset Management and Active Management programs, tailoring portfolios across various asset classes and managing accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.