Patrick Keedy is the principal advisor at Patrick Capital Management in Geneva, Illinois, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has led Patrick Capital Management since 2004. The firm provides personalized financial planning and discretionary and non-discretionary investment management for individuals, institutions, and business clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. Its investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with macroeconomic and bottom-up security analysis, utilizing global diversification across multiple asset classes.

Simon Granner is a financial advisor with PCFO Capital holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials. He is based in St Charles, Illinois. PCFO Capital, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading orientation, tailoring portfolios to clients’ goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerances.

Christopher Delarme is a financial advisor at First Wealth Advisory, Inc. in St. Charles, IL, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Red Oak Capital Management, Hayden Royal, and Great Lakes Wealth Management and Advisory Partners. He is also a licensed insurance agent. First Wealth Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis to build portfolios with ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and option strategies.

Robert Harbour is a financial advisor with EBH Financial, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at EBH Financial since 2010, with prior roles at LPL Financial and Infinity Financial Services Advisory. EBH Financial provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on client-specific objectives and risk tolerance, using fundamental analysis and a preference for long-term investments, while maintaining a single custodian relationship with Charles Schwab.

Lang Nguyen is a financial advisor at Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Edward Jones & Co. and Serenity Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, Nguyen serves as a board member for three nonprofit charitable organizations and works as a Live Tax Expert for Intuit TurboTax during tax season. Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC manages approximately $16.45 million for around 60 clients, providing discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a multi-method investment process combining charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory, with both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

I launched my firm in July of 2024 to continue working with my clients on my own terms. I work with a wide range of types of clients. However, most of my clients tend to fit into a few archetypes; wealth accumulators, wealth distributors, and business owners. The clients I work with benefit when we take a comprehensive approach to their financial picture. Each client receives assistance with retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, insurance/estate planning, and behavioral finance. Does your situation feel familiar? - Accumulator - These clients come to me after some early career success or receiving a windfall (i.e inheritance or large cash distribution). I help clients navigate their financial life from now until retirement and beyond. In many cases this can be 25+ years in the future. I help ensure that you are doing the correct actions each year to build your wealth and enjoy your time and money now... - Distributor - Clients in this stage of their life have regularly saved in their employers retirement plan or independently over their working career. Now that retirement is looming or in motion, you need a plan to distribute your assets and pay your bills. We work together to prepare a distribution plan that coordinates social security, pensions, and distributions from retirement accounts to be the most tax efficient as possible. You've saved all this time, now it is time to enjoy! - Business Owners - My business owner clients fit into a combination of accumulation and distribution. Wherever your business is, we will navigate growing, preserving, and distributing the assets through the lifetime of your business. I am proud to be a fee-only, fiduciary, Certified Financial Planner™️ practitioner in my day-to-day working life. Outside of work you can find me spending time with my wife and kids, playing golf/basketball, and enjoying the Fox River Valley where we have set our roots. I can be reached directly at tim@rhodowealth.com or at www.rhodowealth.com for more information. Thanks!

Sean Rhodes is a financial advisor with Rhodes Capital Management, Inc. in Batavia, Illinois, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC and Elite Investment Team LLC, alongside his role at Rhodes Capital Management since 2012. Rhodes Capital Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive index-tracking core positions with active satellite holdings, utilizing various investment strategies including option writing, futures, short sales, and margin transactions tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Michael Alexenko is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience, serving as the sole advisor at Royal Asset Managers in St. Charles, IL since 2003. He holds the Series 63 designation and has authored numerous articles and periodic commentary. Alexenko also runs targeted programs for smaller and military clients and coordinates plan recordkeeping through selected custody arrangements. Royal Asset Managers provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, investment consulting, and business advisory services to moderate- to high-net-worth individuals, small businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes diversification and client-specific investment policy statements, using index funds and ETFs to manage portfolios with equity allocations ranging from 0% to about 85%, and is notable for its pension consulting and retirement-plan management services.

Alexander Koynoff is a financial advisor at ATK Financial Prosperity with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Zurich North America, Northwestern University, and Northern Trust. ATK Financial Prosperity is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes Modern Portfolio Theory and primarily passive portfolios constructed with index mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis.

David Toellen is the principal of Toellen Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Elburn, Illinois. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has over ten years of industry experience, including a decade at First Trust Portfolios L.P. prior to founding his current firm. Toellen Capital Management provides discretionary managed-account services and investment advice to individuals and high-net-worth clients, with a focus on customized investment strategies that consider client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon. The firm employs various techniques such as asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and technical analysis, and it uses third-party service providers incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Kyle Long is the principal of Long Planning, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Geneva, Illinois. He holds a Series 66 designation and has eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding Long Planning, Kyle worked at Inspire Advisors, LLC and D.L. Purvine, PLLC, where he is also employed as a CPA. He owns a public accounting firm, Kyle Long, CPA, and occasionally refers clients between his advisory and accounting practices without compensation. Long Planning provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to both individual and institutional clients, including pension plans and charitable organizations. The firm combines passive and active investment strategies, employs fundamental and technical analysis, and offers discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting services. Its operational affiliation with a public accounting practice distinguishes it within the independent advisory community.

Kristopher Kalish is a financial advisor at The Kalish Group with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. The Kalish Group provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, estate planning, and consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a proprietary asset-allocation methodology and offers a broad range of investment tools, including options and leveraged ETFs, while maintaining an explicit margin policy and a focus on customized portfolio management.

Michael Cantlon is a financial advisor with Cantlon Financial Planning LLC in St. Charles, IL, holding a Series 63 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Cantlon Financial Planning since 2012 and has worked as a self-employed financial planner since 1983. Cantlon is licensed to sell life, accident, fire, and casualty insurance. Cantlon Financial Planning LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses client-specific investment programs with fundamental analysis and offers strategies including option writing and derivatives, managing approximately $125 million as of the end of 2025.

Kraig Mickelsen is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving at KRM Financial Planning & Wealth Management, LLC. His prior experience includes 17 years at Ausdal Financial Partners and roles at Arete Wealth Advisors and Arete Wealth Management. Outside of financial advising, he is a minority owner and managing member of Integrated Planning LLC, a financial planning collaborative, and holds minority ownership in custom homebuilding businesses. KRM Financial Planning & Wealth Management primarily serves institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, endowments, and businesses, while also providing financial planning and consulting services to individuals and families. The firm uses proprietary models and third-party money managers combined with ongoing due diligence and offers ERISA 3(21) fiduciary consulting and participant education programs for retirement plans.

Greg Rutherford is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience at Sound Asset Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Yorkville, IL. He has worked exclusively with Sound Asset Management since 2009. Sound Asset Management, Inc. provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm focuses on strategic, globally diversified asset allocation primarily through no-load or low-load mutual funds and ETFs, and is notable for its work with institutional retirement clients and pension consulting services.

Daniel De Boer is a financial advisor at Cruz Investments & Wealth Management in Aurora, IL. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2023. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at Aurora University and Kaneland School District 302. Cruz Investments & Wealth Management provides investment management primarily through recommending and monitoring third-party advisers and offers modular financial planning along with ancillary insurance and tax-planning services. The firm focuses on asset allocation and ongoing evaluation of outside managers, with accounts managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Mark Bova is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience and is an advisor at Lenity Financial, Inc. in Geneva, IL. He holds the Series 66 designation. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in Simply Better Choices, LLC, a health and wellbeing blog unrelated to his investment activities. Lenity Financial, Inc. is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, business owners, professionals, families, trusts, estates, and select institutional clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, constructing strategic, diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Bernard Czerwinski is a financial advisor at Ascension Financial with two years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 65 license. Prior to joining Ascension Financial, he worked at RLK-PLG Investment Management, Forever Companies, GM Casting House, Inc., and Northport Investments. Outside of advising, he is the managing member of Czerwinski Consulting, which provides operational strategy and technology consulting for B2B manufacturers and direct consumer retail businesses. Ascension Financial is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and qualified retirement plans. The firm actively manages portfolios using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and employs derivatives and margin strategies for hedging and income generation.

Reynaldo Cruz is a CFP® professional with 36 years of industry experience, currently serving at Cruz Investments & Wealth Management in Aurora, IL. He has held roles at Madison Avenue Securities, LLC and Gf Investment Services, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the creator of retail content through Sparton Eye Candy, LLC, which sells financial-themed products. Cruz Investments & Wealth Management provides investment management primarily by recommending and monitoring third-party advisers and offering qualified plan management. The firm’s approach emphasizes asset allocation and ongoing evaluation of external managers, while delivering modular financial planning and ancillary insurance and tax-planning services.

Charles Meeder is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in financial advising. He has operated Sound Asset Management, Inc. since 2001 and has been running Charles Meeder, CPA, Inc. since 1991. Sound Asset Management, Inc. provides fee-only financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm focuses on strategic, globally diversified asset allocation using primarily no-load or low-load mutual funds and ETFs, and it is notable for its work with institutional retirement clients and pension consulting services.