Christopher Cooley is a CFP® professional with 33 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently affiliated with Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC and has held prior roles at Raymond James Financial Services and several other firms. Outside of advisory work, he owns a dry cleaning franchise, NPF Investments Inc. dba Lapels Dry Cleaning. Kingswood Wealth Advisors serves a broad range of clients, including individual, high-net-worth, and institutional investors, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services. The firm utilizes an open-architecture platform with third-party managers and integrates insurance-linked account management within its multi-team operational model.

Wyatt Gilbert is a financial advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a basketball training business focused on player development for youth. SageSpring Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base, including individuals and various institutional clients such as retirement plans, banks, and state governments. The firm offers tailored investment management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party manager relationships.

Christopher Tasik is a CFP® with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with United Advisor Group and has previously worked at BFC Planning, Securities Management & Research, H. Beck, and Cambridge Investment Research. Outside of his advisory work, he is active in community and nonprofit organizations, serving as treasurer for the Kiwanis of Nashville Foundation and holding leadership roles in local neighborhood associations. United Advisor Group serves individuals, small businesses, trusts, and charities through a network of independent advisors, offering investment management, financial planning, family office services, and financial education. The firm employs a range of portfolio management strategies, including proprietary model portfolios and customized accounts.

Robin Patin is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Choreo, LLC since 2023. Prior to joining Choreo, Patin worked at Enso Wealth Management for one year and Edward Jones for six years. Outside of advisory work, Patin is proprietor of Wealth Reconstructed, LLC, focusing on public speaking and writing on topics related to women, people of color, and finances. Choreo, LLC serves a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and utilizes a rigorous investment process involving quantitative screening and Investment Committee approval to manage portfolios through various vehicles and specialized advisory services.

James Jones is a financial advisor at Zacks Investment Management, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 12 years of industry experience, including a decade at Envestnet Asset Management. Jones has worked with LBMZ Securities, Inc. and currently serves at Zacks Investment Management. Zacks Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional investors. The firm combines quantitative and qualitative analysis through proprietary models and offers a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles, serving both direct clients and third-party advisers.

Melissa Magill is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial, E.K. Riley Investments, LLC, and Franklin Templeton Investments. Magill is also involved with Cascade Wealth Management as an investment representative. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory programs and third-party platforms.

Joshua Wakefield is a financial advisor with Cooper McManus in Spring Hill, TN, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 14 years of industry experience, including prior roles at MassMutual Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved as an independent insurance agent. Cooper McManus serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and employer retirement plans, providing financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process using a range of securities and model portfolios tailored to client objectives.

Richard Ina is a financial advisor at New Edge Wealth with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services from 2013 to 2023 before joining New Edge Wealth in 2023. Ina is the managing member of Ina Wealth Financial Services, LLC, an entity formed to join New Edge Wealth. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as foundations, endowments, and other institutional or charitable clients. The firm offers comprehensive advisory services and employs a diversified investment approach that includes model strategies, separately managed accounts, and alternative exposures such as private equity and structured-note strategies.

Horacio Woolcott is a financial advisor at Westminster Financial Advisory Corp with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC and several other firms. Westminster Financial Advisory Corporation provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, estates, fiduciaries, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach with tactical overlays and a primarily buy-and-hold investment strategy.

Isaac Lindell is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently advising at SageSpring Wealth Partners. His background includes roles at Raymond James Financial Services and Ernst & Young. SageSpring Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including individual households and institutional clients such as retirement plans and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary investment management and retirement plan consulting, utilizing tailored portfolios and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Laurie Snively is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners. Her background includes roles at Raymond James Financial Services and various entrepreneurial ventures such as Laurie Snively Voiceovers. Outside of advisory work, she is also an insurance agent with Vanbridge. SageSpring Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $6.5 billion in discretionary assets with a team of about 75 advisors. The firm serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and retirement plans, offering personalized investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a goals-based portfolio management approach.

Peter Wittman is a financial advisor with Redhawk Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Franklin, TN, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, and has 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Redhawk Wealth Advisors since 2014 and also serves as president of The Wittman Group, Inc., an insurance sales business he has led since 2006. Redhawk Wealth Advisors provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth families, estates, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on strategic and tactical asset allocation across various asset classes and offers services including multi-generational wealth management, educational seminars, and captive insurance company account management.

Nathan Mueting is a financial advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. He is also involved with For Fee Only, LLC, where he assists clients with their insurance protection needs. SageSpring Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party manager relationships.

James Ridley Jr. is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners since 2018. He previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and has a background that includes time at Vanderbilt Medical. Ridley also acts as an insurance agent with Vanbridge, assisting clients with non-variable insurance products. SageSpring Wealth Partners manages approximately $8.5 billion across 124 advisors, serving a diverse client base that includes individual households, institutional clients, and plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary investment management and consulting with portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party manager relationships.

Robert Hamer is a financial advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners in Franklin, TN, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services from 2010 to 2024. Outside of advising, he is an insurance agent with VanBridge, where he refers term life, long-term care, and long-term disability insurance cases. SageSpring Wealth Partners manages approximately $6.5 billion in discretionary assets and serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm provides goals-based portfolio management with a range of strategies, third-party manager oversight, and integrated planning services, while also serving less-common client types such as sovereign wealth funds and banking institutions.

Eric Sams is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including XTON Financial, LLC, WBB Securities LLC, and Keystone Capital Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, Sams serves as President of the Board for Harriet Tubman Village Charter School in San Diego, CA. Axxcess Wealth Management provides wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and third-party asset management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm manages customized multi-asset portfolios using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and offers distinctive TAMP and sleeve-manager capabilities, supporting other RIAs and broker-dealers with consolidated reporting and administrative oversight.

Sten Morgan is a financial advisor at Stonex Advisors Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations. His prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, MSI Financial Services, and Raymond James Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he owns Success Mindsets LLC, through which he has authored a book and coaches other financial advisors. Stonex Advisors Inc. serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan consulting. The firm uses a mix of advisor-managed portfolios, model solutions, and third-party managers to deliver tailored investment strategies.

Konstantin Chrenow is a financial advisor at Kovack Advisors, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Girard Securities, Newcastle Financial Advisors, and Merrill prior to joining Kovack Advisors in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for a homeowners association and is involved in equine therapy coaching through Creative Animal Connection. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 260 advisors and over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government entities, employing a structured investment process supported by Envestnet and combining internally developed and third-party strategies.

Connor Jeffries is a financial advisor with SageSpring Wealth Partners in Franklin, TN, holding CFP® and Series 66 designations with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services from 2020 to 2024 and has been with SageSpring since 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he has held positions at Brentwood Baptist Church and Lumefficient Lighting Co. SageSpring Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base, including individual households and institutional clients such as retirement plans, banks, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and third-party manager relationships to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Tina King is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors for over 20 years before joining Merit Financial Advisors and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments in 2026. Merit Financial Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser with 264 advisors serving approximately 20,040 clients across 66 offices. The firm manages about $23.9 billion in client assets through long-term, diversified portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Management team and Investment Committee, offering customized wealth-management services including financial planning, retirement plan advice, and educational workshops.