Stewart Leafblad is a financial advisor at Ross Wealth Group, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Strittmatter Wealth Group, Beacon Pointe Advisors, and Rosenthal Retirement Planning. Ross Wealth Group provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary wealth management services primarily to individuals, trusts, and estates, with a specialized retirement consulting practice for teachers. The firm uses an asset-allocation approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining active and passive strategies and allocates client portfolios to Independent Managers while monitoring performance through a partnership with Triad Wealth Partners.

Michael Simpton is a CFP® professional with 14 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Parkstone Wealth Management, LLC since 2016 and previously held roles at SPC and Alamo Asset Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner and company treasurer at MPMD Transport, LLC, a freight transportation business. Parkstone Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and integrated financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach.

Janine Guenther is a CFA® charterholder with over 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with Promus Advisors and Bellwether Investment Management, having previously worked at Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel and CIBC Wood Gundy. Guenther serves as a Finance Committee member at large for the University Women's Club of Vancouver and is a board member of the CMT Association. Promus Advisors provides comprehensive investment management and financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and businesses. The firm employs a value-oriented, bottom-up investment approach that combines core equity and fixed income holdings with alternative strategies, managing over $415 million across 269 accounts.

Nathan Johnson is a financial advisor at Moffatt Financial Strategies in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab & Co., TD Ameritrade, Mutual of America Financial Group, Edward Jones, and Stonegate Capital Partners. Moffatt Financial Strategies provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a mix of long-term and active investment strategies, emphasizes fundamental analysis and client risk tolerance, and offers additional services such as pension consulting and business exit planning.

Leonard Hall is a financial advisor at Good Life Private Wealth, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Good Life Private Wealth since 2012 and previously worked at Fast Lanes of America from 2001 to 2018. Hall serves as a board member of the Southwest Car Wash Association. Good Life Private Wealth provides fee-based, discretionary investment management and limited financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs an active, capital-preservation oriented investment strategy that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis, using tools such as options and derivatives, and offers public speaking and training workshops as part of its service model.

Michael Hornung is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Strategic Wealth Management, LLC since 2015, including its supported entity since 2019, and has also been affiliated with LPL Financial since 2015. Strategic Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm offers discretionary asset management using ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party portfolio managers, with customized portfolios and quarterly reviews.

Scott Geppert is a CFA® charterholder with six years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Stonekeep Investments, LLC, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he was employed at Toyota Financial Services and Lcm Group. Stonekeep Investments provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach including fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and uses technology and artificial intelligence alongside human oversight to manage approximately $169.6 million for about 110 clients.

Benjamin Bigler is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience. He currently serves at AspenRidge Wealth Advisors and previously worked at Ameriprise for 20 years. He is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating approximately 10% of his time to insurance sales and implementation of insurance recommendations. AspenRidge Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and a long-term investment approach, constructing diversified portfolios using a range of asset types and offering customized asset allocations with ongoing monitoring and reporting.

Thomas Holloway is a financial advisor at Heritage Retirement Advisors, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Sabre Inc. since 1988. Heritage Retirement Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement-plan sponsors and participants, providing portfolio management, written financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary services. The firm employs a model-based investment approach centered on a seven-facet Total Client Profile and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Mark Berry is a financial advisor with Purewater Capital, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Purewater Capital Management LLC since 2012 and has experience at Woodbury Financial Services and Equitable Advisors. Berry also serves as an insurance agent with Purewater Risk Management LLC, a non-investment business focused on the sale of insurance products. Purewater Capital, LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as businesses and pension plans. The firm uses both fundamental and technical analysis to manage portfolios on a discretionary basis aligned with client investment policies.

Timothy Hatcher is a financial advisor at Purewater Capital, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Purewater Capital since 2019, following prior roles at Pacific Advisory Capital Group and Axa Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, Hatcher serves on the boards of Cowtown Warriors, a nonprofit supporting wounded and disabled veterans, and The Cliburn, an organization promoting classical piano, and he is the head tennis coach for the boys’ program at Fort Worth Country Day School. Purewater Capital serves individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and business entities by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and third-party money manager recommendations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and uses both long- and short-term strategies, including options writing and margin transactions, under discretionary authority tailored to client investment policies.

Derek Dansby is a CFP® with 19 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Brazos Wealth Advisors LLC and previously worked at Dansby Wealth Management LLC, 360 Wealth Management, LPL Financial, and Edward Jones. He serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls. Brazos Wealth Advisors provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory to tailor portfolios, and it maintains an affiliation with a law practice offering estate and legal implementation assistance.

Gary Wood is a financial advisor at Concorde Investment Management with 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Concorde since 1981. Concorde Investment Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, trusts, estates, corporations, limited partnerships, and other private entities. The firm employs a value-and-income investment approach with a focus on fundamental analysis, managing separately managed accounts and advising an in-house mutual fund, while also offering consulting services related to private pooled investment vehicles.

Austin Smith is a CFP®, CFA®, and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Schulz Wealth, Ltd. since 2018 and previously worked at TCG Advisors, Intrust Fiduciary, and South Western. Schulz Wealth, Ltd. serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, 529 plans, and small businesses, combining investment management with financial planning. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with goal-based planning, employing diversified portfolios that include active and passive investments, and utilizes Betterment as a sub-manager for smaller accounts.

Robert Brauer is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Snider Advisors in Irving, TX. He has been with Chronim Investments, now part of Snider Advisors, since 2014. Snider Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to individual and corporate clients, employing a rules-based, income-oriented strategy known as the Snider Investment Method. The firm manages approximately $216 million in assets across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, and offers technology-enabled tools alongside portfolio management and educational workshops.

Ansley Bridges is a financial advisor at Lexington Hill Partners, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Lexington Hill Partners in 2023, Bridges worked at The Welch Group, LLC and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Lexington Hill Partners advises individuals and high-net-worth families, including trusts and corporate entities, providing discretionary investment management alongside limited consulting services such as personal budgeting, trustee duties, philanthropy coordination, and estate planning facilitation. The firm focuses on long-term, low-turnover portfolios with a diversified asset allocation and offers formal family office–style consulting and due diligence on private equity and alternative investments.

John Rubottom Jr. is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently with Cottonwood Capital Advisors in Irving, TX. He previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network for seven years before joining Cottonwood Capital. Cottonwood Capital Advisors provides financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, other advisers, and private funds. The firm combines advisor-led portfolio construction with model portfolios and asset allocation, and serves as a fund sponsor and private-fund adviser managing pooled vehicles and special purpose vehicles for qualified clients.

Yuan Fang is a financial advisor at Leo Wealth Americas, LLC with a Series 65 designation and seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining Leo Wealth Americas in 2019, Yuan worked at Cistri for one year and Waters Economics for four years. Leo Wealth Americas provides portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and access to alternative funds for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a mix of systematic and discretionary strategies, emphasizing diversification, tax efficiency, and low-cost ETF implementation while conducting thorough due diligence of third-party managers.

William Caldwell III is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving at Guidestone Advisors. His prior work includes roles at GuideStone Financial Resources and experience with several organizations such as Whole Foods and Breaking Free Ministries. Guidestone Advisors, LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm utilizes model portfolios focused on affiliated GuideStone Funds and applies a faith-based investing policy in its recommendations.

Shabana Nathoo is a financial advisor with Navigo Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 66 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 16 years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Wells Fargo Investments, Ameriprise, and a period as a traveling expatriate. She also serves as a teaching assistant at Rice University. Navigo Wealth Management provides advisory services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as corporations and business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and an automated discretionary portfolio management platform, using written Investment Policy Statements and model portfolios to structure client relationships.