David Leuze is a financial advisor at Significant Wealth Partners LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill Lynch and Camping World prior to joining his current firm. Significant Wealth Partners serves individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses to construct customized investment strategies, including managed accounts and, when appropriate, referrals to third-party managers or alternative private investments.

Randolph Herzfeld is a financial advisor at Winslow Financial LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is the principal and founder of ActualWise Consulting LLC, an actuarial consulting firm. His prior experience includes roles at PRM Consulting Group, Centene, and Optum. Winslow Financial LLC advises individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, providing investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory approach with a focus on asset allocation and diversification, managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis for approximately 170 clients.

Edward Gjertsen II is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Engage Wealth Group, LLC since 2020 and previously spent 21 years at Mack Investment Securities. Outside of financial advising, he owns and operates GJERTSEN IMAGES, a photography business that sells prints of sports and wildlife subjects online. Engage Wealth Group provides investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and trusts. The firm develops individualized investment plans using fundamental and technical analysis and employs a range of strategies including the use of borrowing and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

David Johnson is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with 17 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been the principal advisor at ZHP Capital LLC since 2008 and serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix, teaching economics and finance courses. ZHP Capital LLC serves individual investors, trustees, and small businesses with portfolio management, investment consulting, pension consulting, and a subscription-style financial coaching service. The firm combines investment advisory services with accounting, bookkeeping, and tax-preparation offerings, focusing on long-term, diversified asset allocation and serving both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

John Ferguson is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Patrick M. Sweeney & Associates, Inc. He has worked at the firm since 2017 and was previously employed at Illinois Wesleyan from 2013 to 2017. Patrick M. Sweeney & Associates provides personalized investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and selective active strategies, tailoring client relationships through various advisory and planning engagements.

Nathaniel Kuhn is a financial advisor at Kuhn Wealth Management Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Kuhn Wealth Management since 2013, with prior experience at Concorde Investment Services and DAI Securities. He also serves as president of Chicagoland 1031 Exchange, advising on 1031 exchanges. Kuhn Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a wrap-fee only model, using fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, offering ETF-based strategies and access to third-party managers and platforms.

Alexander Arellano is a financial advisor at Lakeshore Capital Group, Inc. with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and serves as Director of Tax and Financial Planning at Lakeshore Tax Consulting Group, Inc., where he manages tax preparation tasks. His work history includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network and Clean Slate Bookkeeping and Tax. Lakeshore Capital Group, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers services including tax analysis, retirement and estate planning, insurance analysis, and education savings planning, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor asset allocations to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Kevin Yeoman is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Treetop Wealth Management, LLC since 2010. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and is based in Northfield, Illinois. Treetop Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes a risk-management, client-specific approach and uses tailored asset allocation with actively managed mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and alternative investments.

Scott Neubauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Wisdom Investments with two years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Solace Hospice & Palliative Care and Watershed Ministries, reflecting a diverse career path. Neubauer is based in Hoffman Estates, IL. Wisdom Investments offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, nonprofits, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis, providing tiered planning services and client education through seminars and workshops.

Katherine Kennedy is a financial advisor at Baldwin Financial Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previous experience working at Equitable Advisors. Baldwin Financial Advisors serves individual and small-business clients by providing modular financial planning, advisory consulting, and educational seminars. The firm focuses on consultative financial planning without offering portfolio management services, emphasizing diversification and coordination with tax and legal professionals.

Darrel Rolls is a financial advisor at North Shore Capital Group Investment Advisors, Inc with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with North Shore Capital Group since 2017. Outside of advisory work, he is the managing member of TabulaRasa Integrative Health Inc., a mental therapy practice. North Shore Capital Group Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with a long-term orientation, tailoring strategies to each client’s goals and risk tolerance.

Deborah Ittner is a financial advisor at Ahlbeck Financial with 20 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Cetera Investment Advisers LLC and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC prior to joining Ahlbeck. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as Assistant Treasurer for the Maine Township School Treasurer, providing accounting functions. Ahlbeck Financial offers portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, tailoring investment strategies to clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis, providing discretionary management across multiple asset classes with regular account reviews.

Barry Mendel is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Mendel Money Management Inc., where he has worked since 1989, totaling 37 years at the firm and 29 years of industry experience overall. He serves as assistant treasurer for Northbrook Baseball and sits on the board of directors for The Lodge of Northbrook. Mendel Money Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm manages approximately $317 million in client assets and employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, supplemented by third-party research, with a notable emphasis on the use of options and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Terrence Burke is a financial advisor at Trader Wealth Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience and a Series 65 designation. He previously worked at Rothschild Financial Partners, LLC and has been with Trader Wealth Management since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he provides consulting services to a family-owned painting business and prepares daily Corn volume and open interest reports for a CME broker. Trader Wealth Management serves primarily individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management with an emphasis on strategic and tactical asset allocation, global diversification, and personalized Investment Policy Statements.

David Murdoch is a partner at Lind Capital Partners with 18 years at the firm and nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been involved with LCP GP2, LLC since 2013. Lind Capital Partners manages approximately $167 million in discretionary assets for high-net-worth individuals, business entities, and other registered investment advisers. The firm focuses on municipal fixed-income separately managed accounts and the Lind Capital Municipal Credit Income Fund, emphasizing current income through high-yield, tax-exempt municipal securities and employing fundamental and technical analysis alongside discretionary portfolio management.

Nicklaus Streit is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Highview Capital Management, LLC since 2020. Prior to this, he worked at BMO Private Bank for five years. Highview Capital Management LLC provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods to implement asset allocation strategies and emphasizes ongoing monitoring and rebalancing tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Connor Hickey is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He currently works at The Invictus Collective, LLC and previously was employed at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and US Bank. Hickey also spent four years at The University of Chicago and nine years at the Chicago Golf Club. The Invictus Collective provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to a concentrated client base including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors both domestically and internationally. The firm employs diversified portfolios constructed with independent managers, ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and structured products, using a process informed by Modern Portfolio Theory and an internal Investment Committee.

Ian Kos is a financial advisor at Tetley Investments, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Tetley Investments since 2012 and has served as a teaching assistant at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business since 2011, where he prepares class materials and grades MBA-level coursework. Tetley Investments provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and trusts. The firm employs a disciplined investment process combining quantitative and fundamental research with a global asset-allocation perspective, managing portfolios with a long-term horizon and a range of asset types.

Daniel Peters is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at several firms, including Securian Financial Services and Gcg Financial, before joining Prism Planning Partners in 2018. He holds the Series 66 designation and is based in Libertyville, Illinois. Prism Planning Partners is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $241.5 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing diversified, passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, complemented by multiple third-party managers and services for portfolio construction and oversight.

Kevin Mccloskey is a CFA® charterholder and an investment advisor at SCV Capital LLC with six years of industry experience. He has worked at SCV Capital since 2021 and previously spent 13 years at PPM America Inc. SCV Capital LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management primarily to pooled investment vehicles and institutional clients such as banks, pension funds, and nonprofit organizations. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis for public equities and thorough reviews of private securities, emphasizing long-term strategies while allowing for shorter-term adjustments based on client needs.