Steven Lindeman is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services based in Denver, CO. He holds the Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience, having previously worked sixteen years in the oil and gas sector with Ovintiv Oil & Gas. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and military personnel abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Klint Armitstead is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including New York Life Insurance Company and Colorado Retirement Association. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by direct indexing and selective private market exposure, managing over $295 billion in client assets.

Vito Desimone is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Greenwood Village, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 14 years of industry experience. He has been with GWFS Equities, INC since 2012. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and savings rates through a point-in-time financial planning approach.

Rebeca Melendez is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2000, with a brief tenure at Transamerica Retirement Advisors. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management, including customized portfolios and model-based strategies.

Steven Bresler is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in Golden, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and having 42 years of industry experience. He has worked at PlanMember since 2020 and previously held roles at Empower Retirement and GWFS Equities. Outside of his advisory work, Bresler serves as Vice President of Business Development for Client 4 Life, a business software sales company. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary and offering participant-level investment options through unitized, risk-based mutual fund portfolios. The firm supports plan sponsors and participants with education and planning services, operating with a top-down strategic asset allocation process.

Cary Chapman is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. He is based in Denver, CO, and has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2005. Prior to that, he held roles at Rocky Mountain Wealth Advisors, Curian Capital, and Prima Capital Management. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm offers portfolio management, financial and estate planning, philanthropy advisory, and Family Office services, employing a customized investment approach supported by internal teams and committees.

Ryan Mitchell is a CFP® professional at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include seven years each at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Win Wealth Management, Inc. Additionally, he worked in media relations at the University of Denver for 15 years. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management services. The firm’s investment approach blends active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside specialized tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Stuart Henderson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including GWFS Equities, Inc., Packerland Brokerage Services, United Advisors Corporation, and Alliance America Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with the Wisconsin Amateur Feld Trial Club as a board member of a dog training club. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as retail clients through Empower Premier IRA and brokerage accounts. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and offers both financial planning and managed account solutions.

Matthew Vibert is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Empower Advisory Group and has previously worked at Personal Capital and Janus Management Holdings Corp. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with affiliated Empower entities’ recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasizes long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and client savings rates in its planning approach.

Jordan Dechtman is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 36 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at PURSHE KAPLAN STERLING INVESTMENTS, Inc., Dechtman Wealth Management, LLC, and Securities America Advisors, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is a part owner of Dtown Fitness, LLC, a fitness business based in Centennial, CO. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a manager selection approach with both affiliated and third-party managers. The firm’s services include discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, supported by proprietary research and a variety of investment options including mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Michelle Sandt Wade is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. and was previously with Transitions Wealth Management, LLC. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and related planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and strategic use of low-cost index vehicles.

Joshua Fremit is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Denver, CO. His prior experience includes roles at Mariner Wealth Advisors and Equitable Advisors, LLC. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with investment advisory services, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning, as well as family office services. The firm’s investment approach employs globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios utilizing low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and private fund platforms, alongside various specialized advisory and educational offerings.

Alexandra Schmidt is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in Denver, CO, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. She previously worked at Northstar Investment Advisors and has held roles at Fine Expectations, LLC and Hair Ventures, LLC earlier in her career. Beacon Pointe Advisors serves individual investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients by providing wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions. The firm employs a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, utilizing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Megan Sandbothe is a Certified Financial Planner® with 19 years of industry experience. She has worked at \u0026Partners since 2024 and previously spent 18 years at Edward Jones. \u0026Partners serves a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and private businesses. The firm offers investment management and a range of financial and tax planning services, utilizing a blend of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analyses along with both proprietary and third-party strategies.

Timothy Hardy is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Westminster, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2018 and previously was associated with Rick P Cline Agency, DBA All Access Insurance & 303 Insurance Brokers, and Hardie And Co LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in property and casualty insurance sales through the Rick P Cline Agency. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, featuring proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Jason Sandry is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in financial advising. He currently works at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC and has previously been with IWP Wealth PCA, LLC, Aveo Capital Partners, LLC, and Stephen A. Kohn & Associates, Ltd. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm operates with Partner-led Teams supported by a centralized Investment Department and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Joy Rollins is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones for 19 years. Outside of her advisory role, she performs as a pianist for a church in Lakewood, Colorado. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital portfolio strategy that uses approved mutual fund and ETF models managed by PNC or third parties.

Eddie Holguin Sosa is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TIAA, Robinhood Markets, Inc., and Bank of the West. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm operates through an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Daniel Moore is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Greenwood Village, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and 14 years of industry experience. He has been advising clients at Advised Assets Group, LLC since 2014. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain IRA and retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasize long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates.

Ruel Borromeo is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Greenwood Village, Colorado, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Empower Advisory Group, he worked at Infosys BPM Limited and several other firms in various roles. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.