Gerald Seizert is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Heron Bay Capital Management since 2019 and previously spent 19 years at Seizert Capital Partners. He serves as an independent director for Advent Capital Management, a closed-end mutual fund company. Heron Bay Capital Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $644 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and institutional accounts. The firm employs a long-term strategy using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to build customized portfolios primarily of individual equities and low-cost ETFs, with selective use of bonds, options, and closed-end funds.

Aaron Cary is a financial advisor at Financial Freedom House with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Financial Freedom House since 2012, including a period affiliated with Triad Advisors. He is also appointed as an insurance agent, soliciting life, disability, and fixed annuity products. Financial Freedom House provides investment advisory, portfolio management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and qualified retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a fiduciary investment approach centered on Modern Portfolio Theory, strategic asset allocation using ETFs and index funds, and uses Monte Carlo simulation and ongoing financial-plan modeling to assess goal probabilities.

James Peters Jr. is a financial advisor with RPG Family Wealth Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has been with RPG Family Wealth Advisory and Risk Paradigm Group, LLC since 2016 and is also involved with Tactical Allocation Group, LLC, where he performs a limited administrative role. RPG Family Wealth Advisory operates under Risk Paradigm Group and offers tactical, ETF-focused investment strategies and customized portfolio management to financial intermediaries, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional clients. Their approach is policy-based and driven by proprietary quantitative and qualitative research, employing momentum and volatility algorithms alongside risk controls to manage allocations across ETFs and ETNs.

Benjamin Foor is a financial advisor at Verde Capital Management, Inc. in Clarkston, MI, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Verde Capital Management, he worked at The Budd Group and Jackson National Life Distributors LLC. He has been involved in a small exterior lighting business, which he is currently winding down to service past customers on a limited basis without new sales. Verde Capital Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, offering investment management, fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans, and financial planning. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis, employs diversified fund menus and synthetic strategies, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with educational seminars and multi-tiered financial coaching programs.

Wayne Bell Warren is a financial advisor at Gainplan LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and is also a licensed Michigan bar attorney, providing legal referrals outside of investment hours. Warren has been with Gainplan since 2015. Gainplan LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension, and corporate clients, utilizing a factor-based, top-down investment process that incorporates tactical and strategic asset allocation across various securities and derivatives. The firm also features an affiliated legal practice and discloses its use of derivatives and crypto-linked products in certain strategies.

Daniel Richmond is a financial advisor at Carrera Capital Advisors with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior roles include positions at American United Life, OneAmerica Securities, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Northwestern Mutual, and Woodbridge. Outside of advising, Richmond is involved as an employee benefits partner with Worklife Benefit Consultants, connecting business owners to employee benefits solutions. Carrera Capital Advisors serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and institutional entities with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses a multifaceted investment process combining quantitative tools, fundamental and technical analysis, and machine-learning techniques to construct diversified, tax-aware portfolios.

Connor Cloetingh is a financial advisor with DeRoy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel, Inc. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Key Private Bank, Ancora Advisors, and KeyBank Capital Markets Inc. DeRoy & Devereaux provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, pension plans, endowments, and municipalities. The firm employs a value-oriented, bottom-up fundamental investment approach across equities and fixed income, managing focused equity portfolios and distinct strategies on a mostly discretionary basis.

Morgan Cinader is a financial advisor with Verde Capital Management, Inc., holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Verde Capital Management, Morgan worked at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Hope College. Outside of finance, Morgan teaches barre fitness classes at Pure Barre Clarkston. Verde Capital Management serves individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, offering investment management, fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans, and financial planning. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis with diversified asset allocation and uses both discretionary and non-discretionary management strategies.

Avery Hasenauer is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience currently with Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC. He has held prior roles at Rehmann Capital Advisory Group, Rehmann Financial Network, Gleaner Financial, Sigma Financial Corporation, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Integrated Investment Consultants serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and government entities, offering investment management, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fundamental analysis and asset-allocation approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and provides specialized consulting for family offices and nonprofit endowments.

Noel Villajuan is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Diversified Portfolios, Inc. He has previously worked at Ford Estates, Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC, Sequoia Financial Group, LLC, Ljpr Financial Advisors, and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. Diversified Portfolios, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and wealth-management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm manages approximately $1.66 billion for about 606 clients and emphasizes long-term asset allocation, broad diversification, and cost-conscious use of low-cost passive and enhanced index funds.

Christopher Mac Kenzie is a CFP® and Series 65 licensed advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC and has previously worked at Gregory J. Schwartz & Co., Inc. and Telemus Capital, LLC. Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC provides investment and wealth management consulting to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, foundations, trusts, estates, and family offices. The firm uses fundamental security analysis combined with an asset allocation framework grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and offers specialized services including alternative pooled vehicle management and fiduciary services for ERISA plans.

Carl Szasz is a financial advisor at Verde Capital Management, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Verde Capital Management since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Szasz owns and manages Verde Real Estate and is a partner in Narrin Farms, LLC, a lakefront horse farm. He also serves as President of the Starbluff Homeowner's Association and manages Millpond Bed and Breakfast, an Airbnb rental property. Verde Capital Management serves individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses by providing investment management, fiduciary services, and financial planning. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, offers diversified fund menus, and uses synthetic instruments as part of its investment approach.

Kipatrick Mrkva is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Gainplan LLC since 2020 and previously spent 16 years with LPL Financial, LLC. Mrkva has been involved in outside sales of non-variable insurance. Gainplan LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension, and corporate clients using a factor-based, top-down investment approach that incorporates tactical and strategic asset allocation with various securities, including ETFs and derivatives. The firm also offers estate-planning and contract services through an affiliated legal practice and emphasizes transparency in its investment strategies and operational policies.

Eric Tomaszewski is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Verde Capital Management, Inc. since 2013. He contributes to the Index Cooperative, a decentralized community focused on developing and promoting crypto structured tokens, assisting their institutional business team and broader community. Verde Capital Management serves individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, offering investment management, fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans, and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with diversified fund menus and may use derivatives and synthetic strategies to manage portfolio exposure and efficiency.

Adam Rivett is a financial advisor with Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Resources Investment Advisors since 2019 and Gwfs Equities, Inc. since 2016. Outside of financial advising, he owns an Etsy business creating and selling woodworking projects such as tables, wall art, and shutters. Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC provides investment and wealth management consulting to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental security analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to tailor portfolios and offers specialized consulting and alternative investment options through affiliated pooled vehicles.

Stacey Gomez is a financial advisor at Planning Alternatives Ltd with 16 years of industry experience. She holds her Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Planning Alternatives Ltd since 2009. Planning Alternatives Ltd provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-based investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and offers Family Office services along with fiduciary and Section 3(38) investment management for qualified retirement plans.

Dominik Isham is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience at Northern Financial Advisors, Inc. He has been with the firm since 2017 and previously spent five years at Michigan State University. Northern Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients through holistic financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm uses a Functional Asset Allocation™ framework that considers clients’ life circumstances and tax profiles to tailor portfolio strategies, often managing accounts on a discretionary basis and incorporating third-party sub-advisors when appropriate.

Jeffrey Wardlow is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at DeRoy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel, Inc. in Bloomfield Hills, MI, with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with DeRoy & Devereaux since 2004. DeRoy & Devereaux provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, pension plans, endowments, and municipalities. The firm employs a value-oriented, bottom-up fundamental investment approach across market capitalizations and bond sectors, managing focused equity portfolios and distinct strategies on a discretionary basis.

Richard Keil is a financial advisor at William Mack & Associates Inc with eight years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and has worked at William Mack & Associates since 2019. Keil has prior experience at a mutual fund management company and has been involved with Keil & Associates, P.C. since 1988. He is also president of Payroll Express, Inc., a payroll service firm. William Mack & Associates is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $820 million for nearly 1,000 clients. The firm serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities through a team of ten advisors, emphasizing diversified, tax-efficient, low-cost investment strategies using mutual funds and ETFs.

John Devine is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently with MKD Wealth in Troy, MI. His prior roles include positions at Integrated Capital Management, JP Morgan Securities LLC, and Northwestern Mutual. MKD Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, family office coordination, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $505 million in assets and offers model portfolios across a range of risk levels, incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, alternative investments, and digital assets.