Montel Hawkins is a financial advisor at Modern Wealth LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including Terra Wealth Management, Renaissance Marriott, and Thompson Financial Group. Hawkins is also a founding partner of Modern Wealth Insurance Services LLC, an insurance agency offering life, disability, long-term care, and annuity products. Modern Wealth LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, and employee benefit plans. The firm employs a blend of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, focusing on ETF- and mutual fund-based allocations with a long-term investment horizon.

Todd Bendell is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Optima Capital Management. He has previously worked at Merrill Lynch and is a general partner at Amphibian Capital, a private fund for alternative assets. Outside of finance, he teaches yoga, breathwork, and sound at Ecstatic Vinyasa in Phoenix. Optima Capital Management provides wealth and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm employs a goals-based process with discretionary portfolio management, combining multiple analysis methods, and offers client education through seminars and webinars.

Michael Bosen is a financial advisor at GBG Wealth Management LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Gallacher Capital Management LLC and Gallacher, Bosen & Goodman PLLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in tax preparation, accounting, and consulting through Gallacher, Bosen & Goodman PLLC. GBG Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting for corporations, plan sponsors, and select individual clients. The firm employs a consultative, objectives-driven approach and may allocate assets to third-party managers, including its affiliated adviser Gallacher Capital Management, LLC.

Andreas Hoefer is a financial advisor at West Coast Capital Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at West Coast Capital Management since 2021 and TrueNorth Retirement Planning since 2020. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed life and health insurance producer and owns TrueNorth Retirement Planning, LLC, which handles commission payments from insurance product sales. West Coast Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with retirement-focused financial planning, fee-based asset management, and consulting. The firm employs a combination of strategic, dynamic, and tactical investment methods based on Modern Portfolio Theory and quantitative analysis, tailoring portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Anthony Culotta is a Certified Financial Planner® with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Freedom Family Office, LLC in Mesa, AZ, where he has worked for one year following a 13-year tenure at Robert W. B. Freedom Family Office provides family office services and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and other private entities, focusing on multi-generational wealth coordination. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios based on written Investment Policy Statements, continuous monitoring, and fiduciary oversight.

Adam Skousen is a financial advisor at Harvard Avenue Investment Advisory with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Harvard Avenue since 2022. Outside of advising, he has been a student at Brigham Young University, where he also worked as a computer technician supporting the humanities department. Harvard Avenue Investment Advisory provides fee-only, discretionary portfolio management and financial planning for individual investors, including high-net-worth clients and retirement plans. The firm utilizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs with broad global diversification, and offers educational seminars and classes as part of its client services.

Cean Kenefick Rogers is a CFP®, CFA®, and holds a Series 66 license with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at WLTH Capital Management, LLC since 2025 and previously spent 10 years at Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as treasurer for the Wellington Estates Homeowner Association. WLTH Capital Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, cash-management solutions, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach and manages over $200 million in client assets while offering services such as 3(38) investment fiduciary roles for retirement plans and using third-party platforms for held-away account access.

Clay Kazmierski is a financial advisor at Exos Wealth Strategies, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Pangea Wealth Management for 15 years before joining Exos in 2023. Exos Wealth Strategies serves individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm constructs individualized asset allocations primarily using mutual funds and ETFs, conducts due diligence on private placements, and can operate in ERISA Section 3(21) or 3(38) fiduciary capacities.

Gabriel Sirvent is a financial advisor at Lifestyle Planning, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for four years at Keystone Law Firm. Lifestyle Planning provides investment advisory, financial planning, and boutique family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and business owners. The firm offers non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial plans, and a Retirement Management Office™ program, managing approximately $43 million in non-discretionary assets.

Barclay Vajda is a financial advisor at Embark Wealth Management, LLC in Tempe, AZ, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Charles Schwab, Merrill, and OneAmerica Securities. Mr. Vajda is also a licensed insurance agent. Embark Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and pension/profit-sharing plans with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses written Investment Policy Statements and fundamental analysis, employing long- and short-term trading and options strategies, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Kristopher Johnson is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Kai Wealth LLC since 2026. He previously worked at Raintree Capital Management, LLC and South Georgia Capital, LLC for eight years each, and Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. for sixteen years. Outside of Kai Wealth, Mr. Johnson serves as a portfolio manager for a private fund at Raintree Capital Management. Kai Wealth LLC provides investment management and advisory services to a select group of sophisticated clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations. The firm utilizes a multi-strategy investment approach incorporating quantitative modeling, manager selection, and derivatives, with investment authority centralized in a principal decision maker and oversight of subadvisors focused on due diligence.

Abbey Brennan is a financial advisor at Acute Investment Advisory in Mesa, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation with 13 years of industry experience. She has been with Acute Investment Advisory since 2015. Brennan holds an inactive real estate license in Arizona. Acute Investment Advisory manages approximately $200 million across over 660 client relationships, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual clients, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW households. The firm employs an ETF-centric investment approach supplemented by a range of securities and uses sub-advisers and third-party model portfolios for support.

Matthew Rogers is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Public Safety Financial/Galloway and has served in the City of Mesa Fire and Medical Department for over three decades. His background includes work with Modern Wealth Management, LLC and Galloway Asset Management, LLC. Public Safety Financial/Galloway serves public-sector entities, municipal defined contribution plans, and individual high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management and participant-level advisory services. The firm emphasizes financial education for public safety personnel and municipal plans and manages accounts through model portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

David Shelton is a financial advisor at Harvard Avenue Investment Advisory in Gilbert, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined the firm in 2026 and has prior experience with the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, where he worked for over 22 years. Harvard Avenue provides fee-only, discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual investors, including high-net-worth clients and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing low-cost, low-turnover mutual funds and ETFs, and includes educational seminars offered at no charge.

Annick Rodarte is a financial advisor with Wealth Guardian Advisory, PLLC, holding a Series 65 designation and eight years of industry experience. She has been with Wealth Guardian Advisory since 2017 and is also involved with Wealth Guardian Group, where she provides insurance sales and service, tax and accounting, and legal document preparation. Wealth Guardian Advisory, PLLC offers personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages portfolios based on documented Investment Policy Statements and employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, providing a range of planning services without account minimums.

Gilbert Gallahar Jr. is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Ensign Advisory Partners LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Enterprise, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and The Vanguard Group. Gallahar is involved in non-variable insurance activities associated with Prudential. Ensign Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, and ERISA retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory within a long-term trading approach, offering portfolio management and access to third-party platforms and model portfolios.

Sandeep Shah is a Series 65-licensed advisor at SmartAlpha Wealth Advisors LLC with three years of industry experience. He also serves as a Principal at NorthStar International Ventures, a technology consulting and advisory firm focused on software companies and the retail service industry. Shah devotes significant time to this non-investment-related business. SmartAlpha Wealth Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, providing continuous investment management alongside various financial planning services. The firm combines passive and active strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs tactical deviations, derivatives, and options within its strategic asset allocation.

Rodney Weeks is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience at WLTH Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC for six years and JPMorgan Chase & Co for three years. WLTH Capital Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, cash-management solutions, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a fundamental, generally long-term investment approach and manages over $200 million in client assets while offering specialized services such as 3(38) fiduciary responsibility for retirement plans and third-party platform integration for held-away accounts.

Eric Krueger is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He is affiliated with Krueger Financial, where he has worked since 2010, and has prior experience at Commonwealth Financial Network, OSAIC, Sagepoint Financial, LPL Financial, and National Planning Corporation. Krueger is a co-owner of Ascent Financial, LLC, a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Krueger Financial provides personalized financial and retirement planning services to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and estates, serving both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients. The firm emphasizes a long-term, tax-aware approach focused on broad asset-class exposure and asset allocation through funds, relying primarily on planning rather than continuous portfolio management or discretionary trading.

Joshua Johnson is a Series 65–licensed advisor with Templeton Financial Services Inc. in Chandler, AZ, where he has worked since 2018. He has four years of industry experience and previously spent ten years at Campus Crusade For Christ. Templeton Financial Services primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on income-producing fixed-income investments. The firm employs a conservative, income-oriented approach tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, and is notable for its transparency regarding third-party ratings, performance figures, and operational policies.