Brent Miller is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Benefit Financial Services Group since 2023 and previously spent eight years at Gradient Analytics. Benefit Financial Services Group serves a diverse client base including individual investors, families, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, institutional pension consulting, and tax preparation services, with an investment approach focused on diversified, outcome-oriented portfolios across multiple asset classes.

Jason Kalman is a financial advisor with Schnieders Capital Management, LLC. He holds a Series 65 designation and has experience in both institutional and wealth management roles, including positions at Straight Arrow Capital Management and Whittier Trust Company. Kalman completed a Master’s of Finance and a Bachelor’s in Business at the University of Nevada Reno. Schnieders Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation and long-term holdings, while maintaining flexibility for short-term strategies.

Brandon Yee is a financial advisor at Versant Capital Management, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Versant Capital Management since 2015. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Versant Capital Management provides investment management, financial planning, and family office services to high-net-worth individuals, families, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm combines traditional wealth management with an automated ETF program, managing approximately $1.24 billion in client assets.

Paul Phillips Jr. is a financial advisor at Synergy Asset Management, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has been with Synergy since 2023. Phillips also serves as a FINRA arbitrator, hearing industry-related cases. He owns intellectual property that he leases to nonprofits. Synergy Asset Management provides wealth management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth investors, business owners, trusts, retirement plans, and other advisors. The firm uses tactical asset allocation combined with fundamental and technical analysis across proprietary strategies and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and family office services.

Clinton Carpenter is a financial advisor at Eckman Wealth Management, LLC in Phoenix, AZ, with 15 years at the firm and 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Carpenter owns and operates CLC Tax, LLC, through which he prepares individual tax returns. He also occasionally provides AML audits for unaffiliated firms. Eckman Wealth Management is a small team adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and estates. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, employing a top-down, macro-driven approach that emphasizes asset allocation, primarily using ETFs, mutual funds, and select individual securities.

Joshua Becker is a financial advisor at Kingdom Financial Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with Fullerton Financial Planning and Kingdom Financial Group since 2019. Becker is also the owner and Managing Partner of Impele Holdings LLC, an investment company focused on private enterprises in Southern and Eastern Africa. Kingdom Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual clients through discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial plans, and educational seminars. The firm manages approximately $520.9 million in discretionary assets and serves around 1,785 clients with a team of 18 advisors.

Steven Fullerton is a financial advisor with Kingdom Financial Group, LLC in Peoria, Arizona, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. He has operated Fullerton Financial Planning since 2011, providing financial planning strategies and insurance services. Outside of finance, he is a member of the Fullerton Foundation, a charitable nonprofit organization. Kingdom Financial Group primarily serves individual clients with personalized financial planning and consulting, offering a range of services from comprehensive plans to ongoing consultations. The firm outsources investment analysis and portfolio management to third parties while maintaining client communication and suitability oversight.

Kurtis Knobbe is a financial advisor at Bledsoe Asset Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked in various roles with the City of Phoenix since 2011, including serving as a Fire Captain in the Phoenix Fire Department. Bledsoe Asset Management serves members of the public safety community, their families, and a range of individual clients, offering asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses strategic model portfolios tailored to client needs and employs both long-term and active trading strategies, including options and derivatives, with a focus on optimizing retirement benefits for public safety employees.

Thomas Dupree is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He currently works at Dupree Financial Group, LLC and has prior experience at Strategy Financial Group as well as brief roles outside the financial sector. Dupree Financial Group is a team-based firm managing approximately $404 million in client assets, focusing on discretionary portfolio and asset management for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional accounts. The firm emphasizes a modified value-focused, bottom-up investment approach tailored to retirees and those planning for retirement.

Bryan Snapp is a Series 65-licensed advisor with SLP Wealth in Phoenix, AZ. He joined the firm in 2025 and previously worked at PetSmart Inc. for 17 years. Bryan has no prior advisory industry experience. SLP Wealth is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual clients and small-business owners with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and 401(k) services. The firm uses diversified, risk-based portfolios with no-load mutual funds and ETFs, and it maintains a large office network relative to its size.

William Mitton is a financial advisor at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC and Raymond James Financial Services. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for around 853 clients. The firm provides comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, using a blend of asset allocation and security selection strategies.

Nadyne Abubo is a financial advisor with Fortem Financial Group, LLC in Phoenix, AZ. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Fortem Financial Group since 2024. Her prior work experience includes roles in the restaurant and service industries as well as employment at a non-denominational Christian church. Fortem Financial Group provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm uses client-specific financial plans and diversified portfolios, employing tools such as modern portfolio theory and quantitative optimization.

Gregory Smith is a CFA® charterholder at L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP with four years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2005, which operates as a multi-advisor team. L. Roy Papp & Associates provides customized investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, foundations, corporations, and investment companies. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented approach focusing on domestic equities, fixed income, ETFs, and mutual funds, and it manages roughly $1.5 billion in client assets.

Kristofer Venezia is a financial advisor at Eckman Wealth Management, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in media and broadcasting roles, including as a per diem host at WNYC and freelance writer. Venezia also produces podcasts at Fordham University. Eckman Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and estates, managing approximately tens of millions of dollars across several hundred relationships. The firm uses a top-down, macro-driven investment approach focused on asset allocation and generally implements portfolios with ETFs, mutual funds, and select individual securities.

Robert Korljan is a financial advisor at Eaton-Cambridge Inc. with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior roles include positions at 724 Capital, Johnson Wealth Management, and various tax advisory firms. Korljan serves on the boards of Solid Rock, a vocational training organization for teens, Scalpel at the Cross, a medical services provider in Peru, and Bone Foam Inc., a privately held company. Eaton-Cambridge provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, tax services, and estate-planning to individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, typically serving clients with assets at or above $500,000. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory and the efficient-market hypothesis, utilizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs to build diversified portfolios while offering ongoing discretionary supervision and third-party manager oversight.

Cody Ashton is a financial advisor at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at multiple firms including Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Ashton also maintains fixed insurance agent activities alongside his advisory role. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for about 853 clients, including high-net-worth individuals and pension plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning using a mix of asset-allocation and security-selection techniques, employing various investment vehicles such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, options, structured products, and cryptocurrencies.

Harry Papp is a CFA® charterholder with 25 years of industry experience based in Phoenix, AZ. He has worked at L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP since 1981. L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP provides customized investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, foundations, corporations, and other entities. The firm follows a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented approach focused on domestic equities and fixed income, and it serves as adviser to a registered mutual fund while managing approximately $1.5 billion in client assets through a multi-advisor team structure.

Jennifer Smiljanich is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with SJS Investment Services since 2017 and previously worked at SJS Investment Consulting, Inc. from 2010 to 2017. SJS Investment Services serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, institutional investors, and public entities, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan fiduciary services, and consulting. The firm’s investment process features diversified model portfolios monitored by an internal Investment Committee and includes a specialized public-funds practice with tailored cash-flow analysis and detailed reporting.

Elizabeth Shabaker is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience and has been with Versant Capital Management, Inc. since 2010. She holds a Series 65 license and works out of Phoenix, AZ. Versant Capital Management provides investment management, financial planning, and family office services to high-net-worth individuals, families, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm offers both high-touch wealth management and an automated ETF-based portfolio program, managing approximately $1.24 billion in client assets.

Matthew Baum is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP since 2016. The firm provides investment management services to individual clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit sharing plans, and other entities, managing both discretionary and nondiscretionary accounts with approximately $1.62 billion in assets. L. Roy Papp & Associates employs a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented investment approach supported by an in-house research team and serves both high-net-worth individuals and investment company clients, including acting as adviser to a registered mutual fund.