Tyler Snyder is a financial advisor at Eversource Wealth Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Eversource, he worked at Grady Financial Network and Pierce Lane Partners, and spent 13 years at TriMet. He owns Strahorn Consulting LLC, a small business consulting firm, and is a licensed insurance agent. Beginning in August 2025, Tyler will deliver financial presentations to employees of Costco and other companies in the Pacific Northwest through My Secure Advantage. Eversource Wealth Advisors serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, families, estates, trusts, charitable foundations, broker-dealers, retirement plans, and other RIAs. The firm provides wealth management, financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services through a national network of advisors, using multiple investment programs and a comprehensive investor profiling process.

Paul Viren is a ChFC® with 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Merit Financial Advisors and has held prior roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Mariner Independent Advisor Network, LPL Financial Corporation, and Strategic Wealth Advisors Group. Outside of advising, he is an artist who creates and exhibits pens in local galleries, serves as chairperson for the Whitworth Presbyterian Church Endowment Committee, and is co-authoring a book aimed at educating financial advisors and investors. Merit Financial Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 260 advisors serving more than 20,000 clients across 66 offices. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified portfolios managed through centrally overseen sleeves and models, offering customizable investment solutions supported by an internal Investment Management team and committee.

Devin Paine is a financial advisor with Advisory Solutions Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and five years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Wealth Enhancement Group, Palouse Capital Management, PFS Investments Inc., Primerica Financial Services, and a prior career at Intel. He is also the owner of The Success Promise, LLC, a business entity established for investment-related purposes. Advisory Solutions Group serves retail clients through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and provides turnkey business and back-office services to other registered investment advisory firms. The firm employs diversified portfolios using quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis and supports RIAs with model implementation, account administration, and management of external retirement assets.

Kevin Zickler is a financial advisor at MissionSquare Retirement with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., and several other firms. Outside of his advisory role, he coaches youth soccer for the Spokane Youth Sports Association. MissionSquare Retirement serves state and local government employers, their employees, and certain nonprofit entities by providing plan administration, recordkeeping, education, and advisory services for deferred compensation and qualified retirement plans. Their Guided Pathways Advisory Services deliver personalized investment advice and managed accounts supported by Morningstar Investment Management’s models and analysis.

Gary Markham is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Spokane, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 25 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, MSI Financial, and Pillar Financial Group. He is also the owner of Spokane Small Business Benefits, LLC, a private entity focused on insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and manages roughly $213 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

David Gordon is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Hightower Advisors and has previously worked at Ten Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC and Mutual Advisors, LLC. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and retirement consulting.

David Pollock is a financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co. in Spokane, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with D.A. Davidson & Co. since 2006. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, comprehensive financial planning, and a private wealth program for clients with significant net worth, operating under the Advisers Act fiduciary standard.

Johnny Johnston is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Spokane, WA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role at Valic Financial Advisors since 2005, he has also been associated with Agia since 2022, where he serves as an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Jillian Bell is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Spokane, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has been with VALIC Financial Advisors since 2014 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. VALIC Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models for portfolio construction.

Jonah Bies is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Fortis Financial Partners and Waymaker Wealth Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as an insurance agent, selling life, health, disability, annuities, and long-term care insurance. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, foundations, and institutions through a large network of partner offices and more than 600 advisors. The firm employs a discretionary investment approach using model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis with third-party sub-advisors and customization tools, focusing on retirement plan and institutional services.

Reid White is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors in Spokane, WA. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and its related entities for eight years. In addition to advising, he operates as an insurance agent providing life, disability, and long-term care insurance, as well as fixed annuities. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm employs multiple proprietary and third-party investment strategies and supports various account-level services such as lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Christopher Wright is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with Integrated Financial Services of Washington and Brookstone Capital Management since 2014. Wright also served at Moody Broadcasting for 29 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of the board of directors at the Genesis Institute and works as an independent insurance agent specializing in life, disability, and annuity products. Brookstone Capital Management provides fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a wide client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charitable organizations, other registered investment advisers, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions, delivering investment management primarily on a discretionary basis via various model portfolios and managed accounts.

Tyler Crume is a financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co. in Spokane, WA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Wells Fargo Bank. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including retirement plans, individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm operates under fiduciary standards and offers a range of services such as ERISA retirement plan advisory, financial planning, and wealth management, distinguishing itself with municipal advisory activities and affiliated custodial entities.

Carol Weems is a CFP® professional with 22 years of experience in financial advising. She is currently with Independent Financial Partners and has previously worked at Triad Advisors, Inc., Resources Investment Advisors, and LPL Financial. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved with CJK Investment Consultants, focusing on fixed insurance and annuity products. Independent Financial Partners is a nationwide firm serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients through a decentralized advisory model. The firm offers a range of services including investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan consulting, with notable capabilities in formal retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting.

Jerry Thew is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Spokane, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a Medicare and medical insurance agent and is involved in life insurance sales. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a broad range of clients including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements and employing various analytical approaches.

Brent Wise is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. He has worked at Ameritas Advisory Services and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., and he owns Wise Choice Planning, LLC. Additionally, he serves as a consultant for Spokane Valley Performing Arts (SVPAC). Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers fee-based asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and fiduciary services, utilizing a range of investment strategies and maintaining firm-level affiliations that support comprehensive client solutions.

Thomas Drynan is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Spokane, WA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. Since 2008, he has operated Drynan Strategic Financial Solutions, a firm brokering non-registered insurance products through various outside carriers. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types tailored to client objectives and specializes in advisory services connected to insurance and annuity products within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Collin Main is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Spokane, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF and its affiliated entities since 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing employer retirement plan relationships. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds and donor-advised fund advisory services.

Charissa Hatten is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Spokane, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Clay Trenz Financial Services/Acuity Wealth Advisors and Young Living Essential Oils. Outside of finance, she is an occasional guest speaker at churches and non-profits, drawing on her background in biblical studies, nonprofit leadership, and teaching. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and supports corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Nicholas Drynan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds a Series 66 license. He has two years of industry experience, including his current role at Drynan Strategic Financial Solutions. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base of individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.