Jonah Tivey is a financial advisor at Bella Wealth Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previous experience at Morgan Stanley and Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he works as an audio engineer at NTB Studios. Bella Wealth Management is a team-based investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management with a goals-based, tailored approach. The firm employs a range of investment vehicles and selects independent sub-advisors when appropriate, providing services on a discretionary-only basis.

Emma Foulkes is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. She is currently with Collective Wealth Partners, LLC, where she has worked since 2021. Prior to that, she spent seven years with Cambridge Investment Research. Outside of her advisory role, Foulkes is an author and speaker on financial education, owner of a financial television network, and serves on multiple nonprofit boards. She also volunteers as a subject matter expert for the CFP Board’s exam development. Collective Wealth Partners serves individuals, families, trusts, and businesses with investment management and financial planning services. The firm uses fundamental analysis to construct diversified portfolios and offers educational seminars and financial-wellness programs, including counseling targeted to women and minorities.

Ellis Carson II is a financial advisor at Sunbeam Capital Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for nine years before joining Sunbeam Capital Management in 2017. Sunbeam Capital Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm manages diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and alternative investments, applying a long-term, fundamentals-based investment approach tailored to each client.

Sandra Myburgh is a financial advisor at FERN Impact Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining FERN Impact Advisors, formerly Hunter Investment Partners, she worked at Hunter Investment Partners, LLC from 2017 to 2020. Myburgh is also the founder and CEO of FERN Impact Partners, LLC, which operates a private investment partnership focused on sustainable liquid equity investments using a Long/Short Equity Plus Impact strategy. FERN Impact Advisors serves individual and institutional investors through discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, offering separately managed accounts tailored to client objectives. The firm’s investment process combines a macroeconomic cyclical outlook with a proprietary model that integrates fundamental analysis, ESG/impact criteria, technical analysis, and firm-wide risk controls to implement strategic and tactical allocations.

Joseph Young is a financial advisor with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at 34 Financial, LLC. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc., Arkadios Capital LLC, ACG Wealth, Inc., and Triad Advisors, Inc. 34 Financial, LLC is a small advisory team managing approximately $101 million across about 90 client relationships, providing discretionary investment management and ongoing financial advice to individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and other institutions. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to develop client-specific investment policies and offers portfolio management that may include the use of margin, options, leveraged/inverse ETFs, and structured products.

Patrick Dailey is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Endurance Group, Inc. since 2016 and previously worked at Tailored Wealth Management and Capital Endurance Partners, LLC. He is also a licensed Georgia Real Estate Salesperson, occasionally using his license for personal property transactions. Capital Endurance Group provides wealth management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing goal-based asset allocation with ETFs and mutual funds. The firm employs a discretionary investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing low-cost, low-turnover securities and quantitative risk management.

Patrick Mueller is a financial advisor at Bella Wealth Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previous experience at Fusion Capital Management, Virtue Capital Management, and Retirement Wealth Advisors. Mueller is also the chapter president of the American Financial Education Alliance, where he teaches financial education classes. Bella Wealth Management is a team-based adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm employs a goals-based, tailored approach that combines strategic asset allocation, tactical adjustments, and active trading by independent managers.

Ryan Malec is a financial advisor at Unified Investment Management with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Fidelity Investments, ACG Wealth Inc, and Mercer Global Advisors. Unified Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as subadviser services to other independent advisers. The firm emphasizes equity-focused portfolios using a variety of analytical methods and offers financial planning at no additional charge to portfolio management clients.

Laura Rosenberg is a financial advisor at Hayes Wealth Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Hayes Wealth Advisors since 2023. Outside of her advisory role, Rosenberg is an optometrist at The Eye Gallery, an optometry practice she has been associated with since 2012. Hayes Wealth Advisors serves individual clients, retirement plans, and corporate clients by providing comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm has a niche focus on advising optometric practices and offers business-valuation and practice appraisal services alongside a primarily passive, ETF- and mutual fund-based investment approach.

Kendyl Strickland is a financial advisor with Strickland Davis Advisors LLC in Marietta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation and 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Investment Advisors Management, LLC since 1998 and is also a principal and CPA at Strickland & Company, P.C., an accounting firm where he devotes significant time during tax season. Strickland Davis Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on long-term, strategic asset allocation tailored to each client’s financial situation and partners with Savant Wealth Management for retirement plan services.

Craig Bober is a CFP® professional at Sard Wealth Management Group, LLC in Atlanta, GA. He has been with Sard Wealth since 2023 and previously worked at Osaic in 2023. Prior to entering the financial industry, he was employed by West Liberty University from 2019 to 2023. Sard Wealth Management Group provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and financial institutions. The firm’s investment approach is primarily long-term and customized, utilizing low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with the use of individual stocks, bonds, and derivative instruments as appropriate.

Michael Fortune II is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Hamilton Capital Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2021, following a three-year period at Hamilton Investment Counsel, LLC and two years at Fortune 401(K). Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Fortune Wealth Management, Inc., a non-investment-related business, and is a partner involved in general business development at Perseus Venture Partners, LLC. Hamilton Capital Partners provides asset management and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm uses a multi-disciplinary investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, quantitative, sector, and cyclical analysis to create customized portfolios consisting of various securities, which are actively monitored and rebalanced.

Ana Hata is a financial advisor with AKPRIDE Financial Services in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, Park Avenue Securities, and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as Membership Chair for the American Killfish Association, focusing on conservation and education related to freshwater fish. AKPRIDE Financial Services provides investment advisory, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and business consulting to individuals, families, business owners, and corporate plan sponsors. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and offers tailored portfolio management and financial planning services through platforms like eMoney and Orion.

Gary Gerald is a financial advisor with The Marin Group Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been with The Marin Group Inc. since 1999. The Marin Group Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a proprietary "Cycle Investing" methodology that uses economic cycles, fundamental analysis, and technical analysis to guide investment decisions across a diversified mix of asset types.

James Letson is a financial advisor with Letson Investment Management, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license, with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Letson Investment Management since 1987. Letson Investment Management, Inc. provides discretionary investment management services, including equity and fixed-income portfolio management, for a diverse client base ranging from individuals to institutional accounts. The firm employs fundamental and cyclical analysis in its investment process and manages portfolios on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and detailed quarterly reporting.

Robert Vavrina is a financial advisor at Centurion Advisory Group, Inc. with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at BV Associates, Okta, and Freedom Mortgage. Centurion Advisory Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm provides financial planning, investment management, retirement plan consulting, and project-based general consulting, using a long-term wealth-building approach with a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and investment history.

Sean O’Toole is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at 1776 Wealth LLC since 2017. Prior to this, he worked at UBS Financial Services Inc. for ten years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in multiple business ventures including financial technology software development through 1776ing LLC and business process improvement consulting via Clairvoyance Consulting LLC. 1776 Wealth LLC serves entrepreneurs, executives, and their families with integrated wealth management centered on financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and family office services. The firm manages approximately $372 million and emphasizes tailored portfolio strategies coordinated with tax and legal advisors, offering a broad range of investment options and extensive family office support.

Ravi Kahan is a financial advisor with Creative Financial Partners in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and over 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions with Osaic Advisory Services, Arbor Point Advisors, and Securities America. Outside of advisory work, he owns several business ventures, including a coworking space and an insurance agency. Creative Financial Partners offers financial planning and employee-benefit consulting primarily to individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm provides non-discretionary, client-directed advice based on fundamental analysis, with clients retaining implementation authority, and operates as a solo practitioner with multiple outside business affiliations.

David Budnik is a financial advisor with Carlyle Wealth Planning in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 63 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He also works as a CPA providing tax return preparation services. Carlyle Wealth Planning offers comprehensive financial planning and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutional entities. The firm focuses on non-discretionary planning and serves a small client base, advising on a wide range of investments while not directly managing client assets.

Manoj Madhavan is a CFP® and CFA® with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Oxford Chase Advisors LLC since 2013. Oxford Chase Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a model-driven investment process focused on publicly traded equities, ETFs, dividend-paying and preferred stocks, and warrants, managing approximately $83 million in discretionary assets across about 220 client relationships.