Rukmini Sunkara is a financial advisor with Oasis Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Ernst & Young and Primerica, among others. She is also engaged in insurance sales and operates as a registered representative with Cape Securities Inc. and an investment adviser representative with Terra Wealth Management. Oasis Advisors offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $278 million for nearly 5,000 clients using a team-based approach and employs fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods across a diverse range of investment instruments.

Valerie Wilson is a financial advisor at Decker Wealth Management, LLC in Nashville, TN, with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Decker Wealth Management since 2009. Decker Wealth Management serves individual clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses by providing financial planning, consulting, and investment management. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios based on risk tolerance and time horizon, using asset allocation and tax-aware security selection, with an investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Nishann La Nata is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience, currently with Craft Wealth Services. His prior roles include financial planning and advisory positions at First Command Financial Planning and Waddell & Reed. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner in Lebanon Sisterhood, where he contributes to event planning, promotion, and social media administration. Craft Wealth Services provides investment advisory and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering portfolio management and standalone planning with a value-oriented, long-term investment approach that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis alongside tactical allocation and options strategies.

Jonathan Walker is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Paul Winkler, Inc. since 2006. His background includes long-term work within the same firm, where he operates as part of an 11-advisor team. Paul Winkler, Inc. provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, business owners, and corporate clients. The firm’s investment approach is tailored to client-specific goals and risk tolerance, using modern portfolio theory and multi-factor analysis, and it offers public investor education through workshops, a subscription coaching program, online courses, and authored books.

John Brewington is a financial advisor at SageGuard Financial Group, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining SageGuard, he worked at Allstate and has held various roles in nonprofit and church organizations. SageGuard Financial Group provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, and subadviser services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management and conducts public educational seminars as part of its client outreach.

Chad Wood is a Series 65 licensed advisor at SageGuard Financial Group, LLC with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Alphastar Capital Management, LLC and Pineywoods Financial, where he has also served as an account manager. Outside of his advisory work, he was involved with Muy Grande Outdoors LLC and TW Group LLC. SageGuard Financial Group provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, and subadviser services to a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm offers a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and conducts educational seminars as part of its client outreach.

Christian Von Allmen is a financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently with 724 Capital, LLC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at multiple firms, including Jackson National Life Distributors LLC for 20 years and several other financial services companies. Outside of his advisory role, he is also involved as an independent insurance agent and serves as Chief Distribution Officer at Bonsai LLC. 724 Capital, LLC manages approximately $259 million for individuals, corporate clients, and retirement plans, providing portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning. The firm uses a combination of model allocations and individualized plans, integrating various analytical methods and generally operates with discretionary trading authority on behalf of its clients.

Gerald Fiess is a financial advisor with Ventura Wealth Management in Nashville, TN, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ventura Wealth Management in 2021, he worked at Alliance Bernstein Global Fund Administration from 2019 to 2021 and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch from 2011 to 2019. Ventura Wealth Management provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, using a model-based investment approach focused on asset allocation and risk control.

Kristopher Whipple is a financial advisor at Pinkerton Wealth Partners in Nashville, TN, holding a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at CoreCap Advisors and has operated his own firm, Kristopher Curtis Financial, where he sells life insurance and fixed index annuities. Pinkerton Wealth Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a customized, formula-driven investment process combining active, passive, and tactical strategies and offers a range of model portfolios and fiduciary services.

Aaron Zauner is a financial advisor with Caldwell Advisors, LLC in Brentwood, Tennessee, holding a Series 66 credential and 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Caldwell Advisors and LPL Financial in 2021, he worked at Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2021. Outside of his advisory role, Zauner serves as an assistant football coach at Brentwood Middle School. Caldwell Advisors, LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser with a five-person team managing approximately $339 million for around 482 clients. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, and foundations, offering tailored portfolio management and financial planning services that combine fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes.

Adam Schooley is a financial advisor at Fielder Capital Group LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Strategic Financial Partners, Morgan Stanley, and Raymond James, as well as teaching positions at Belmont University and Hendersonville High School. Fielder Capital Group LLC serves individual and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement-plan fiduciary management. The firm employs strategic asset allocations across various investment vehicles and provides a formal Family Office offering alongside private-asset solutions and ERISA 3(38) fiduciary services.

Jonathan Ameen is a financial advisor at Impact Capital Partners LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services for 18 years. Impact Capital Partners LLC provides advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and implementation through third-party managers, typically providing discretionary portfolio management with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.

Francis Bass III is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Lee, Danner & Bass, Inc. since 1999. Lee, Danner & Bass, Inc. provides discretionary investment management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, employing a long-term, disciplined process that combines top-down macro and asset-allocation analysis with bottom-up security selection and active fixed-income management. The firm manages approximately $2 billion in discretionary assets across six advisors.

Brian Kopinski is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has been with Woodmont Investment Counsel, LLC since 2021 and previously worked at Harris Associates LP for nine years. Woodmont Investment Counsel provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and counsel primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and corporations. The firm constructs balanced portfolios tailored to clients’ financial circumstances, incorporating equities, fixed income, alternative investments, and considerations for estate, tax, insurance, and retirement planning.

Nicole Hughes is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Woodmont Investment Counsel, LLC since 2021 and was previously with SBK Financial, Inc. for six years. Woodmont Investment Counsel provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and counsel to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and corporations. The firm constructs balanced portfolios tailored to clients’ financial circumstances, incorporating equities, fixed income, and alternative investments with consideration for estate, tax, insurance, and retirement factors.

James Baker III is a financial advisor at Tranquility Partners, LLC in Brentwood, TN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Tranquility Partners since 2015. Tranquility Partners offers wealth management and portfolio management services to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and provides family office services such as financial planning, cash-flow analysis, wealth transition coordination, and charitable initiative support. The firm’s seven-advisor team manages nearly $1 billion in client assets, employing a range of analytical methods and investing across a broad universe with both long- and short-term strategies.

David Perez is a financial advisor at SageGuard Financial Group, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at SageGuard and Alphastar Capital Management LLC, as well as Regions Bank. Perez is the owner and founder of Union Financial Services, LLC, a business focused on annuity and life insurance sales and planning. SageGuard Financial Group, LLC provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, and subadviser services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation across diverse model portfolios and investment sleeves, and conducts educational seminars to introduce services to prospective clients.

Bryan Fastenau is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at HMS Capital Management since 2018 and previously spent 30 years at US Trust. He is based in Nashville, TN. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm employs fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios that include a mix of domestic and foreign equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, and it also offers specialized strategies such as a Tactical Hedge overlay.

Skye Mejia is a financial advisor at Creative Investment Group with eight years of industry experience and a Series 66 credential. Prior to joining Creative Investment Group in 2025, Mejia worked at LPL Financial LLC, Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. Outside of advisory work, Mejia is an investor in a quick-service restaurant business in Nashville. Creative Investment Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities by providing personalized financial planning and investment management through a team-based approach. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to construct primarily equity-focused portfolios while incorporating a broad range of asset classes, and it also offers retirement-plan fiduciary and held-away account services.

Jordan Zuger is a financial advisor at Key Capital Management, Inc. in Hendersonville, TN, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Key Capital Management, he worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC during 2025. Outside of his advisory role, Zuger serves as a referee for Hendersonville Parks and Recreation basketball games. Key Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses model portfolios incorporating technical, fundamental, and modern portfolio theory approaches, managing approximately $393 million in discretionary assets across a diverse mix of investment vehicles.