Scott Neubauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Wisdom Investments with two years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Solace Hospice & Palliative Care and Watershed Ministries, reflecting a diverse career path. Neubauer is based in Hoffman Estates, IL. Wisdom Investments offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, nonprofits, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis, providing tiered planning services and client education through seminars and workshops.

Lisa Conrath Bova is a financial advisor at Lenity Financial, Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and has been with Lenity Financial since 2016. Outside of her advisory work, she is a senior independent consultant for BeautyCounter and a partner and blogger for Simply Better Choices, a health and wellbeing blog. Lenity Financial, Inc. is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, business owners, professionals, families, trusts, estates, and select institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting with participant education, using strategic, diversified allocations tailored to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and tax situations.

Katherine Kennedy is a financial advisor at Baldwin Financial Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at both Baldwin Financial Advisors and Equitable Advisors, LLC. Prior to her financial advisory roles, she held positions in the restaurant industry and worked at Ohio University. Baldwin Financial Advisors serves individual clients, families, and small businesses by providing personalized financial planning, modular “a la carte” planning, and advisory consulting. The firm follows a consultative, modular planning process and does not provide discretionary portfolio management or maintain custody of client assets.

Deborah Ittner is a financial advisor at Ahlbeck Financial with 20 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Cetera Investment Advisers LLC and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC prior to joining Ahlbeck. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as Assistant Treasurer for the Maine Township School Treasurer, providing accounting functions. Ahlbeck Financial offers portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, tailoring investment strategies to clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis, providing discretionary management across multiple asset classes with regular account reviews.

Barry Mendel is a CFA® charterholder and founder of Mendel Money Management Inc., where he has worked since 1989, accumulating 28 years of industry experience. He serves as assistant treasurer for Northbrook Baseball and is a director on the board of The Lodge of Northbrook. Mendel Money Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm manages approximately $317 million in assets, using a customized investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with a distinctive use of options strategies and third-party research support.

Nicklaus Streit is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Highview Capital Management, LLC since 2020. Prior to this, he worked at BMO Private Bank for five years. Highview Capital Management LLC provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods to implement asset allocation strategies and emphasizes ongoing monitoring and rebalancing tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Connor Hickey is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. for seven years and is currently with The Invictus Collective, LLC. Outside of finance, he has experience with the Chicago Golf Club spanning nine years. The Invictus Collective, LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional clients by providing financial planning, consulting, portfolio management, and sub-advisory services. The firm combines traditional wealth management with advisory work for pooled vehicles and independent managers, tailoring portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and strategies on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Ian Kos is a financial advisor at Tetley Investments, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Tetley Investments since 2012 and has served as a teaching assistant at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business since 2011, where he prepares class materials and grades MBA-level coursework. Tetley Investments provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and trusts. The firm employs a disciplined investment process combining quantitative and fundamental research with a global asset-allocation perspective, managing portfolios with a long-term horizon and a range of asset types.

John Heneghan is a financial advisor at Servant Financial, Ltd. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Servant Financial since 2004. Servant Financial provides personalized investment management for individuals, trusts, family offices, and various institutional clients, with a particular focus on advising Opportunity Zone farmland funds and alternative investments. The firm emphasizes risk management through diversified, tax-efficient portfolios and employs AI-assisted research tools, managing approximately $143.6 million in regulatory assets under management as of 2025.

Darin Roth is a financial advisor with Cambier Capital, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at 2642 Capital, LLC, Stenger Tax Advisory, LLC, Stenger Family Office, LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Guggenheim Investments. Roth is a co-founder and former operational manager of Stenger Tax Advisory LLC, a certified public accounting firm. Cambier Capital provides wealth management and investment services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and business entities. The firm offers customized portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed-income securities, employing a long-term investment approach alongside fundamental and technical analysis.

Robert Pick is a financial advisor at RightWise Wealth with a Series 65 designation and 16 years of experience at Bain & Company. He has no prior industry experience in financial advising. RightWise Wealth is a small advisory firm serving individual clients through comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, with additional tax preparation services facilitated by a third-party provider. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes low-cost ETFs, factor-based strategies, and incorporates third-party money managers and model portfolios.

Krzysztof Garlewicz is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at ProsperiFi LLC since 2017 and previously spent seven years with LPL Financial. In addition to his advisory work, he is an author associated with the Financial Freedom Formula and has engaged in speaker and content creation activities. ProsperiFi LLC provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and family-owned businesses. The firm employs a multi-faceted investment approach incorporating fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, along with modern portfolio theory, and offers access to alternative investments and third-party money managers.

Mark Madia is a CFP® professional with over 33 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Wealth Strategies Counselors, Inc. since 1998 and has held roles at FSC Securities Corporation and Tax & Investment Services, Inc. Additionally, Madia is involved with Tax & Accounting Strategies, Inc., a tax preparation and bookkeeping firm he leads. Wealth Strategies Counselors, Inc. provides personalized financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plan participants, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm focuses on written broad-based or modular financial plans without discretionary portfolio management and employs a combination of fundamental and technical investment analysis, generally favoring long-term purchase strategies.

Bryan Petry is a financial advisor with Stonebridge Wealth Management LLC in Oak Brook, IL, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stonebridge Wealth Management since 2017 and previously held positions at APW Capital, Inc., Securian Financial Services, Inc., and GCG Financial Inc. Stonebridge Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, corporations, partnerships, tax-exempt entities, and other legal entities, managing approximately $283 million for about 288 clients. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family-office/business consulting, focusing on customized portfolios that incorporate ETFs, separate account managers, and third-party strategies.

Bahman Barzideh is a financial advisor at Barzideh & Nadeau Wealth Management LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Apollon Wealth Management, Piershale Financial, and Triad Advisors Inc. Barzideh & Nadeau Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment process and offers access to a broad range of strategies, including alternative investments, margin, and options.

Marina Solomon is a financial advisor at Left Brain Wealth Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Left Brain Wealth Management since 2014. Outside her advisory role, she serves as an administrative assistant and non-registered fingerprint individual for The Leaders Group Broker Dealer. Left Brain Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and 401(k) consultative services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm utilizes a proprietary security-evaluation platform to tailor portfolios according to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Todd Masus is a CFP® professional with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2000 and has been with Masus Financial Group, Ltd. since 2015. In addition to his advisory roles, he provides notary services to his clients on a volunteer basis without charge. Masus Financial Group offers wealth management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses, focusing on long-term investment strategies supported by a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, behavioral, and charting analyses. The firm manages discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios using diverse investment vehicles and sponsors its own wrap fee program.

Austin Kight is a financial advisor at Cambier Capital, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including 2642 Capital, LLC, ALPS Distributors, Inc., PT Asset Management LLC, Performance Trust Capital Partners LLC, Innovator Capital Management, Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and Weber Shandwick. Cambier Capital provides continuous wealth and investment management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers customized portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed-income securities, employing a primarily long-term investment approach with flexibility to adjust based on client objectives or market conditions.

Ryan Finn is a financial advisor at Apis Financial Group, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66, Series 65, and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including E*Trade Securities and Great Point Capital. Finn is also president of Command Financial Group LLC, a mortgage brokering business. Apis Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, including high-net-worth households. The firm employs a disciplined approach using asset allocation, fundamental and technical analysis, and Modern Portfolio Theory principles, offering fee-only services with no account minimums.

David Pequet is a financial advisor with MPI Wealth Management LLC in Hinsdale, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He previously worked at MPI Investment Management for 32 years before joining MPI Wealth Management in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Director and Treasurer of the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund and is an officer of Duck Lake Inn LLC, a cottage rental business. MPI Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, investment advisers, banks, corporations, charitable organizations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a combination of quantitative techniques, technical and fundamental analysis, and macroeconomic research to tailor diversified portfolio strategies across fixed income, dividend equity, and total return equity investments.