Kevin Riley is a financial advisor at Astrop Advisory Corporation in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has been with Astrop Advisory since 2020 and is also president of Unibat USA, a motorcycle battery distribution business that is in the process of winding down. Astrop Advisory provides discretionary investment management for individual and institutional clients, focusing on capital preservation and long-term growth through actively managed, individualized portfolios using a mix of stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and options.

Cort Haber is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in financial advising, currently serving at Xception Family Office. His prior experience includes roles at New Republic Capital, Haber Investment Counsel, UBS Financial Services, and several other firms. He is a managing member of a family investment partnership that oversees investment decisions and tax filings. Xception Family Office provides wealth management, financial planning, and discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions. The firm emphasizes customized investment programs based on strategic asset allocation and combines passive and active management approaches.

Jaqueline Schadeck is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience in financial advising. She is the principal of Golden Wealth Strategies, where she has worked since 2019. Prior to founding her firm, she held roles at several wealth management firms including AE Wealth Management, Impact Partnership Wealth, and Capitalwize. Outside of advising, she is an independent insurance agent and author. Golden Wealth Strategies provides wealth management services and recommends third-party investment management platforms rather than managing client assets directly. The firm uses fundamental analysis and ongoing review to select and monitor recommended strategies, and offers written financial planning and educational webinars.

Trenton Bryde is a financial advisor at Factory Capital LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at B&G Capital Partners LLC and Cresset Capital, as well as work at the University of Georgia. Factory Capital LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO-style investment management to institutional and other clients. The firm leverages outsourced solutions and third-party managers across active and passive strategies, including alternative asset classes, while maintaining disclosures on affiliations and conflicts of interest.

Matthew Eads is a CFA charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Eads & Heald Investment Counsel since 1993. Eads & Heald Wealth Management is a four-advisor team based in Atlanta that provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a top-down fundamental investment approach, managing broadly diversified equity or balanced portfolios with an emphasis on low turnover and full investment.

Jonathan Lindvig is a financial advisor at Peachtree Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Peachtree Wealth Advisors since 2004, including a concurrent role at Arkadios Capital beginning in 2023. Outside of his advisory work, he is a limited partner in a commercial real estate LLC. Peachtree Wealth Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, and trusts. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a fundamental, top-down investment approach with strategies ranging from long-term buy-and-hold to short-term trading.

Jeffrey Ash is a financial advisor at McCormack Financial Planning Inc. in Atlanta, GA, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Wellington Management and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Ash also serves as Director of Trading & Operations at McCormack Financial Planning. McCormack Financial Planning serves individual clients and small businesses, offering financial planning, advisory services, and discretionary asset management through a wrap-fee program. The firm employs a long-term, tailored investment approach utilizing fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, incorporating individual equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and option strategies.

Julia Prescott is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Blake Financial Counsel, LLC since 2019. She also works as a distributor for Juice Plus Company, a multi-level marketing business, outside of her financial advisory role. Blake Financial Counsel primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, including executives, retirees, and clients undergoing divorce, offering comprehensive wealth management and specialized divorce financial planning. The firm employs a fundamental analysis approach with individualized asset allocation, focusing on passive, low-cost investments and tailored financial solutions.

Jonathan Sard is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He is the president and an investment advisor representative at Sard Wealth Management Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2007. Prior to founding his firm, Sard was with Securities Service Network, Inc. from 2002 to 2020 and has also been involved in life, disability, long-term care, and annuity insurance sales since 1992. Sard Wealth Management Group provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and financial institutions. The firm employs a primarily long-term, customized investment approach focused on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, while also utilizing individual stocks, bonds, and derivative instruments as appropriate.

Larren Odom is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Chastain Wealth Management since 2016. Prior to this, he worked at Redwood Wealth Management for eight years. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Atlanta, GA. Chastain Wealth Management provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations, trusts, and estates. The firm manages approximately $144 million in discretionary assets and employs a client-centric approach that often begins with financial profiling and planning before transitioning to ongoing asset management.

Margaret Cargle is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with Heinz Investments in Atlanta, GA, bringing two years of industry experience. She has been with Heinz & Associates, Inc., operating as Heinz Investments, since 2014 in various capacities. Heinz Investments serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm manages approximately $82 million in discretionary assets through a two-advisor team, offering investment management and advisory consultation with a focus on fundamental analysis and a core-and-satellite asset allocation strategy.

Christopher Blythe is a financial advisor at Cigx, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at IBA, Advent Health, and Agfa. Outside of advising, he serves as President and CEO of MOR3 LLC, a business consulting firm focused on operational efficiency. Cigx serves individual investors, retirement plans, charitable institutions, foundations, trusts, endowments, and businesses by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a top-down asset-allocation approach using ETFs and other securities, managing accounts within four risk-based model portfolios with an emphasis on long-term holdings and defined sell disciplines.

Marc Baylin is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is a managing advisor at MB Advisors LLC in Atlanta, GA, where he has worked since 2013. Baylin also serves as a board member of File And Serve Express, a private company providing workflow management solutions for the legal profession. MB Advisors offers discretionary, customized investment management and financial consulting to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research process and implements two core strategies focused on equity returns and intrinsic value, managing concentrated, benchmark-agnostic portfolios with a selective client base.

Mark Sofge is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Charleston Equity Partners, LLC since 2019. He has prior experience with Piedmont Private Equity and Yukon Property Consultants, where he is involved in real estate holdings and solar farm development. Charleston Equity Partners manages the Charleston Opportunity Zone Fund, focusing on direct or indirect investments in qualified opportunity zone real estate for accredited investors. The firm operates on a discretionary basis with an emphasis on investment oversight and compliance with tax-driven holding requirements.

Charles Webb is a financial advisor with Alder Financial Group Inc in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Alder Financial Group since 1995. Alder Financial Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, small businesses, and trusts, managing approximately $224 million in client assets. The firm uses fundamental and macroeconomic analysis to create customized, diversified portfolios and offers ongoing monitoring with formal reviews.

Nathan Aberson is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, serving as an advisor at Ajax Capital Advisors, Inc. since 2009. He is also the CEO of Aberson Consulting, Inc., a company engaged in online sales of consumer products. Additionally, he holds a real estate salesperson license in Georgia, which he uses occasionally to assist family and friends with real estate transactions. Ajax Capital Advisors provides financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as insurance company clients. The firm employs customized investment strategies using ETFs, mutual funds, bonds, and equities, guided by a proprietary algorithm and combines fundamental and technical analysis.

James Livingston is a financial advisor at Livingston Financial Planning, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Alpha Financial Management Consultants and Accenture. Livingston Financial Planning, Inc. is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides comprehensive and limited-scope financial planning, educational workshops, and investment management services, using a long-term, buy-and-hold approach focused on diversified allocations to low-cost index funds, ETFs, and investment-grade fixed income.

Ruth Goldstein is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mainstreet Financial Group LLC. Her previous roles include positions at Advisory Alpha, LLC, Planners Alliance LLC, and AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC. She also directs Mainstreet Financial Education, Inc., where she provides financial literacy workshops and seminars on topics such as retirement, investment, and Medicare insurance. Mainstreet Financial Group LLC serves individual clients with comprehensive financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs an active investment approach utilizing asset allocation, fundamental analysis, and model portfolios that may include Dimensional mutual funds and ETFs.

Joseph Gandolfo is a CFA® charterholder based in Atlanta, GA, and serves as an advisor at Factory Capital LLC. He has two years of industry experience, with prior roles at B&G Capital and Truist Securities. Gandolfo’s background also includes positions related to financial services and education during his time at Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Foundation. Factory Capital LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO-style investment management for institutional and other clients. The firm emphasizes the use of third-party managers and outsourced solutions, employing both active and passive strategies across various asset classes.

George Beylouni Jr. is a financial advisor at Bey-Douglas, LLC Investment Counsel in Marietta, GA, with 41 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Bey-Douglas since 2000, serving as President, Senior Portfolio Manager, and CEO. Prior to this, he was with Resurgent Financial Advisors LLC beginning in 2026. Bey-Douglas provides portfolio management and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, corporations, trusts, and estates. The firm utilizes tax-aware, large-cap equity strategies and diversified asset allocations tailored to client risk profiles, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management.