Donald Heatherly is a financial advisor with HK Private Client, LLC, holding Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fifth Third Private Bank and Northern Trust. He is also licensed to sell life, health, and long-term care insurance. HK Private Client, LLC is a small, supported registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses quantitative tools and integrates financial planning into advisory relationships while managing diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Jeffrey Kabbe is a financial advisor at Blue Cedar Advisors LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is also the managing partner of Kabbe Law Group, LLC, a law firm specializing in estate planning and elder law. Blue Cedar Advisors LLC provides portfolio management and integrated financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, utilizing a variety of analytical methods and a long-term trading orientation to guide discretionary investment decisions.

Barry Leslie is a financial advisor at Leslie Global Wealth, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 license and has been associated with Leslie Global Wealth since 2012 and LPL Financial since 1998. Outside of his advisory work, he manages LGW Aviation, LLC, an entity formed for owning and leasing an aircraft. Leslie Global Wealth serves individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation and fixed-income strategies, and supplements traditional wealth services with tax planning and real estate analysis.

Marguerite Collins is a financial advisor at New England Research & Management, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with the firm since 1990. New England Research & Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and families, managing a range of account types including trusts, retirement plans, and estates. The firm customizes portfolios to individual client objectives and utilizes a variety of securities and strategies, including the use of margin and derivatives.

Venkatakrishna Vedam is a financial advisor with V2 Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with V2 Financial Group since 2006 and also works as a mortgage consultant and loan officer at ABS Home Mortgage, where he has been involved since 2004. Additionally, Vedam serves as president of Millennium Financial and Business Services, Inc., providing business consulting to small businesses. V2 Financial Group is a registered investment adviser serving individual and small-business clients, including high-net-worth individuals, with discretionary asset management and personalized portfolio construction. The firm combines modern portfolio theory with macroeconomic, technical, and behavioral analysis to manage multi-hundred-million dollar portfolios across various asset classes.

Thomas Westrick is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at RPC Private Wealth, LLC and has held positions at firms including Private Vista, LLC, APW Capital, Inc., and Retirement Programs, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a financial consultant at Retirement Programs Co. LLC, where he assists with financial planning and client management. RPC Private Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans through three distinct platforms. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes mutual funds, ETFs, and real estate funds, managing accounts with discretionary authority and tailored client investment policies.

Imani Change is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at The Change Advisory Group, LLC. Prior to joining the firm, Imani worked at Amazon and Amazon UK for a total of seven years. Outside of financial advising, Imani owns and operates a real estate development and property management business focused on refurbishing and renting apartment buildings. The Change Advisory Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and related entities, offering discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting for trusts, IRAs, retirement accounts, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm uses customized portfolios with a range of investment strategies informed by fundamental equity analysis and fixed-income structuring, serving a varied client base that includes institutional and governmental entities.

Tyler May is a financial advisor at Forest Asset Management LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Forest Asset Management since 2018, following three years at ConAgra Brands. Forest Asset Management LLC serves individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation driven investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily using passive and evidence-based mutual funds and ETFs, with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services.

Christ Dineff is a financial advisor at Grassland Capital, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at RSM US LLP. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as IT analyst and COO at Index Environmental, a non-investment related business. Grassland Capital provides financial consulting, portfolio management, and pension consulting to individuals, retirement plans, pooled investment vehicles, and other entities. The firm manages a private pooled fund focused on asymmetric investment opportunities and employs a broad range of investment instruments tailored to client objectives.

Thomas Gavin IV is a financial advisor at GW Asset Management LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at a range of firms including Gar Wood Securities, LLC, DeFonseka, LLC, and Cannatrac Financial Corp. Outside of his advisory role, he has involvement with consulting and technology companies. GW Asset Management is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm provides model portfolios and portfolio management driven by strategic and tactical quantitative analysis, using a mix of ETFs, equities, corporate debt, mutual funds, and occasionally alternative investments.

Brian Dress is a financial advisor at Left Brain Wealth Management, LLC in Naperville, Illinois, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Left Brain Wealth Management since 2018 and was previously employed at AE Trading from 2012 to 2018. Left Brain Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, corporations, retirement plans, and tax-exempt entities with discretionary asset management and financial planning services. The firm uses a proprietary platform combining fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis to tailor investment advice to client objectives and manages both individual and pooled accounts.

Richard Borek is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with SC Wealth Advisors and has held roles at Secure Capital Wealth Advisors LLC and Secure Capital Management USA LLC. SC Wealth Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes.

Daniel Kaster is a Series 65–registered advisor at Mentor Capital Management Inc. with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mentor Capital Management in 2023, he worked at Sagent Management from 2015 to 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Clear Ledger Consulting LLC, which provides bookkeeping services. Mentor Capital Management primarily serves individual clients through fee-only wealth management and financial planning, using fundamental analysis within a broad asset-allocation framework and favoring passive, low-expense, index-based strategies. The firm integrates tax and investment advice through an in-house licensed CPA and manages approximately $195 million in client assets.

Brendan King is a financial advisor at Wavvest Wealth with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and Bessemer Trust Company. His background includes roles in both wealth management and securities. Wavvest Wealth serves individual clients directly and through sub-advisory relationships, as well as providing investment management for employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm utilizes proprietary technology for risk profiling and portfolio construction, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning across a diversified range of investment types.

Mark Pesavento is a CFP® and PFS™ with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Forest Asset Management LLC since 2006 and previously operated his own consulting firm, Mark S. Pesavento LLC, providing business consulting, transition, and valuation services. He is also president and owner of Cleco Industrial Fasteners Inc., where he serves as outside controller. Forest Asset Management LLC advises individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation-driven investment approach using primarily passive and evidence-based mutual funds and ETFs, supported by written investment policy statements, portfolio modeling, and third-party sub-advisers.

Emily Agosto is a financial advisor with Propel Financial Advisors, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has worked at Merriment Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously spent eight years with Mitchell, Vaught and Taylor, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, Emily is the owner of DW Agosto Tax Planning LLC, where she provides tax planning and accounting services. Propel Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with investment management and financial planning, managing approximately $38.84 million in assets for 111 clients. The firm operates as a four-advisor team with a focus on comprehensive planning, coordination with outside professionals, and offers educational seminars and workshops, integrating legal and tax considerations into client advice.

Matthew Pequet is a financial advisor with MPI Wealth Management LLC in Hinsdale, Illinois. He holds a Series 65 designation and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at MPI Investment Management Inc for 19 years. MPI Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual clients such as pension plans, banks, corporations, charitable organizations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm combines quantitative techniques, technical and fundamental analysis, and macroeconomic research to tailor portfolios aligned with client objectives.

Timothy Johnson is a financial advisor with Bard Associates Inc in Chicago, IL, holding 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Bard Associates since 1983, contributing to the firm for over four decades. Bard Associates provides discretionary portfolio management and monitoring services to individuals, retirement accounts, trusts, estates, and other entities, as well as advising partners in its affiliated private pooled vehicle, the Bard Micro-Cap Value Fund L.P. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy focusing on smaller-company stocks for growth and a mix of defensive instruments tailored to client risk tolerance, with investment decisions based on fundamental analysis and ongoing asset allocation adjustments.

Jon Windness is a financial advisor at Barrington Asset Management, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Barrington Asset Management since 2003. Barrington Asset Management is a team-based registered investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of bottom-up fundamental research and top-down macroeconomic analysis to manage discretionary portfolios across a range of asset classes using model-driven programs and custom mandates.

Matthew Franz is a financial advisor with Eagle Point Capital LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Point Capital LLC since 2017 and is also a principal and partial owner of Eagle Point Capital Funds, LLC, where he advises on major strategic decisions. Prior to this, he worked at Aegea Capital Management and Kkm Financial, LLC. Eagle Point Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients, as well as pooled investment vehicles. The firm follows a concentrated, unconstrained long-equity strategy based on fundamental research and margin-of-safety valuation, offering separately managed accounts, model portfolios to other advisers, and both free and paid research newsletters.