Akhsheiy Tangutur is a financial advisor at Silo Financial LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at firms including Charles Schwab and Lovins Trosclair PLLC. Silo Financial provides online, algorithm-driven portfolio management services to individual investors through a self-directed platform. The firm offers automated suitability scores to guide investment decisions while clients retain final authority over trades.

William Pittenger is a financial advisor at Redbud Advisors in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Redbud Advisors in 2022, he was affiliated with Riverbend Church for six years. Outside of his advisory role, he occasionally operates a short-term rental on a personal property. Redbud Advisors is a four-advisor firm managing approximately $368 million for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a planning-first approach with a focus on low-cost, passive investments, tax efficiency, and integrates real estate activities through its principals’ roles in real estate brokerage and pooled real estate vehicles.

Mikiel Featherston is a financial advisor with Planning Works Advisory, Inc. in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Waterloo Capital Management, Calton & Associates, Inc., and Smart Money Group, LLC. He is also an independent insurance agent and operates a consulting firm focused on business financial management, transition, and employee benefit consulting. Planning Works Advisory serves individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory-based investment approach that utilizes mutual funds, ETFs, fundamental security analysis, and market trend evaluation, tailoring portfolios to client risk profiles and objectives.

David Robinson is a CFP® professional with 37 years of experience in financial advisory services. He is president of Resource Consulting Group, Inc., where he has worked since 1989, and also serves as managing member of RCG Finish Well, LLC, his wealth management firm. Prior to this, he was associated with Fsc Securities Corporation from 1989 to 2023. Resource Consulting Group, Inc. provides fee-only financial planning and investment consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses, focusing on a values-based planning process with written evaluations and tailored asset allocation guidance. The firm does not manage client assets directly and offers modular planning and qualified retirement plan consulting using fixed or hourly fees instead of percentage-based asset management charges.

Lawrence Dove is a financial advisor at Core Partners in Austin, TX, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Core Investment Group and SagePoint Financial. In addition to his advisory role, he is appointed as an insurance broker for life and health insurance products. Core Partners serves individuals, foundations, small businesses, and pension and profit-sharing plans by offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan advisory, and business consulting. The firm primarily uses third-party institutional managers and model portfolios accessed through Charles Schwab’s platform, focusing on diversified allocations and regular account reviews.

Don Lansing is a financial advisor with MarketTrend Advisors, Ltd. in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with MarketTrend Advisors since 2004 and was managing partner of Lansing Investments, LLC for 20 years. MarketTrend Advisors primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as small businesses, pensions, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm combines technical and fundamental analysis to offer discretionary portfolio management through various tactical and trend-following strategies, commonly utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and occasionally individual securities.

Susan Geist is a financial advisor with Rising Femme Wealth in Austin, TX. She holds a Series 65 designation and has experience at Rising Femme Wealth, McAllister and Quinn, Susan Geist Coaching, and the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Rising Femme Wealth is a fee-only registered adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a primarily passive, long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, while offering tailored plans, discretionary portfolio management, and socially responsible investing options.

Douglas Arnest is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Barden Capital Management, Inc. in Austin, TX, and has worked at 360 Financial, LLC since 2014, where he also serves as founder and CEO. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Delta Settlements as a settlement planner, providing planning services related to structured settlement annuities. Barden Capital Management offers investment advice and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and various institutional clients, including sovereign wealth funds and municipal governments. The firm employs a tailored investment process that integrates quantitative screening with qualitative judgment across equity, fixed-income, and ETF models.

Yunny Dang is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Symphony Retirement Partners LLC. Prior to joining Symphony, she spent two decades at Lincoln Financial Advisors and briefly worked at Osaic Wealth, Inc. Outside of advising, she is a licensed insurance agent offering fixed annuities, disability income insurance, and traditional life insurance, and volunteers as a poll worker during elections in Austin, TX. Symphony Retirement Partners LLC advises individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines fundamental analysis, technical methods, and modern portfolio theory to implement both long- and short-term strategies, with a predominance of client-directed accounts.

John Brodnax is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Texas Asset Management. He has practiced law since 1994 at the Law Office of John W. Brodnax and is a CPA at Brodnax & Karnes, P.C. Texas Asset Management is an independent, single-adviser registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, qualified retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on asset allocation and diversified portfolios primarily composed of institutional-class, passively managed mutual funds tailored to client investment policy statements.

Caden Brown is a financial advisor at Halbert Wealth Management, Inc in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Outside of finance, he has worked in the restaurant and hospitality industries. Halbert Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary programs with an active money management approach that includes tactical allocations and risk management strategies.

Bailee Beauchamp is a financial advisor at Real Wealth Planning with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors for eight years before joining Real Estate Wealth Planning in 2023. Real Wealth Planning serves individual clients, high-net-worth households, nonprofit organizations, and employer plan sponsors. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning with integrated investment management, primarily using passive, systematic strategies based on academic research, and provides additional services such as employee benefit plan advisory and business-owner consulting.

Matthew Goff is a financial advisor with Ark Wealth Management in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at firms such as New York Life Insurance and Camino Real Financial Strategies. He is also involved with Networthy Publishing, LLC. Ark Wealth Management serves individuals, business entities, charitable organizations, and pension plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a range of analytic methods and offers client-specific model portfolios managed through its online Ark Academy program.

Thomas Twombly is a financial advisor at Lucien Stirling & Gray Advisory Group Inc in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 42 years of industry experience. He has worked at Lucien, Stirling & Gray Advisory Group since 1993 and was previously with Lucien, Stirling & Gray Financial Corporation for 24 years. Lucien, Stirling & Gray Advisory Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on mutual-fund-based asset allocation models and intermediate- to long-term buy-and-hold strategies, emphasizing cost efficiency and periodic reviews of mutual fund share classes.

Marc Jimenez is a CFP® and CFA® with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with CAM Investor Solutions and has previously worked at Kahler Financial Group, Inc and Mclean Asset Management Corp. Outside of his advisory work, Jimenez owns and operates the Full Mate Chess Institute, a business focused on competing, tutoring, and promoting chess in the community. CAM Investor Solutions provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plans, offering tailored portfolios that incorporate a variety of strategies and access to private investment opportunities. The firm manages approximately $155 million and integrates technology, including artificial intelligence components, in its service delivery.

Michael Kentor is a financial advisor with Kentor Financial in Austin, TX, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, and bringing 53 years of industry experience. He has been involved with firms including Integrity Alliance, LLC, Lion Street Financial LLC, and M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. Additionally, he provides expert witness testimony outside of his advisory work. Kentor Financial offers wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm primarily recommends and selects third-party investment advisers, coordinating implementation and ongoing monitoring tailored to each client's objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

Chukwuchebem Orakwue is a financial advisor at Xantos Labs, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and worked at Samsung Austin Research Center for three years prior to joining Xantos Labs. Xantos Labs provides discretionary investment management and general consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and other entities through separately managed accounts. The firm operates exclusively online, using proprietary quantitative models to drive automated trading decisions for U.S.-listed global equity securities, and is notable for its single-advisor structure, bundled wrap-fee program, and emphasis on digital distribution channels.

Brooks Slaughter is a CFP® professional with 33 years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at Strategic Investment Management in Austin, TX, where he has worked since 2003. His prior work includes roles at Richard P. Slaughter Associates, Inc. and RPS Retirement Plan Advisors. Strategic Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, active investment approach tailored to each client’s risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals.

Michael Charles is a financial advisor at Live Oak Investment Partners in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Kovack Securities, Cantella & Co., and Raymond James & Associates. Outside of investment advisory, he serves as an independent official for high school swimming and diving meets and holds several community roles in Georgetown, TX, including vice chair of the Housing Advisory Board and secretary for the Planning and Zoning Commission. Live Oak Investment Partners serves individual investors, families, trusts, family offices, charitable foundations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm combines qualitative and quantitative research with internal analysis, emphasizing risk management and net-of-costs return measurement, and it is known for advising other investment advisers and providing participant-level educational services for retirement plans.

Jack Marino is a CFP® with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Lake Hills Wealth Management, LLC since 2017 and previously held roles at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Outside of advising, Marino is the founder and CEO of Fin & Forest, LLC, where he serves as a fractional CFO, and he also founded Lake Hills Masterminds, LLC, a professional development organization focused on general management and group facilitation. Lake Hills Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, qualified retirement plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs an active risk-management process using model portfolios and a systematic overlay driven by economic and technical indicators, including the use of derivatives in certain accounts.