Richard Hazelbaker is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Western Wealth Management LLC since 2019 and previously at Neidiger Tucker Bruner Inc from 2015 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and president of PCS Distilling Company, a craft spirits business based in Louisville, KY. Western Wealth Management LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable and corporate entities, other advisers, and pension/retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a decentralized network of 88 advisers, utilizing a range of investment strategies and access to multiple advisory programs.

Eric Bunnell is a CFP® professional with over 32 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Private Client Services, LLC since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an administrator and board member for the Louisville Swim Association, overseeing multiple neighborhood swim teams. Private Client Services is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plan sponsors, and businesses. The firm employs a structured discovery and risk-profiling process to develop investment strategies and offers a range of implementation platforms, managing approximately $1.05 billion across more than 3,200 accounts.

Paul Simmons is a financial advisor with IHT Wealth Management LLC in Louisville, KY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. IHT Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and corporate clients. The firm employs a blended investment approach using fundamental stock selection, quantitative tools, diversified model portfolios, and option strategies, while offering discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services through a network of approximately 153 advisors.

Cynthia Durst is a financial advisor with Private Client Services, LLC in Louisville, KY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. She has been with Private Client Services since 2015. In addition to her advisory role, she engages in insurance sales focusing on dental, group disability, life, and related products. Private Client Services is an SEC-registered independent investment adviser that serves individuals, families, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a discovery-driven process to tailor risk profiling and platform selection, offering a mix of non-discretionary and discretionary portfolio management alongside brokerage services.

Bradley Gaines is a financial advisor with Strategic Wealth Investment Group, LLC in Louisville, KY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Strategic Wealth Investment Group in 2021, he was the managing partner at Reset Strategies from 2011 to 2019. Strategic Wealth Investment Group serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and select business entities with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to create client-specific investment plans, typically implemented on a discretionary basis.

Matthew Dicken is a financial advisor at Strategic Wealth Investment Group, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. Dicken is the founder and chairman of Total Return Capital Management, a private equity fund, and is involved in several non-investment businesses including a racing team, a consulting firm, and a retirement education company. Strategic Wealth Investment Group serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and select business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to create client-specific investment plans, often implementing them on a discretionary basis through firm-developed model portfolios.

Joel Lerner is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Louisville, KY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, MetLife Securities Inc, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as assistant treasurer and board member for Congregation Adath Jeshurun. Primerica Advisors operates as an enterprise firm serving a broad retail client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across multiple platforms.

Henry Cook Jr. is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments since 2008. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including the Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering, an invitation-only, discretionary model account pilot for PNC Bank employees that uses algorithmic risk assessment and approved model strategies.

Benjamin Mckain is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has six years of industry experience, including roles at Northwestern Mutual and Park Avenue Securities. He serves as a finance committee member for a local organization in Louisville, KY. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Wealth Management, provides brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory solutions to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services using both proprietary and third-party models.

Andrew Atchison is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd., having joined in 2025, and previously worked with LPL Financial, LLC for over a decade. Stratos Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides financial planning, advisor-managed wrap and non-wrap programs, model portfolios, third-party manager solutions, and retirement plan consulting through a large network of investment adviser representatives.

Austin Turk is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC in Louisville, KY. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. His background includes service in the Navy from 2016 to 2023 and work at LPL Financial LLC since 2023. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through discretionary and non-discretionary approaches. The firm employs a fiduciary-based model that uses a range of investment strategies and technology platforms, often implementing advice via third-party managers and proprietary solutions like WealthSuite.

Autumn Wood is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked in various roles within Fifth Third Bank since 2019, including her current position at Fifth Third Securities starting in 2022. Prior to joining Fifth Third, she held positions at Norton Hospital, Yesternoon, and Jefferson Community College. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers access to multiple managed account programs and third-party portfolio managers via the Passageway platform, providing a range of investment options from mutual funds and ETFs to separately managed accounts and direct indexing.

John Collett is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Louisville, KY. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has three years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he volunteers as a youth basketball, flag football, and T-ball coach and serves as a board member of the Estate Planning Council of Metro Louisville. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm offers a range of program types tailored to client objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Nicole Pupino is a financial advisor with Fifth Third Securities, Inc. in Louisville, KY. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Her work history includes positions at Fifth Third Securities since 2022 and Fifth Third Bank since 2020, as well as prior experience outside the financial sector. Fifth Third Securities serves individual and institutional clients through investment advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers a range of managed account programs via the Passageway platform, providing clients with various portfolio management options including mutual fund and ETF models, separately managed accounts, and direct indexing strategies.

Joseph Kleine Kracht is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Louisville, KY, holding a Series 66 designation and 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2004 and is also an agent with Agia, where he is involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, and offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm uses Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction and manages approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets across a large client base.

Shawn Kost is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in New Albany, IN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked with several firms, including Raymond James Financial Services and Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory role, Kost is the CEO of Ohio Valley Medex Inc., a family business, where he serves as an officer and board member. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of managed programs and investment strategies, combining model portfolios and third-party sub-advisers with fundamental and technical analysis.

Ronald Mosser is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at BB&T Investment Services, Inc. and Bb&T Securities, LLC. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platform arrangements and AI-enabled research tools.

Dustin Kostalek is a financial advisor at Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, First National Bank, WesBanco Securities Inc., and BB&T Securities. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services through multiple program structures such as Unified Managed Account wrap programs and third-party money manager programs. The firm operates with both advisory and broker-dealer registrations and provides a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary services.

Emmett Cosgrove is a financial advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill, in addition to serving several years in the United States Army. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-manager of Mercer Tax and Advisory LLC, a holding company investing in tax and accounting firms. Sanctuary Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations, through a network of over 400 independent representatives. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services, employing multiple analytical approaches and acting as a fiduciary when engaged under written advisory agreements.

Jeremy Sickles is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Independent Financial Partners since 2019 and previously spent five years at LPL Financial. Outside of advisory work, he teaches adult financial education courses through the Financial Educators Network and serves on the board of Covenant Life Church. Independent Financial Partners is a nationwide enterprise advisory firm serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers a decentralized advisory model allowing investment strategies set by individual advisors, alongside centralized asset management options, and is notable for its retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting capabilities.