David Narish is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Center Street Advisors, Inc. and Center Street Securities, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Narish is an independent insurance agent licensed since 1985, focusing primarily on life insurance sales. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both advisor-driven and proprietary model-based allocation strategies and acts as an ERISA fiduciary when applicable.

Robert Perez is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Highpoint Planning Partners. He has previously worked at Ameriprise Advisor Services, Inc., and has been associated with LPL Financial and HighPoint Advisor Group, LLC (doing business as On Path Financial) for multiple years. His outside activities include offering health insurance as a non-variable insurance product. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan advisory, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and third-party platforms to implement personalized client strategies.

David Lecinski is a financial advisor with Highpoint Planning Partners in Downers Grove, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Highpoint Advisor Group, he worked in mortgage lending roles and the automotive industry. Highpoint Advisor Group serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and sponsors wrap-fee programs, using fundamental analysis to construct diversified portfolios across various asset classes.

Charles Lesser is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor at Performance Wealth with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC and EFG Advisors. He has also held roles outside of financial services, including positions at Otis Elevator Company and Illinois State University. Performance Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, comprehensive wealth management, and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily long-term, portfolio-focused investment approach using diversified allocations of low-cost mutual funds and ETFs alongside individual securities and alternative investments.

Kevin Dawrant is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at VestGen Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at LPL Financial, EFG Advisors, and ValMark Advisers. VestGen Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, small businesses, trusts, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm combines advisor-level client relationships with centralized portfolio management and utilizes third-party managers and affiliated funds as part of its investment approach.

Patrick Halpin is a financial advisor at Interactive Financial Advisors with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Interactive Financial Advisors since 2016 and previously at Brooklight Place Securities, Inc. from 2009 to 2017. Outside of investment advisory, he owns a business specializing in insurance sales and service, including life, health, disability, and fixed annuities. Interactive Financial Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and advisory consulting. The firm employs asset-allocation models across risk profiles and utilizes ETFs and mutual funds within branded programs, using tools like Modern Portfolio Theory and the TIFIN Wealth Risk tool to guide investment decisions.

Chase Lavery is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Highpoint Planning Partners. He has worked at LPL Financial and Byline Bank prior to his current role. Lavery is involved with TLC Camp, an activity he has maintained since 2014. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and manages a wrap-fee program, utilizing fundamental analysis and multiple investment platforms to implement client portfolios.

Robyn Schneider is a financial advisor at Prairie Capital Management Group, LLC with 42 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Prairie Capital Management Group since 2021. Her prior experience includes roles at Umb and Prairie Capital Management. Prairie Capital Management Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-manager, multi-strategy investment approach, focusing on asset consulting and investment supervisory services while generally not directly investing client assets for most multi-manager accounts.

Douglas Schaffnit is a financial advisor with Highpoint Planning Partners and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 43 years of industry experience and has worked at Highpoint Planning Partners since 2012, with prior roles at LPL Financial and his own firm, Schaffnit and Associates. In addition to financial advising, he is involved in selling group life, disability, and medical insurance, and provides employee benefits and property and casualty insurance services through Schaffnit and Associates. Highpoint Planning Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning, constructing client portfolios through fundamental analysis and utilizing multiple investment platforms and strategies.

Thomas Carroll is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor at Highpoint Planning Partners in Downers Grove, IL. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, Parkview Asset Management, Bank of America, Merrill, and Edward Jones. Highpoint Planning Partners serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations with discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm uses fundamental analysis to construct investment policies and employs a diversified approach across various asset classes and third-party platforms.

Thomas Vislisel is a CFP® professional with 28 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Highpoint Planning Partners and previously spent 20 years at Vantage Financial Partners Limited. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning services, implementing client portfolios through fundamental analysis and a range of investment vehicles.

Peter Aldworth is a financial advisor with Highpoint Planning Partners who holds a Series 66 designation and has 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Highpoint since 2015 and also maintains an affiliation with LPL Financial. HighPoint Advisor Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and sponsor-managed wrap-fee programs, implementing portfolios through fundamental analysis across various asset classes and utilizing multiple platform solutions.

Martin Dolph is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Foundations since 2017. In addition, he is active as a sales manager and independent agent at American Senior Benefits, focusing on insurance and annuity sales. Foundations Investment Advisors provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering tailored advice through model portfolios and an asymmetric rebalancing approach.

Sam Ogrizovich is a CFP® with 30 years of industry experience. He is currently with Modern Wealth Management, LLC and previously worked at OFM Wealth for over four decades. He maintains an active insurance license and oversees existing life insurance and variable annuities. Modern Wealth Management provides investment advisory and integrated planning services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, broker-dealers, and corporations. The firm uses a centralized portfolio management model supported by an Investment Committee and offers services including discretionary investment management, modular financial planning, tax and estate planning, and insurance solutions.

Kenneth Valentino is a financial advisor at World Equity Group, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been associated with Patriot Capital Services, Inc. and Patriot Capital Management, Inc. since 2004. Outside his advisory role, he is involved in residential mortgage origination and serves as vice president of business development for a water filtration company. He also owns and manages an outdoor marijuana growing business in Michigan. World Equity Group, Inc. provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers managed portfolios mainly through wrap-fee programs and employs a risk-tolerance questionnaire to guide asset allocation, with discretionary management granted to third-party money managers and investment adviser representatives.

Thomas Mccabe is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently associated with Highpoint Planning Partners. He has worked at multiple firms including LPL Financial and Evans Senior Investments. Outside of advising, he is a business owner of Alpar Laboratories, a non-investment-related enterprise. Highpoint Planning Partners serves a broad client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning, employing fundamental analysis to construct portfolios across various asset classes while utilizing multiple advisory platforms.

S. Park is a financial advisor at Diversify Advisory Services, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, Charles Schwab Bank SSB, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory role, Park serves as a minister and is a board member of a truck driving school, as well as involved in teaching through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Board of Pension. Diversify Advisory Services is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and small business owners. The firm offers customized financial planning, portfolio management, and family office services, employing a tactical diversification approach tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Jeffrey Kochan is a Certified Financial Planner® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Highpoint Planning Partners. He has held roles with Highpoint Advisor Group, LPL Financial, Parkland Securities, Sequoia Premier Partners, and Strategic Tax Partners. Kochan is involved in tax preparation and accounting through his work with Strategic Tax Partners in Naperville, IL. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and sponsors a wrap-fee program, utilizing fundamental analysis and a variety of investment vehicles to construct personalized portfolios.

Willard Einspar is a CFP® professional with over 32 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Highpoint Planning Partners. He has been affiliated with Highpoint Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2016. HighPoint Advisor Group serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management and financial planning services, implementing portfolios through fundamental analysis and utilizing a range of investment vehicles and third-party platforms.

Benjamin Caruso is a financial advisor with Highpoint Planning Partners, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Edward Jones, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, MB Financial Bank, and Cetera. Caruso provides investment advisory services through HighPoint Advisor Group, LLC, an independent firm separate from LPL Financial. HighPoint Advisor Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory, implementing portfolios through fundamental analysis across various asset classes and utilizing multiple advisory platforms.