Brian Tumpane is a financial advisor with Cedar Capital, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has experience working with Cedar Capital Advisors since 2025 and has prior experience at Upside Group, Inc and Second Sons Advisors, as well as seven years at Walgreens / Alliance Rx Walgreens Prime. Cedar Capital, LLC is a state-registered independent investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business clients. The firm emphasizes ETF-based model portfolios and offers both strategic and active asset allocation approaches while incorporating individual securities, options, and alternative instruments when aligned with client objectives.

Brittany Boma is a financial advisor at Joseph Wealth Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and also operates BOMA LLC, a law contract review firm where she works as an attorney. Prior to joining Joseph Wealth Management, she has held roles at Joseph Eden Capital, CTA, and the City of Chicago. Joseph Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $17.6 million in discretionary client assets and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and modern portfolio theory approaches, including more active strategies such as short-term options trading for suitable accounts.

Kevin Kuhn is a financial advisor at Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Commonwealth Financial Network for several years. Kuhn also serves on the Board of Trustees for St. Viator High School and is a principal and CPA at Kuhn & Company CPAs, PC, where he provides accounting and tax services. Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, tailoring portfolios to client objectives through fundamental and cyclical analysis and modern portfolio theory, and often utilizes third-party managers and tax-management strategies.

Jeffrey Holland is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with VIA IV Investments, LLC since 2002. VIA IV Investments, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as businesses, charities, estates, and trusts. The firm uses broadly diversified, custom-indexed model portfolios combined with periodic rebalancing and external research, and offers alternative private fund access and a discretionary digital advice program with lower minimums.

Paul Beran is a financial advisor at Arbor Financial Services, LLC in Downers Grove, Illinois, holding a Series 65 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Arbor Financial Services since 2013. Arbor Financial Services provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and estates. The firm employs a range of analytical approaches and firm-developed model portfolios, offering services through both bundled wrap-fee programs and unbundled advisory arrangements.

Stephen Smith is a financial advisor at Stephen Smith Financial Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Significant Wealth Partners LLC, Capital Management Consultants, Inc., Atkins & Associates, and Essence Capital Group. In addition to his advisory work, he is an author. Stephen Smith Financial Inc. provides discretionary investment advisory and managed-account services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management across various asset classes and combines technology-driven tools with personalized financial planning and oversight.

John Gomez is a financial advisor at Brentview Investment Management, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and has worked at firms including Nuveen Securities, LLC and Santa Barbara Asset Management. Gomez serves as president and is responsible for marketing and client services at Brentview. Brentview Investment Management provides discretionary equity portfolio management using a dividend-growth approach for high-net-worth individuals, foundations, endowments, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamentally focused investment process across U.S., select, and international dividend growth strategies.

James Kuhn is a financial advisor with Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel since 2014 and previously spent 15 years at Cannata, Bertuccio & Associates and Commonwealth Financial Network. In addition to his advisory role, Kuhn practices as a Certified Public Accountant through Kuhn & Company CPAs Holdings, PLLC, providing accounting, tax, and attestation services. Kuhn & Company Investment Counsel is a registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, using methods such as fundamental and cyclical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, and incorporates third-party manager programs including direct-indexing separately managed accounts.

James Clarren is a financial advisor with American Trust Investment Services Advisory, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 31 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at DCL Assets, LLC, American Trust Investment Services Inc., and Chicago Capital Management Advisors, LLC. He is also involved in fixed insurance activities. American Trust Investment Services Advisory, Inc. serves individual investors, retirement accounts, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities, managing approximately $5.52 million in assets across about 51 client relationships. The firm offers predominantly non-discretionary portfolio management, access to discretionary third-party money managers, and estate services, employing a bottoms-up fundamental screening process to tailor portfolios to client risk profiles.

Andrew Arnold is a financial advisor at M3Sixty Capital, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Fidelity Investments and Carillon Fund Distributors, Inc. He also serves as a Regional Director and Wholesaler for M3Sixty Capital. M3Sixty Capital, LLC provides investment advisory services primarily to institutional clients and investment companies, managing several SEC-registered mutual funds and offering model managed accounts and separately managed accounts. The firm uses a range of active strategies across multiple asset classes and explicitly serves investment companies, including the M3Sixty Small Cap Growth Fund and other specialized funds.

Jessica Stanley is a financial advisor at Rezny Wealth Management, Inc. in Aurora, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with 13 years of industry experience. She has been with Rezny Wealth Management since 2009. Rezny Wealth Management primarily serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, offering discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning on a fee-only basis. The firm manages approximately $506 million in client assets, utilizing a Global Tactical Opportunity Portfolios framework that combines quantitative and fundamental analysis across a range of investment styles.

Sandra Higgins is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Capstone Financial Advisors Inc in Downers Grove, IL. She has been with Capstone Financial Advisors since 2010. Capstone Financial Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning services, emphasizing asset-class allocation, cost control, and tax positioning, with access to private fund investments and in-house tax services.

Julie Hupp is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 20 years of industry experience. She is currently with Vertex Partners and has held prior roles at Aspire Planning Group LLC, Highpoint Advisor Group, and LPL Financial among others. She is also a faculty member at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Vertex Partners provides comprehensive advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable and corporate entities. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, diversification, and behavioral finance through a combination of active and passive investment strategies.

James Marquez is a CFP® professional with 2 years of industry experience, currently serving at Capstone Financial Advisors Inc in Downers Grove, IL. He has been with Capstone since 2015. Capstone Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and tax preparation services, with an investment approach that emphasizes asset-class allocation, cost control, and tax positioning.

Alex Ingardona is a financial advisor at Feldman, Ingardona & Co with over 41 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 1997. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of a metal stamping company, holding a minority ownership interest. Feldman, Ingardona & Co provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions. The firm focuses on long-term strategic asset allocation with discretionary and non-discretionary management, utilizing mutual funds and ETFs across active and passive strategies.

Timothy Olmstead is a financial advisor with Signature Financial Services, Ltd in Arlington Heights, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with multiple related entities within the Signature group since 2000, including First Heartland Capital, Inc. and Signature Brokerage Services Inc. Signature Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach is asset-allocation driven and grounded in modern portfolio theory, utilizing model portfolios, institutional strategists, and a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds and ETFs.

Charles Millington is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience. He is the president of Millington & Co and a manager at Millington Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2000 and 2011, respectively. Prior to these roles, he spent 12 years at MacGregor Global Investments, LLC. Millington Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, families, estates, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans, providing discretionary investment management along with financial planning, pension consulting, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm incorporates tax planning and estate-planning facilitation into its offerings and manages portfolios using a mix of equities, fixed income, mutual funds/ETFs, alternative investments, and third-party managers.

Michael Leigh is a financial advisor at Wellment Financial with a Series 65 designation and one year of experience in advisory roles. He has over two decades of experience as a CPA through his own tax preparation business and has worked previously at firms including Jesser Ravid Jason Basso & Farber, LLC and Gilson, Labus & Silverman, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he continues to provide tax preparation on a part-time basis. Wellment Financial serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional sponsors by offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm utilizes vetted model portfolios and a sub-advisor platform emphasizing tax-aware retirement planning, managing approximately $237 million in discretionary assets.

Jared Winkers is a financial advisor at Rothschild Wealth LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and QCR Holdings. Rothschild Wealth LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporate executives, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional and tax-exempt entities. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and coordinates tax and estate planning, utilizing asset-allocation models and quantitative tools to manage diversified investment portfolios.

Ryan Williamson is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Horizon Wealth Management since 2014 and has worked with LPL Financial for over two decades. Outside of his advisory work, he is an author of a financial planning book and plays guitar in a band. Horizon Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm provides discretionary investment management and financial planning with a long-term, fiduciary approach, managing diversified portfolios and offering ongoing portfolio monitoring.