Jennifer Johnson is a financial advisor at Pinelight Financial PLLC in Riverside, Illinois, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning her advisory career in 2025. She previously worked for 16 years at the Social Security Administration. Pinelight Financial serves individual clients, retirement and pension plans, and business clients with financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a diverse investment approach combining active management, core+satellite strategies, and modern portfolio theory, and operates an affiliated accounting practice offering tax and accounting services under separate agreements.

Thomas Laughlin is a Series 65 licensed advisor with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Signet Private Wealth, LLC since 2019 and is also involved with Andiamo Vento LLC and Twende Investment Group. He previously worked at Halliard Soap Company, LLC from 2016 to 2018. Signet Private Wealth LLC provides investment advice and wealth management primarily to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a value-oriented, long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and offers services including portfolio management, financial planning, and assistance with IRA rollovers and IPO participation.

Bahdan Yakavenka is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of experience at BMO Capital Markets and prior experience at CDW and Y???venka Capital Management, totaling four years in the financial industry. He is based in Chicago, IL, and is affiliated with Lestna Retirement, LLC. Lestna Retirement is a fee-only wealth management firm serving individuals, families, and various institutional clients. The firm focuses on a long-term, strategic asset allocation approach using diversified, low-cost vehicles, with services that include fiduciary consulting and discretionary investment management.

Paul Hoffmeister is a financial advisor at Camelot Portfolios, LLC with eight years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 credential. He has held portfolio management roles at Camelot Event-Driven Advisors and KHA Capital, and previously worked at Quaker Funds Inc. and Bretton Woods Research. Outside of investment management, he is president of PKH Group LLC, a company involved in sales of CMMS software. Camelot Portfolios provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management to individuals and other investment advisers, offering proprietary model strategies and custom accounts. The firm manages a range of strategies using ETFs, mutual funds, options, and alternative investments, often implementing models for clients referred by other advisers and supports pooled and charitable investment vehicles.

Ara Bayindiryan is a financial advisor at Bayworth Capital with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. His career includes roles at Valyrian Financial, LLC, Xceed Planning, Inc., Bayworth Capital (dba XCEED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC), and Denali Financial Services, LLC. He is also involved as a managing member and agent of a licensed insurance agency and acts as a general partner to an investment fund. Bayworth Capital provides financial planning, portfolio management, and pension consulting services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored investment strategies across various asset classes and facilitates client access to alternative investments through a specialized portal, emphasizing pension consulting and pooled investment vehicles.

David Thompson is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Thompson Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2019, and also serves as a portfolio manager and trader at Little Harbor Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Kaizen Advisory, LLC and Typhon Capital. Thompson Capital Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as sub-advisory services to other investment advisers. The firm employs a model-driven investment approach across multiple strategies, utilizing equities, fixed income, options, and exchange-traded products, including derivatives and VIX-linked instruments, to implement tactical risk-management and quantitative elements.

Keith Nyborg is a Series 65-licensed advisor with 26 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Kenora Financial, LLC in Des Plaines, IL. He has worked at Invesco, LLC since 1990. Kenora Financial serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, providing financial planning, investment counseling, retirement and estate planning, tax-related advice, and customized portfolio management across taxable and tax-deferred accounts. The firm emphasizes customized separately managed accounts with diversified equity holdings and a tax-aware, value-oriented investment approach.

Pamela Lambert is a financial advisor at Ziv Investment Company in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Ziv Investment Company since 2000. Ziv Investment Company provides discretionary portfolio management and securities and retirement-planning advice to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $22.9 million, focusing on tailored investment strategies that incorporate both fundamental and technical analysis, generally favoring long-term equity holdings and cash-equivalent instruments.

John Davis is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience and has been with Mentor Capital Management Inc. since 1992. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory work, he is part owner and treasurer of Elmhurst Tailgate Inc., a dog daycare and boarding business. Mentor Capital Management Inc. provides fee-only wealth management and financial planning services primarily for individual clients. The firm employs fundamental analysis within a broad asset-allocation framework, favoring passive, low-expense, index-based strategies for long-term holdings.

Katherine Hennessy is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience currently working at Assetgrade, LLC in Chicago, IL. She has been with Assetgrade since 2016. Assetgrade, LLC provides financial planning, investment and wealth management, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm manages approximately $337.7 million in discretionary assets across three advisors, using model strategies focused on strategic asset allocation with occasional tactical adjustments.

Richard Milton is a financial advisor at 103 Advisory Group with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and the Series 63 license. Prior to joining 103 Advisory Group in 2021, he worked at Mainstreet Advisors for 17 years and also has experience with Waterstone Financial Group, Inc. and Feldman Securities Group L.L.C. 103 Advisory Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, written financial planning, and business-development consulting to financial institutions. The firm uses a mix of strategic and tactical asset allocation, employs both fundamental and technical analysis, and offers tailored investment management with a focus on high average assets per client.

Robert Bower is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at The Invictus Collective, LLC since 2021. Prior to this, he worked for seven years at Health Care Service Corporation. He is also involved as a manager and investor in Invictus Proprietary Opportunity 1 LLC and Invictus Private Group 1, LLC, entities that invest in a synthetic graphite manufacturer, Monomyth Anovion, LLC. The Invictus Collective provides financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm integrates traditional wealth management with advisory services for pooled investment vehicles and other advisers, employing a variety of investment vehicles and strategies tailored to client objectives.

Michael Klenn is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience currently with Significance Capital Management LLC. He previously worked at Allspring Global Investments for three years and Calamos Investments for two years, with prior roles at Timpani Capital Management and periods of unemployment. Significance Capital Management LLC is an independent investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs its Enhanced Alpha Strategy, which tactically allocates among large-cap equities using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, factor, and technical analyses, and serves as sub-adviser to the Significance Capital Enhanced Alpha ETF.

Christine Sibrava is a financial advisor at Stevard LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license. Prior to joining Stevard in 2016, she worked at Whitnell & Co. for five years. Stevard LLC provides family office and investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, family LLCs, private foundations, and family businesses. The firm focuses on multi-asset portfolios using independent investment managers and managed products, complemented by expanded family office functions such as accounting, tax compliance, and philanthropic planning.

David Vaught is a CFA® charterholder with 29 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Propel Financial Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously spent over two decades at Mitchell, Vaught & Walker, Inc., as well as operating as a sole proprietor. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Chicago, IL. Propel Financial Advisors is an independent, employee-owned firm serving individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cycle analysis with a focus on long-term holdings and active adjustments during volatile markets. Several principals at the firm also provide tax and legal services through affiliated firms.

Leanne Raskob is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with one year of experience at Von Haefen Financial Management. She previously operated her own advisory firm, Leanne Raskob, LLC, and has experience at Grant Thornton, LLP and Dixon Hughes Goodman. Von Haefen Financial Management offers fee-only holistic financial planning to individuals, families, and trusts, providing investment recommendations along with tax, estate, risk management, retirement, and business-development advice. The firm operates on a non-discretionary basis with a fixed-fee pricing model and integrates tax return preparation into its planning services.

Natalie Baros is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Aurelien Capital Partners with three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Merrill and Firstrock Capital, among others. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a managing member of NEB, LLC, providing consulting support for operations and business development at a CPA firm. Aurelien Capital Partners serves individuals, families, and high-net-worth clients, with a focus on professional athletes and exonerees, offering wealth management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs an open-architecture investment approach, blending active and passive strategies across public and private markets to build diversified portfolios.

Allison Meers is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. She has worked at Pebble Valley Wealth Management since 2021 and previously was with CIBC from 2012 to 2021. Pebble Valley Wealth Management serves individual, charitable, and corporate clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm’s investment approach includes asset allocation and mutual fund/ETF selection supported by technical analysis and third-party research, with a notable use of derivative-based option strategies within separately managed accounts.

Benjamin Wilson is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Stabile Investment Management with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Aerotek, North American Derivatives Exchange, Crypto.com, The Small Exchange, Illinois Institute of Technology, and United Launch Alliance. Benjamin is based in Chicago, IL. Stabile Investment Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment consulting. The firm follows a documented investment process emphasizing diversification and fundamental analysis, primarily using ETFs and no-load mutual funds, and conducts regular portfolio reviews.

Brian Schaeffer is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Impact Financial. He previously worked for 11 years at Shankervalleau Wealth Advisors, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is an accountant assisting with tax preparation and serves as treasurer for the Morrison-Shearer Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of dancer-choreographer Sybil Shearer and photographer Helen Balfour. Impact Financial provides fee-only wealth management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, and small business owners. The firm uses a factor-based, smart-beta investment approach primarily with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, supported by in-house planning and tax expertise, serving a notable non-U.S. client base with cross-border financial analysis capabilities.