Imani Change is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at The Change Advisory Group, LLC. Prior to joining the firm, Imani worked at Amazon and Amazon UK for a total of seven years. Outside of financial advising, Imani owns and operates a real estate development and property management business focused on refurbishing and renting apartment buildings. The Change Advisory Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and related entities, offering discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting for trusts, IRAs, retirement accounts, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm uses customized portfolios with a range of investment strategies informed by fundamental equity analysis and fixed-income structuring, serving a varied client base that includes institutional and governmental entities.

Joshua Gerry is a financial advisor at The Invictus Collective, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Vestgen Wealth, LPL Financial, Professional Wealth Advisors, and Equitable of NY. The Invictus Collective serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional clients with financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management. The firm offers tailored portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management, including advisory services to other advisers and management of private pooled investment vehicles.

Patrick Nord is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Treetop Wealth Management, LLC since 2010. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and is based in Northfield, IL. Treetop Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, small businesses, and various institutional clients. The firm employs a risk-management, client-specific approach with tailored asset allocation using actively managed mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and alternative investments.

Christ Dineff is a financial advisor at Grassland Capital, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at RSM US LLP. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as IT analyst and COO at Index Environmental, a non-investment related business. Grassland Capital provides financial consulting, portfolio management, and pension consulting to individuals, retirement plans, pooled investment vehicles, and other entities. The firm manages a private pooled fund focused on asymmetric investment opportunities and employs a broad range of investment instruments tailored to client objectives.

Alexander Wasiunec is a financial advisor at Mendel Money Management Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mendel Money Management, he worked at Stepan Company and United Parcel Service. He serves as a board member and volunteer for the American Ukrainian Youth Association, a cultural youth organization. Mendel Money Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm manages approximately $317 million in client assets and offers customized portfolios using a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, supplemented by third-party research, with a distinctive use of options and other derivatives for income generation or protection.

Richard Borek is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with SC Wealth Advisors and has held roles at Secure Capital Wealth Advisors LLC and Secure Capital Management USA LLC. SC Wealth Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes.

Gregg Shamberg is a financial advisor at Mulberry Capital Management LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Peak6 Capital Management LLC and Peak6 Investments, L.P. from 2010 to 2024. Mulberry Capital Management LLC provides discretionary asset management and sub-advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and other investment advisory firms. The firm employs a mixed investment approach combining fundamental, charting, and cyclical analysis, alongside selective use of covered options for hedging and income generation.

Daniel Kaster is a Series 65–registered advisor at Mentor Capital Management Inc. with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mentor Capital Management in 2023, he worked at Sagent Management from 2015 to 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Clear Ledger Consulting LLC, which provides bookkeeping services. Mentor Capital Management primarily serves individual clients through fee-only wealth management and financial planning, using fundamental analysis within a broad asset-allocation framework and favoring passive, low-expense, index-based strategies. The firm integrates tax and investment advice through an in-house licensed CPA and manages approximately $195 million in client assets.

Brendan King is a financial advisor at Wavvest Wealth with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and Bessemer Trust Company. His background includes roles in both wealth management and securities. Wavvest Wealth serves individual clients directly and through sub-advisory relationships, as well as providing investment management for employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm utilizes proprietary technology for risk profiling and portfolio construction, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning across a diversified range of investment types.

Emily Agosto is a financial advisor with Propel Financial Advisors, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has worked at Merriment Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously spent eight years with Mitchell, Vaught and Taylor, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, Emily is the owner of DW Agosto Tax Planning LLC, where she provides tax planning and accounting services. Propel Financial Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with investment management and financial planning, managing approximately $38.84 million in assets for 111 clients. The firm operates as a four-advisor team with a focus on comprehensive planning, coordination with outside professionals, and offers educational seminars and workshops, integrating legal and tax considerations into client advice.

Timothy Johnson is a financial advisor with Bard Associates Inc in Chicago, IL, holding 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Bard Associates since 1983, contributing to the firm for over four decades. Bard Associates provides discretionary portfolio management and monitoring services to individuals, retirement accounts, trusts, estates, and other entities, as well as advising partners in its affiliated private pooled vehicle, the Bard Micro-Cap Value Fund L.P. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy focusing on smaller-company stocks for growth and a mix of defensive instruments tailored to client risk tolerance, with investment decisions based on fundamental analysis and ongoing asset allocation adjustments.

Jon Windness is a financial advisor at Barrington Asset Management, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Barrington Asset Management since 2003. Barrington Asset Management is a team-based registered investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of bottom-up fundamental research and top-down macroeconomic analysis to manage discretionary portfolios across a range of asset classes using model-driven programs and custom mandates.

Matthew Franz is a financial advisor with Eagle Point Capital LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Point Capital LLC since 2017 and is also a principal and partial owner of Eagle Point Capital Funds, LLC, where he advises on major strategic decisions. Prior to this, he worked at Aegea Capital Management and Kkm Financial, LLC. Eagle Point Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients, as well as pooled investment vehicles. The firm follows a concentrated, unconstrained long-equity strategy based on fundamental research and margin-of-safety valuation, offering separately managed accounts, model portfolios to other advisers, and both free and paid research newsletters.

Christopher Wiesehan is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with CJW Capital, LLC since 2015. Wiesehan serves as a board member of the Bright Promise Fund for Urban Christian Education, overseeing investment activities for the fund supporting Christian schools in Chicago. CJW Capital, LLC provides investment advisory, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and donor-advised fund services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charities, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamental, primarily long-term investment approach using diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with flexibility for tactical adjustments and oversight of unaffiliated independent managers.

Nilu Judge is a financial advisor at Kenora Financial, LLC with six years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. She has worked at Enesco, LLC since 2006 and is a part-time partner at Ryan McNeilly & Associates, CPAs, LLC, where she is involved in tax planning and preparation. 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. The firm emphasizes customized separately managed accounts with diversified concentrated equity positions, tax-aware rebalancing, and a discretionary management approach tailored to client risk and tax circumstances.

Jessica Merino is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience and has been with Merino Wealth Management since 2014. Prior to that, she worked at IC Advisory Services Inc. and The Investment Center Inc. from 2016 to 2022. Merino Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and business clients with portfolio management and financial planning services, offering tailored investment management, comprehensive planning, and third-party manager recommendations. The firm employs an investment process based on Modern Portfolio Theory and provides services including discretionary account supervision and semi-annual reporting.

Elizabeth Heneman is a financial advisor at Impact Financial in Chicago, IL, with one year of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has prior experience at Charles Schwab Bank, SSB, and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Impact Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, and small business owners by providing fee-only wealth management, comprehensive financial planning, and tax preparation services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach with a factor-based, smart-beta framework using primarily low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, alongside other asset types when appropriate.

Thomas Croghan is a financial advisor at Rail-Splitter Capital Management LLC with 42 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked for 15 years at Wintrust Investments LLC. Rail-Splitter Capital Management provides investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and estates, focusing on fundamentally driven, long-term portfolio management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary services and sponsors a wrap fee program that includes transaction and custodial costs within its advisory fee structure.

Daniel Madden is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Madden Funds Management since 2000. Madden Funds Management provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses asset-class funds primarily managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors, supplemented by Fidelity funds, focusing on diversification and long-term holdings.

David Ventura is a financial advisor at Signet Private Wealth, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the manager of JCV Real Estate LLC, overseeing the management and repair of two multi-family rental buildings owned by family trusts. 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, primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and model portfolios, and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management and financial planning.