Kelly Gallimore is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Merit Financial Advisors since 2015, after four years at Ronald Blue & Co., LLC. Merit Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, ESOPs, and other institutional clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified asset allocation through centrally managed sleeves and model portfolios, supported by an internal investment management team and external sub-advisers.

David Randall is a financial advisor with Elevation Point Wealth Partners, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UBS Financial Services, Bank of America, and Merrill. Outside of finance, he provides baseball instruction to young clients through his own business, David Randall Baseball Lessons. Elevation Point Wealth Partners offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm employs a blend of strategic and tactical asset allocation across various investment vehicles, including separately managed accounts and third-party models, and provides specialized services such as retirement-plan consulting and alternatives access.

Stephen Oneil is a financial advisor with The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has been with The Strategic Financial Alliance since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with North Georgia Wealth Advisors, focusing on marketing financial services and life insurance sales. The Strategic Financial Alliance provides advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party managers. The firm manages assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and supports a range of portfolio programs and co-advisory arrangements.

Tyler Huck is a financial advisor with Prosperity Capital Advisors in Cumming, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Kestra Advisory, Kestra Investment Services, and Oxygen Financial. Outside of advisory work, he provides tax planning and Medicare solutions through Vickery Tax and Accounting and Vickery Medicare Solutions. Prosperity Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, trustees, and retirement plans. The firm employs model-based, asset-allocation strategies with ongoing portfolio supervision and offers services such as discretionary investment management, financial planning, and separately managed accounts.

Ryan Ledden is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with RFG Advisory, LLC. He previously worked at Silver Oak Securities Inc for 12 years and has been involved in financial advisory roles since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, Ledden serves as a paid head coach for a travel baseball team and is a board member of a nonprofit ministry. RFG Advisory provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and select institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, access to alternative investments, and acts as a sub-adviser to multiple ETFs.

Hugh Bishop Jr. is a Series 65 credentialed advisor at Alphastar Capital Management with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at BAB Group, LLC, BJM Employer, Inc., and Brumlow and Company. Alphastar Capital Management serves individual clients, corporate and business clients, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management, financial planning, participant account management, and subadvisory services. The firm employs a combination of strategic and tactical investment approaches through model portfolios and advisor-directed models, utilizing various investment vehicles and technology tools.

Jason Mcgilvery is a financial advisor at Gibbs Wealth Management, LLC in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE. Gibbs Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and advisory services, utilizing third-party platforms and strategists such as Orion Portfolio Solutions and TownSquare Capital. The firm emphasizes model portfolio management guided by various analytical approaches and offers educational seminars and co-branded services.

James Russell is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, LLC and PKS Investments. Outside of his advisory work, he is an equal partner in a real estate development venture through JL3, LLC. Merit Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual investors, retirement plans, ESOPs, and other institutional clients. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified asset allocation using centrally managed model portfolios and supports both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Andrew Rodgers is a financial advisor with Blackridge Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 24 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Peak Brokerage Services, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Dempsey Lord Smith, SB Advisory, Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, and Equity Services. Blackridge Asset Management provides financial planning, investment management, and related consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm operates through a network of investment adviser representatives and offers tailored portfolio management, model portfolios, third-party managers, and wrap programs, with a focus on a network structure tied to affiliated firms and vendor arrangements.

Andrew Guthrie is a financial advisor with Sound Income Strategies, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has been in the industry since 2026, with prior experience that includes roles at Stearns Retirement Group and involvement with community organizations such as Georgia 4-H. Sound Income Strategies manages approximately $4.0 billion in client assets and serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, corporations, and other advisers. The firm emphasizes customized portfolio management with a focus on fixed-income analysis and equity review, supported by a scalable advisor network and specialized family-office style services.

William Stark Jr. is a financial advisor at Howard Capital Management, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Howard Capital Management since 2018 and previously spent a year at Maverick and Mavern Consulting and four years at the University of Georgia. He holds a Series 65 designation. Howard Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm uses proprietary tactical indicators and model portfolios, often implemented through its own mutual funds and ETFs, to provide discretionary portfolio management and private wealth services.

Daniel Harmeyer is a CFP® with 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Simplicity Wealth and Retirement Income Specialists, LLC and has held prior roles at firms including Fisher Investments and Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. He is also the owner of Retirement Income Solutions, LLC, a business focused on life insurance and annuities. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base that includes individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, and offers customizable model portfolios with ongoing monitoring, utilizing technology and operational support for advisers alongside its managed account platform.

William Porter Jr. is a ChFC® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 50 years of industry experience. He has been with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC and Integrated Financial Planning Services. Outside of his advisory work, he produces and records podcasts for the public. Madison Avenue Securities, LLC provides investment advisory and related services to individual clients, charitable institutions, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.0 billion in assets and offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a network of investment adviser representatives.

Thomas Dowd is a financial advisor with BakerAvenue who holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Crawford Investment Counsel, Fisher Investments, Strategic Advisors Inc, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. BakerAvenue Asset Management is a multi-team wealth manager serving individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and tax and estate planning support. The firm employs a range of investment strategies that blend quantitative, fundamental, and tactical approaches, and it emphasizes ongoing client communications through regular performance reports and newsletters.

Stephen Siders is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Forum Financial Management since 2025 and previously spent over 16 years with Odyssey Personal Financial Advisors and Cetera. He serves as Secretary and a board member of the Rotary Club of North Fulton. Forum Financial Management, LP provides investment advisory and related services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, employing model asset-allocation portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and utilizing institutional mutual funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts.

Jonathan Owenby is a financial advisor at Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Wealthcare Advisory Partners since 2015, also affiliated with LPL Financial since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with several business entities related to investment and insurance services. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goals-based advising approach that incorporates patented Wealthcare software and behavioral economics, utilizing both passive and active investment strategies alongside quantitative metrics and fundamental analysis.

Heather Douglass is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms, including LPL Financial and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as Vice President of the Holman Place Subdivision Homeowners Association, a charitable nonprofit organization. Merit Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, ESOPs, and other institutional clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified asset allocation using centrally managed model portfolios and supports both discretionary and non-discretionary account arrangements.

Brandon Melick is a financial advisor at Howard Capital Management, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at PwC for six years before joining Howard Capital Management in 2021. Howard Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, retirement plan participants, and other investment advisers. The firm employs proprietary technical indicators to guide tactical investment strategies and manages both proprietary mutual funds and ETFs while supporting retirement plan participants through various web-based tools and programs.

Jeffrey Peller is a CFP® and PFS™ with 19 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Savvy and previously worked at Cherry Bekaert Wealth Management LLC and SignatureFD, LLC. Outside of his advisory roles, he owns 4Real Growth Partners, LLC, where he engages in non-financial writing and content creation. Savvy provides customized discretionary and non-discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach combines index-based strategies with tailored solutions such as direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and ESG-focused models, supported by a parent technology platform and third-party sub-advisers.

William Brumlow is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with AlphaStar Capital Management, bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to joining AlphaStar, he held roles at BJM Group/Internet Accountant, Brumlow and Company PC, and Ricoh Americas. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner at The Bab Group, LLC, and co-owns a coffee vending machine business, Bean Crushers Coffee. AlphaStar Capital Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm utilizes firm-designed and advisor-directed model portfolios employing strategic and tactical approaches, and manages approximately $2.5 billion in assets across over 8,400 client relationships.