Michael Heffernan is a financial advisor at S Squared Advisors LLC in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with S Squared Advisors since 2016. S Squared Advisors LLC offers discretionary investment management through tailored managed accounts for individuals, trusts, and family office entities, employing a bottom-up, multi-factor ranking methodology to construct diversified portfolios. The firm manages approximately $79 million in assets and utilizes strategies that include long-only, hedging, and dynamic allocations with derivatives and leverage.

Paul Courtney is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is a managing member at SpringTide Partners, where he has worked since 2017, and previously worked at Foster Bridge Partners and Harmonic Capital. SpringTide Partners offers investment research and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, also providing research services to other advisers and institutions. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis, with a focus on customized investment programs and ongoing risk monitoring.

Joseph Montanaro Jr. is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial services, currently serving at GAP Financial Services since 2026. His prior roles include five years with USAA Military Affairs and several years within other USAA financial planning and investment services divisions. GAP Financial Services offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and plan sponsors. The firm utilizes primarily passive asset-allocation strategies supplemented by an options-writing program and provides a range of planning models and retirement plan solutions.

Christine Vu is a financial advisor at Live Oak Investment Partners with 12 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. Her prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, Ameriprise Financial Services, and Cantella & Co., Inc. Outside of advising, she has been involved as a partner in a real estate development business. Live Oak Investment Partners serves individual investors, families, trusts, family offices, charitable foundations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a multifaceted investment process combining qualitative and quantitative research with an emphasis on risk management, while offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services.

Stephen Curran is a financial advisor at Curran Financial Partners, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Curran Financial Partners since 2015. Outside of advising, he serves as Vice President of Susan Curran Financial, a tax preparation and accounting firm, and volunteers as a board member for Dripping Springs Columbus Charities and as a registered agent for Helping Hands Sierra Leone. He also provides standby emergency medical services as a Fireline EMTB on federal wildland fires. Curran Financial Partners is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct strategic asset allocations, primarily using mutual funds and ETFs with a long-term focus, and provides ongoing portfolio reviews and client communications.

Eric Barden is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Barden Capital Management, Inc. in Austin, TX since 2006. The firm provides investment advice and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, including sovereign wealth funds and state and municipal governments. Barden Capital Management combines quantitative screening with qualitative judgment to tailor investment strategies across equity, fixed-income, and ETF models.

Pamela Scheppele is a CFP® and ChFC® with four years of industry experience, currently serving at DWP Investment Management, LLC in Austin, TX. Her prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, LLC, Prudential-related firms, and Singer Wealth Management, LLC. She is a board member of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics Foundation and participates in the Women in Insurance and Financial Services professional association. DWP Investment Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and tailored investment strategies, managing approximately $54 million in assets with all portfolios overseen in-house.

David Bull is a financial advisor at Ark Wealth Management in Austin, TX, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several related firms, including Oakwell Private Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Ark Insurance Group and Ark Family Office, which provide insurance and family office consulting services. Ark Wealth Management serves individuals, business entities, charitable organizations, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management using a blend of quantitative, fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory approaches, supported by client-specific investment policy statements and an online model portfolio program called Ark Academy.

Reed Johnson is a financial advisor at Carlin Wealth Management Group, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is based in Austin, TX. Prior to joining Carlin Wealth Management Group, he was a full-time student for ten years. Carlin Wealth Management Group, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning consulting. The firm emphasizes ETF and equity exposure through third-party model portfolios and employs strategies including asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and both long- and short-term purchase approaches.

Richard Kranz is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) with 11 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Portfolio Management, LLC in Austin, Texas, where he has worked since 1992. Portfolio Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation approach focused on diversification and fundamental analysis, managing approximately $144.4 million across about 115 client relationships.

Scott Brischke is a CFP® with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at True Financial Group since 2017 and previously spent 12 years at Ameriprise Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CFO of Roof Joker, a residential roofing business in Leander, Texas. True Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, offering wrap asset management, financial planning, and related consulting services. The firm uses proprietary asset-allocation models and a wrap fee program to manage approximately $409 million in assets for about 667 clients.

Kirsten Tollefson is the principal advisor at Tollefson and Company Investment Management LLC in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. She has led her firm since 2010. Tollefson and Company provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans, focusing on a relatively small and concentrated client base. The firm emphasizes formal research, internal supervision, and compliance in its advisory approach.

Austin Caswell is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Strategies, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Integrated Wealth Strategies since 2013. Outside of advisory work, he has served as an analyst in a non-investment-related capacity within the firm. Integrated Wealth Strategies serves individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business owners with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a written investment policy statement for each client and combines asset allocation, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with modern portfolio theory in portfolio construction and monitoring.

Kwabena Andoh Baidoo is a financial advisor at Outrunner Capital, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Hightower Advisors, Durbin Bennett Private Wealth Management, The Vanguard Group, and Yelp, Inc. Baidoo’s background includes a diverse range of roles spanning finance and technology sectors. Outrunner Capital serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and related entities, offering financial planning, consulting, and wealth and investment management. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to manage concentrated portfolios and sponsors special purpose pooled vehicles and private funds integrated into client advisory strategies.

Daniel Payne is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at DWP Investment Management, LLC since 2011. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Austin, TX. DWP Investment Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis within a defined investment universe and offers additional services such as business financial modeling and educational seminars.

Adam Hull is a financial advisor at Brookline Wealth, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Redbud Advisors, AdvicePeriod, RPG Family Wealth Advisory, and Ram Financial Group. Brookline Wealth provides wealth advisory oversight and discretionary portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals, families, and business entities, offering integrated planning services such as accounting oversight, trust advisory, estate and wealth transfer planning, philanthropy, and concentrated-wealth strategies. The firm emphasizes tailored family governance and operates with a fixed advisory fee model.

Chalu Harden is a financial advisor at 57 West Capital Advisors, Inc. with three years of industry experience. They hold a Series 63 designation and have been with 57 West Capital Advisors since 2021. Outside of advising, Harden owns Harden House & Harden House Consulting, a hospitality business operating short-term rentals, and is involved as a real estate broker with Love My City LLC. 57 West Capital Advisors specializes in discretionary portfolio management focused on equity portfolios for individual investors and investment companies. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy using a proprietary selection process and offers services to non-U.S. clients through an offshore affiliate.

David Haselwood is a financial advisor at Fort Point Capital Partners LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Trilogy, Inc., JFL Capital Management, Lyon Street Capital, Prytime Medical Devices, and G-Con Manufacturing. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Cansup, a cancer support network. Fort Point Capital Partners provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and family offices. The firm focuses on risk management through global diversification, active risk management, and tax-aware strategies, and operates a multi-series, fund-of-funds private investment program that allocates across alternative yield, growth equity, real estate, and credit strategies.

Carlos Castro is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with Valtrion Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2024. His prior roles include positions at Lincoln Financial Securities and USAA Investment Management. Valtrion Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business plan sponsors by providing financial planning, retirement plan consulting, portfolio reviews, and discretionary investment management. The firm employs diversified asset allocation strategies and manages client assets on a discretionary basis tailored to risk tolerance and time horizons.

David Martinez is a CFP® with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving at ENZI Wealth in Austin, TX. Before joining ENZI Wealth, he spent 16 years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. He is also the managing partner of ENZI Tax, LLC, a tax preparation and accounting business. ENZI Wealth advises individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm integrates fundamental and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory to manage portfolios and extends services to held-away assets using a third-party platform.