James Kniffen is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC and has held leadership roles at several firms, including his own entities such as James P. Kniffen Portfolio Management, LLC and Kniffen Consulting, LLC. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse clientele, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goals-based advising approach supported by patented software and combines quantitative metrics with fundamental, technical, and behavioral analysis to manage portfolios using both passive and active strategies.

Bruce Godke is a financial advisor at Modern Wealth Management, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Mutual Securities, Inc., Barber Financial Group, and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, he is a sole proprietor of an independent insurance agency. Modern Wealth Management is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.9 billion in assets. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and related services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Suzanne Wallace is a financial advisor at Copper Financial with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Boulder Wealth Management, Edward Jones, and Abbott Laboratories. Copper Financial primarily serves credit union members, offering financial planning, brokerage services, discretionary portfolio management through third‑party referrals, model-based wrap programs, and online Guided Investing. The firm works with both individual and institutional clients and operates with a dual broker‑dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser registration.

Scott Schloegel is a financial advisor at Gradient Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Creative Planning, Royal Alliance, and Premier Financial Partners. Scott also owns Wealth Scope LLC, where he provides financial planning and client relationship management. Gradient Advisors, LLC offers investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm operates primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and third-party money managers, providing a non-discretionary model that integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical portfolio analysis.

James Shay is a financial advisor at Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Bank of America, and Merrill. Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth and non-HNW individuals, and serves as adviser to mutual funds and a trust company. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes internally generated research across equity, fixed-income, and balanced strategies, implementing these through separately managed and strategy accounts with a long-term, low-turnover focus.

Zachary Roth is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual and the University of Missouri System. American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers portfolio monitoring, tax-loss harvesting, and access to mutual funds and ETFs, utilizing model portfolios that emphasize strategic asset allocation and diversification.

Cody Hughes is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining American Century Investment Services, Inc. in 2018, he worked at Kansas State University for three years. American Century Investments Private Client Group offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and related services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes model portfolios managed by internal teams and focuses on portfolios primarily composed of American Century and Avantis mutual funds and ETFs.

James Rankin Jr. is a financial advisor at Modern Wealth Management, LLC in Kansas City, MO, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. His prior experience includes roles at CreativeOne Securities, CreativeOne Wealth, LLC, and AE Wealth Management, LLC. Modern Wealth Management, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.9 billion in assets across about 94 advisors. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, and modular services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans, utilizing a centralized Investment Committee and a combination of model portfolios and third-party managers in its approach.

Charisa Dodd is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has two years of industry experience. Prior to her current role, she worked at Stratford Commons Memory Care Community, Avila University, Johnson County Community College, and De Soto High School. American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes model portfolios emphasizing strategic asset allocation and diversification, primarily investing in affiliated mutual funds and ETFs.

David Koehler Jr. is a financial advisor with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 15 years of industry experience and has previously worked at firms including Waddell & Reed, Inc. and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is also involved with Kansas City Bier Company as a server and bartender. Madison Avenue Securities provides investment advisory and brokerage services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension consulting and services for charitable institutions. The firm manages approximately $2.0 billion through a multi-team approach, utilizing a range of portfolio management strategies and third-party managers.

Kelly Landry is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining CreativeOne Wealth (formerly Change Path, LLC) in 2018, she worked at Cona Investment Advisors, LLC from 2014 to 2018 and has been self-employed since 2003. She is also active in community service as the South Central Region Secretary for Soroptimist International of Kansas City Northland, an organization focused on economic empowerment for girls and women. CreativeOne Wealth, LLC offers fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and other RIAs. The firm manages primarily discretionary accounts using a combination of proprietary models and third-party managers, employing modern portfolio theory alongside fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis.

Barry Koster is a financial advisor at Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and has been with Kornitzer Capital since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a sole proprietorship focused on tax preparation. Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and institutional clients and serves as investment adviser to the Buffalo Funds mutual fund series. The firm’s investment approach relies on internally generated research from a team including CFA charterholders, employing long-term, low-turnover strategies across balanced, equity, and fixed-income mandates.

Jeffrey Vineyard is a financial advisor at Copper Financial with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Copper Financial Network LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of Treehouse Capital, LLC, a real estate investment company. Copper Financial primarily serves credit union members, including those affiliated with CommunityAmerica Federal Credit Union and other program credit unions. The firm offers financial planning, brokerage services, discretionary portfolio management through third-party manager referrals, model-based wrap programs, and online Guided Investing options for both individual and institutional clients.

Shane Toner is a financial advisor at UMB Financial Services, Inc. in Kansas City, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at CommunityAmerica Financial Solutions and Waddell & Reed Inc. He also allocates time to investment management services with UMB Bank. UMB Financial Services, Inc. primarily provides investment advisory and brokerage services to institutional clients, pooled vehicles, and municipal entities through its UMB Managed Account Solutions wrap-fee program, offering multiple program options and access to a range of investment products. The firm employs a combination of model-based and manager-driven approaches and is affiliated with UMB Bank and UMB Investment Management.

Caleb Hein is a financial advisor at American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at American Century Investment Services, Inc. since 2018. Prior to that, he was affiliated with the University of Central Missouri for four years. American Century Investments Private Client Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes model portfolios managed by in-house teams and primarily invests in proprietary mutual funds and ETFs, focusing on clients with modest account minimums.

Kelly Frazier is a financial advisor at Prairie Capital Management Group, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Prairie Capital since 2021, following an 11-year tenure at Umb. Prairie Capital primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and various institutional clients, offering asset consulting and investment supervisory services. The firm employs a multi-manager, multi-strategy investment approach, selecting and monitoring independent portfolio managers without directly investing client assets in most cases.

Jack Knutson is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed advisor with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Modern Wealth Management, LLC and has prior experience at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, Merrill, and Bank of America. Modern Wealth Management, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.9 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and modular services.

Christopher Crawford is a financial advisor with Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. in Mission, Kansas. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 12 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Quasar Distributors, LLC. Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients and serves as adviser to the Buffalo Funds mutual fund series. The firm utilizes internally generated research and offers balanced, equity, and fixed-income strategies through separately managed accounts and strategy accounts with a long-term, low-turnover approach.

Angela Gates is a financial advisor with UMB Financial Services, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience. Angela has worked at UMB Bank, n.a., UMB Financial Services Inc., and UMB Insurance Inc. since the early 1990s and 2008, respectively. UMB Financial Services, Inc. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to institutional clients, pooled vehicles, and municipal entities through various program options, including a wrap-fee platform. The firm uses a combination of model-based and manager-driven approaches and maintains affiliations with UMB Bank, n.a. and UMB Investment Management.

Rina Mehta is a financial advisor at Arvest Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 credential and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Commerce Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she is a co-founder and board member of Color the World, a nonprofit assisting parentless and low-income children and young adults. Arvest Wealth Management provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes a blend of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis to tailor strategies that align with clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.