Christopher Daniels is a financial advisor at Advanced Planning Advisors Group Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Nuveen Securities, LLC and LPL Financial LLC. Daniels is also the managing member and owner of Daniels Asset Capital LLC, a non-investment related business. Advanced Planning Advisors Group Inc. provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates through a co-advisor arrangement and financial planning at no additional cost. The firm refers assets to an SEC-registered third-party manager that handles portfolio management and custodial services, while assisting clients with model selection and tailoring strategies based on comprehensive financial planning.

Curtis Stowers is a financial advisor at F5 Financial Planning, L.L.C. in Naperville, IL, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with F5 Financial Planning since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a Subway restaurant franchise in Lakin, KS. F5 Financial Planning is a NAPFA-approved, fee-only firm serving corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and families with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm emphasizes long-term, fundamental analysis and risk-managed portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervision as part of ongoing planning relationships.

Oliver Kupe is a financial advisor at Aurelien Capital Partners with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Red Oak Capital Investments, Fort Point Capital Partners, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Kupe serves as an advisory board member of 548 Capital's Solar Chicago Fund, providing non-binding advice on housing, environmental, and economic issues in inner cities. Aurelien Capital Partners serves individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients, professional athletes, and exonerees, offering wealth management, financial planning, and family-office services. The firm employs a plan-driven, open-architecture investment approach combining active and passive strategies across public and private markets tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Michael Liccar is a financial advisor with Signet Private Wealth, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and possessing 31 years of industry experience. His work history includes leadership roles at Andiamo Vento LLC, Liccar Securities & Custodial Services, LLC, and Michael J. Liccar & Co., L.L.C., along with service at Crete Township since 2001. Outside of finance, he manages a brewery business through Pintsetters Brands, LLC. 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 incorporating fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and incorporates services such as direct indexing, option-writing, and ESG considerations.

Todd Mick is a financial advisor at Lakewood Asset Management, LLC in Naperville, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Lakewood Asset Management since 2015. Lakewood Asset Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as trusts, estates, pension, and charitable entities, managing approximately $249 million across about 155 client relationships. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental, long-term value investing approach across a range of securities and offers both discretionary portfolio management and stand-alone financial planning engagements.

Nicholas Norby is a financial advisor at Taursas Investments in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with under one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Deloitte and NN Financial Services LLC. Taursas Investments provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and endowments. The firm emphasizes fundamental business and industry analysis with an economic outlook, avoiding speculation and predictive models.

Kelly Stanley is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience and has been with Cogent Strategic Wealth LLC since 2015. He holds a Series 66 license and participates in paid speaking engagements on approved financial topics. Cogent Strategic Wealth manages approximately $266 million for individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm employs a Personal Chief Financial Officer model, focusing on diversified portfolios primarily composed of passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, with an emphasis on advanced planning and relationship management with outside specialists.

James Mosteller is a financial advisor at Liberty Asset Management, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. In addition to his advisory role, he is a partner at Mosteller & Holmberg, P.C., a law firm where he consults on marketing concepts and estate planning/elder law issues. Liberty Asset Management, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and sub-advisors, while also offering retirement and estate planning support.

Mark Jablonski is a financial advisor at Servant Financial, Ltd. with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he worked in corporate positions at CVS Health Corp., Middough Inc., and Baxter International Inc. He is also involved with Alathea Consulting LLC. Servant Financial provides personalized investment management for a range of clients including individuals, trusts, family offices, and corporate entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on risk management through diversification, tax efficiency, and tactical adjustments, and it is notable for advising private Opportunity Zone farmland funds and offering alternative-investment consulting.

Kevin Susmarski is a financial advisor at First Choice Financial Services LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background in law enforcement, serving as a sergeant and patrol division supervisor at the Village of Hinsdale Police Department since 2001. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent operating as a sole proprietor. First Choice Financial Services LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing financial advice primarily through referrals to third-party money managers and estate-planning support. The firm acts as a liaison in client communications and oversight, focusing on client goals and risk tolerance without directly managing assets.

Bradford Szczecinski is a financial advisor with Creative Resources Investment Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at USI, Marsh Private Client Services, and The Horton Group. He volunteers with Breakthrough Urban Ministries as a planned giving consultant and serves on the Transplant Advisory Council at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Creative Resources Investment Advisors primarily serves individual and high-income clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented investment approach incorporating Modern Portfolio Theory and a blended strategic/tactical asset allocation, tailoring portfolios to client needs and conducting regular reviews.

Samuel McElroy is a financial advisor at Stride Investments, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Stride Investments since 2013, with prior roles at Stride Financial and as owner of McElroy Financial. Outside of advisory services, he serves as Chief Operating Officer of Stride Financial, an insurance and planning services firm. Stride Investments provides fee-based investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporate accounts, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on purpose-based investing and retirement-income planning, using proprietary tools to assess goals and risk, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Frank Iozzo is a financial advisor at FMI Financial, Ltd. with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Capital Strategies, Inc. Group, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Chase Investment Services Corp. He is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. FMI Financial, Ltd. serves institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, corporate retirement plans, trusts, and estates with services including discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, financial planning, and retirement-plan education. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified investment strategies and offers both discretionary asset management and non-discretionary consulting.

Dale Branda is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Steward Advisors, LLC since 2016. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Chicago, IL. Steward Advisors serves individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and family offices with fee-based financial planning and private portfolio management. The firm manages approximately $137 million in assets and integrates financial planning into its services, utilizing diversified portfolios and documented reporting practices.

Daniel Schlesser is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 37 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles at Tilden Loucks Woodnorth LLC, LaSalle St. Financial, Inc., McDermott LaSalle St Inc, and related LaSalle St. entities. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with fee-based financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies across multiple asset classes and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary assets.

Mark Vincent is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Stonebrook Capital Management, Inc. since 2001. Stonebrook Capital Management provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses, managing approximately $70.3 million for about 108 clients. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to create custom asset-allocation strategies with an emphasis on diversification and defensive tactics.

Jacob Kadisak is a CFP® professional with 7 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Kadisak Financial Services, Inc. in Naperville, IL, where he has worked since 2011. The firm provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and trust clients, including both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth households. Kadisak Financial Services manages approximately $65.5 million across about 77 client relationships, using an actively managed, tactical asset-allocation approach focused on diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with services that include retirement planning and employer retirement plan reviews.

Adam Smolich is a financial advisor at Clement Street Capital LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Clement Street Capital since 2012. Clement Street Capital provides discretionary asset management and comprehensive financial planning primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporations, retirement plans, and other legal entities. The firm builds tailored investment policies using a mix of asset classes and employs ongoing monitoring and rebalancing, serving a select client base with substantial account size and net-worth thresholds.

Daniel Carroll is a financial advisor at Stride Investments, LLC in Chicago, IL, with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones for five years. Outside of advising, he is also licensed to sell insurance and spends a portion of his time on insurance sales and services. Stride Investments, LLC provides fee-based investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporate accounts, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on purpose-based investing and retirement-income planning, using proprietary tools to document goals and asset allocation, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Michael Perna is a financial advisor at First Choice Financial Services LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved in the financial and insurance services industry since 1983, serving as president of Michael Perna and Associates, Inc. and First Choice Insurance Agency. First Choice Financial Services LLC provides financial advice to individual and high-net-worth clients primarily through referrals to third-party money managers and offers estate-planning support services. The firm focuses on client communication, oversight of third-party managers, and employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its recommendations.