Caleb Bell is a financial advisor at Life Wise Planning Group LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Vanguard Marketing Corporation and TriGuard Management LLC. Life Wise Planning Group LLC provides discretionary asset management, ERISA plan advisory services, and financial planning for individuals, business entities, and retirement plans, managing approximately $52 million in assets. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and offers an actively managed Tactical Sector Rotation strategy, along with various planning services ranging from comprehensive accumulation plans to Social Security maximization.

About Trent White, CFP®, JD, LLM A little background on my journey to becoming a financial advisor. From a young age, I developed a profound interest in managing finances. I started investing in stocks when I was 12 years old using the modest income I earned from delivering newspapers. After I delivered those papers I often read the business, sports, and humor sections, which fueled my growing curiosity about investing. My father and grandfather played instrumental roles in expanding my knowledge of stocks, bonds, ETFs, options, and more. My late mother also played a pivotal role, instilling in me invaluable money skills and principles like saving for college and embracing charitable giving. Even before I could drive, she inspired me to launch my first business—lawn aeration! This fueled my entrepreneurial spirit and taught me the value of the dollar. I've always been fascinated by the power of compounding growth and how money can do good in the world. It's not just about making life more enjoyable by saving for fantastic trips (I love to travel!), but about using money as a force for positive change. That's why, while studying Financial Economics in college, I made up my mind to become a financial planner and help others manage their money wisely. During and after my formal education, I seized valuable opportunities to expand my knowledge and expertise. I actively sought out practical experiences, both as a volunteer and as a paid income tax preparer. Additionally, I delved into life insurance, initially as a captive agent and later as an independent one. These experiences provided valuable insights into different aspects of financial planning.. Eager to broaden my knowledge further, I pursued a law degree at BYU, passed the bar exam, and obtained esteemed credentials such as the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP) designation and other securities licenses. I later completed a post-law degree from Georgetown, a Tax LL.M. (Master of Laws in Taxation) with a Certificate in Estate Planning. For more than a decade now, I've been working with high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, helping them navigate investments and plan for their financial future. Most recently, I managed a book exceeding $1 billion in assets under management for approximately 150 ultra-high-net-worth households that were part of Vanguard’s Personal Advisor Services. Guided by a wealth of experience and knowledge, I am eager to utilize my skills to help you achieve your goals!

William Mullenmeister is a financial advisor with Pogson & Matt Wealth Management Group in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Pogson & Matt Wealth Management Group since 2010. Pogson & Matt Wealth Management Group provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy focused on managing downside risk and pursuing performance, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and tailored portfolio monitoring.

Caryn Smith is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. She previously worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc., Rowland Carmichael Advisors Inc., and Northern Trust Company. Outside of financial advising, she was involved with Red Rock Recreation LLC for seven years. Sovereign Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while also incorporating tactical reallocations and alternative investments through independent managers and proprietary funds.

He Ma is a financial advisor with CSP Financial Group LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 65 and Series 63 registrations with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GoHealth, Strategic Healthcare Financial Advisors, and UnitedHealthcare. He is also involved in independent health insurance agency work and business ownership through JM Capital Group LLC. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, emphasizing portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring in line with Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm also manages workplace accounts and offers co-advisory and donor-advised account support.

Andrew Majd is a financial advisor with Dew Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Dew Wealth Management in 2020, he worked at Optima Capital Management and Bank of America, Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory role, he has experience working with a menswear business and participated in the Sawdust Festival of the Arts. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations with family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and coordinates with clients’ other professionals as part of its multi-month programs and ongoing services.

Kevin Shorts is a financial advisor at Tribeca Financial, LLC in Gilbert, AZ, holding a Series 65 license with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Tribeca Financial since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Shorts is an independent insurance agent and manages Shorts Financial Services, LLC. Tribeca Financial provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, and charitable entities. The firm uses a structured, market-rate oriented approach focused on passive, globally diversified portfolios aimed at long-term growth.

Christy Pater Schmitt is a financial advisor at Fortitude Family Office with 41 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Bridgelight Capital, and Wedbush Securities Inc. Fortitude Family Office primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and their related entities, providing investment management, comprehensive wealth planning, and family office services. The firm combines traditional family office operations with a private fund sponsor role, managing customized portfolios across various investment vehicles and overseeing illiquid private credit and real estate-credit investments.

Edward Maruna is a financial advisor with Blakely Walters Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial and Next Financial Group. Maruna also serves in the United States Air Force Reserve. Blakely Walters Wealth Management provides wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm combines discretionary asset management with financial planning, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and employs sub-advisors and alternative strategies to tailor investment programs.

James Dew is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience and has been a principal at Dew Wealth Management since 1999. He is a licensed insurance agent who maintains licensure solely for trail commissions and serves as an independent trustee for trusts of non-clients. Dew is also an author of educational books on investing and financial planning, from which he continues to receive royalty payments. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management and often coordinates directly with other client professionals as part of its Virtual Family Office and Wealth Accelerator programs.

William Lee is a CFP® and CFA® with 14 years of industry experience. He currently works at ARQ Wealth Advisors, LLC and has previously been with Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC and Ironwood Investment Counsel, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing member and part-owner of a recreational company, Fun Times AZ LLC. ARQ Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients through fee-only asset management and financial planning, employing a disciplined investment process that includes derivatives and options strategies within separately managed accounts. The firm blends traditional and alternative investment exposures while maintaining a formal fiduciary standard.

Kevin Canterbury is a financial advisor at CS Planning Corp with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including Redstone Capital Management, Coastal Investment Advisors, and Advisory Solutions Group. He is also a licensed life insurance agent at Truchoice Financial Life Insurance Brokerage. CS Planning Corp, operating as Vertical Ascent Wealth Management, serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a systematic investment approach with broadly diversified portfolios across global equity and fixed-income markets, tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and goals, and operates through a multi-advisor and multi-affiliate model.

Mark Stein is a CFP® with 43 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC, where he has worked since 2010. His prior roles include five years at Foothill Securities, Inc., and he maintained an insurance sales business for over four decades. Galvin, Gaustad & Stein is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a proprietary, fundamentally driven security-selection process and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary financial planning and portfolio management services.

Neil Sabagh is a financial advisor at Acrylic Financial, Inc. with Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Acrylic Financial and Brokers Alliance in 2024, he worked at Amazon from 2020 to 2024. Acrylic Financial, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, other investment advisers, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a combination of asset-allocation frameworks, momentum and moving-average models, and both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor investment programs according to client goals and risk tolerance.

James Meyers is a financial advisor at Laffer Tengler Investments, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. His prior work includes time at The Herbst Group, LLC. Laffer Tengler Investments offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, model delivery to other advisers, and wrap-fee program management for individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and specialty clients. The firm combines quantitative modeling and macroeconomic forecasting with fundamental security analysis across various asset types and operates an actively managed equity income ETF.

Santiago Rosas is a financial advisor at Dew Wealth Management with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at FP Solutions Ameriprise, Insitu, and Bosh Global Services. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations with family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management and coordinates with clients’ other professionals as part of its Virtual Family Office and Wealth Accelerator services.

Todd Reeg is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC. His prior work includes roles at Robert W. Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Clearing, and A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. He is based in Scottsdale, AZ. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, foundations, and business entities. The firm combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, using both bespoke and licensed model portfolios, and accesses alternative and private investments while maintaining discretion over portfolio implementation.

Christopher Kuehne is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Greenwich Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Greenwich Advisors, he has been associated with Independent Financial Advisors since 1995. Greenwich Advisors, LLC is a Delaware-organized SEC-registered investment adviser with a five-advisor team managing approximately $293 million for about 72 clients across five offices. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and some businesses, often applying a $1 million account minimum. Their investment approach incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside Modern Portfolio Theory, with a notable willingness to use complex and alternative investment instruments.

Lindsey Tummond is a financial advisor at MDRN Capital with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Bancwest Investment Services, Cole Capital Corporation, and AmeriFirst. Lindsey also serves as an Investment Advisor Representative with McAdam, LLC, where she provides financial planning and investment advisory services. MDRN Capital serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans by offering discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a multi-advisor team model and typically constructs portfolios using unaffiliated independent managers along with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

Sam Winter is a financial advisor at Fortitude Family Office in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cudos LLC and UBS Financial Services. Fortitude Family Office primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and their related entities, providing investment management, comprehensive wealth and financial planning, and family office services. The firm combines traditional family office operations with a private fund sponsor role, managing illiquid private credit and real estate-credit investments alongside customary custody-related services.