Benjamin Perkins is a financial advisor at RBC Capital Markets with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work experience including roles at Mariani Landscape and Lake Forest College. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, institutions, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various advisory programs that provide both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, custody, and brokerage services tailored to clients’ risk profiles and investment preferences.

Dean Labelle is a financial advisor with Cetera who holds the Series 66 designation and has 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Cetera and its affiliate Cetera Financial Specialists LLC since 2004 and also owns and operates Dean Labelle Accounting, providing accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, and tax services since 1992. Additionally, he serves as a music director and worship service planner for a religious organization. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC serves a broad client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients, offering a variety of portfolio management and financial planning services through a large network of independent advisors.

Keith Dreger is a financial advisor with Thrivent Investment Management in Kenosha, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Thrivent Investment Management since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, Dreger is an agent with Frey-Rude Associates, an independent property and casualty insurance agency. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients, offering goal-based financial planning without discretionary trading authority and with an option to combine planning with managed-account services under a consolidated billing structure.

Shyanne Lamb is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Kenosha, WI, holding a Series 66 designation. She has one year of experience in the industry, with prior roles at Frontida Management Group, Creating Clarity, Intuit, and other firms. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients with a broad range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets under management and operates a nationwide network of financial advisors and branch offices.

Allen Hall is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Exemplar Financial Network, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Bank of America, and Merrill. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations nationwide. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by in-house and third-party research.

Laurence Kuhl is the sole advisor at Kuhl Investments Inc. in Lake Bluff, IL, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license with 27 years of industry experience. He has managed Kuhl Investments since 1997 and also owns Kuhl Financial Services, a separate business providing tax preparation and comprehensive personal financial planning. Kuhl Investments Inc. operates as an independent firm focused on serving individual clients.

Robert Blameuser is a financial advisor at Blameuser Asset Management with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license and has been associated with First Midwest Securities, Inc. since 1993. Outside of his advisory work, he plays the trumpet in various bands and may also teach music. Blameuser Asset Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to both institutional clients and individual investors. The firm employs individualized portfolio management strategies and also offers insurance brokerage services, operating on a small scale with about $4.5 million in assets under management across roughly 25 clients.

Douglas Renz is a financial advisor at Renz Financial Group, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. In addition to his advisory role, Renz works as a Business Intelligence Architect at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Renz Financial Group, LLC is an independent firm serving clients with personalized financial advice.