Corey Jordison is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Peak Retirement Planning, Inc. in Columbus, OH, with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held roles at Worldwide Express, Milwaukee Tool, and TechTronic Industries. Peak Retirement Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning consulting, and related services. The firm offers access to an in-house CPA for tax services and utilizes a third-party platform for estate planning, tailoring advice to clients' objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerance.

Brian Houts is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Frazier Financial Advisors, LLC. He has held roles at Private Client Services and Triad Advisors, and has been with Frazier Financial Advisors since 2018. He is a board member and director of sponsorships for the Central Chapter of the Financial Planning Association. Frazier Financial Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $930 million in client assets through a team of 16 advisors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and fiduciary services, with portfolio strategies incorporating fundamental and technical analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and integrated tax and estate planning.

Colin White is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of professional experience, currently serving at Frazier Financial Advisors, LLC. His background includes roles in financial services and education, as well as a position at AcesDiving LLC. Frazier Financial Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.16 billion in assets for individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a variety of investment approaches and offers both comprehensive and modular financial planning, along with integrated accounting and tax preparation services.

Kevin Kruse is a financial advisor at Meeder Advisory Services, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Summit Financial Strategies from 2017 to 2024. Meeder Advisory Services, Inc. provides portfolio management, strategist/sub-advisory, and retirement plan services to financial intermediaries, plan sponsors, and individual clients through separately managed accounts, model portfolios, and Meeder Investment Portfolios. The firm uses proprietary quantitative methodologies and offers tax-aware and personalized model solutions, often acting as a discretionary manager while serving as a strategist or model provider in non-discretionary programs.

Austin Altenburg is a financial advisor with Gryphon Financial Partners in Columbus, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 20 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith. He also engages in insurance sales, providing various insurance products to clients. Gryphon Financial Partners offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs an active, diversified “total portfolio” approach and provides both discretionary investment management and consulting, with specialties in family business sales, retirement and legacy planning, and family office services.

Todd Walter is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor with The Joseph Group Capital Management in Columbus, OH, where he has worked since 2009. He has 21 years of industry experience. The Joseph Group Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, charities, and businesses, as well as consulting for retirement plan sponsors. The firm’s investment process involves aligning client goals with named strategies and includes a weekly Investment Team Market Health Analysis to guide portfolio decisions.

Christopher Bartkowski is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Strategies Inc. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentials and has five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Corient, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Squire Patton Boggs, and Bloomberg BNA. Summit Financial Strategies serves individuals across wealth levels, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and planning services. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using multiple asset classes and employs third-party technology platforms to enhance portfolio management, including tax-efficient strategies and managed held-away account services.

John Forloine is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC since 2022. His prior roles include positions at The Pension Group, McCarthy & Cox Retirement & Estate Planning Specialists, Commonwealth Financial Network, Nationwide Securities, Merrill, and Wells Fargo Clearing. He is also a licensed insurance agent engaged in commissionable insurance sales through Golden Reserve, LLC. Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term trading and diversified portfolios grounded in modern portfolio theory. The firm integrates estate-planning and tax services and employs a fixed annual fee model rather than an asset-based percentage fee.

Philip Kessler is a financial advisor at SWS Partners, LLC in Columbus, Ohio, holding a Series 66 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with SWS Partners since 2015. SWS Partners manages approximately $442.6 million in assets with a five-person advisory team, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, OCIO, and multi-family office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a blended investment approach combining passive asset-class exposures with research-driven active selection and offers proprietary model portfolios, wrap-fee programs, and access to alternative investments.

Isao Shoji is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Asendo Wealth Advisory and previously spent 13 years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Shoji is also involved in business operations through SG Capital LLC. Asendo Wealth Advisory provides financial planning, consulting, investment, and wealth management services to individuals, profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs an institutional modeling system to construct ETF-centric portfolios and incorporates strategies such as options, inverse ETFs, and third-party managers when suitable.

Mikhail Poltyrev is a CFP® and ChFC® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at GGM Financial LLC. He previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC for six years and has co-owned a private eBay sales business, BAM Distributing, since 2016. GGM Financial, LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs discretionary, goal-based investment programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, using various analytical methods and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Robert Ostrander is a CFP® professional with 44 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with SWS Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2008. Ostrander serves on the boards of multiple nonprofit organizations, including America Freedom Project and Floodgate Vision, and is president of Centerpoint Stewardship, Inc., a holistic planning organization for individuals and families. SWS Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $50.6 million in discretionary assets across about 449 client relationships, offering discretionary portfolio management, written financial planning, and project-based advice tailored to client needs.

Carter Gerlach is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Windsor Advisory Group, LLC since 2019. Prior to joining Windsor, he worked at The Columbus Foundation from 2016 to 2019. Windsor Advisory Group serves ultra-high net worth individuals and families, offering customized financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm also provides family office and personal CFO services, with an investment approach that includes both public and private markets and a distinctive capability to manage pooled private investment vehicles.

Benjamin Skinner is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Summit Financial Strategies Inc since 2016. He is based in Columbus, OH, and works within a team of 20 advisors at the firm. Summit Financial Strategies serves individuals—including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients—along with business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, bundled wealth management, financial planning, tax planning, and retirement plan services, emphasizing diversified portfolios and fee-only fiduciary standards.

Callie Jacoby is a CFP® at Gryphon Financial Partners with three years of industry experience. She previously worked at PNC Bank NA for 26 years before joining Gryphon. Gryphon Financial Partners offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients, focusing on family business sales and exits, succession and legacy planning, and provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, tax and estate planning, and family office services.

Kris Herminghuysen is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Columbus Investment Advisory Inc. with eight years at the firm and a total of 15 years of industry experience, including a decade as a self-employed financial professional. Based in New Albany, OH, he is part of a five-advisor team. Columbus Investment Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, IRAs, and charitable foundations. The firm’s investment approach relies on proprietary fundamental research to identify undervalued stocks and emphasizes individual bonds for fixed-income allocations.

Theodore Winders is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63-licensed advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Yarger Wealth Strategies, LLC since 2023 and previously spent seven years at J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc. Yarger Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages discretionary portfolios focused on fundamental analysis with a primarily long-term investment horizon, utilizing a range of investment vehicles including ETFs, mutual funds, equities, bonds, and alternative investments.

Branda Allen is a financial advisor with TCP Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She has been with TCP Asset Management since 2017 and also owns Wanderlust Adventures & Events LLC. TCP Asset Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and estate-planning referrals through a digital platform. The firm manages over $1 billion in client assets with a 25-advisor team across 11 offices, delivering tailored investment strategies and utilizing multiple sub-advisers and model providers.

Omar Ganoom is a financial advisor with SB Advisory, LLC in Columbus, OH, holding a Series 63 designation and 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at San Blas Securities LLC, Central States Capital Markets, Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc., and Boenning & Scattergood. Outside of his advisory work, he is the managing member of a real estate ownership entity. SB Advisory, LLC is a multi-team firm managing over $1 billion for individuals, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm primarily provides non-discretionary investment advice using a combination of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and outside managers, employing fundamental, technical, and qualitative analysis.

Laurie Licata is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as part of the team at PDS Planning Inc in Dublin, OH. She has been with PDS Planning since 2008, totaling 18 years at the firm. PDS Planning Inc is a fee-only registered investment adviser that offers financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, business entities, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $2.17 billion across about 600 clients and employs a fixed-fee structure for its advisory services, providing customized financial plans and investment strategies that include ETFs, mutual funds, separate accounts, and direct equities and fixed income.