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 financial advisor at GGM Financial LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at firms including JPMorgan Securities LLC and Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of advising, he is a co-owner of BAM Distributing, a private eBay sales business. GGM Financial, LLC serves individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with wealth management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and standalone planning, employing a goal-based investment approach that includes modern portfolio theory, fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis.

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 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She serves as Chief Operating Officer and partner at TCP Asset Management and 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, and pension consulting through a digital platform. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis and utilizes multiple sub-advisers and model providers, supporting over $1 billion in assets across an 11-office footprint.

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.

Eric Kelemen is a financial advisor with MDRN Capital, holding Series 65 and Series 63 registrations. He has experience in the financial industry beginning in 2011, including roles at Huntington National Bank, Golden Reserve, and Park National Bank before joining MDRN Capital. MDRN Capital serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a multi-advisor team model and constructs portfolios using independent managers and low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, focusing primarily on a long-term investment approach.

Kurt Hildebrand is a financial advisor at Capital City Asset Management Group, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Kestra Investment Services, Kestra Advisory, and Capital City Partners, Inc. Hildebrand also operates The Hildebrand Financial Group, which provides insurance services and college planning programs, and supports a martial arts program pro-shop at the local YMCA. Capital City Asset Management Group offers discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm creates customized portfolios based on client-specific factors and employs a range of investment strategies, sometimes utilizing third-party managers to implement these approaches.

Erik Roemer is a CFP® with over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Gerber, LLC since 2000 and previously at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Roemer holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Gerber, overseeing client service, financial planning, staff management, and regulatory compliance. Gerber, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses, focusing on growth-oriented, first-generation entrepreneurs. The firm offers discretionary investment management and comprehensive wealth services, using a long-term, diversified investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and derivatives, supported by independent managers and an outsourced CIO.

Brett Vandervort is a financial advisor at Swisher Financial Concepts, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Swisher Financial Concepts in two separate periods totaling 12 years, as well as at THE O.N. Equity Sales Company for three years. Swisher Financial Concepts serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing fee-based financial planning, individualized investment management, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to develop client-specific investment policies and offers additional services including tax preparation and small-business management consulting.

Jordan Lindh is a financial advisor at Columbus Investment Advisory Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation. Columbus Investment Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, IRAs, and charitable foundations. The firm employs a proprietary fundamental research process focused on undervalued stocks and investment-grade bonds, managing approximately $405 million in client assets across about 95 client relationships.

Ryan Watt is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Arena Private Wealth. His prior roles include positions at Objective Capital Management, Mutual Securities, Fifth Third Securities, Fifth Third Bank, and Ameriprise. He is a board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Southern and Central Ohio Chapter. Arena Private Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering personalized strategies including covered-call approaches for concentrated equity positions. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio methods and sponsors proprietary investment funds with performance-based fees.

James Lindner is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving at Retirement Strategies, Ltd. He has held roles at Private Client Services and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, among others. Outside of advising, Lindner is the founder and president of Capital City Young Aviators, a nonprofit that mentors at-risk youth through aviation programs, and he also serves as president and co-founder of the Central Ohio Professional Education Council, which provides free financial education workshops. Retirement Strategies, Ltd. provides comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies using ETFs, mutual funds, stocks, and bonds, supplemented by newsletters, educational seminars, and client-facing planning software.

Matthew Schaefer is a financial advisor at Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at The Superlative Group from 2013 to 2020. Outside of advisory services, he holds a licensed insurance agent role, recommending and selling commissionable insurance products 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 diversification with an emphasis on passive, low-cost investments. The firm integrates estate-planning and tax services as part of its fixed annual fee structure.