Jeffrey Bauer is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with VALIC Financial Advisors since 2001 and also holds an agent position with Agia, where he is involved in non-securities insurance products. VALIC Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction and management.

Kurt Beerline is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Lakewood, Colorado. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Agia, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, Fidelity Investments, and Aflac. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning through a large network of advisors, utilizing unified managed accounts and a combination of technology and third-party model managers.

Rebecca Leonard is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and Summit Financial Group. She also operates under the DBA Bartleys Wealth Management. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and pension plans. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through various platforms, combining strategic asset allocation with both active and passive investment approaches.

Lauren Mc Carroll is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. She has worked with Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc. since 2014 and joined Schwab Wealth Advisory in 2025. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, utilizing standard asset allocation models and Schwab research tools. The firm conducts annual account reviews and recommends investments but does not exercise discretionary trading authority, distinguishing its operating model within the Schwab ecosystem.

Carol Eddy is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving at Money Concepts Capital Corp since 1997. She is the owner and president of Nixon Financial Planning, Inc., a non-investment related business. Money Concepts Capital Corp is an enterprise firm with approximately 431 advisors managing about $3.33 billion for around 14,700 clients. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations, utilizing a range of managed programs and portfolio strategies.

Joseph Lomeo is a Certified Financial Planner® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Personal Capital Advisors Corporation and Empower Advisory Group. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses in addition to his CFP® designation. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets through a large advisor network and employs a diversified, risk-class based investment approach that combines passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Aleksandr Segalchik is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has served with Valic Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a ski instructor and participates in a family-based home care program providing support to his mother-in-law. Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. primarily serves U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors. The firm operates at scale with a strong emphasis on centralized technology and model-based solutions.

James Kramer is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with 28 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) since 2014 and also operates Kramer Financial Solutions, which he founded in 2007. Kramer serves on the advisory board of Everest College, providing guidance on student preparation through bi-annual meetings. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Melony Harris is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 28 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has worked with Avantax firms for over two decades prior to joining Commonwealth in 2020. In addition to her advisory work, she owns Harris Tax & Wealth Management, PC, which provides tax preparation, payroll processing, and accounting services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and their individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform including managed account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

Kenneth Middleton is a financial advisor with The Huntington Investment Company, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 12 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Fidelity Investments. The Huntington Investment Company provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering a range of wrap-fee programs through an open-architecture platform that incorporates third-party and proprietary portfolio management strategies.

Matthew Michalak is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Valic Financial Advisors in Lakewood, CO. His prior roles include positions at NorthRock Partners LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank. Outside of advisory work, he is an agent authorized to sell non-securities insurance products and also works as a delivery driver. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants, offering portfolio management and financial planning through a large network of advisors. The firm utilizes discretionary unified managed accounts with Envestnet’s platform and provides tax-aware and impact overlay services.

Brittany Del Favero is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Creative Planning, LLC, based in Arvada, Colorado. She has two years of industry experience and has worked previously with Lockton Companies and Westmark Wealth Management. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets and employs a financial planning-led investment process focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by advanced portfolio management techniques and a range of retirement plan services.

Adam Peters is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63 designations. Peters has worked at Hanson McClain Securities and Hanson McClain Advisors since 2014. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using a variety of model strategies and employs third-party sub-advisers and specialized technology to manage held-away retirement accounts.

Monroe Mc Anuff is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Lakewood, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having nine years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2019 and with New York Life Insurance Company since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is an investor in a personal training business, Fit Life Inc. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Devonee Quinn is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. She is currently with Creative Planning, where she has worked since 2022, and previously held roles at WIPFLI Financial Advisors, LotusGroup Advisors, and Lee Financial Corp. Outside of financial advising, she works as an independent consultant in wine sales through Wine Retriever, LLC. Creative Planning is a large enterprise firm managing approximately $217 billion in assets, serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning-led investment process focused on low-cost indexing and offers a range of supplemental strategies along with affiliated non-investment businesses such as legal and trust services.

Micheal Paul is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Broomfield, CO, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies and affiliated New York Life entities since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he is appointed with outside insurance carriers to broker non-registered investment-related insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a broad range of individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis and a focus on fiduciary responsibilities in retirement plan consulting.

Steven Bresler is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in Golden, CO, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has worked at PlanMember since 2020 and previously held roles at Empower Retirement and GWFS Equities. Outside of his advisory work, Bresler serves as Vice President of Business Development for Client 4 Life, a business software sales company. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering participant-level investment options. The firm’s investment approach is based on a top-down strategic asset allocation framework and risk-based mutual fund portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive.

Darren Levinthal is a Series 66-licensed advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, bringing 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. and Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC for a combined total of 19 years. Outside of financial advising, he owns a graphic design business focused on clothing and sells collectible comics and sports cards online. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office services, and wrap-fee programs, utilizing customized portfolios with a long-term investment approach and oversight of third-party asset managers.

Garrick Sasa is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Arvada, CO, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at U.S. Bancorp Investments, LPL Financial, and Wells Fargo Advisors. He also serves as a bank/trust officer at Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company, supporting retirement plan account relationships. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed outside the U.S. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Daniel Sier is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Lakewood, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2008 and also serves as an agent for Agia, offering non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and operating at scale with over $26 billion in discretionary assets.