Kenneth Mullinax is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. He is the principal of NPV Advisory Services, LLC, where he has worked since 2014. NPV Advisory Services provides fee-only financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, business entities, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes retirement plan design and consulting, using a strategic asset allocation approach focused on low-cost investment vehicles and financial planning as the foundation for recommendations.

Nicholas Garofalo is a financial advisor with Openhanded Wealth LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He also works at i3 Verticals, LLC, where he performs financial analysis and reporting. Openhanded Wealth LLC provides fee-only investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small business owners. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and incorporates Biblically Responsible Investing by selecting screened fund families, with portfolios managed primarily through mutual funds, ETFs, and discretionary strategies.

Manish Patel is a financial advisor with BluePrint Private Wealth Management LLC in Alpharetta, GA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JPM Ventures, Karish LLC, and Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. BluePrint Private Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving primarily individual clients, managing approximately $95 million across 60 client relationships. The firm provides tailored portfolio management and financial planning services, employing fundamental and technical analysis with regular portfolio reviews and written recommendations.

Andy Khoo is a financial advisor with A.I.M. Financial Group, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 20 years of industry experience, including over two decades at A.I.M. Financial Group and affiliations with THE O.N. Equity Sales Company and Ohio National Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as vice-president of K&L Service, providing tax planning to clients. A.I.M. Financial Group, Inc. is a small wealth management firm offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and third-party managed program recommendations. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, using fundamental analysis and growth and income strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Mark Kanakaris is the principal of Kanakaris and Associates in Woodstock, GA, holding a Series 65 credential with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Royal Fund Management, LLC since 2013 and operates his own tax planning and preparation business, Cherokee Tax Group. Kanakaris is also licensed to sell life, annuity, health, and disability insurance. Kanakaris and Associates manages approximately $7.5 million in discretionary assets for about 62 individual clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses a quantitative, rules-based investment process featuring model portfolios, covered-call strategies, sector momentum analysis, and may allocate assets to sub-advisers or third-party models.

Benjamin Baldwin III is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Responsive Financial Group, Inc. since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in commercial property leasing through ownership of RBC Phoenix Inc. Responsive Financial Group, Inc. is an independent firm providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, foundations, corporations, and other institutions. The firm utilizes model Risk Adjusted Portfolios (RAPs) across various management styles to address client needs, and it serves a range of clients including pension and profit-sharing plans, offering specialized ERISA plan consulting and fiduciary services.

Samuel Newland is a financial advisor at Lighthouse Investment Advisors, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Lighthouse Investment Advisors since 2016 and Lighthouse Financial, Inc. since 2017. Prior to his advisory career, he spent 29 years at Southern Company. Newland is also the owner of Lighthouse Financial, Inc., where he acts as an insurance agent specializing in life, health, and annuity products. Lighthouse Investment Advisors is an independent, fee-based firm serving individual clients and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers non-discretionary asset management, ERISA 3(21) consulting for plan sponsors, and educational seminars, emphasizing investment strategies based on fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Robert Frank III is the principal of Atlas Investment Advisory LLC in Canton, GA, and holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and 66 licenses. He has 24 years of industry experience, including ten years with LPL Financial and founding his independent advisory firm in 2016. Outside of his advisory work, he is a co-owner of Twin Ridge Defence, LLC, a non-investment-related business. Atlas Investment Advisory serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, quantitative, technical, cyclical, and modern portfolio theory analyses across a wide range of investment instruments and strategies, conducting quarterly account reviews.

Thomas Cloud is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has worked at Eleven Two Fund Management for 12 years before founding Third Act Retirement Planning, Inc. in 2017, where he remains the sole advisor. Third Act Retirement Planning provides individualized financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, estate-planning consulting, and insurance guidance to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $30.4 million on a discretionary basis and offers modular and holistic planning services, utilizing a variety of investment strategies and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Eric Holcomb is the founder of Holcomb Financial and holds a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He also serves as a Project Manager at Irrational Kindness, LLC, the operator of Chick-fil-A Canton. Holcomb Financial provides wealth management, investment management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning services to individuals, small business owners, employer retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm operates on a fee-only basis, offering discretionary portfolio management and personalized investment strategies, and is noted for providing educational seminars and speaking engagements to the public.

Ashley Roth is a financial advisor with Arrowhead Investment Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Arrowhead since 2011. Arrowhead Investment Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $43.1 million for individuals, families, trusts, non-profit organizations, and corporate retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term growth through equities and bonds using a fundamentally driven research process and provides tailored portfolio management with discretionary authority.

Gary Hyde is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in financial services. He is the principal of Shepherd Financial LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2020. Prior to founding Shepherd Financial, he worked at Northwestern Mutual in various roles from 2015 to 2020. Outside of his advisory work, Hyde provides baseball instruction to children. Shepherd Financial LLC offers wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning primarily to individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is long-term and ETF-oriented, with additional use of individual securities and occasional shorter-term trades, and it combines individual wealth management with retirement plan consulting services.

Derrick Lowery is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience currently serving as the sole advisor at Brookwood Wealth Advisors, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a Budget Committee Member for Trinity Baptist Church in Cartersville, GA. Brookwood Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, typically requiring a $100,000 account minimum. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance, employing a range of strategies including asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and technical analysis, with oversight conducted at least quarterly by the principal.

William Turner is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 65 licensed advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is principal at Turner Wealth Advisory in Woodstock, GA, and also operates Turner and Associates C.P.A, P.C., a tax accounting practice. Prior to founding his firms, he worked at Deloitte Tax LLP for one year. Turner Wealth Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individuals, high net worth clients, and trusts. The firm employs a tailored investment approach that includes asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and both long- and short-term trading, with accounts monitored against client risk profiles on a quarterly basis.

Owen Blank is a financial advisor at SafeWater Investment Management LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining SafeWater, Owen worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank for a combined total of 10 years. Outside of finance, he is involved in manufacturing through Sujac Sewing and owns Snacks Music, an art and culture business in Decatur, Georgia. SafeWater Investment Management LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a diverse investment approach incorporating multiple analytical methods and manages approximately $31.35 million for about 93 clients.

Lance Newsome is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Newcorp Wealth Management since 2018 and previously at Maryland Financial Group, Inc. and LPL Financial. Newsome is also involved in independent insurance sales focused on non-variable life and annuity products. Newcorp Wealth Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement-plan clients by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm uses tailored asset-allocation frameworks incorporating multiple investment strategies and offers ERISA fiduciary services alongside individual wealth management.

Scott Mckee is a financial advisor at Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has been with Lifetime Wealth Management since 2020 and is also the managing member and owner of Ell, LLC dba Sidecar Group, where he advises leaders in healthcare organizations on growth and development strategies. Additionally, he serves as vice president and owner of Recurrit, LLC dba Tempus, a software development company focused on time request and billing solutions. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, estates, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining passive and active strategies and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with specialized planning and consulting services.

Barry Spencer is a financial advisor at Wealth With No Regrets® in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Boomfish Wealth Group, LLC since 2010 and Boomfish Inc. since 2008. Wealth With No Regrets® serves individual and high-net-worth clients, small businesses, and charitable organizations, providing integrated financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes customized financial profiles and investment plans implemented through a risk-managed, long-term investment approach that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis.

Terry Prillaman is the sole advisor at Northstar Investment Partners in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Northstar Investment Partners since 2004. Northstar Investment Partners is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual clients, including accounts for minor children. The firm employs multiple option strategies and bases its recommendations on clients’ goals and risk factors to seek capital appreciation.

Craig Jennings is a financial advisor at Safewater Investment Management LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Jennings Financial Planning & Investments, World Equity Group, Nicholas Wealth Management, Kelley and Mullis Wealth Management, and Securities America. In addition to advising, he is a licensed insurance agent. Safewater Investment Management provides advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm applies various analytical methods and manages diverse asset types without outsourcing portfolio management, serving clients without an account minimum.