Carlos Cortez is the founder and sole advisor of Cortez Wealth Advisors LLC, based in Oldsmar, Florida, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at World Equity Group and Retirement Wealth Advisors, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Cortez hosts the "Scriptures & Wallstreet" podcast, which he started in 2024. Cortez Wealth Advisors LLC provides financial planning and facilitates relationships with third‑party investment advisers for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on asset-allocation strategies and client interviews to tailor plans and monitors recommended advisers while not directly managing client assets.

Jamie Chatman is the principal of JC Venture Capital Investments LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has 10 years of experience serving with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. JC Venture Capital Investments provides non-discretionary portfolio advisory services and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, and closely held entities. The firm combines fundamental and macroeconomic analysis with strategic and tactical asset allocation, offering tailored advice across a range of investment options while maintaining client approval on all transactions.

Jeffrey Merkow is a financial advisor at JSM Investment Management with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Fortis Capital Advisors, Elevate Financial Planning & Wealth Management, and Financial Engines Advisors. JSM Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, private equity funds, corporations, and retirement-plan fiduciaries. The firm employs a predominantly passive global asset allocation using exchange-traded vehicles while incorporating active management, alternative investments, and options strategies as market conditions warrant.

Michael Klimis is a CFP® professional with 47 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been the principal of Klimis & Associates Advisory, Inc. since 1983 and previously worked at FSC Securities Corporation for 30 years. Klimis serves on the board of directors for the Clearwater Free Clinic, a nonprofit providing medical services to uninsured individuals, where he is involved in property development and facility expansion. Klimis & Associates Advisory, Inc. offers customized financial planning services primarily for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, focusing on comprehensive written plans covering investments, insurance, and retirement. The firm emphasizes planning and broad diversification without discretionary management, often coordinating implementation through affiliated broker-dealer services.

James Florio is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Florio Wealth Management, LLC in Seminole, FL, where he has worked since 2020. He has 5 years of industry experience and also maintains a 20-year involvement with Ensured Futures. Florio is a licensed life and health insurance agent. Florio Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on fixed-income securities and exchange-traded funds. The firm uses a modern portfolio theory approach and refers client assets to third-party money managers, monitoring their performance without exercising investment discretion.

Brandon Grundy is a CFP® with 19 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Ridgeview Financial Planning since 2014. Ridgeview Financial Planning provides comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, small businesses, and foundations or charitable organizations. The firm uses a Core + Satellite investment approach and is noted for its work with foundations and charitable organizations, as well as its coordination with outside attorneys and accountants.

Bradley Sorensen is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He currently serves as the sole advisor at U.S. Cherry LLC in St. Petersburg, FL. His prior experience includes roles at Charles Schwab, IHL Investment Services, and investment research positions at Zacks Investment Research and Cornerstone Portfolio Research, where he works as a senior research analyst and portfolio manager respectively. U.S. Cherry is an SEC-registered, internet-based robo-advisor serving retail individuals, corporate clients, institutional investors, trusts, and endowments. The firm uses technology-driven, proprietary algorithms to deliver automated portfolio management and digital financial-planning tools across multiple account types, emphasizing ETF-based model portfolios with features such as ESG and factor exposures and crypto-ETF options.

Daniel Wendol is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Dolphin Financial Group in Clearwater, FL. He has been with Dolphin Wealth Management, Inc. since 2014 and owns Dolphin Insurance, Inc., where he is a licensed insurance agent. Dolphin Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, negotiable fixed-fee financial planning, and referrals to third-party money managers for individual clients and other entities. The firm constructs portfolios based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and often incorporates technology platforms and independent managers in its approach.

Thomas Eddy is a financial advisor with T.L. Eddy Financial Services, Inc. in Clearwater, FL, holding 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ogilvie Security Advisors Corporation since 1998. T.L. Eddy Financial Services, Inc. provides investment consultation, financial planning, and account management to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and municipalities. The firm primarily uses a non-discretionary advisory model and combines securities-related services with tax preparation and broader financial advice.

Keith Dunn is the sole advisor at Johnson Dunn Capital Advisors, Inc., an independent firm based in Palm Harbor, FL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 47 years of industry experience, including 12 years with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC before founding his current firm in 2022. Johnson Dunn Capital Advisors provides fee-based, custom investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis across various time horizons, regularly reviewing portfolios to adjust for market conditions and client needs.

Pamela Bergeson is a financial advisor at Tailwind Financial Planning LLC in Madeira Beach, FL, holding CFP® and Series 65 credentials with six years of industry experience. She founded Tailwind Financial Planning in 2020 after a period of extended travel and part-time study from 2016 to 2020. Tailwind Financial Planning LLC is an independent, fee-only firm that provides comprehensive financial life planning and investment management to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes a client-specific approach using primarily passive investment strategies with index mutual funds and ETFs, managing approximately $3.95 million in discretionary assets.

John Sellas is a financial advisor at National Retirement Plan Services, Inc. in Tampa, FL, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. Beyond his advisory role, he operates John A. Sellas, CPA, providing tax advisory, trust management, and estate planning services. National Retirement Plan Services, Inc. offers investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm provides tailored discretionary asset management and consulting, using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and facilitates third-party money manager relationships.

Christian Baldino is the sole advisor at Florida Estate and Retirement Planning Advisors, LLC, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in financial planning and insurance sales since 2009. Approximately 75% of his time is dedicated to his role as a licensed insurance agent at Florida Estate and Retirement Planning Center. Florida Estate and Retirement Planning Advisors, LLC provides fee-based financial planning and consulting services to individual clients, focusing on cash flow, college funding, retirement, tax planning, and estate conservation. The firm acts as a solicitor for third-party money managers and does not directly manage client assets or accept discretionary trading authority.

Dustin Jooste is a financial advisor at Toring Financial Advisors, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Bloomberg L.P. for ten years. Outside of advisory services, he is president and sole shareholder of Toring Consulting Services Inc., where he provides accounting and tax preparation services to individuals and small businesses. Toring Financial Advisors, Inc. offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial and retirement planning, and educational seminars. The firm serves individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations, employing a long-term, fundamental analysis-based investment approach tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

You don't have a money problem. You have a too-many-decisions problem. You're successful. You're responsible. You're the person everyone depends on. You manage the bills, remember the passwords, coordinate the moving pieces, and somehow became the unofficial CFO of the household without ever applying for the job. From the outside, it looks like you've got it all figured out. Meanwhile, you're trying to make smart decisions about taxes, investments, retirement, stock compensation, college planning, aging parents, business ownership, and approximately 47 open browser tabs running in your brain at all times. And despite doing a lot of things right, you still find yourself wondering: "Am I saving enough?" "Am I paying too much in taxes?" "Can I afford this?" "What am I missing?" That's where I come in. I'm Robin Snell, CFP®, EA, founder of Nested Financial. I work with women who carry the financial mental load, professionals with equity compensation, business owners, progressive families, and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples who are tired of trying to figure everything out alone. Through my Financial Happiness Method, I help clients organize the chaos, simplify complex decisions, and create a plan that supports the life they're actually trying to build. Together, we: ✓ Get organized without shame ✓ Create a clear plan for taxes, investments, and major financial decisions ✓ Build systems that support your real life, not financial perfection ✓ Reduce financial stress and increase confidence ✓ Make room for both future security and present-day happiness My clients don't come to me because they need another spreadsheet. They come to me because they want clarity. They want confidence. They want someone they trust to help them make smart decisions and tell them what actually matters. Financial planning isn't about becoming the richest person in the cemetery. It's about building a life you genuinely enjoy living. If you're tired of carrying the weight of every financial decision by yourself, I've got you.

Sanjay Dasani is a financial advisor at Omkara Capital LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Anglo-American Investments/Products Advisors Inc prior to founding Omkara Capital in 2014. Omkara Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term investment strategies combined with tactical asset allocation. The firm offers both pro bono financial planning and a low-cost service for 529 account setup, advising across a range of asset classes including mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, options, cryptocurrency, and international securities.

Rene Neyrey is the sole advisor at Neyrey, Rene' J., an independent firm based in Clearwater, FL. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 1 year of industry experience. Rene has been associated with his own entities since 1978 and is involved in pension plan administration and insurance product sales through his business activities. The firm provides fee-based portfolio management and qualified retirement-plan services to individuals, trusts, business entities, and pension plans. It emphasizes discretionary asset-allocation strategies using no-load mutual funds and ETFs, with a particular focus on pension and profit-sharing plan clients and plan consulting services.

Steven Cohen is a CFA® charterholder based in St. Petersburg, FL, with 10 years of industry experience. He has been operating under Steven J Cohen CFA since 2011 and is currently affiliated with SJC Capital LLC, where he has worked since 2023. SJC Capital LLC is a multi-family office that provides wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and selection of specialist external advisers. The firm serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, investment companies, and pension plans, utilizing a mix of fundamental analysis and proprietary AI and machine-learning models alongside quantitative portfolio management and active trading strategies.

Jesse Anastase is a financial advisor at Mavs Wealth Management Group, LLC in St. Petersburg, FL. He holds a Series 65 designation and has experience in insurance sales through his ownership of Mavs Wealth Group, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Anatase Services, Greenhouse Church, Get Right Training, and Santa Fe College. Mavs Wealth Management Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, IRAs, and business owners. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, and tactical analysis, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary implementation through third-party platforms and custodians.

Kirk Kinder is the sole advisor at Picket Fence Financial, LLC in Palm Harbor, FL, holding CFP® and Series 65 credentials with 23 years of industry experience. He has operated Picket Fence Financial since 2005 and previously managed Picket Fence Tax Service for nine years. Picket Fence Financial is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $50.5 million on a discretionary basis and employs a modern-portfolio-theory approach using model portfolios primarily composed of ETFs, index funds, and no-load mutual funds, tailored to each client’s goals.