Raphael Hofmann is a financial advisor at Association Financial Services, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at Capital Analysts, LLC and Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Hofmann is a managing member of a firearms retail and manufacturing business and serves as a public notary. Association Financial Services primarily serves individual and small business clients with retirement, education, investment, and insurance planning. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management combined with financial consulting, incorporating both securities and non‑security investments such as fixed and fixed‑indexed annuities, and conducts educational workshops for clients.

George Calvert is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at Calvert Planning Corporation in Troy, MI. He has led Calvert Planning Corporation since 1998. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a non-voting board member of Windy Acquisition, LLC, a role he has held since 2006. Calvert Planning Corporation provides investment management, retirement planning, and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm’s non-discretionary investment approach emphasizes asset allocation using primarily no-load mutual funds and ETFs, supported by fundamental research and occasional technical analysis.

Richard Probst is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 45 years of industry experience. He has been with Fountainhead Financial Management, Inc. since 1998 and previously worked at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. He is involved in a family business focused on agricultural and food processing byproduct and waste recycling, providing management and business advice. Fountainhead Financial Management, Inc. is an independent firm offering financial planning services on a fixed fee or hourly basis.

Michael Krencicki is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Global Wealth Advisors LLC in Troy, MI. He has been with the firm since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he is also engaged as an independent insurance agent. Global Wealth Advisors LLC provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory and global diversification approach, primarily using mutual funds and ETFs, and offers discretionary portfolio management with ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews.

Omar Ezz is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Olive Tree Asset Management since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Blue Chip Partners, General Motors, and the University of Virginia. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains a full-time corporate finance position outside the firm. Olive Tree Asset Management is an independent, state-registered advisory firm providing individualized portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to households and institutional clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, blending passive and active strategies to tailor portfolios, and offers services including retirement, college savings, tax, and estate planning, along with employee benefit plan consulting and participant education.

Michael Cho is a financial advisor at Armor Wealth Strategies, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Cutter & Company, Inc and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Outside of advising, Cho serves as a fencing referee and volunteers as treasurer for the Disability Network of Oakland and Macomb Counties. Armor Wealth Strategies is a small advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and ERISA 3(21) retirement-plan advisory services. The firm tailors portfolios to client goals and risk tolerances, employing a range of investment strategies and providing ongoing monitoring and quarterly reviews.

Brewster Smith is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. He has been with The Financial Planning Company in Royal Oak, MI since 2016. The Financial Planning Company offers financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, qualified retirement plans, and trusts. The firm uses a long-term strategic asset allocation approach combined with enhanced indexing, quarterly rebalancing, and inputs from Morningstar and Dimensional Fund Advisors to construct portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Jeffrey Belmonte is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Summitview Advisors, an independent firm he has led since 2018. Prior to founding Summitview Advisors, he worked at Advanced Asset Management LLC and provided leadership coaching at 2-0 Leadership Coaching. Summitview Advisors serves individual clients, trusts, qualified retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by offering portfolio management along with comprehensive and project-based financial planning. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes strategic asset allocation combined with fundamental and cyclical analysis and includes a diversified mix of asset classes and investment strategies.

Jeffrey Grad is the principal of Grad Wealth Management PLLC in Livonia, MI, where he has worked since 2024. He holds a Series 66 designation and has six years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Founders Financial Securities, LLC for five years. Outside of advisory work, he owns Grad & Shoemaker, PC, a tax and accounting practice. Grad Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and retirement plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm matches client objectives and risk profiles to third-party model portfolios, monitors those managers regularly, and offers written financial plans and hourly consulting engagements.

John Mcgonagle Jr. is a CFP® certificant and financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Asset Architects, LLC since 2015 and operates as a sole proprietor since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, he spends a significant portion of his time as a licensed insurance agent. Asset Architects, LLC is a solo, fee-based advisory firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized financial planning and consulting. The firm arranges relationships with third-party money managers rather than directly managing client assets, and also offers commissioned insurance products as part of its services.

John Campbell is a CFP® and Series 65–licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Namesake Group, an independent firm he joined in 2023. Prior to that, he worked at Diversified Portfolios, Inc. and Equity Experts, and he also serves as president of Oak Street Design LLC, a residential design firm owned by his wife. Namesake Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and a Personal CFO Stewardship service that integrates broader financial administration with investment oversight. The firm customizes investment advice using model portfolios focused on ETFs and mutual funds, incorporates fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, and conducts regular account reviews, coordinating with clients’ tax and legal advisors.

David Matt is the president of Ruby Financial and holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. He has 15 years of industry experience and has been with Ruby Financial since 2006. In addition to investment advisory services, he maintains life, health, and accident insurance licenses to provide insurance products to clients as needed. Ruby Financial offers investment advisory and financial planning services on a non-discretionary basis, serving a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, trusts, and charitable institutions. The firm integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its recommendations and also provides insurance products, solicitor services, and third-party money manager recommendations.

Thomas Horton is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. He has operated Horton Financial Planning LLC since 2004, serving clients from Farmington Hills, MI. Horton Financial Planning LLC is an independent, fee-only advisory firm that offers hourly, as-needed financial planning and investment advice primarily to individual clients. The firm emphasizes comprehensive planning and a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach focused on passive, low-cost index funds with periodic rebalancing.

In Soo Suh is the sole advisor at FITSHA Consulting and holds a Series 65 designation. Suh has approximately one year of experience in financial advisory services, following prior roles at Scout Motors, Freudenburg EPS, Stoneridge, Aptiv, and GM. Outside of advisory work, Suh is a licensed real estate professional and occasionally provides engineering consulting. FITSHA Consulting serves both institutional and individual clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach focuses on asset allocation and model portfolios with ongoing monitoring, and it provides participant education, seminars, and hourly planning engagements.

Anne Breuch is a financial advisor at Wolverine Wealth Advisory Services Inc. in Bloomfield Hills, MI, with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Wolverine Wealth Advisory Services since 2008. Wolverine Wealth Advisory Services, Inc. provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and charitable organizations. The firm manages client accounts using written investment policy statements and assumes 3(38) fiduciary responsibility for plan investment selection, working with institutional fund families such as SEI and Dimensional.

Christopher Ford is the sole advisor at Ford Financial Fitness, LLC, an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of experience in investment advisory services. Ford also works as a mortgage originator at Rocket Mortgage, where he has been employed since 2010. Ford Financial Fitness provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management as well as financial planning services primarily for high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a mix of passive and active investment strategies based on fundamental and cyclical analysis, and it offers clients options for socially conscious investing and customizable restrictions.

Bernard Shinkel is the sole advisor at Alpha Investment Management, Inc. in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Alpha Investment Management since 2010. Alpha Investment Management is a Michigan-registered advisory firm providing discretionary portfolio management and wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals, family limited partnerships, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a top-down, macro-oriented investment process that emphasizes diversified global portfolios with a focus on low-cost ETFs and index funds, aiming to manage risk and deliver steady returns.

Troy Emmerich is a financial advisor at Meadowbrook Asset Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Flexible Plan Investments Ltd and as an independent contractor prior to his current roles. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a finance and treasury analyst at Mersino Management Company, LLC, a dewatering, rental, manufacturing, and trenching firm. Meadowbrook Asset Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to pooled vehicles, institutional clients, and small-business plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach combines active management with Modern Portfolio Theory, Core+Satellite, and value-oriented strategies, and it offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with retirement-plan consulting and employee-benefit advice.

Alan Caldwell is a CFP® with seven years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at On Track to Retire LLC, an independent firm based in Livonia, MI. His work history includes roles at Origin Financial and involvement with several organizations focused on economic solutions and financial coaching. Prior to his advisory career, he was involved with Real Baked Goods for three years. On Track to Retire LLC provides financial planning and investment advice to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on client-specific plans and employs a fixed and hourly fee model, avoiding percentage-of-assets billing and discretionary trading.

Michelle Brow is a financial advisor at Full Bloom Financial with 12 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. Her prior experience includes roles at StraitGate Financial LLC and Michigan Securities, Inc. Full Bloom Financial is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and other businesses. The firm provides wealth management and comprehensive financial planning services, employing a strategic asset allocation approach that incorporates both passive and active investment vehicles, with a focus on non-discretionary portfolio management and coordination with outside managers.