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.

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.

Stephanie Squires is a financial advisor with Colloquium Asset Management, Inc. in Canton, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She has worked with Concorde Investment Services, LLC, Great Point Capital, LLC, and Cambridge Investment Research, among others. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a paralegal for an immigration and defense attorney and prepares individual and business tax returns through separate business activities. Colloquium Asset Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business owners. The firm uses a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative analysis, offering tailored investment strategies and ongoing monitoring primarily for non-discretionary accounts.

Shelisa Fields is a financial advisor at Williamson Ross Financial with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Williamson Ross Financial since 2016, following an 11-year tenure at Ford Motor Credit Company. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as an adjunct professor at Trine University, teaching undergraduate finance courses. Williamson Ross Financial provides personal wealth management, non-discretionary portfolio management, guided portfolio recommendations, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, high-net-worth households, and small businesses. The firm employs a top-down investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers primarily non-discretionary services, combining adviser selection, educational workshops, and consulting arrangements.

Merid Amde is the sole advisor at M.A. Global Investment Advisor, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 35 years of industry experience. He founded M.A. Global Investment Advisor, LLC, where he has worked since 2014, and previously worked at Investshares Advisor Group, LLC and InvestShares. Outside of advising, he is also actively involved as an insurance agent, dedicating approximately half of his professional time to this activity. M.A. Global Investment Advisor, LLC provides non-discretionary asset management and referrals to third-party managers for individuals and business entities. The firm offers tailored investment recommendations based on clients’ goals and risk tolerance and supplements its advisory services with educational seminars, workshops, and an affiliated insurance business.

Kristian Kalaj is the principal advisor at Kalaj Capital in Novi, Michigan, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He has worked as an independent contractor in general contracting since 2014, dedicating about 10 hours per week to this activity. Kalaj Capital provides asset management and financial planning services, offering continuous supervision of custodial accounts and comprehensive financial plans that cover tax planning, retirement, insurance, and other personal financial matters. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across various investment strategies, managing accounts on a separate-account basis with discretionary authority granted by clients.

Brent Bell is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in financial planning and investment advisory. He is the principal advisor at Bell Financial Planning, an independent firm he has led since 2020. His prior roles include positions at Tempus Wealth Planning, fpPathfinder, and McCarthy Tax Preparation. In addition to advising clients, he spends time reviewing financial planning resources for accuracy through his work with fpPathfinder. Bell Financial Planning serves both individual and institutional clients, providing investment management and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm utilizes third-party managers and passive, Modern Portfolio Theory–based allocations, and it offers flexible financial planning options including project, hourly, and subscription-based services.

Corey Voorman is a financial advisor at Voorman Investment Counsel LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Berndt & Associates, Karstens Investment Counsel, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of Rooted Ministries Inc., participates in a musical project called The City Inside, and is Vice President of the Sigma Chi Detroit Alumni Chapter. Voorman Investment Counsel LLC provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, offering both long- and short-term strategies tailored to client objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.

Hussien Fawaz is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, operating through Ydream Financial Services, Inc. in Canton, MI. He has been with YDFS since 2003 and also owns a separate accounting, tax, and technology consulting business. Ydream Financial Services provides personalized financial planning and investment management to a diverse client base including individuals, small business owners, corporate executives, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes long-term passive strategies supplemented by fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing client portfolios on an individualized, discretionary basis.

Sevag Vartanian is the sole advisor at Vartanian Capital Management in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2019, he worked at Cambridge Investment Research Inc for five years. He is also involved with DGC Leasing, LLC, an equipment leasing business. Vartanian Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, families, family offices, trusts, estates, private foundations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a long-term strategy tailored to each client’s financial and tax situation, and is notable for its focus on servicing charitable and private foundations.

Steven Pierce is the principal of Pierce Financial LLC in Ann Arbor, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Pierce Financial since 2004 and also worked at Chisholm & Darden Investment Advisors for 10 years. He serves as a volunteer board member of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Pierce Financial LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering portfolio management and pension/401(k) consulting. The firm employs a blend of charting, cyclical, and fundamental analysis, utilizing both long- and short-term trading techniques, including options and margin.

Keith Southwick is a CFP® and ChFC® with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Straitgate Financial L.L.C. since 2010, where he serves as the sole advisor. StraitGate Financial L.L.C. offers comprehensive financial and investment planning primarily for individuals and couples, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses model portfolios and third-party money managers via the AssetMark platform, maintaining a primarily non-discretionary asset base while providing clients with regular reports and quarterly reviews.

Gregory Brown is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 14 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the sole advisor at Pathway Financial Planning, LLC since 2011. Pathway Financial Planning is a fee-only, independent registered investment adviser serving individual clients, including high-net-worth households. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive wealth management services, emphasizing low-cost, tax-aware, evidence-based portfolio construction with a focus on strategic asset allocation across global asset classes.

Scott Chisholm is a financial advisor at C&D Wealth Advisors with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been associated with Chisholm & Dames, Inc. since 1995. C&D Wealth Advisors, Inc. provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a low-turnover, core equities investment approach supported by a proprietary economic model for tactical asset allocation and manages client assets on a discretionary basis.

William Shelmon is a financial advisor at Paycheck to Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Toyota Motor of North America since 1990 as a product design engineer and executive project manager focused on investigating new technologies. Paycheck to Wealth provides fee-based investment advice and financial planning primarily to individual clients, offering subscription-based services, seminars, and employee-education workshops. The firm emphasizes passive, asset-class investing using low-cost index funds and model portfolios, incorporating statistical analysis and semi-annual portfolio monitoring.

Brian Heal is the principal advisor at Heal Financial LLC in Novi, Michigan, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Sports & Entertainment Investment Advisors, The Heal Agency, NYLIFE Securities, PKS Financial Corp, Major League Financial Group, and Woodbury Financial Services. He is also an independent insurance agent. Heal Financial, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a model-based approach featuring diversified portfolios, including a specialized Sports & Entertainment model, and integrates both long- and short-term holdings with options strategies.

David Palmer is a financial advisor with Wealth Management Partners of Michigan, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealth Management Partners of MI since 2003. Palmer serves as corporate secretary for Palmer Productions Group Inc., a business owned by his wife, in name only to meet state corporate requirements. Wealth Management Partners of MI is a fee-only advisory firm serving individual retail investors and sponsors of smaller retirement plans. The firm employs a client-driven process to develop investment profiles and policy statements, favoring long-term, passive portfolios constructed from ETFs, institutional no-load mutual funds, and managed futures, typically providing non-discretionary advice coordinated with third-party portfolio managers.

Jesse Geary is the sole advisor at Geddi Capital LLC in Ann Arbor, MI, holding a Series 65 credential with five years of industry experience. Prior to founding Geddi Capital, he worked in nonprofit roles focusing on violence intervention and peacemaking. Since 2022, he has served as a grant writer for a domestic violence assistance nonprofit. Geddi Capital provides individualized investment management and retirement-focused financial planning for individual clients. The firm employs an actively tactical investment approach that integrates third-party predictive algorithms with quantitative and fundamental analysis to adjust portfolio allocations across multiple asset classes.

George Papadopoulos is the sole advisor at George Papadopoulos, CPA/PFS, CFP®, an independent firm based in Ann Arbor, MI. He holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory work, he contributes original content to financial industry publications and manages an online blog unrelated to finance. The firm provides ongoing wealth management and consultation services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, integrating annual federal and state tax return preparation into its services. The investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory with a focus on strategic, long-term asset allocation using mutual funds and ETFs, and the firm manages accounts on a limited discretionary basis with regular client reviews.