David Zaegel is a CFP® with 12 years of experience in financial advising, currently serving as the sole advisor at CWOs for Hire LLC in Saint Louis, MO. He has been with CWOs for Hire since 2016 and is also a minority owner and accountant at CPAs for Hire LLC, an accounting and tax firm, where he provides CFO services and tax return preparation. Additionally, he owns Fastball LLC, an investment education business he restarted in 2025. CWOs for Hire LLC offers personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis with both passive and active management strategies, and maintains a referral relationship with an affiliated accounting firm.

Christopher Starkey is the sole advisor at Starkey & Associates, Inc. in Weldon Spring, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Starkey & Associates since 1984. Outside of his advisory work, Starkey is the owner of Ozark Mountain Boys, Inc., a music-related business. Starkey & Associates, Inc. serves a small client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and business entities, managing approximately $25 million in assets. The firm employs a common-sense approach using fundamental analysis and a mix of long- and short-term strategies without margin trading, managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis with client trade approval.

Daryl Tegtmeier is a Certified Financial Planner® with 32 years of experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Epoch Family Wealth since 2016. His prior experience includes roles at Panoptic Wealth Advocates and LPL Financial. He is also licensed to sell commissionable insurance products. Epoch Family Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm uses multiple analysis methods to tailor portfolios and generally favors ETFs, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis, allowing clients to retain final approval of transactions.

Stephanie Calderas is a financial advisor at PathFinder Financial Services with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked with MRM Asset Allocation Group, Inc. Outside of advising, Stephanie is an Enrolled Agent who prepares tax returns, a licensed life, health, and disability insurance agent, and a licensed real estate agent in Missouri. PathFinder Financial Services provides discretionary and nondiscretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes long-term, fundamentally driven portfolio construction and uses third-party managers and models, including a sub-advisory model managed by Congress Wealth Management, while conducting ongoing oversight and annual reviews.

Jeffrey Risley is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. He has been the principal advisor at Risley Capital Management LLC since 2011. The firm is an independent SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $163 million in assets, serving individual clients including high-net-worth households as well as state and municipal government entities. Risley Capital Management offers personalized investment policies and utilizes a combination of fundamental analysis, technical methods, and asset allocation across various securities, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside consulting and tax-preparation services.

Brady Ritchey is a financial advisor at Roth Investment Management, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has served as an adjunct professor at Webster University since 2016 and St. Louis University since 2021, teaching finance and investment-related courses. He also contributes as a writer to the investment website Seeking Alpha. Roth Investment Management is an independent, single-advisor firm providing discretionary asset management and investment consulting to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm follows a bottom-up, research-driven, value-oriented investment approach, often maintaining concentrated portfolios with a long-term holding bias and occasionally employing leverage, options strategies, and derivatives to manage risk or enhance returns.

Michael Carroll is the principal of Carroll Wealth Management Inc., an independent registered investment adviser based in Chesterfield, MO. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 23 years of experience in the financial industry. Carroll has led his own firm since 2009. He maintains a licensed insurance agent designation, though he does not actively use it. Carroll Wealth Management Inc. offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on client-specific Investment Policy Statements, employs a variety of analytical methods, and manages all accounts in-house, utilizing a broad range of investment strategies and asset types.

Misook Yu is a CFP® certificant with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Yu Financial Advice, LLC in Chesterfield, MO. She has operated Yu Financial Advice since 2015 and runs YU & Money LLC, a separate business focused on publishing and providing general financial education through seminars and online courses. Yu Financial Advice delivers financial planning and consulting services to individual clients, emphasizing client education and tailored plans that cover cash flow, retirement, insurance, tax strategies, estate planning, and college savings. The firm does not provide investment management, instead recommending passive, low-cost index funds and ETFs, with clients typically implementing investment transactions themselves.

John Zata is an advisor at Simplexus Wealth Management with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at Edward Jones and Correct Capital Wealth Management. Simplexus Wealth Management provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients through a monthly membership model. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach within a strategic asset allocation framework and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services in conjunction with its planning membership.

Brian Bingham is the owner of Elite Investment Advisors, LLC in Manchester, MO, holding a Series 65 registration with 25 years of industry experience. He founded Investor Education Network, LLC, where he creates and delivers market education courses. Since 2010, he has volunteered as a leader and board member with the American Association of Individual Investors, focusing on stock selection strategies, and he also leads Investor's Business Daily Meetup Groups to educate individual investors. Elite Investment Advisors is an independent, state-registered firm managing discretionary accounts primarily for individuals, IRAs, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a trading-oriented approach with concentrated portfolios, using a combination of fundamental growth-stock selection, technical analysis, market timing, and short-term trading.

Aaron Keener Smith is a financial advisor at Tiburon Capital Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation. His prior work history includes roles at Stl Weightloss and FXPM. Tiburon Capital Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and investment policy development primarily for accredited and high-net-worth individuals and small businesses. The firm employs a combined tactical and strategic investment approach using model allocations and bespoke recommendations across a range of instruments, including ETFs, options, and alternative investments.

Brendan Freeman is a financial advisor at Cauble & Harre Wealth Management, Inc. in St. Louis, MO, with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at First Business Bank and Regions Bank before joining Cauble & Harre in 2025. Freeman holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Cauble & Harre Wealth Management, Inc. is a fee-only firm serving individuals, high-net-worth households, and select institutional clients. The firm uses customized portfolios based on written Investment Policy Statements, combining indexed and active strategies with selective tactical shifts, and manages roughly $300 million across about 100 client relationships.

Walter Obremski is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 54 years of industry experience. He is currently associated with B & B Financial Planning Co., Inc. and has prior work experience spanning 35 years at Cutter & Company, Inc., followed by a position at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. Obremski is involved in investment clubs where he participates as a part-owner and broker on accounts. B & B Financial Planning Co., Inc. offers personal financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and related entities. The firm creates customized portfolios through strategic asset allocation, combining passive index and ETF investments with selected active funds, dividend-paying stocks, and municipal bonds, and manages accounts typically on a discretionary basis with periodic reviews.

Timothy Hunt is a Certified Financial Planner® with 37 years of industry experience. He has been with St. Louis Financial Planners, Inc. since 1980 and St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management since 1996. Outside of his advisory role, he is a part owner of both firms and occasionally notarizes investment-related documents for clients, as well as assists with re-registering investments into living trusts. St. Louis Financial Planners, Inc. provides financial planning and advisory services primarily to individuals and plan sponsors, focusing on retirement, tax, estate, and college planning, as well as risk management. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing account monitoring, using technical analysis with individual equities and ETFs, and refers portfolio management to its affiliated registered adviser.

Bradley Bishop is a financial advisor at Belmont Private Wealth with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. His prior work includes roles at Namtaf Advisors, LLC, TSG Properties, and Matter Family Office. Belmont Private Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, favoring passive investment management with index mutual funds and ETFs, and monitoring accounts quarterly.

Kendall Young is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Cauble & Harre Wealth Management, Inc. since 2019. He has also been affiliated with Matter Family Office since 1998. Kendall serves as the Board Chairman of the Financial Planning Association, a volunteer role focused on advancing the CFP® profession. Cauble & Harre Wealth Management is a fee-only firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, utilizing model asset allocations that combine index funds, actively managed funds, ETFs, and select individual securities.

Todd Freund is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Freund & Co Investment Advisors, L.C. in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has worked since 1997. He has 21 years of industry experience and also maintains a general law practice as an attorney. Freund & Co. Investment Advisors provides financial advisory and portfolio management services to individuals and both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, along with retirement plan consulting for plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes asset allocation, diversification, and modern portfolio theory, integrating economic and tax considerations into portfolio design.

Alexandra Markulis is a financial advisor at The Wealth Collaborative with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services for six years. The Wealth Collaborative provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting for individual clients and small employer plans. The firm manages portfolios on a discretionary basis using a blend of fundamental and cyclical analysis with both passive and active strategies, and it offers educational seminars and speaking engagements to organizations and the public.

Hannah Wardenburg is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor at The Wealth Collaborative with six years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Hightower and Edward Jones. The Wealth Collaborative offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting for individuals and small employer plans. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis alongside passive and active strategies, and provides educational seminars and speaking engagements in addition to managing discretionary portfolios tailored to clients' risk tolerances.

Matthew Renaud Sr. is a financial advisor at Renaud & Company, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Renaud & Company since 1999. Renaud & Company, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $210.7 million in assets, using an actively managed approach based on client objectives and risk tolerances, with investments across equities, municipal and government securities, and mutual funds.