John Capistran is the principal advisor at Caplo Advisory LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. He previously worked at AIG Retirement Advisors for 13 years before founding his independent firm in 2020. Caplo Advisory LLC provides asset management and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and other entities. The firm utilizes both fundamental and technical analysis with tailored investment strategies, offering discretionary management and a broad range of planning and consulting services, including corporate portfolio management and business financial planning.

Matthew Mann is a financial advisor at Ascending Assets with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Ascending Assets since 2017. Outside of advising, he has worked with Domino's Pizza since 2016. Ascending Assets LLC provides portfolio management and investment planning services primarily to corporations and business entities. The firm focuses on tailored portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring, applying a blend of cyclical and fundamental analysis alongside modern portfolio theory in its investment approach.

Thomas Badgett is a financial advisor at Gulf Coast RIA with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked at Gulf Coast RIA since 2022. Prior to this, he spent ten years at MoneyBlock and has served as president of Bay Area Asset Management for over two decades. Outside of finance, he is involved in non-investment related sales activities with Gulf Coast Truck & Equipment and Bay Area Firearms, Inc. Gulf Coast RIA is a state-registered investment adviser providing portfolio management to individual investors, high-net-worth clients, and various institutions. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven approach that integrates fundamental and technical analysis with systematic tools and actively managed strategies.

Marvin Norman is the sole advisor at Othniel Financial Advisory Services, LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked with Othniel-related firms since 2013, including providing business consulting services and operating as a licensed insurance agent through Othniel Management, Inc. Othniel Financial Advisory Services provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to a small client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses individualized Investment Policy Statements and employs diverse analytical methods and investment strategies, including options and short sales, with accounts reviewed at least quarterly.

Daniel Kibert is a financial advisor with TK^2 Advisers in Houston, TX, holding Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Precision Fiduciary Partners, LLC, and has been with TK^2 Advisers since 2013. He is also licensed to sell life insurance products and receives commissions from these sales. TK^2 Advisers provides portfolio management, pension consulting, and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies based on fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, serving a small client base with $11.2 million in non-discretionary assets under advisement.

Sandhya Gopal is a financial advisor at SpendItRight LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with experience beginning in 2024. Her prior work includes roles at Integrated Financial Concepts and Schlumberger. Outside of advisory work, she manages two operating companies for rental properties. SpendItRight LLC provides fee-only financial advisory and investment management services primarily to individuals and families, focusing on women during major financial transitions. The firm employs scenario modeling and a combination of fundamental, technical, and portfolio construction techniques to tailor recommendations, offering services on an hourly or project basis with specialized financial analyses related to divorce and real estate.

Christopher Craft is a financial advisor at Public Safety Financial Group, LLC in Houston, TX, with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at LPL Financial LLC and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, INC. Additionally, he is an independent insurance agent servicing life insurance products. Public Safety Financial Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management for individual clients and consulting services to pension and employee benefit plans. The firm uses a long-term trading approach combining fundamental, technical, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory, focusing on mutual funds, fixed-income securities, equities, ETFs, and insurance products.

Carolyn Potter is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience, operating Potter Advisors LLC since 2014. She also manages The Carrie Potter Group LLC, which provides business management and consulting services. In addition to her advisory work, Ms. Potter is a lecturer in the Department of Sport Management at Rice University. Potter Advisors LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs quantitative analysis and modern portfolio theory, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management tailored through client interviews and ongoing monitoring.

Roberto Apud Abud is a financial advisor at Next Wealth Advisers with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked at firms including Bank of America, Merrill, and Insight Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in business development for ViSteel, a steel trading company, and supports strategic initiatives at a Mexican bank and an import/export business in Houston. Next Wealth Advisers serves high-net-worth individuals, institutions, corporations, trusts, and international clients with wealth and portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a goals-based, non-discretionary approach that integrates multiple research sources and coordinates with external tax, legal, and trustee professionals.

Laurie Mcray is the sole advisor at Aquinas Advisors, LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 63 designation with 26 years of industry experience. She founded Mcray Money Management, LLC in 1999 and transitioned to Aquinas Advisors in 2014, managing her practice independently since then. Aquinas Advisors serves families, individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, and other institutional accounts with discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and specialized consulting services including estate and trust administration and litigation support. The firm employs a global, macro, top-down investment approach using a diverse range of instruments and manages accounts on a discretionary basis with client-specific restrictions.

Mary Perdue is a CFP® professional with two years of experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Look Both Ways Financial, LLC in Houston, TX. Her prior work includes six years at Eventellect LLC and eight years at Briggs & Veselka Co. Look Both Ways Financial provides comprehensive and limited financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on areas such as retirement income, tax planning, estate planning, education planning, insurance review, and investment analysis. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory and passive investment strategies, offers educational seminars, and charges hourly fees for limited advice rather than percentage-of-assets fees.

Willie Miles is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as the principal advisor at Miles Wealth Management, L.L.C. in Houston, TX. He previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments from 2013 to 2017. Miles serves on the board of the Walipp Preparatory Academy School, a charter school and senior living facility in Houston. Miles Wealth Management offers discretionary portfolio management, written financial planning, and general consulting to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to implement investment decisions, using a variety of instruments tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Samuel Murray is a CFA® charterholder based in Houston, TX, with 19 years of industry experience. He has been leading Murray Investment Management, LLC since 2008. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trustee on the board of the Presbyterian School. Murray Investment Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, providing discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning. The firm constructs written Investment Policy Statements tailored to each client’s goals and employs a blend of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, including the use of derivatives and options strategies, managing client assets entirely in-house.

Rhett Carter is a CFA® charterholder and Series 66 licensee with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Heights Investment Partners, LLC since 2016. He serves as a board member advising on the asset allocation for a nonprofit organization, the Christian Community Service Center. Heights Investment Partners provides discretionary asset management and tailored portfolio services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-based investment approach focused mainly on a single model portfolio strategy with low turnover and long-term orientation.

Steven Gim is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at SGMG Enterprise LLC and has previously worked at BASF Corporation and Shaw Stone & Webster. SGMG Enterprise LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts and estates. The firm uses model and customized portfolios, emphasizing strategic asset allocation with mean-variance optimization and primarily invests in exchange-traded funds, incorporating options strategies when appropriate.

Randhir Sahni is the sole advisor at Sahni, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sahni, Inc. since 2014 and also serves as president of Llewelyn Davies Sahni, an architectural firm. Sahni participates in advisory committees at Kansas State University and Rice University’s schools of architecture and chairs the investment committee for ALF, a leadership teaching organization. Sahni, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $36.2 million across 42 accounts, focusing on customized portfolios that emphasize individual U.S. and foreign equities, ETFs, and may include limited partnerships and option contracts. The adviser uses fundamental analysis with a primarily long-term approach, incorporating flexibility for short-term trading when needed.

Douglas Cannon is a CFA® charterholder with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Texas First Investment Management Company since 2004 and previously worked at Rek Advisors, Inc. from 1996 to 2005. Texas First Investment Management Company is an independent registered investment adviser that manages discretionary U.S. equity portfolios for both institutional and individual clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, bottom-up fundamental research approach with concentrated portfolios and typically accepts individual clients as well as smaller accounts than is common in its category.

Juanita Finley is a financial advisor at Texas Capital Management with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been affiliated with Clemmons Wealth Management LLC dba Texas Capital Management since 1997. Texas Capital Management provides discretionary investment management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $53 million in assets across about 200 client relationships, offering customized portfolios through separately managed accounts or strategic asset allocation with a tactical overlay.

Phuong Nguyen is a financial advisor at Quality Wealth Care, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Quality Wealth Care since 2005 and Nugent & Associates, Inc. since 2004. In addition to her advisory role, Nguyen works as an insurance agent, accountant during tax season, and business consultant. Quality Wealth Care provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm emphasizes a strategic asset allocation approach using a core-and-satellite framework and offers pension-plan consulting and employee benefits education for business clients.

Aubrey Hughes is a financial advisor at Elite Data Solutions LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding Elite Data Solutions, Hughes worked in roles at Xcel Energy, ICF International, McDermott International, IBM, and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to advisory services, Hughes maintains a substantial outside data-engineering role. Elite Data Solutions LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals and small businesses, focusing on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm uses fundamental analysis with a primarily long-term investment horizon while maintaining flexibility for shorter-term adjustments and emphasizes ongoing personal contact to establish client goals and risk tolerance.