James Karnes is a financial advisor with Texas Asset Management in Lakeway, TX, holding the PFS™ designation and 24 years of industry experience. He is also a CPA at the accounting firm Brodnax & Karnes, P.C., where he has worked since 2000. Karnes has been with Texas Asset Management and its predecessor firms since 1999. Texas Asset Management is an independent, single-adviser registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, qualified retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on diversified portfolios constructed mainly with institutional-class, passively managed mutual funds tailored to each client’s investment policy.

Dallan Maas is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with ATX Financial Planning, LLC and previously worked at U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC, Commonwealth Financial Network, and Austin Financial Partners. Maas is also involved in family farming through Maas Farming Corporation and operates a related sole proprietorship that manages agricultural leasing and marketing. ATX Financial Planning provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals and high-net-worth clients, including ERISA plan services as fiduciary. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis and utilizes a range of strategies including structured-outcome ETFs, commodities, and selective use of leveraged and inverse funds for qualified clients.

Spencer Wright is a financial advisor at Halbert Wealth Management, Inc. in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Halbert Wealth Management since 1999 and previously spent three years at Pensionmark Financial Group. Halbert Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, IRAs, trusts, retirement plans, and certain institutional entities, while also supporting other investment advisers through strategy evaluation and referrals. The firm emphasizes active money management and risk management, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, including a proprietary long/short strategy known as HWM Alpha Advantage.

Robert Rogers is a financial advisor at Rogers Capital Advisors, LLC, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Rogers Capital Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is a limited partner in several non-investment-related businesses, including an oil field supply company, a bio/pharma development firm, and a concrete company. Rogers Capital Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as a range of institutional clients such as corporate pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers comprehensive financial planning and consulting services.

Julia Hummel is a financial advisor at Capstar Financial Services LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial LLC, Sands Investment Group, and Keller Williams Realty. Capstar Financial Services provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as small businesses. The firm employs a blend of modern portfolio theory and technical analysis, offering both long-term and short-term trading strategies and hosts periodic educational seminars and workshops for clients.

Brian Halbert is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He is the managing partner of Brian Halbert & Associates, LLC, a separate business where he provides managerial duties. Halbert previously worked at Merrill and Pensionmark Financial Group before joining Halbert Wealth Management, Inc. in 2025. Halbert Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, IRAs, trusts, retirement plans, and certain institutional entities. The firm supports other advisers by identifying and referring investment strategies and emphasizes active money management and risk management through various tactical approaches and proprietary strategies.

Clayton Ripley is a financial advisor at Town Lake Capital Management with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has held management roles at Holt Wind Resources and BGCP Holdings I GP, LLC, among others. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a manager at Holt Wind Resources and oversees family investment activities through Ripley Family Investments LLC. Town Lake Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to foundations, endowments, family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and individual clients. The firm employs a modern endowment model focused on bottom-up fundamental research and manages portfolios primarily in publicly traded equities, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Shane Morrow is a CFP® professional with 21 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal at IronBridge Wealth Counsel, LLC, where he has worked since 2016, and has prior experience with firms including Lincoln Financial Advisors and SagePoint Financial, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on technology products for Helicon Capital Partners. IronBridge Wealth Counsel provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, non-profit organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm focuses on fee-for-service planning and paraplanning, employing methods such as fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, and operates without managing client investment accounts or exercising investment discretion.

Preston Rosamond is a financial advisor with The Rosamond Financial Group Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at his current firm since 2017 and was previously with Summit Financial Group, Inc. and Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. from 2009 to 2018. In addition to advisory work, he manages operating and administrative functions for his family office and provides organizational and financial process advice to businesses through RFG Family Office, LLC. The Rosamond Financial Group serves individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and coaching. The firm uses Investment Policy Statements to guide asset allocation and employs both long- and short-term trading strategies with a broad range of investment vehicles.

Debi Halbert is a financial advisor with Halbert Wealth Management, Inc. in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. She has worked at Pensionmark Financial Group and ProFutures, Inc. dba Vector Signals, in addition to her long tenure at Halbert Wealth Management since 1995. Outside of advisory activities, she manages Theta Research, LLC, an online subscription service providing accounting and bookkeeping services. Halbert Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, IRAs, trusts, retirement plans, and certain institutional entities, while supporting other investment advisers through strategy evaluation and referrals. The firm emphasizes active money management and risk management, employing tactical allocations, sector rotation, and an actively managed, long/short proprietary strategy known as HWM Alpha Advantage.

Elvin Miller is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Texas Asset Management, formerly known as Texas Invest Wisely and Lake Travis Financial Advisors, since 2006. Miller operates as the sole advisor at the independent firm based in Lakeway, TX. Texas Asset Management provides discretionary investment management, written financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on diversified portfolios constructed mainly with passively managed, institutional-class mutual funds tailored to each client’s investment policy statement.

Rajesh Tummala is a financial advisor at Deep Think Investments with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Nokia Corporation for 19 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is the managing member of Bright Feather Holdings, a family investment management entity. Deep Think Investments offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and project-based financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a combination of technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and Modern Portfolio Theory to implement tailored long- and short-term investment strategies.

Will Rogers is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience and has been with Rogers Capital Advisors, LLC since 2015. The firm is a small advisory practice based in Horseshoe Bay, TX, with two advisors and approximately $3.6 million in assets under management as of year-end 2024. Outside of his advisory role, Rogers holds a license to sell non-variable insurance. Rogers Capital Advisors provides investment management and fee-based financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, and a range of institutional clients. The firm manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct and monitor portfolios.

John Brodnax is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Texas Asset Management. He has practiced law since 1994 at the Law Office of John W. Brodnax and is a CPA at Brodnax & Karnes, P.C. Texas Asset Management is an independent, single-adviser registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, qualified retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on asset allocation and diversified portfolios primarily composed of institutional-class, passively managed mutual funds tailored to client investment policy statements.

Caden Brown is a financial advisor at Halbert Wealth Management, Inc in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Outside of finance, he has worked in the restaurant and hospitality industries. Halbert Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary programs with an active money management approach that includes tactical allocations and risk management strategies.

Nicholas Duggan is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He has been with Town Lake Capital Management since 2020 and previously worked at Rice University for one year. Town Lake Capital Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to foundations, endowments, family offices, high-net-worth, and individual clients. The firm employs a modern endowment model focused on bottom-up fundamental research, managing portfolios mainly in publicly traded equities, mutual funds, and ETFs, and also offers unbundled 401(k) consulting including fund recommendations and participant education.

Ryan Maas is a financial advisor at ATX Financial Planning, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and previously worked at NetApp and IBM. Outside of his financial career, he is involved with the Lone Star Curling Club. ATX Financial Planning provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering ERISA plan services as a fiduciary. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis and uses structured-outcome ETFs, commodities, and selective international exposure, alongside proprietary strategies for qualified clients managed under performance-based fee arrangements.

Satyadeep Tummala is a financial advisor at Deep Think Investments with a Series 65 credential and seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at the University of Oregon for seven years. He is a passive partner in Bright Feather Holdings, LLC, which manages family assets. Deep Think Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and project-based financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a combination of technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and Modern Portfolio Theory to implement tailored long- and short-term investment strategies.

Barbara Johnson is a financial advisor at Capstar Financial Services LLC in Austin, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. She has been with Capstar Financial Services since 2015. Capstar Financial Services offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as small businesses, managing approximately $208 million across 376 client relationships. The firm combines modern portfolio theory with technical analysis and employs both long-term and short-term trading strategies, while also providing periodic educational seminars and workshops for clients.

Suzette Porter is a financial advisor with Capstar Financial Services LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and 16 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Fidelity Bank and Global Financial Private Capital, LLC. She serves as a finance committee member and volunteer at Live Austin Church. Capstar Financial Services LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and third-party manager selection for individual, high-net-worth, and small business clients. The firm uses both modern portfolio theory and technical analysis to construct portfolios and offers client education through seminars and workshops.