I started West Highland Advisors to give families and individuals the kind of advice I'd want for my own: honest, thoughtful, and built for the long run. I'm a CFP® professional and CFA charterholder, and I work mostly with couples and individuals approaching or in retirement, small business owners and those with stock-based compensation, along with younger families who want to get organized as the complexity of their financial situation increases. My clients hire me for ongoing investment management and financial planning, and most of our work comes back to a few big questions. Is my portfolio still appropriate for my current situation? Am I on track to retire on my target timeline? Can (and how should) we afford this big purchase? How do we minimize taxes? As a fee-only advisor, I'm paid only by my clients, so my advice is never tied to selling a product. West Highland is named after the Denver neighborhood my wife and I call home, with a nod to the rolling hills outside of Philadelphia where our families reside. When I'm not working, you'll find me skiing, hiking in the mountains, or trying a new local brewery. We're also growing our family, with our first baby on the way this winter, and that has made the planning I do for clients feel even more personal. I grew up in West Chester, PA, and I still believe good advice starts with getting to know people well. If that sounds like what you're looking for, I'd love to talk.

David McKinlay is the sole advisor at David W. McKinlay, CHFC, an independent firm based in Greenwood Village, CO. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 27 years of industry experience. Mr. McKinlay has operated his firm since 1981 and voluntarily ended his insurance license in 2022 to focus exclusively on investment management. The firm provides discretionary investment management and advice to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, owners, executives, and certain employee benefit plan participants, managing approximately $32.65 million in client assets as of the end of 2025. Its investment approach emphasizes active management across diverse asset classes with a defensive, opportunistic stance and includes serving charitable organizations, which is less common among independent advisors.

Ronald Manning II is a financial advisor at Manning Financial Advisors in Evergreen, CO, with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Eggert Financial Management, Inc. and Colorado Financial Service Corp. Manning Financial Advisors serves high-net-worth accredited investors, trusts, and business entities with concentrated real-estate investments, focusing on specialized financial planning and tax-deferred exchange reporting. The firm emphasizes an asset-allocation approach aimed at reducing concentration risk and increasing income through conservative, long-term net-leased real estate portfolios.

Steven Fossel is the sole advisor at Fossel Capital Management LLC in Evergreen, Colorado. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2003. Fossel Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, their trusts, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm uses a relative-value investment approach with bottom-up fundamental analysis, offering customized, broadly diversified, and tax-aware portfolios.

Mark Schumacher is a CFA® charterholder and principal of Third Day Capital Management, LLC in Denver, Colorado, with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Third Day Capital Management since 2013 and worked at Howland Capital Management LLC in 2021. He plans to wind down Third Day Capital Management after transitioning its clients to Howland Capital Management. Third Day Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, and private foundations. The firm focuses on long-term, after-tax, after-inflation outcomes using portfolios built from individual stocks, bonds, and ETFs, guided by client-specific Investment Policy Statements.

Cassandra Alfaro is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with three years of industry experience. She is the sole principal of Fox Meadow Financial Planning in Denver, CO, where she has worked since 2025. Prior to this, she held positions at IWP Wealth Management, Charles Schwab, and FirstBank. Outside of financial advising, Cassandra works as a Systems Analyst for the City and County of Denver. Fox Meadow Financial Planning is a fee-only advisory firm that provides one-time and hourly financial planning services to individuals, couples, and families. The firm emphasizes passive, low-cost investment strategies and does not manage client assets or provide trade execution.

David Patston is the sole advisor at David B. Patston, CPA, CFA, an independent firm based in Denver, CO. He holds CFA and Series 63 designations and has 21 years of industry experience. Patston has operated his firm since 2004. The firm provides investment management and financial consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as retirement plans, business entities, and charitable organizations. Its investment approach combines macro-economic and fundamental securities analysis to create diversified, low-cost portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, with services including portfolio management, estate and succession planning, and business-structure consulting.

Charles Tobler is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Star Financial Services in Denver, CO since 2003. Star Financial Services provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small business owners. The firm operates on a fee-only, independent basis and uses diversified, global asset allocation strategies implemented primarily with no-load mutual funds and ETFs.

Phillip Weber is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 27 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Zeit Capital Advisors, where he has worked since 2009. The firm manages approximately $143.65 million for about 73 clients, including individuals, charitable organizations, corporate accounts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. Zeit Capital Advisors employs a passive, index-aware investment approach with diversified portfolios tailored to client-specific time horizons, liquidity needs, and risk tolerance.

Kristin Sullivan is a Certified Financial Planner® with 26 years of industry experience. She has been the principal advisor at Sullivan Financial Planning, LLC since 2007. Kristin holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and maintains a life and health insurance license that she utilizes within her financial planning practice. Sullivan Financial Planning, LLC offers personalized financial planning and consultative services to individuals and families, as well as subcontracting financial planning work for other registered investment adviser firms. The firm focuses on project-based and hourly engagements, providing written or oral plans on topics such as retirement, cash flow, college savings, and estate considerations, and employs scenario modeling tools without engaging in discretionary portfolio management or market timing.

You want to be more present in your day-to-day but you’re constantly thinking about all sorts of money questions: 1 – Should I sell that stock today or at $ XX amount? 2 – My boss is an idiot. Should I look for a new job? Can I afford to take a sabbatical? When can I retire? 3 – How can we afford to put three kids through college? 4 – What am I supposed to do with the retirement account I inherited from my grandmother? I don’t want to pay extra taxes or incur penalties this year! 5 – When should I start to take some equity out of my business? My spouse is always stressed about how irregular our cash flow is and I know we need to save more personally. We can help with all of these questions! PLUS pro-active tax planning and managing your investment portfolio in a low-cost, well-diversified and again, tax-aware manner. We’ll get to know each other through a series of meetings before we decide to work together long-term. Planning is a partnership. We will work collaboratively and step-by-step to develop and implement a financial plan with regular touch bases to see what has changed in your life or how recent economic or market updates may impact you personally. Ally Ecklund, CPA, CPWA®, CFP® has been an advisor for over 15 years working with clients from ages 18 to 98 and with those just getting started to a multi-generational family with over $1 billion dollars. She is passionate about empowering and educating clients about their personal finances at whatever asset level you are currently at in an unassuming way with simple explanations; even of complex tax regs! Ally is located in the heart of Denver and can be found zipping around on her scooter when the weather’s warm enough and skiing down mountains on the weekends when it’s cold enough! Let’s talk Bollywood music, local community organizations, favorite sushi haunts and anything else on your mind.

Eric Chapman is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal and sole advisor at CM20 Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2019 and formally established the firm in 2021. Prior to this, he was associated with The Corundum Group and has ongoing roles at The Milestone Group, Inc and CoBiz Wealth. Outside of his advisory work, Eric is a co-founder of investment-related firms involved in residential and commercial real estate transactions, dedicating limited time to assisting in property selection. CM20 Wealth Management is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, non-profits, and small businesses through discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a growth-at-a-reasonable-price approach centered on fundamental analysis of individual U.S. equities, supplemented by mutual funds, ETFs, and derivatives strategies including covered-call option writing.

Daniel Figliola is a financial advisor at Alpine Capital Partners, LLC in Thornton, Colorado, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Alpine Capital Partners since 2009. Alpine Capital Partners serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm provides portfolio management, wealth management, retirement income, succession, and philanthropic planning using a proprietary investment-selection process and emphasizes ongoing written communications with clients.

Roger Harris is the principal advisor at R. Kent Harris and Associates, Ltd., an independent firm based in Denver, Colorado. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 33 years of industry experience, including long tenures at Kestra Investment Services and Partners Securities. He also provides investment advisory services through his own firm, which he has operated since 1996. R. Kent Harris and Associates, Ltd. is a state-registered independent advisory firm serving individuals and other clients with asset management and fee-based financial planning. The firm manages approximately $62.5 million in assets for about 337 clients, employing a long-term investment approach and customized management plans often involving established third-party managers.

David Nachtweih is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Edward Jones for 12 years and currently operates as the sole advisor at Cultivate Wealth Partners. Cultivate Wealth Partners provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a modern portfolio theory-based investment approach, incorporating asset allocation across mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, equities, and real estate funds, alongside longer-term trading and higher-risk strategies such as margin and options.

Haley Sanders is a financial advisor with Altitude Wealth Management, LLC in Denver, CO, holding a Series 65 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has worked at Altitude Wealth Management since 2017 and was previously with Gradient Advisors, LLC. Sanders is also involved in an affiliated insurance business through Altitude Planning Group, where she serves as an insurance agent. Altitude Wealth Management serves individual clients, including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, typically placing client assets with third-party money managers and providing ongoing monitoring and reporting.

Jai Singh is a financial advisor at Arroit Services Inc with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background working at Opentext Inc and Infosys Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Singh is a licensed real estate agent in Colorado. Arroit Services Inc provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm’s approach focuses on asset allocation driven by macroeconomic analysis combined with client-specific factors, implementing strategies across various asset classes including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, options, REITs, and cryptocurrency exposures.

Derek Serlet is a financial advisor at Legacy Financial, Ltd in Denver, CO, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Legacy Financial since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed as an insurance agent and works with various insurance carriers through W&R Insurance Agencies. Legacy Financial, Ltd provides discretionary portfolio management, investment analysis, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small business entities. The firm uses a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis within a strategic asset allocation framework, offering tailored portfolios that may include derivative-based strategies and blockchain-focused ETFs for indirect cryptocurrency exposure.

Eric Courage is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Margin, LLC since 2018 and previously worked at U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. from 2016 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and coach of Make Yourself, LLC, a start-up and entrepreneur coaching business. Margin is an independent, fee-only advisory firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning, utilizing diversified portfolios and a wide range of investment strategies including tax-aware decisions, derivatives, and private investments.

Bradford Pappas is the principal advisor at Rocky Mountain Humane Investing LLC in Denver, CO, with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at EPG Wealth Management LLC and his own firm since 1995. Rocky Mountain Humane Investing is an independent, single-advisor firm providing discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan services, including ERISA fiduciary consulting and management. The firm emphasizes socially responsible investing with exclusionary screens for sustainable and vegan criteria and manages relatively concentrated portfolios alongside institutional retirement assets.