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 a financial advisor with Othniel Financial Advisory Services, LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with firms under the Othniel name since 2013 and is also a licensed insurance agent who provides business consulting services. Othniel Financial Advisory Services, LLC offers portfolio management, pension consulting, third-party adviser selection, and financial planning to institutional and private clients. The firm uses customized Investment Policy Statements and a variety of analytical methods to tailor portfolios across a broad range of investment instruments and may refer client assets to third-party managers.

Daniel Kibert is a financial advisor with TK^2 Advisers in Houston, TX, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has been with TK^2 Advisers since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he sells life insurance products on a commission basis. TK^2 Advisers provides portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension plans. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies based on fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, and incorporates modern portfolio theory.

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.

Angela Johnson is a CFP® professional with 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Worthen Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2021 and previously spent 16 years with Farmers Financial Solutions and Farmers Insurance Group. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as president of Eva Marie Enterprises, LP, a commercial real estate company, and leads EB Worthen Group, Inc., a management company for insurance-affiliated agencies and office buildings. Worthen Financial Advisors serves individuals, trusts, small businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans with investment management and financial planning services. The firm emphasizes passive, evidence-based asset-class allocations implemented primarily with low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party model portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

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.

Michelle Gessner is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience, currently leading Gessner Wealth Strategies LLC in Houston, TX. She previously worked at Parkwoods Wealth Partners, LLC and has been with her own firm since 2015. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed insurance agent. Gessner Wealth Strategies is an independent investment adviser that offers comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services to individual and business clients. The firm emphasizes developing tailored Investment Policy Statements and implements asset-allocation strategies through sub-advisors and model portfolios, incorporating ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews.

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.

Steven Newmyer is the principal and sole advisor at Newmyer Wealth Management in Houston, TX, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been involved with Victorian Finance, LLC since 2014, where he spends part of his time providing residential mortgage loans. Newmyer Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities such as trusts and corporations. The firm employs an active investment approach combining charting, fundamental and technical analysis, and cyclical trend analysis, alongside offering financial planning and non-securities advisory services.

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.

Robert Porter is the sole advisor at Porter Investments in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Daedalus Capital Group, Inc. since 1996. Porter Investments provides discretionary investment management to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm uses proprietary models combining quantitative and technical analysis to implement tailored portfolio strategies through model portfolios and separately managed accounts, including both passive index-based allocations and active ETF/equity strategies.

Douglas Cannon is a CFA charterholder with 29 years of experience in the investment industry. He has served as the portfolio manager and principal at Texas First Investment Management Company since 2004. The firm provides discretionary equity portfolio management to both institutional clients and individual investors, employing a value equity strategy focused on fundamental, bottom-up research and concentrated U.S. equity holdings. Texas First Investment Management Company typically holds 12–20 stocks with an average holding period of around 18 months and does not use derivatives, leverage, or technical trading methods.

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.

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.