Jesse Dean Sr. is a financial advisor at Vantage Point Wealth Management, LLC in Saratoga Springs, UT, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 13 years of industry experience and has been with Vantage Point Wealth Management since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of Vantage Point Financial Services, LLC, which focuses on life insurance, disability insurance, and annuity sales. Vantage Point Wealth Management provides financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, corporate retirement plans, charitable institutions, and foundations. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis with client risk assessments, and it emphasizes retirement-plan consulting and active insurance activities.

Cody Lewis is a financial advisor at Proactive Wealth Management, Inc. in Draper, UT, holding the ChFC® designation with 22 years of industry experience. He founded Proactive Wealth Concepts, Inc., an insurance agency offering life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance, which represents a portion of his business activities. Prior to his current role, he worked at several firms including ARS Investment Advisors, Allegis Investment Advisors, New England Securities, and Ameriprise. Proactive Wealth Management is a small, independent investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses, including high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, discretionary portfolio management based on fundamental analysis, using primarily low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and typically begins client relationships with a formal financial planning process.

Matthew Argyle is a CFP® and CFA® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Encore Retirement Planning, LLC in South Jordan, Utah. He previously worked at DFPG Investments, LLC and E*Trade Securities LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he owns and operates Encore Tax Services, a tax preparation business, and acts as an independent agent providing insurance products through Allegis Advisor Group. Encore Retirement Planning serves high-net-worth households, focusing on retirement income planning, wealth distribution, and portfolio management. The firm employs a planning-led, tax-aware approach with diversified ETF allocations and offers both strategic advisory and delegated discretionary services, primarily for accounts custodied at Charles Schwab.

John Thomas is a financial advisor at Fortis Wealth Management, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked with firms including Foxstone Financial and CG Advisory Services. Outside of financial advising, he owns and manages an outdoor equipment rental business and has ownership interests in companies involved in wind turbine manufacturing and renewable energy. Fortis Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as corporate and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on ETF-based portfolio management with an emphasis on asset allocation, fundamental analysis, and multi-year holding periods, offering specialized ERISA advisory and discretionary management services uncommon for a firm of its size.

Pavel Naruta is a financial advisor at NarStar in Sandy, Utah. He holds a Series 65 designation and has less than one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Handshake AI and spent several years at Mid America River & Rail, where he also serves as an independent contractor developing technical analysis tools for futures markets. Pavel has been a full-time student at various schools since 2014. NarStar serves individual retail investors, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and certain business entities, as well as employer-sponsored SIMPLE IRA participant accounts. The firm uses discretionary management of three internally developed Model Portfolios and combines fundamental analysis with artificial-intelligence research tools to guide its investment decisions.

Spencer Kenley is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is the principal of 114th Financial LC, an independent firm he founded in 2024. Prior to this, he worked at Practice Financial Group, LLC from 2019 to 2023 and was employed at Brigham Young University from 2015 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he provides compliance consulting for investment advisors. 114th Financial offers financial planning, investment management, bookkeeping, and tax preparation services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and families, with specialized planning for mental-health therapists and business owners. The firm employs a passive, allocation-driven investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs, operates on a non-discretionary basis, and integrates behavioral education into its planning. It is notable for combining tax preparation and bookkeeping with advisory services under a CPA principal.

Brian Clegg is a CFA charterholder and Series 63 licensee with two years of experience as a financial advisor at Optimal Investment Performance, LLC. He also serves as a Biopharma Relationship Manager at Avantor, a role unrelated to investment advising. Optimal Investment Performance provides project-based investment consulting primarily to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as groups, institutions, non-profits, and trusts. The firm focuses on written investment plans, implementation support, portfolio reviews, and ad-hoc consultations, emphasizing low-cost, tax-efficient, passive strategies tailored to each client's situation without discretionary management or custody of assets.

Marcus Blanchard is a financial advisor at Focal Point Financial Planning, LLC in Pleasant Grove, UT, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations with eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at DFPG Investments, Fidelity Brokerage Services, and Veritude. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in prospecting for estate and tax planning clients through an Estate Planning Team focused on marketing Deferred Sales Trusts. Focal Point Financial Planning, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement and pension plans, and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of active and passive strategies and employs various analytical approaches to align investments with client risk tolerance and objectives, offering ongoing monitoring, annual reviews, and discretionary trading authority.

Joseph Larsen is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. He operates his own firm, Joseph M. Larsen, C.P.A., P.C., where he has provided accounting and tax services since 1993. The firm primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, offering portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. Joseph M. Larsen, C.P.A., P.C. focuses on investment, retirement, tax, college, and debt/credit planning, using a documented Investment Policy Statement to align client goals with tax considerations and risk tolerance. The firm employs a long-term, modern portfolio theory approach with periodic reviews and provides portfolio services mainly centered on mutual funds, operating largely on a non-discretionary basis.

Sterling Crockett is the principal of Crockett Wealth Management, Inc. in Sandy, Utah, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has prior experience at Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. and nonprofit organizations including the Elizabeth Smart Foundation and Fight the New Drug, Inc. He is also a licensed insurance agent. Crockett Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and institutional clients such as private foundations and public charities. The firm offers discretionary investment management, comprehensive wealth planning, nonprofit consulting, and retirement-plan advisory services, employing strategies like modern portfolio theory and tactical asset allocation.

John Coles is a financial advisor at Lone Peak Capital Management, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Lone Peak Capital Management since 2016. Coles is also affiliated with Legacy Planning Group as an Investment Advisor Representative. Lone Peak Capital Management primarily serves individual retail clients and other investment advisers through sub-advisory and third-party asset management services. The firm uses a combination of technical and fundamental analysis to guide portfolio allocations and offers both standardized and tactical investment models.

Bryce Sutton is a financial advisor at Colab Capital with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked for Summit Global Investments for 13 years before joining Colab Capital and Your IA, LLC. Colab Capital is an independent SEC-registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a diverse investment approach across multiple asset classes and offers financial planning and consulting tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and time horizon.

Treston Donovan is a financial advisor at Donovan Legacy Advisors, LLC in Draper, Utah. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience, including three years at Fisher Investments. Donovan’s firm provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-income and high-net-worth individual investors with long time horizons and an aggressive risk tolerance. Donovan Legacy Advisors uses a blend of modern portfolio theory, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, including active timing strategies tied to the Bitcoin halving cycle, to allocate across equities, bonds, REITs, cash equivalents, and digital assets. The firm maintains a small, concentrated client base and a single-advisor model managing approximately $6.52 million in discretionary assets.

Sterling Jack is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Colwyn Investments LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in non-investment activities as a tour guide for Historic LDS Tours and teaches business classes. Colwyn Investments is an independent, single-advisor firm that provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, businesses, and non-profit clients. The firm manages approximately $61.2 million in assets and emphasizes fundamental analysis with technical tools to tailor asset allocation and diversification according to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Bruce Chugg is the principal advisor at Chugg Wealth Strategies, LLC, based in Provo, Utah. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm, he operated as a sole proprietor and worked at Tessera Capital Partners, LLC. Chugg Wealth Strategies provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and trusts. The firm manages portfolios on a client-directed basis using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, maintaining mostly non-discretionary accounts to keep transaction authority with clients.

Timothy Barton is a financial advisor at Summit Wealth LLC in Orem, Utah. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been active in the financial industry since 2021, including experience at Transamerica and MidAtlantic Advisory LLC. He also has a background working with Ninja Kidz INC and Family First Medical. Summit Wealth LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities with financial planning, discretionary wealth management, and entity cash management. The firm uses client profiles and investment policy statements to guide portfolio implementation, generally utilizing mutual funds and ETFs based on various analytical approaches.

Hylan Harper is a financial advisor with Loyal Wealth Management LLC in American Fork, Utah, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at J.P. Morgan Securities, LPL Financial, Cutter And Company, and Chase Investment Services Corp. He has led Loyal Wealth Management since 2017. Loyal Wealth Management LLC serves individual clients with discretionary asset management, managing approximately $38 million in assets. The firm offers financial planning and consulting as add-ons to asset management relationships and tailors portfolios to client objectives using strategies such as asset allocation and dollar-cost averaging. It operates as a solo-advisor firm and uses third-party providers integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning in its processes.

My name is Ben Gajardo, CFP®, and I am a dedicated Certified Financial Planner™ professional. With a profound commitment to helping individuals realize their financial dreams, I established Gajardo Wealth Management to address the unique financial planning needs of small business owners, medical professionals, and professors. Gajardo Wealth Management is located in Lehi, Utah, but we serve clients nationwide. We pride ourselves on offering personalized and comprehensive financial planning services. Our mission is to provide strategic financial guidance that is tailored to the distinct needs and aspirations of our clients. As a fee-only fiduciary firm, we are committed to prioritizing your best interests above all else, ensuring that our recommendations are always aligned with your goals. At Gajardo Wealth Management, we understand that financial planning is not just about managing money; it's about empowering you to live the life you envision. We offer a wide range of services including investment management, retirement planning, tax planning, estate planning, and more. Whether you're a small business owner looking to grow and protect your enterprise, a medical professional navigating the complexities of your financial landscape, or a professor planning for a secure retirement, we are here to help. Our approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities that our clients face. We take the time to get to know you, your values, and your long-term objectives. This personalized approach allows us to create tailored financial plans that not only address your current needs but also position you for future success. As a CFP® professional, I bring a high level of expertise and ethical standards to every client relationship. My role is not just to provide financial advice, but to act as a trusted partner in your financial journey. I believe in transparent communication, ongoing education, and a collaborative approach to financial planning. This ensures that you are always informed and confident in the decisions we make together. If you’re ready to take the next step towards financial security and achieving your life’s goals, I invite you to schedule an introductory meeting with us. Let’s work together to build a brighter financial future for you and your family.

Gary Gygi is the principal of Gygi Capital Management, an independent advisory firm, with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Union Capital Company since 2018, alongside managing his own firm since 2009. Gygi is also a licensed insurance agent in Utah and Florida. Gygi Capital Management offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, favors long-term growth and value strategies with international diversification, and provides institutional consulting and retirement plan services.

Since 2013 I’ve worked for wealth management firms providing financial planning for retirees and those who are close to retirement. Frustrated with the restrictions that come from working within a corporation, I decided to launch Retirement Advice. At Retirement Advice, I am able to provide clients with more flexibility and personability while still being their one-stop shop for all their retirement planning needs. Using modern technology and a network of partners, I am able to give my clients cost savings and expert advice backed by research. My clients can depend on me to be their investment fiduciary, 100% committed to putting their interests first. I seek to empower all of my clients with the confidence to retire early, and to retire well.