Joshua Timblin is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He currently works with NewEdge Advisors after previously serving at NorthRock Partners and Morgan Stanley. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers a variety of portfolio management and consulting services, utilizing both in-house and third-party strategies, with a focus on centralized due diligence and technology integration.

Xinzi Yuan is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked in accounting and financial services since 2014, including roles at Lida Accounting Service LLC and involvement with the Wisconsin Chinese Chamber of Commerce as a board member. Yuan also volunteers with AARP to provide tax preparation services to low-income taxpayers. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, employing a mix of proprietary and third-party investment models, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Jodie Lane is a financial advisor with J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining J.W. Cole Advisors in 2021, she worked at Woodbury Financial Services, Sii Investments, and LPL Financial. Outside of her advisory role, Lane owns Pathway Divorce Solutions, LLC, a non-investment business focused on divorce financial planning. J.W. Cole Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plans through a national network of over 400 independent investment adviser representatives. The firm provides portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, access to third-party managers, and multiple managed account solutions.

Patricia Whiting is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with nine years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66, Series 63, and Series 65 designations. Prior to her current role, she worked at GWFS Equities, Inc. for eight years and at Niebler Properties, Inc. for four years. Outside of finance, she is involved with MVP Staffing, providing temporary festival bartender services. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s integrated model offers point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions within platforms aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative services.

Anthony Priester is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with Creative Planning, LLC, based in Brookfield, WI. He has four years of industry experience, including roles at Mutual Securities, Kowal Investment Group, and Colony Brands. Prior to his financial services career, he worked at Jimmy John's for four years. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base ranging from individuals to corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach focusing on low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Joseph Romas is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at JP Morgan Securities LLC, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., and Cloud Park, LLC. Outside of his financial advisory role, he is a certified flight instructor at Spring City Aviation. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital offering that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and delegates portfolio implementation to third-party strategists.

James Mc Knight is a financial advisor with CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Annex Wealth Management, LLC, Charles Schwab Bank, Charles Schwab, and B.C. Ziegler and Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the advisory board for Catholic Memorial High School and coaches a Pee Wee A youth hockey team. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm’s investment approach integrates an internal team, relationship managers, and governance committees to deliver customized portfolios using a combination of proprietary and external strategies, including options and structured notes, and manages a significant asset base with a notably high assets-under-management per advisor ratio.

Jeffrey Kralovec is a financial advisor with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in Milwaukee, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe in 2021, he worked for Next Generation Wealth Management, Inc. for 15 years. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a manager-driven investment approach, utilizing a proprietary “Focus List” and both active and passive strategies, while also sponsoring proprietary investment vehicles and serving as an operating general partner for multiple private funds.

Tyler Carpiaux is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services and holds a Series 66 designation. He has two years of industry experience, including roles at United Financial Advisors and Principal Life Insurance Company. His background includes a range of positions spanning financial services and other industries, such as work with DoorDash and Bremer Bank. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Gregory Johnson is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with multiple firms, including Lake Country Financial Services, Synder Financial Services, Union Financial Inc, and Principal Securities since 2012. Outside of advisory work, he is a one-third silent partner in Gary's Auto Repair, Inc., where he consults on business operations and financial performance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Ciaran Cummins is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked with Union Financial, Inc. since 2021 and has been associated with Principal Life Insurance Company and Principal Securities Inc since 2020. Cummins also maintains a notary public commission in Wisconsin. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel stationed abroad. The firm emphasizes direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions.

Shelly Wohler is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Partners with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including JP Morgan Securities and Thrivent Financial. Wohler serves on the board of directors for the Muskego Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent advisors. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform with discretionary and non-discretionary account management and offers specialized retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting services.

Bradley Schumacher is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and having eight years of industry experience. He has worked at GWFS Equities, Inc. since 2013, including continuing through its current iteration since 2021, and was briefly employed at DoorDash in 2020. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm uses an integrated service model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Elizabeth Kocour is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Wipfli Financial Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously held roles at the Grainger Institute for Engineering and Student Veterans of America. Elizabeth is currently based in Brookfield, WI. She is affiliated with Creative Planning, an enterprise wealth management firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, alongside offering discretionary portfolio management, private market investments, and a range of institutional services.

Spencer Lipo Zovic is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations. He has two years of industry experience, including prior roles at GWFS Equities and Empower Financial Services. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and select retail brokerage clients, utilizing an integrated approach connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Steven Phillips is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Wauwatosa, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and has been associated with Union Financial and Principal Life Insurance Co. since 2015 and 2014, respectively. His outside business activities include involvement in insurance, disability insurance, health, group benefits, fixed annuities, and long-term care insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individuals across wealth levels, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions through various adviser and promoter arrangements.

Seth Haag is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Wauwatosa, WI, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UMB Fund Services and Principal Life Insurance Co. Seth is also involved in the sales of fixed insurance products, including fixed life, annuities, disability, long-term care, and group benefits. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base that includes individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm focuses on direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

James Healy is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Milwaukee, WI, with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked with Eagle Strategies and affiliated entities since 2019, previously spending 11 years with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm provides tailored advice through various programs and emphasizes non-discretionary management, working extensively with defined contribution and defined benefit plans as well as charitable and corporate clients.

David Tiutczenko is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Wauwatosa, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Northwestern Mutual, AE Wealth Management, and Thrivent Financial. He is also involved in the sales of fixed insurance products, including fixed annuities and life insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

John Veal Jr. is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Pewaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Eagle Strategies, New York Life Insurance Co., Northwestern Mutual, and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital portfolio solution that uses algorithm-driven risk band recommendations and executes investments via approved model strategies.