Brandon Yee is a financial advisor at Versant Capital Management, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Versant Capital Management since 2015. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Versant Capital Management provides investment management, financial planning, and family office services to high-net-worth individuals, families, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm combines traditional wealth management with an automated ETF program, managing approximately $1.24 billion in client assets.

Peter Lisicky is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC. He previously worked at Robert Baird & Co. for 12 years before joining his current firm. Lisicky holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC is a team of roughly 18 advisors managing approximately $650.7 million for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing strategies based on fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, and offers access to third-party money managers and alternative investments.

Duane Shumaker is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving at Balboa Wealth Partners, Inc. He has held prior roles at Sunrise Tax & Planning LLC, Sage Financial Services LLC, First Financial Equity Corporation, and operates Shumaker Wengren LLC, where he is managing partner involved in tax preparation and bookkeeping supervision. Balboa Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $1 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses, employing a long-term, diversified approach using mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities alongside fundamental and technical analysis.

Paul Butler is a financial advisor with Blakely Walters Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Planning Grounds L.L.C., as well as involvement with Blakely Walters Insurance, LLC. Blakely Walters Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing fee-based asset management, financial planning, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm employs a tactical allocation investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, customizing portfolios to client objectives and offering an employer-facing subscription plan with payroll-deducted fees.

Paul Phillips Jr. is a financial advisor at Synergy Asset Management, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has been with Synergy since 2023. Phillips also serves as a FINRA arbitrator, hearing industry-related cases. He owns intellectual property that he leases to nonprofits. Synergy Asset Management provides wealth management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth investors, business owners, trusts, retirement plans, and other advisors. The firm uses tactical asset allocation combined with fundamental and technical analysis across proprietary strategies and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and family office services.

Clinton Carpenter is a financial advisor at Eckman Wealth Management, LLC in Phoenix, AZ, with 15 years at the firm and 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Carpenter owns and operates CLC Tax, LLC, through which he prepares individual tax returns. He also occasionally provides AML audits for unaffiliated firms. Eckman Wealth Management is a small team adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and estates. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, employing a top-down, macro-driven approach that emphasizes asset allocation, primarily using ETFs, mutual funds, and select individual securities.

Joshua Becker is a financial advisor at Kingdom Financial Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with Fullerton Financial Planning and Kingdom Financial Group since 2019. Becker is also the owner and Managing Partner of Impele Holdings LLC, an investment company focused on private enterprises in Southern and Eastern Africa. Kingdom Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual clients through discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial plans, and educational seminars. The firm manages approximately $520.9 million in discretionary assets and serves around 1,785 clients with a team of 18 advisors.

David Garman is a financial advisor with Stronghold Capital Partners LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms over his career, including Gradient Advisors, empiriKal Partners, and Midwest Wealth Planning Institute, and he has operated Garman Investment Group since 2000. Stronghold Capital Partners serves individual and business clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and ERISA retirement-plan services, primarily through recommending and monitoring third-party managers using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis. The firm operates a solicitor-centric model with formal fee-sharing arrangements and a multi-office team structure to support its referral relationships.

Jordan Galvin is a financial advisor with Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Galvin, Gaustad & Stein since 2015, including time overlapping with Foothill Securities Inc in 2015-2016. Galvin, Gaustad & Stein is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm manages approximately $1.35 billion in assets and employs a fundamentally driven security-selection process combined with quantitative screening and qualitative company analysis to construct diversified portfolios and offer both discretionary and non-discretionary financial planning services.

Steven Fullerton is a financial advisor with Kingdom Financial Group, LLC in Peoria, Arizona, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. He has operated Fullerton Financial Planning since 2011, providing financial planning strategies and insurance services. Outside of finance, he is a member of the Fullerton Foundation, a charitable nonprofit organization. Kingdom Financial Group primarily serves individual clients with personalized financial planning and consulting, offering a range of services from comprehensive plans to ongoing consultations. The firm outsources investment analysis and portfolio management to third parties while maintaining client communication and suitability oversight.

Kurtis Knobbe is a financial advisor at Bledsoe Asset Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked in various roles with the City of Phoenix since 2011, including serving as a Fire Captain in the Phoenix Fire Department. Bledsoe Asset Management serves members of the public safety community, their families, and a range of individual clients, offering asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses strategic model portfolios tailored to client needs and employs both long-term and active trading strategies, including options and derivatives, with a focus on optimizing retirement benefits for public safety employees.

Jacquie Lemarr is a financial advisor at CS Planning Corp with four years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and previously worked at Redstone Capital Management, Inc. and Charles Schwab. Outside of finance, she has been involved with Cyclebar since 2018. CS Planning Corp, operating as Vertical Ascent Wealth Management, provides investment supervisory, portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-advisor model and focuses on broadly diversified portfolios with systematic rebalancing tailored to client risk tolerance and goals.

Thomas Dupree is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He currently works at Dupree Financial Group, LLC and has prior experience at Strategy Financial Group as well as brief roles outside the financial sector. Dupree Financial Group is a team-based firm managing approximately $404 million in client assets, focusing on discretionary portfolio and asset management for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and institutional accounts. The firm emphasizes a modified value-focused, bottom-up investment approach tailored to retirees and those planning for retirement.

Blake Essary is a financial advisor with Stronghold Capital Partners LLC in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has six years of industry experience. Essary’s background includes roles at multiple firms such as Landing Rock Cash Management, National Gold Consultants, and Stronghold Wealth Partners LLC, where he is a co-owner. Outside of advising, he operates an insurance agency and participates as a solicitor for third-party investment managers and banking institutions. Stronghold Capital Partners serves individual and business clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and ERISA retirement-plan services. The firm primarily places assets with third-party managers and maintains ongoing monitoring, operating under a solicitor-centric business model with formal fee-sharing relationships.

Jessica Coleman is a financial advisor at Ironwood Investment Counsel, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the industry for one year. Prior to joining Ironwood, she worked at Fisher Investments for three years and has experience in academic settings including Whitman College and the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics. Ironwood Investment Counsel provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm’s investment process focuses on fundamental analysis and ongoing portfolio monitoring, utilizing a range of strategies and asset classes, and also serves other registered investment advisers through sub-advisory and model-provider arrangements.

Austin Filiere is a CFA® charterholder currently with Laffer Tengler Investments, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ. He previously worked with T. Rowe Price and Capital Insight and has experience in the sports industry with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs. Laffer Tengler Investments serves individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and intermediary clients by offering discretionary portfolio management, model portfolio delivery, and wrap fee program management. The firm employs a combination of quantitative modeling, macroeconomic forecasting, and fundamental security analysis across proprietary strategies and acts as both a model sponsor and ETF sub-adviser.

Jacob Duffy is a financial advisor with Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Robert W. Baird and Duffy Mathias Private Wealth. He serves as a board member on the finance committees of the BHHS Legacy Foundation and the Rotary Foundation of Evanston, Illinois. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC is a team of approximately 18 advisors managing over $650 million for individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm employs both fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory in discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, with access to third-party money managers and alternative investments.

Hunter Davis is a financial advisor at Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Renaissance Financial, Securian Financial Services Inc, and Minnesota Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, Davis serves on the Outreach and Recruitment committee of Scottsdale Leadership, a nonprofit leadership development program. Galvin, Gaustad & Stein is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.35 billion in client assets, providing financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm uses a proprietary security-selection process that combines quantitative screening, discounted cash-flow valuation, and qualitative company analysis.

Ezra Alpert is a financial advisor at Bayntree Wealth Advisors, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Bayntree since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at SP+ and TCI Wealth Advisors, as well as positions at Arizona State University, Tucson JCC, Congregation Bet Shalom, and The Gregory School. Bayntree Wealth Advisors serves individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm focuses on income planning and risk management over multi-year horizons, using mutual funds, ETFs, and selected third-party managers to implement its financial plans.

Bryan Snapp is a Series 65-licensed advisor with SLP Wealth in Phoenix, AZ. He joined the firm in 2025 and previously worked at PetSmart Inc. for 17 years. Bryan has no prior advisory industry experience. SLP Wealth is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual clients and small-business owners with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and 401(k) services. The firm uses diversified, risk-based portfolios with no-load mutual funds and ETFs, and it maintains a large office network relative to its size.