Richard Coates is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 1999 and is also an agent for non-securities insurance products with Agia. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and operating at scale with approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

David Nichols is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Hantz Financial Services, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI since 2004. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs model-driven ETF strategies along with separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, offering an array of financial planning, portfolio management, and fiduciary services supported by affiliated banking, consulting, insurance, and mortgage businesses.

Joshua Ginepro is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work history including self-employment and roles at St. Thomas Aquinas and Darden Restaurants. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs model-driven ETF strategies alongside separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, and offers extensive implementation capabilities supported by affiliated entities such as a state-chartered trust bank and in-house tax and business consulting services.

Tyler Inthisone is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at hemming& Wealth Management and TBA Credit Union. Outside of his advisory work, he is an agent for AGIA, selling non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts using Envestnet’s platform, supported by a large network of advisors and technology-driven solutions.

Mark Westermeier is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Ann Arbor, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA and TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm serves clients often connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund, utilizing a fiduciary standard and a mix of model and customized portfolios.

Laura Treanor is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with six years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Raymond James & Associates, The Huntington Investment Company, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Grow Green LLC. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed-income and equity strategies tailored to client objectives.

James Duffy is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has worked with PNC Investments since 2009. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including a digital discretionary model account available by invitation to employees. The firm's investment approach uses approved model strategies with mutual funds and ETFs, implemented via an algorithmic process that recommends risk bands and manages portfolios with annual rebalancing.

Donna Pribe is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at VALIC Financial Advisors with five years of industry experience. She previously worked at Heritage Planners from 2012 to 2021 and has been with VALIC Financial Advisors since 2021. Outside of her advisory work, she is a commissioned Ohio notary. VALIC Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Megan Pafford is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Hantz Financial Services since 2006. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs model-driven ETF strategies alongside separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, and offers expanded implementation capabilities through affiliated banking, tax, insurance, and mortgage businesses.

Nicholas Sutherland is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2021. Prior to that, he worked at Plante Moran Financial Advisors from 2013 to 2021. Mariner Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth households, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm utilizes customized, discretionary portfolios supported by an internal investment team and combines in-house research with third-party managers, with notable integration of tax and accounting services alongside operational CFO capabilities.

Lucas Hayes is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has prior work experience in both public sector and educational roles. Hantz Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise investment adviser and registered broker‑dealer managing approximately $10 billion in client assets. The firm serves individual investors, corporate, and retirement plan sponsors through diversified, ETF-centered model portfolios and a multi-advisor platform, offering services that include financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and affiliated mortgage and insurance services.

Noah Krull is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors and Agia during this period. Outside of advisory services, he is appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for Agia. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants, providing wrap programs, portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm employs discretionary unified managed accounts with third-party model managers and operates with a large network of advisors supported by centralized technology and model solutions.

Jordan Hensley is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC and holds a Series 65 credential. She has six years of industry experience, including four years at Deloitte before joining Private Advisor Group and MHK Retirement Partners/SOK Advisors. Hensley also provides investment advice under the business name Standard of (k)are Advisors. Private Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting through a network of investment adviser representatives, leveraging multiple analytical approaches and access to third-party asset managers and turnkey asset management platforms.

Daniel Flannery is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work experience at the University of Michigan, Premier Pet Supply, and Berkley High School. Hantz Financial Services, Inc. serves individual investors, corporate, and retirement plan clients through a multi-advisor platform managing about $10 billion in assets. The firm focuses on diversified, ETF-centered model portfolios and offers services including financial planning, wealth management, retirement consulting, and mortgage brokerage through affiliated agencies.

Logan Harkins is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Hantz Financial Services in 2025, he worked in education at Lawrence Tech University and several schools. Outside of finance, he has been involved with Soccer World since 2021. Hantz Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise investment adviser and registered broker-dealer serving individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients through a multi-advisor platform managing approximately $10 billion in assets. The firm emphasizes diversified, ETF-focused model portfolios with various strategies and offers a range of financial planning, wealth management, retirement consulting, and mortgage and insurance services through affiliated agencies.

Craig Nikischer is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2004 and is also affiliated with Agia, where he provides non-securities insurance products. Additionally, he holds a Notary Public position. Valic Financial Advisors is a large SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning through a broad network of advisors, employing discretionary unified managed accounts on Envestnet’s platform with an emphasis on centralized technology and model solutions.

Richard Grajewski is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Ann Arbor, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments LLC since 2009. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including the Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering, an invitation-only online discretionary model account designed for employees with existing PNC Bank online-banking credentials. The program uses algorithmic risk assessment to select model strategies managed and executed by PNC or third-party strategists.

John Gray is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 1999. In addition to his advisory role, he is an agent with Agia, involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Amy Lavoie is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of industry experience. She has been with Hantz Financial Services, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI since 2004. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base that includes individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm employs a model-driven ETF investment approach combined with separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, supported by affiliated entities including a state-chartered trust bank and in-house tax and business consulting services.

Jermaine Taylor is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2004 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products since 2022. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and wrap programs through a large network of advisors and utilizes discretionary unified managed accounts with a technology-driven approach.