Matthew Gallagher is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Creativeone Wealth, LLC. He has previously worked at Prosperity Wealth Management, Gallagher & Sons Wealth Management, Change Path, Client One Securities, and Gallagher Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in offering fixed insurance products through Prosperity Wealth Management, LLC. Creativeone Wealth, LLC provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and other RIAs. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using proprietary ETF-based models, third-party managers, and option strategies, supporting tailored client solutions across its large enterprise platform.

Thomas Smith is a financial advisor at Legacy Wealth Management, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Realta Investment Advisors, Inc., Realta Equities, Inc., and Capital Markets IQ. Smith also operates Bering Financial, LLC, a life insurance and fixed annuity sales business. Legacy Wealth Management serves individual clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including in-house models, sub-advisers, and alternative investments tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Steven Harlass is a financial advisor with Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Thrivent Investment Management Inc and Thrivent Financial since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an elder at Soulthirst Church, a Lutheran church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, participating in leadership, worship, and community ministry activities. Thrivent Advisor Network provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to independent managers. The firm typically constructs diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs while also offering other investment options and continuous account monitoring.

Nicholas Trevino is a financial advisor at Global View Capital Management LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Fidelity Investments and Experior Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and lead instructor of Trident Sailing Academy, providing sailing instruction and related services. Global View Capital Management offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm uses algorithmic research and technical methods to manage portfolios according to client risk profiles and specific objectives.

Cody Stansell is a CFP® with seven years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently an advisor with Victory Financial Group and has previously worked at SageSpring Wealth Partners and Waterworth Wealth Advisors. Victory Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment approach rooted in Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, offering tailored portfolios with mutual funds and ETFs and providing a range of financial planning and wealth management services.

Stewart Scothorn is a financial advisor at Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC with a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and has been employed at Advisor Share Wealth Management since 2026. He also has a longstanding role at The Benefit Link, Inc., where he has worked since 2010. Advisor Share Wealth Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, professional investment advisers, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement-plan services, and a web-based asset management platform used by independent advisers, implementing client strategies through third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios.

Anthony Kulhanek is a financial advisor at Realta Investment Advisors, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Titan Securities and Crescent Advisors Group. Kulhanek is also president of Kulhanek Investment Specialty Services, an entity focused on asset protection. Realta Investment Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services and financial planning to individuals, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a personalized approach to asset allocation across various investment vehicles and supports a range of third-party manager programs and retirement-plan consulting services.

Joy Kirsch is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 40 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked previously at LPL Financial and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of advisory roles, she is a limited partner in a partnership that owns a cell phone tower. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion for a diverse client base that includes individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach with customizable model portfolios overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Ben Boyd III is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. and LPL Financial since 2024. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America. Outside of financial advising, he is a business owner of Everyday Armor LLC, a company involved in packing and shipping operations. Symphony Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and multi-family office services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, options, and private placements, and offers ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services alongside coordinating comprehensive multi-family office engagements.

Steven Watkins is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently with Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC since 2025. He previously worked at Merrill from 2020 to 2025 and spent 18 years at H.D. Vest Investment Services and H.D. Vest Advisory Services. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, operating as Fusion Investment Advisors, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm uses an open-architecture platform with internally and externally developed asset allocation models, employing both fundamental and technical analysis across a broad range of investment vehicles.

Charles Bingham is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Sunbelt Securities, Inc. since 2010. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been involved in fixed life insurance sales on a limited basis outside of his advisory role. Sunbelt Securities manages approximately $2.0 billion across a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers through a network of independent advisory representatives.

Brandon Woods is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Root Financial Partners since 2024. Prior to this, he worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, CWM, LLC, Chessman Wealth Strategies, and Foresters Financial Services. Root Financial Partners provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, and select retirement-plan relationships. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified, passive allocations using index funds and ETFs, with customized portfolios based on client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Colton Shields is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. and Professional Wealth Management Group. His background includes work at both firms since 2021. Outside of advisory work, he is an independent representative with various insurance carriers for fixed insurance sales. Geneos Wealth Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment advisory, and brokerage services with an investment process that includes continuous account monitoring, discretionary trading, and a range of analytic approaches and strategies.

Luke Tolson is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Grapevine, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney before joining Prospera in 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he provides accounting and business consulting services for DOT Compliance Group. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory platforms, including both discretionary and non-discretionary account management options.

Nicholas Yokley is a financial advisor at Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience dating back to 2015, including roles at American Senior Benefits and Legacy Retirement Solutions. Outside of advisory work, he is also an insurance agent specializing in the sale of various insurance products. Signal Advisors Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to retail clients and independent RIAs through its Signal Platform TAMP. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental investment approach with tactical asset allocation and sector rotation, serving individual, high-net-worth, family, and business clients.

Victor Sanchez is a financial advisor at Verity Asset Management with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for Albuquerque Public Schools for 16 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with a nonprofit organization, Behind The Flag, Inc., where he serves as a board member and helps organize training and fundraising events. Verity Asset Management is an SEC-registered firm providing discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial planning services to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm employs a model-driven investment process emphasizing tactical asset allocation across diverse asset classes and offers both internally managed and third-party manager models.

Charles Elhoff Jr. is a CFP® and ChFC® with 52 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Great Valley Advisor Group, LLC and has previous experience at Good Life Advisors, LLC, LPL Financial, and Level Four Advisory Services, LLC. Elhoff also serves as a FINRA arbitrator and is a licensed life insurance counselor and agent. Great Valley Advisor Group is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, combining in-house strategies with third-party managers and platforms to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Kyle Blair is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Grapevine, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having three years of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Mr. Cooper, Caliber Home Loans, and Quicken Loans. There are no additional outside activities noted. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to various advisory programs and platforms.

Erica Rodriguez is a financial advisor at MissionSquare Retirement with nine years of industry experience. She has held roles at MissionSquare Investment Services since 2022 and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank NA. Outside of her advisory work, she also provides notary signing services. MissionSquare Retirement serves state and local government employers, their employees, and certain nonprofit entities by administering deferred compensation and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers plan administration, recordkeeping, education, and Guided Pathways Advisory Services, which include managed accounts and fund advice developed by Morningstar Investment Management and delivered through multiple channels to MissionSquare accounts.

Kurt Koke is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Hurst, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Prospera since 2004. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory programs and platforms.