Raya Kulkarni is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She is currently with Creative Planning and has prior experience at TIAA-CREF and Sunbelt Securities, Inc. Kulkarni is also president of POINT FRONTIER, LLC, a business consulting firm focused on operations efficiency and business planning. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and offers a range of supplemental strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure.

Constance Bolen is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Truist Advisory Services. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera and Hancock Whitney Bank. She serves as a board member and co-chair of the Volunteer and Mission Capacity Committee for the American Red Cross Louisiana Capital Area Chapter. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing both discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platform arrangements.

Daniel Tiprigan is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and previously spent 11 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. He serves as Treasurer of Christ Our Hope Community Church in Houston, where he oversees investments and manages the church’s financial affairs. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm uses centralized investment resources and model portfolios, delivering services through both discretionary and non-discretionary managers while offering specialized programs such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support.

Melissa Christensen is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she works as an independent contractor for DoorDash. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing through an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Austin Pratt is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Selah Financial Services and various small businesses across different sectors. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting, along with operational, trading, technology, and compliance support to affiliated advisors.

John Westerman is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2012. He is also co-owner of Selah Financial Services and has authored two books, "52 Practical Money Tips" and "Crucial Retirement." Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs, technology, and operational support. The firm offers discretionary model portfolios and various program structures to affiliated advisors who serve retail and institutional clients.

Nicholas Zdeblick is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Fayez Sarofim & Co. since 2006. The firm provides discretionary investment management to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, and registered investment companies. Fayez Sarofim & Co. employs a bottom-up research process focused on high-quality, large-cap companies and offers a range of equity and fixed-income strategies while generally avoiding derivatives, leverage, and market timing.

Paul Boudwin is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Wealth Standard Financial, LPL Financial, Cetera Investment Services, and Regions Bank. Outside of advising, he is the owner and CEO of an apparel business, Unlike Regular People. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of more than 600 advisors. The firm manages portfolios on a discretionary basis using model portfolios guided by an in-house Investment Committee and combines fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools.

Daniel Stahlie is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2006 and holds a Series 66 designation. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee for The Grace Gentry Trust, overseeing its assets. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services. The firm employs strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies, with a distinctive emphasis on non-discretionary management and its role as a qualified custodian.

Jason Adams is a Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He has worked with Commonwealth Financial Network and Selah Financial Services since 2025 and previously held roles at Valic Financial Advisors, AIG Capital Services, Inc., and American General Life Insurance. Adams is based in Friendswood, Texas. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm manages roughly $213 billion in client assets and offers a broad platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Lon Hao is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Prior to his current role at Transamerica, he worked at World Financial Group and has been employed by Chevron since 2005 as an application engineer. He is involved in the sale of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary model portfolios and third-party managers, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Kayla Dillon is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth since 2020. Prior to her advisory career, she was involved in the hospitality industry at Patrick's Pub & Eatery and attended the University of New Hampshire. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services, managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets.

Kenneth Holder is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, VALIC Financial Advisors, Vivint Smart Homes, and Darden. 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 select retail brokerage clients. The firm offers an integrated service model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and client savings rates through point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Williams Butcher is a CFA® charterholder with 27 years of industry experience. He is currently with Independent Financial Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2022, following seven years at International Assets Advisory. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers organizing informal pickleball tournaments and has served as a temporary economics teacher at The Kinkaid School. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers advisory programs through its AccessPoint platform and third-party asset managers, serving a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

Samaura Mc Cloe is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining PNC in 2026, Mc Cloe worked at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. from 2024 to 2026. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only, employee pilot digital portfolio solution that uses algorithm-driven risk assessments and implements investments via mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Donna Guerrero is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and retirement plan fiduciaries. The firm offers a variety of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed-income and equity strategies.

Rachel Elliott is a financial advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC in Houston, TX, with three years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment process involves centralized macroeconomic research and client-specific Investment Policy Statements, utilizing a mix of liquid strategies, third-party managers, and private alternatives.

Michael Branda is a CFP® and ChFC® with over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Equity Services, Inc. since 1993 and has worked with National Life of Vermont since 1989. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers with the University of St. Thomas as part of its development and planned giving committee and serves on the board of his local homeowners association. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs multiple advisory platforms that combine long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading and utilizes both discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches.

Chris Cookson is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Truist Advisory Services since 2017, including roles at BB&T Securities and UBS Financial Services. He is also a partner at Telos Holdings, a holding company focused on real estate investments, where he contributes to deal reviews and acquisition strategy. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program, combining discretionary and non-discretionary approaches supplemented by AI-enabled research and oversight from its Investment Advisory Group.

William Lee, Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with 25 years of experience in the investment industry. He has worked at Sarofim Trust Co. and its affiliated entities, including Sarofim Realty Advisors Co., Fayez Sarofim & Co., Sarofim International Management Company, and Sarofim Advisors Group, Inc., since 2010. Sarofim Trust Co. is a Texas-chartered trust company and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management, trustee, and custodial services to institutional and private clients, including pension plans, endowments, corporations, charitable organizations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm uses a bottom-up, fundamental research approach with a focus on high-quality large-cap stocks and emphasizes low turnover, tax efficiency, and fiduciary trust responsibilities.