Michael Mann is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. He has previously worked at Miami Life, Inc., Emerson Equity LLC, Ascendant Alternative Strategies, LLC, and Axiom Capital Management, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Mann is involved in insurance sales and financial planning through his ownership of FirstGen Planning LLC, and he refers clients for tax and charitable planning services. Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer managing over $2 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, trusts, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory programs, brokerage transactions, and licensed insurance products.

Ruhin Shah is a financial advisor at Plante Moran Financial Advisors with Series 65 credentials and approximately one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Ally Financial, Toyoda Gosei, and Michigan State University. Plante Moran Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate-planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis supported by a proprietary equity valuation model and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Joshua Foley is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked in various roles, including positions in the food service and lighting industries. Outside of advising, he has been associated with Indianwood Golf & Country Club since 2024. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion and serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and state and municipal entities. The firm provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services, implementing client mandates through model portfolios and a range of platform and sub-advisor options.

Travis Veenhuis is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently with Zhang Financial. His prior experience includes roles at SGH Wealth Management and a work history connected to Kalamazoo College. Zhang Financial is a multi-advisor, fee-only investment adviser managing approximately $8.37 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, charities, corporations, and government entities with a range of portfolio management and advisory services, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside internally developed model portfolios.

Connor Sturgess is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Level Four Advisory Services and has prior experience at Raymond James Financial Services. Sturgess also supports financial advisory operations through his role with Financial Independence, LLC. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion and serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and uses model portfolios along with multiple custodians and third-party providers to implement client mandates.

James Kraatz is a financial advisor with Blackridge Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has worked at Blackridge Asset Management and Peak Brokerage Services since 2017 and was previously with NEXT Financial Group from 2008 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Kraatz owns Faith Investment Services LLC, which provides fixed insurance products. Blackridge Asset Management offers personalized financial planning, asset management, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm utilizes a client-driven investment process with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and has recently expanded to provide sub-advisory services to third-party RIAs.

John Stein is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently with Arax Advisory Partners, LLC and previously worked at Schechter Investment Advisors, LLC for ten years. He also receives referral fees for clients he refers to other investment advisory firms. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets across more than 200 advisors, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation to meet client objectives, including the use of performance-based fee structures and private fund management.

Andrew Lampela is a financial advisor at Thurston Springer Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Fratarcangeli Wealth Management and Jackson National. Thurston Springer Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable institutions, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies such as Tactical Momentum and Earnings Momentum, and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Patrick Brown is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. in Livonia, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 19 years of industry experience, including roles at Lifemark since 2018 and Foresters Equity Services from 2015 to 2018. In addition to advising clients, he operates as an independent insurance agent. Lifemark Securities Corp. provides fee-based investment advisory services and financial planning primarily to individual investors and sponsors of participant-directed retirement plans, offering customized programs such as Unified Managed Accounts and Separately Managed Accounts with both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Loran Coffman is a financial advisor with RFG Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., EF Legacy Securities, LLC, and Edelman Financial Services, LLC. Coffman is also the owner and founder of Route Financial Group, a registered investment advisory business. RFG Advisory is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 178 advisors managing around $8 billion for more than 17,000 clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to both proprietary and third-party investment strategies, typically managing assets on a discretionary basis using a combination of active and passive models with a focus on risk management.

Cameron Roehl is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Plante Moran Financial Advisors since 2013. Plante Moran Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and manager selection, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with a proprietary equity market valuation model, managing a significant portion of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Mitchell Bonnett is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience, currently serving at Madison Avenue Securities, LLC since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and LPL Financial, where he worked for over two decades. Outside of his advisory work, he is a vice president and co-owner of Wealth Creation Strategies Inc. and serves as class treasurer for the West Point Class of 1965. Madison Avenue Securities, LLC provides investment advisory and related services to individuals, charitable institutions, foundations, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.0 billion in assets and offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services through multiple account platforms.

Kenneth Coe is a financial advisor with Creative Financial Designs, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 50 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Integrated Capital Management, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and First Heartland Capital, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in the sale and servicing of fixed insurance products. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and modular consulting. The firm employs asset-class model allocations across multiple risk levels and offers specialized strategies, including Biblically Responsible Investing, supported by third-party research and an Executive Investment Committee.

Terry Hirsch is a financial advisor at CX Institutional, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at TFG Advisers LLC and Tfg Advisors from 1996 to 2025. CX Institutional serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis across a range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, ETFs, structured products, and private investment funds.

Malachi Cattanach is a financial advisor at Blackridge Asset Management, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Fratarcangeli Wealth Management in 2025, he worked for Area Home Services for 11 years. Blackridge Asset Management is a multi-advisor firm serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing third-party money managers and custom asset-allocation models, with a notable sub-advisory service offering to unaffiliated registered investment advisers.

Mitchell Sehi is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Co, Pruco Securities, and Equitable Advisors. Outside of advising, he has worked in the hospitality industry as a server at Ocean Prime. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses with investment advisory and financial planning services. The firm utilizes a goals-based financial advising approach supported by proprietary software and behavioral economics, employing both passive and active investment strategies alongside dynamic rebalancing when appropriate.

Marc Schechter is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with one year of experience at the firm and over a decade in the industry. He previously operated Schechter Investment Advisors from 2013 to 2025. Schechter is involved in managing a private fund that pursues venture capital and private-equity strategies. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets and serving a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation, and is notable for its use of performance-based fees and carried-interest structures for qualified investors and private funds.

Adelaina Welch is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and KMG Fiduciary Partners. Fortis Capital Advisors serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting using a combination of discretionary management, advisor-specific styles, and model portfolios that incorporate passive, active, tactical, and ESG-oriented strategies.

Erik Kokeny is a financial advisor at Kovack Advisors, Inc. in Troy, MI, with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Kovack Advisors since 2009, previously working at Kovack Securities beginning in 2007. He also serves as a trustee of his mother's revocable living trust. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 260 advisors and over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse clientele including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government entities, using both internally developed and third-party investment models supported by Envestnet technology.

Robert Samrah is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with Arax Advisory Partners, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to joining Arax, he was with Gries Financial LLC for five years, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group for three years, and operated Samrah Advisory Services for eight years. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets through a network of over 200 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and advisory services to pooled private funds.