Benjamin Philips is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Strata Wealth Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Strata, he held roles at Southern Methodist University, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., the University of Texas at Dallas, and Apple. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in property management through ownership of rental properties in Sunnyvale, Texas. Strata Wealth Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm employs a fiduciary, tailored approach utilizing a range of securities and technology tools, including options and derivatives, while managing approximately $886 million in assets across multiple offices.

Branson Lee is a financial advisor at Murphy & Sylvest in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones for two years and has a background with Sherwin-Williams and Walmart. Murphy & Sylvest, operating as a team of seven advisors, provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a disciplined, long-term investment approach combining strategic asset allocation with fundamental and quantitative analysis.

Alexandra Mc Connell is a financial advisor at QuadCap Wealth Management, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Van Atkins Jewelers. QuadCap Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with investment management and financial planning. The firm combines traditional advisory services with AI-enabled estate planning tools and integrated tax preparation, offering tailored asset allocations and comprehensive family office support.

Andrew Hunt is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with McElhenny Sheffield Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2024, and previously held roles at firms including Monumental, Worth Asset Management, and Fisher Investments. Outside of his advisory duties, he operates as an independent Medicare insurance agent. McElhenny Sheffield Capital Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, and institutional retirement plans through separately managed accounts. The firm employs a rules-based investment process focused on tactical ETF strategies driven by proprietary quantitative models, and it serves as a sub-adviser to other advisers and an actively managed ETF.

Terri Herring is a financial advisor with Nobles & Richards Advisors, LLC in Plano, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with 15 years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Brown & Brown Securities, XLII Financial Services LLC, and Petrogrowth Energy Advisors, L.L.C. She also provides financial operations and accounting services as an independent contractor outside her advisory role. Nobles & Richards Advisors, LLC offers investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting to individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, municipalities, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $34 million in assets across 128 client relationships, employing a non-discretionary investment approach that utilizes fundamental and market analysis, and incorporates a range of investment vehicles tailored to client objectives.

Lance Jamerson is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Westshore Wealth since 2018 and previously worked at Howard Financial Services for five years. Westshore Wealth is a six-advisor team managing approximately $534 million in client assets. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations, employing a distinctive investment process that includes the active use of derivatives and leveraged strategies within separately managed accounts.

Robert Mcmeen is a financial advisor at Parkway Wealth Management Group, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and Cabot Lodge Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Century Tree Properties, LLC, a real estate brokerage. Parkway Wealth Management Group manages approximately $1.22 billion in discretionary assets and serves individuals, families, business owners, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable entities, and institutional clients. The firm employs a personalized investment approach that includes diversified portfolios and offers portfolio management, financial planning, 401(k) plan advisory, and financial consulting services.

Connor Lane is a financial advisor at Bland Garvey Wealth Advisors, LLC in Richardson, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at American National Bank & Trust and has been affiliated with the University of North Texas since 2017. Bland Garvey Wealth Advisors provides investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial consulting services to individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, qualified retirement plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily utilizing passively managed asset-class mutual funds and model portfolios.

Anne Robinson is a financial advisor at QuadCap Wealth Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. QuadCap Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of equities and fixed income in customized asset allocations and incorporates a third-party AI-enabled platform to assist with estate planning and service delivery.

Ryan Maynard is a CFP® and CFA® with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Vaquero Private Wealth, Ltd., where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he held roles at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Maynard provides occasional financial advice to several small businesses, including an advertising company and a television production firm. Vaquero Private Wealth is an independent advisory firm serving individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, donor-advised funds, retirement plans, and insurance company clients. The firm offers discretionary investment management and personalized financial planning, constructing customized, tax-aware portfolios that integrate public and private investments guided by fundamental, cyclical, and technical research.

Alton Thompson is a financial advisor at Worth Asset Management with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Worth Financial Group and Lenovo. Outside of his advisory role, he engages in part-time sales work for two small companies, TAP Innovations and Dealer Detail Services, focusing on generating sales leads. Worth Asset Management provides investment supervisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a mix of security analysis methods, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and collaborates with outside managers and sub-advisors while maintaining overall advisory responsibility.

Michael Gladwin is a financial advisor with Guidestone Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations. He has 17 years of industry experience, including prior roles at USAA Financial Advisors and Charles Schwab. Outside of his advisory work, he operates a private airport transportation service and has worked as a contractor for Uber and Lyft. Guidestone Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities, including high-net-worth clients and plan participants. The firm employs model portfolios and discretionary management with a faith-based investing approach that excludes certain industries and uses certified GPS retirement planning tools.

Joseph Dunn is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Beaird Harris Wealth Management, Inc. since 2007. Beaird Harris Wealth Management, LLC is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and participant-directed retirement plans, and business entities. The firm uses Modern Portfolio Theory to implement diversified portfolios primarily through low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with an expanded focus on alternative investments and tax-managed strategies.

Gavin Baker is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Parkway Wealth Management Group, LLC. His prior work includes roles at Raymond James Financial and Cabot Lodge Securities. He is also licensed as an independent insurance agent through One Insurance Solutions. Parkway Wealth Management Group, LLC manages approximately $1.22 billion in discretionary assets, serving individuals, families, business owners, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable entities, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a holistic, personalized investment approach, using diversified portfolios and a range of strategies from conservative to aggressive.

Bradley Chrustawka is an advisor at Peak American Investment Advisors, Inc. with zero years of industry experience. He was previously self-employed from 2010 to 2024 before joining Peak American in 2024. Peak American Investment Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm integrates tax strategy and insurance coordination into retirement and income planning and uses a combination of technical and fundamental analysis for portfolio construction.

Peter Roe is a financial advisor with RTW Financial Advisors Inc in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 44 years of industry experience. He has been with RTW Financial Advisors since 1991 and is also affiliated with Momentum Independent Network Inc since 1998. Outside of advisory work, he participates in securities industry focus groups for market research purposes. RTW Financial Advisors manages approximately $508 million for around 157 clients, providing customized portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining fundamental analysis and asset allocation, tailoring portfolios to client-specific objectives and risk tolerance.

Douglas Wood II is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with two years of industry experience. He currently works at Ascentis Asset Management, LLC and has previous experience at ORG Partners Asset Management and Greg Homesley CPA PC. Ascentis Asset Management provides sub-advisory portfolio modeling, model construction, and signaling services to other investment advisers and Unified Managed Account program sponsors, focusing on delivering model portfolios and implementation guidance rather than directly managing client assets. The firm employs charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to build asset allocations and creates custom models based on parameters set by primary advisers.

Erick Kuebler is a financial advisor with Sanders Morris LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sanders Morris Harris LLC since 2016 and has prior experience at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities. Sanders Morris LLC provides investment advisory and related services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm offers portfolio management primarily through wrap-fee programs and utilizes third-party portfolio managers, combining advisory and brokerage services within a dual registration structure.

Paul Hofland is a financial advisor with Nexus One Financial Advisors LLC in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Retirement Planners of America and NYLife Securities LLC. He is also a licensed insurance agent, spending a portion of his time on insurance sales and implementation. Nexus One Financial Advisors LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary wealth management, portfolio management, and financial planning. The firm emphasizes customized, long-term portfolio construction using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment vehicles, and manages about $552 million in assets across a six-advisor team.

Natalie Floyd is a financial advisor at Worth Asset Management in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. She has been with Worth Asset Management since 2023 and also teaches first grade students at Trinity Christian Academy. Worth Asset Management provides investment supervisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering additional financial planning and insurance-related advice. The firm uses a diverse mix of security analysis methods, employs outside managers and sub-advisors, and conducts quarterly account reviews tailored to client objectives.