Chase Coffin is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC since 2023. Prior to joining Moneta, he worked at BlackRock Investments LLC and Invesco Distributors, Inc. from 2015 to 2023. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm uses a Partner-led Team model supported by centralized investment research and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations with ongoing monitoring.

Sean Day is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations and is based in Kansas City, MO. His prior work includes roles at Empower Financial Services, Sunrun, and multiple lending firms. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Mark Agre is a CFP® professional with 33 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2014. He is also co-owner of Clever Works, LLC, a private entity created to hold and sell patents under the business name SleepElevation.com. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, while providing operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support.

Michael Goostree is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently practicing at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2015. He is the owner of Goostree Financial Group, Inc., a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Additionally, he has authored a non-investment related piece titled "But There's So Much DIY in IVF That We Can't Be Sure." Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a variety of advisory programs and support services including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers. The firm offers a range of investment program structures and supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice management.

Herbert Kyles is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Farther Finance Advisors since 2024. His previous roles include positions at Charles Schwab, Santander Investment Services, and AspenCross Wealth Management. He is also an Independent Insurance Agent and serves as an Advisor Council Member for Bizora, a tax research and scenario analysis business. Farther provides discretionary investment management and advisory services primarily to individual investors, trusts, and estates, utilizing a web and mobile platform alongside in-person meetings. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs algorithmic rebalancing with a focus on exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income, supplemented by AI tools under internal controls.

Angela Hankins is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Creative Planning in Overland Park, KS, where she has worked since 2016. She has seven years of industry experience. Outside of her advisory role, she is also a real estate agent with Platinum Realty. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure.

Steven Ledgerwood is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and six years of industry experience. He has worked at GWFS Equities and Reveal Management Services prior to joining Empower Advisory Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is active as a delivery driver for DoorDash and serves as a youth soccer referee with the Heartland Soccer Association. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing through a point-in-time financial planning model.

Angela Remington is a financial advisor at First Command Advisory Services with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked for USD 469 for nine years. Remington is also the owner of AJ Remington LLC, an independent contracting business, and a partner in Pony Express Advisors, LLC, which manages branch-related business expenses. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and wrap-fee asset management programs, utilizing a centralized investment management team and prescreened third-party managers.

Vincent Clark is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Creative Planning with 10 years of industry experience, having been with the firm since 2015. He serves on multiple nonprofit boards, including Park University’s Board of Trustees and Foundation Board, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City Ballet, and American Public Square, contributing to fiduciary oversight and organizational governance. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment approach focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and a centralized investment infrastructure.

Matthew Navickas is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at HighTower Securities LLC since 2019. Outside of finance, Navickas owns and operates M&M Mowing LLC, a landscaping business. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a multi-manager approach incorporating both affiliated and third-party managers, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Michael Pollakowski is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Kansas City, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards of Mackenzie Bay and Clean Green Energy and oversees farmland operations. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients with discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm supports a large network of advisors and offers a range of managed-account programs, including both traditional and legacy active strategies.

Adam Dunavant is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC. Outside of finance, he has experience in the food industry with Bare Bones Smokin' BBQ and has been involved with the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining active and passive strategies and offering a variety of proprietary and legacy investment programs.

Shawn Staab is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Overland Park, KS. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. Shawn has worked at Gwfs Equities, Inc. since 2014 and has been affiliated with JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services LLC and J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc. since 2012. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain IRA and retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s approach includes an integrated financial planning model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and client savings rates.

Paul Raccuglia is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. He previously worked at Country Club Trust Company and Tower Wealth Managers, Inc. for 15 years. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Lennie Walters is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC based in Shawnee, KS. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameritas Investment Company, Ivy Funds Distributor Inc., and Waddell & Reed, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is the sole proprietor of Walters LLC, a farming business focused on cattle. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale, SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Kara Walters is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Overland Park, KS, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at GWFS Equities, Prudential Investment Management Services, Mutual Securities, and LPL Financial. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients, using an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Luke Sullivan is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Falcon Wealth Advisors for three years and held roles at Best Buy from 2015 to 2020. Outside of his advisory work, Sullivan serves as the editor and producer of the Kansas Golf Foundation’s podcast. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm’s model focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Kristi Dolan is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Creative Planning in 2021, she worked at Lockton Investment Advisors, Lockton Financial Advisors, and Lockton Companies from 2017 to 2021. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, complemented by selective use of private market investments and sub-advisor portfolios.

Samantha Waters is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services from 2006 to 2016 before joining Hightower Advisors in 2016. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a range of affiliated and third-party managers.

Joshua Hill is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Assurity Life Insurance Co., Keating Financial Advisory Services, Inc., and Raymond James Financial Services. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing a combination of internally managed and third-party strategies with a long-term investment approach.