Wesley Hodgin is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation. Prior to his career in finance, he worked for five years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment strategies, supported by a nationwide network of more than 23,000 financial advisors and 15,000 branch offices.

Mackenzie Urquhart is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as treasurer and board member for the Washington Park Neighborhood Association in Winston Salem, NC. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and institutional clients, offering a broad planning menu that includes specialized services such as business-owner transition and special-needs planning.

Corbin Watson is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Winston Salem, NC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing five years of industry experience. Prior to joining LPL Financial in 2026, he worked at Northwestern Mutual in various roles from 2019 to 2026. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, financial institutions, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, with both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by extensive research and diversified investment strategies.

William Childers is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a member of the Childers Group since January 2019, where he works as part of the Setzer, Souza, Childers team, focusing on providing wealth management advice and guidance to affluent individuals and families. The team aims to simplify clients' financial lives and develop strategies that align with what clients value most, including family, business, or legacy. William graduated from North Carolina State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. He holds Series 7 and Series 66 FINRA registrations and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional. Prior to joining the Childers Group, he worked as an Investment Specialist for Merrill Edge Self Directed, providing service and support to self-directed clients. His areas of expertise include college education planning, family wealth management strategies, personal retirement planning, tax minimization, and retirement income. Outside of his professional work, William enjoys basketball, football, golfing, music, running, soccer, and spending time with his family.

Torva Smith is a financial advisor with Merrill in Winston Salem, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 25 years of industry experience. Smith has been with Merrill since 2009. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations using model-based and discretionary investment strategies.

Tiffany Walker is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Winston-Salem, NC, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2022, she worked in academic roles at Fayetteville Technical Community College and Fayetteville State University. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that provides a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, including tailored financial planning through its Financial Advisors and Estate Planning Strategies Group. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and utilizes structured planning tools and modeling techniques in its financial planning process.

John Childers is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management based in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He is a member of the Setzer Souza Childers Wealth Management Group and has been part of the Winston Salem community for over 20 years. John utilizes the investment resources of Merrill and the banking services of Bank of America to address various aspects of clients' financial lives. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising and Marketing from Appalachian State University. His professional experience includes roles such as Enterprise Relationship Consultant with Merrill Edge in Jacksonville, Florida, where he provided advice on retirement accounts, as well as Bank Financial Advisor at Bank of America, offering investment, banking, and lending advice. His client focus areas include family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, LGBT wealth planning, personal retirement planning, socially responsible and values-based investing, women and wealth, tax minimization, and retirement income. Outside of his professional work, John enjoys antiquing, cooking, soccer, table tennis, traveling, and watching movies. He currently resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he spends time with family and friends.

Jeffrey Kerrigan is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in Greensboro, NC, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016, following a year at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a real estate business through an LLC focused on purchasing and flipping houses. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting to qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering services such as investment policy statement preparation, investment recommendations, performance reporting, and participant education. The firm’s IPS-driven advisory process incorporates modern portfolio theory and includes a discretionary 3(38) investment option, with a broader range of financial products including insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options.

James Fleming is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Winston-Salem, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Collectible Impulse, a retail and online collectible store based in Burlington, North Carolina. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning and a broad range of advisory programs. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and integrates structured planning tools and investment research into its advisory process.

Forrest Childers is a financial advisor with Merrill, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and over 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Merrill since 2001 and has been with Bank of America, N.A. since 2011. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program. The firm offers model-based and discretionary investment strategies for a range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Brad Clasby is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Greensboro, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameriprise since 2018 and previously held positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors. Ameriprise provides retirement-income planning services targeting individuals with significant investable assets, combining research, modeling, and tax-efficient strategies to deliver written recommendations through a centralized consulting team. The firm offers a broad range of advisory, brokerage, and insurance solutions typical of a large institutional provider.

Amanda Urban is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Winston Salem, NC, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include work at Treloar & Heisel Wealth Management and several positions connected to Liberty University, including Academic Affairs for Athletics. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a wide range of clients such as individuals, retirement plans, banks, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers various advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by in-house and third-party research.

Diane Wimmer is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Winston-Salem, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 36 years of industry experience. She has been with Ameriprise since 2005, including six years under the current firm structure. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large, diversified firm serving both individual and institutional clients. It offers a specialized Premier Retirement Income service that provides written recommendation reports and ongoing retirement-income planning advice focused on income sources and tax-aware withdrawal strategies.

Todd Lockhart is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He previously worked at METLIFE Securities Inc. from 2001 to 2017 and has held roles at MassMutual Life Insurance Co. since 2016. Outside of advising, Lockhart is involved in individual life, disability, and long-term care insurance sales and holds ownership in a real estate-related business. Mass Mutual Investors Services is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and educational seminars, using firm-approved software tools to guide clients through goal analysis and investment strategy recommendations.

Crystal Diamond is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors with 13 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and BB&T Securities. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is a large broker-dealer and registered investment adviser affiliated with Wells Fargo that provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers a broad range of planning services and uses proprietary research and tools to develop tailored recommendations for clients.

Morgan Ford is a financial advisor at Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked in architecture and financial services roles, including at Graves Architects & Planners and Money Concepts Capital Corp. Morgan is part of The DDK Group within Baird’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individual, corporate, pension, and charitable clients. The firm offers a range of services including financial planning, portfolio management, and separately managed accounts, utilizing a combination of manager-traded and model-traded strategies supported by internal research and technology tools.

Andre Conway is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Winston-Salem, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2019 and previously was involved with AdaptFirst Investments LLC and the Alarm Service Company of America, Inc. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients with a range of advisory programs, including financial planning and estate strategies. The firm emphasizes a structured planning process supported by advanced modeling tools and manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Anthony Diffenbaugh is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Winston Salem, NC. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 10 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Allegacy Federal Credit Union, CUSO Financial Services, Truist, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. LPL Financial is a national SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charities. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and financial planning services, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by extensive research and a variety of investment strategies.

Jonathan Norman is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has built his career advising affluent individuals and families on wealth management strategies, aiming to simplify and clarify their financial lives by understanding their core values such as family, business, and legacy. Jonathan's focus areas include college education planning, divorce transition planning, executive compensation, family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, women and wealth, tax minimization, and retirement income. Jonathan began his career at Merrill Lynch the summer after graduating from college and plans to continue his career there until retirement. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University. Jonathan is also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP), a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®), and a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Outside of his professional work, Jonathan enjoys basketball, camping, fishing, football, golfing, hiking, running, skiing, woodworking, and spending time with his family.

Kelia Coffey is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates in Winston-Salem, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 44 years of industry experience. She has been with Raymond James & Associates since 2016. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and municipalities, offering financial planning and consulting services supported by a large adviser network and a variety of portfolio management styles.