Caryn Smith is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. She previously worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc., Rowland Carmichael Advisors Inc., and Northern Trust Company. Outside of financial advising, she was involved with Red Rock Recreation LLC for seven years. Sovereign Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, while also incorporating tactical reallocations and alternative investments through independent managers and proprietary funds.

He Ma is a financial advisor with CSP Financial Group LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 65 and Series 63 registrations with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GoHealth, Strategic Healthcare Financial Advisors, and UnitedHealthcare. He is also involved in independent health insurance agency work and business ownership through JM Capital Group LLC. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, emphasizing portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring in line with Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm also manages workplace accounts and offers co-advisory and donor-advised account support.

Joshua Cooper is a financial advisor at Clarus Wealth Advisors, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Clarus Wealth Advisors since 2015, as well as with Crown Capital Securities, LP and WFG Investments Inc. Cooper is also involved in the ownership and advisory role at Heritage Retirement Solutions LLC. Clarus Wealth Advisors is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $305.2 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, estates, trusts, and corporate plans. The firm employs a blend of strategic asset allocation and tactical equity strategies with a focus on multi-year time horizons and regular portfolio reviews.

Andrew Majd is a financial advisor with Dew Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Dew Wealth Management in 2020, he worked at Optima Capital Management and Bank of America, Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory role, he has experience working with a menswear business and participated in the Sawdust Festival of the Arts. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations with family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and coordinates with clients’ other professionals as part of its multi-month programs and ongoing services.

Zachary Mac Phee is a financial advisor at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for J Brad Jenner, CPA PC for six years. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for about 853 clients, including high-net-worth individuals and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning using a variety of investment techniques and products, with ongoing monitoring and client-directed investment restrictions.

Kevin Shorts is a financial advisor at Tribeca Financial, LLC in Gilbert, AZ, holding a Series 65 license with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Tribeca Financial since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Shorts is an independent insurance agent and manages Shorts Financial Services, LLC. Tribeca Financial provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, and charitable entities. The firm uses a structured, market-rate oriented approach focused on passive, globally diversified portfolios aimed at long-term growth.

Christy Pater Schmitt is a financial advisor at Fortitude Family Office with 40 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Bridgelight Capital. Fortitude Family Office serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, providing investment management, financial planning, and comprehensive family office services. The firm integrates customized portfolio management with traditional family office operations and serves as a private fund sponsor and adviser.

Brian Riordan is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP since 2004, where he serves as part of a multi-advisor team. The firm provides customized investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, foundations, and corporations. L. Roy Papp & Associates follows a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented investment strategy focused on domestic equities, fixed income, ETFs, and mutual funds, managing approximately $1.5 billion in client assets.

Edward Maruna is a financial advisor at Blakely Walters Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to his advisory career, he served eight years in the U.S. Air Force and currently continues service in the Air Force Reserve. Blakely Walters Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing fee-based asset management, financial planning, and third-party money manager referrals. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage risk and customize portfolios to client objectives.

Scott Sollars is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He currently works with Benefit Financial Services Group in Phoenix, AZ, and has previously held multiple roles at Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. since 2016. Benefit Financial Services Group advises individuals, trusts, family entities, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing $1.53 billion in discretionary assets and consulting on $18.0 billion in retirement plan assets. The firm employs a diversified, model-based investment approach that incorporates a range of asset types and specialized strategies, including options-based borrowing programs and cryptocurrency exposure protocols.

James Dew is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience and has been a principal at Dew Wealth Management since 1999. He is a licensed insurance agent who maintains licensure solely for trail commissions and serves as an independent trustee for trusts of non-clients. Dew is also an author of educational books on investing and financial planning, from which he continues to receive royalty payments. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management and often coordinates directly with other client professionals as part of its Virtual Family Office and Wealth Accelerator programs.

Allen Braunbeck is a financial advisor with Kingdom Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and with 26 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Fullerton Financial Planning, Charles Schwab & Co., Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. Kingdom Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual clients, managing approximately $520.9 million in discretionary assets. The firm uses a sub-advisory relationship with AE Wealth Management for portfolio management and offers financial planning and consulting as separate services.

William Lee is a CFP® and CFA® with 14 years of industry experience. He currently works at ARQ Wealth Advisors, LLC and has previously been with Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC and Ironwood Investment Counsel, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing member and part-owner of a recreational company, Fun Times AZ LLC. ARQ Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients through fee-only asset management and financial planning, employing a disciplined investment process that includes derivatives and options strategies within separately managed accounts. The firm blends traditional and alternative investment exposures while maintaining a formal fiduciary standard.

Kevin Canterbury is a financial advisor at CS Planning Corp with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including Redstone Capital Management, Coastal Investment Advisors, and Advisory Solutions Group. He is also a licensed life insurance agent at Truchoice Financial Life Insurance Brokerage. CS Planning Corp, operating as Vertical Ascent Wealth Management, serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a systematic investment approach with broadly diversified portfolios across global equity and fixed-income markets, tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and goals, and operates through a multi-advisor and multi-affiliate model.

Mark Stein is a CFP® with 43 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC, where he has worked since 2010. His prior roles include five years at Foothill Securities, Inc., and he maintained an insurance sales business for over four decades. Galvin, Gaustad & Stein is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a proprietary, fundamentally driven security-selection process and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary financial planning and portfolio management services.

James Meyers is a financial advisor at Laffer Tengler Investments, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. His prior work includes time at The Herbst Group, LLC. Laffer Tengler Investments offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, model delivery to other advisers, and wrap-fee program management for individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and specialty clients. The firm combines quantitative modeling and macroeconomic forecasting with fundamental security analysis across various asset types and operates an actively managed equity income ETF.

Santiago Rosas is a financial advisor at Dew Wealth Management with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at FP Solutions Ameriprise, Insitu, and Bosh Global Services. Dew Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations with family-office style programs, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management and coordinates with clients’ other professionals as part of its Virtual Family Office and Wealth Accelerator services.

Robert Cohen is a financial advisor at Tandem Wealth Advisors in Phoenix, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Tandem Wealth Advisors since 2018, including a brief sabbatical in 2021, and previously worked at Lotuswei LLC from 2013 to 2018. Tandem Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through discretionary separate accounts and model management for third-party platforms. The firm combines top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up fundamental research to create balanced, risk-managed portfolios focused on long-term capital growth and downside protection.

Julie Hein is a Series 65-licensed advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She has been with L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP since 1990. L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP provides customized investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, foundations, corporations, and other entities. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented investment approach focused on domestic equities, investment-grade fixed income, ETFs, and mutual funds, managing approximately $1.5 billion in client assets through a multi-advisor team structure.

Todd Reeg is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience. He is currently with Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC, having previously worked at Robert W Baird & Co. for 12 years. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC is a team of approximately 18 advisors managing over $650 million for a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm employs both fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory in its discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting services.