Suresh Fernando is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Creative Financial Designs, Inc. and has been with Pathfinder Financial Advocates since 2014. Fernando is also involved in independent insurance sales and serves as President of Pathfinder Financial Advocates, LLC. Creative Financial Designs, Inc. provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a model-driven investment approach that incorporates third-party research and offers a range of strategies, including Biblical Responsible Investing, with flexible billing arrangements and specialized management programs.

Hanh Nguyen is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently with Krilogy Financial since 2016. Based in St. Louis, MO, Nguyen holds a Series 65 license and has ownership interests in businesses related to real estate investment and property maintenance. Krilogy serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and family offices, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and corporate retirement consulting. The firm's investment approach combines long-term model portfolios with tactical flexibility and includes active, passive, and alternative strategies tailored to client needs.

Jonathan Ewanio is a financial advisor with Saxony Capital Management, LLC in Saint Louis, MO, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Saxony Securities and Scottrade, Inc. Saxony Capital Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a multi-team model and offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services utilizing a range of investment strategies including technical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis.

Katie Lorberg is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. She is currently with Visionary Wealth Advisors, LLC, where she has worked since 2023, following prior roles at Vestia Advisors, LLC and LPL Financial. Visionary Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers model-based strategies and separately managed account options, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with an asset-allocation framework based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Scott Rich is a financial advisor at Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Huntleigh Advisors since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is an investor and provides business advice for chiropractic clinics through KRD Enterprises, LLC. Huntleigh Advisors serves individual clients, small businesses, charities, trusts, estates, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers various asset management services, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, model portfolio programs, and a specialized MindShare small- and micro-cap strategy that combines fundamental research with investor sentiment and technical analysis.

Robert Bagby Jr. is a financial advisor with BFC Planning, Inc. and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 36 years of industry experience, including roles at BFC Planning since 2013 and Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. since 2003. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in selling and servicing life and long-term care insurance policies. BFC Planning, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, banks, and trusts, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and referrals to outside money managers through a network of approximately 200 investment adviser representatives. The firm provides various platform options and investment strategies, with policies that include a prohibition on purchasing known 12b-1 fee-paying share classes and support for held-away discretionary management.

Shawn Zell is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, currently serving as a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at D.H. Hill Securities, Fruition Financial, and the Milwaukee Bucks. He is a Finance Committee Member of the Mitrata Nepal Foundation for Children, a nonprofit organization supporting underprivileged children in Nepal. Belpointe Asset Management is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 160 advisors managing more than $7.5 billion for individuals, corporations, trusts, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing customized portfolios and various advisory structures.

Steven Elefson is a financial advisor with Visionary Wealth Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. Prior to his current roles at Visionary Wealth Advisors and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, he has worked at several firms including Raymond James and Viking Wealth Advisors. He serves as president of the board of directors for Southeast MO Medical Center, a 501(c)(3) organization. Visionary Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm employs model-based strategies and separately managed account options, managing most client assets on a discretionary basis while allowing clients to choose an investment adviser representative aligned with their objectives.

Marie Tustin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Acropolis Investment Management, L.L.C. since 2013, serving in various roles over that time. Acropolis Investment Management, L.L.C. is a fee-only wealth management firm offering discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individual investors, institutional clients, and company-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a committee-driven investment process focused on strategic asset allocation, tax-aware implementation, and low turnover, using a combination of equities, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Jack Carpenter is a financial advisor with Acropolis Investment Management, L.L.C., holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at UMSL and J & R Construction. Acropolis Investment Management, LLC is a fee-only wealth management firm serving individual investors, institutional clients, and company-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a committee-driven investment process focused on strategic asset allocation, tax-aware implementation, and low turnover, utilizing a mix of equities, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Cody Brown is a financial advisor with Financial & Tax Architects, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has worked at Peju Winery and Ameristar Casino. He is also the owner of an apparel company, ICARDESIGN COMPANY, which specializes in T-shirts. Financial & Tax Architects provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients nearing or in retirement. The firm employs proprietary “Private Wealth Strategies” using ETFs and individual securities, with customizable and regularly rebalanced portfolios, and also offers retirement-plan consulting and educational seminars.

Jesstine Kemper is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mutual Advisors, LLC. Her prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. Mutual Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional investors. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies with an emphasis on diversification and tailored portfolio management using multiple analytical approaches.

John Owen is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mutual Advisors, LLC since 2018. He previously worked at First Heartland Capital Inc for 16 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of the Rotary Club Kirkwood and manages two scholarship fund accounts. Mutual Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base including individual investors, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies, utilizing multiple analytical approaches and third-party platforms to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Selden Martin is a financial advisor at Visionary Wealth Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO, with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Visionary Wealth Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Martin is a partner at Altius Learning, where he is involved in coaching and training activities. Visionary Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm employs model-based strategies and separately managed accounts, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis within an asset-allocation framework derived from Modern Portfolio Theory.

Staci Atwood is a financial advisor with Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. She has been with Stifel and its affiliated firms since 1995. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the Finance Committee and Administrative Board of St. Matthew Church and is Treasurer of the Althoff Catholic High School Parents and Friends Club. Stifel Independent Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, trusts, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and advisory services such as financial planning and portfolio management. The firm utilizes proprietary modeling and a collaborative planning process to tailor asset allocation recommendations.

John Kurusz is a financial advisor at Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. in St. Louis, MO, with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Huntleigh Securities Corporation since 1995 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisor offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, ERISA retirement-plan services, sub-advisory arrangements, and third-party manager solicitation. The firm serves individual, high-net-worth, charitable, trust, and business clients, employing a range of fundamental, technical, charting, and quantitative methods across its strategies, including its MindShare Small Companies program focused on micro-, small-, and mid-cap equities.

Kristin Poole is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Krilogy Financial since 2018. She previously worked at Buckingham Asset Management, LLC for seven years. Poole holds an adjunct lecturer position at Washington University, where she teaches courses on Wealth Management Practice. Krilogy Financial serves individuals, families, qualified retirement plans, charitable organizations, foundations, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach with tactical overlays, combining quantitative, qualitative, and fundamental analysis, and offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services.

Adam Bippen is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Summit Wealth Strategies and the University of Missouri. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans through a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation strategies.

Ashley Cross is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC with a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cornerstone in 2024, Ashley worked at LPL Financial from 2022 and Edward Jones from 2015 to 2022. Cornerstone Wealth Management serves a diverse clientele including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages $4.93 billion in discretionary assets and emphasizes tailored account supervision using a mix of fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis across various investment strategies.

Bradford Webb is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. His work history includes roles at Arete Wealth Management LLC since 2016 and J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC in 2008. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily manages assets on a discretionary basis using both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, while also employing third-party sub-advisers and maintaining a due-diligence process for recommended managers.