Bart Speziali Jr. is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Bank of America and Merrill. He is also a general partner at Speziali LLC, a for-profit business. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored wealth management and retirement plan services, utilizing a broad range of investment strategies including private markets and digital assets.

Adil Khan is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He currently works at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC and previously spent nine years at Bank of America and Merrill. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as a seller in a trading card business. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans, offering wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary services and utilizes a broad range of investment tools including private markets and digital assets, with a significant focus on institutional retirement plan services.

Eric Cramer is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 registered advisor at BIP Wealth, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He has worked at BIP Wealth since 2011 and previously spent eight years with Charles Schwab. Based in Atlanta, GA, Cramer is part of a multi-team firm serving a diverse client base. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser providing comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers tailored asset allocation strategies and advises both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, including private pooled vehicles and private-market securities for qualified investors.

John Breard is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 12 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Alera Investment Advisors, LLC and has previously worked at Valic Financial Advisors, JB Capital, LLC, and Arista Advisory Group, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with JN Financial, LLC, where he may recommend insurance and annuity products. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and institutions. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental-analysis driven investment approach and integrates advisory services with insurance and pension-consulting platforms.

Krista Cosgrove is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. since 2007. She is based in Atlanta, GA. ZWJ Investment Counsel provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals and institutions such as pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios grounded in fundamental and financial analysis, serving both ERISA and IRA accounts with fiduciary responsibility.

Gary Askew is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining OpenArc in 2025, he spent 10 years at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. Outside of his advisory role, Askew owns and operates an online apparel business, Big Back Ministries, selling t-shirts and hoodies. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors such as trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored wealth management and consulting services with a broad investment toolkit and a notable institutional retirement plan practice combined with private markets and digital-asset capabilities.

Bradley Plaziak is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His background includes roles at Marshall University and the PGA Tour Superstore. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of wealth management and retirement plan services, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary models and utilizing a varied investment toolkit that includes private markets and digital assets.

Mary Grealy is a financial advisor at Asset Preservation Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Belle Haven Investments and in educational roles at Columbia University, National Cathedral School, and Bronxville School. Asset Preservation Advisors specializes in discretionary municipal bond investment management for institutional and retail clients, focusing exclusively on tax-exempt and taxable municipal bond portfolios. The firm employs active fixed-income management strategies, including an ESG-oriented Positive Impact Tax-Exempt Strategy, and manages over $11 billion in discretionary assets with a concentrated municipal-only focus.

Grayson Miller is a financial advisor at Waterloo Capital with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Oxford Financial Group, Ltd., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and UBS Financial Services Inc. Waterloo Capital is a multi-advisor firm that provides investment management and financial planning services primarily to entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, strategic buy-and-hold portfolio management and offers customized solutions including access to sub-advisers, financial planning, and consulting.

Anthony James Hunt is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Cygnus Capital and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Cygnus Capital as a fund wholesaler. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis using both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and it integrates affiliated financial businesses and product channels in its operations.

Sibghat Sheikh is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, currently affiliated with SignatureFD, LLC. He has one year of industry experience with prior roles at MAGEC Group, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, and other firms. SignatureFD serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and pooled investment vehicle investors. The firm offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, consulting, and retirement plan management, employing diversified, long-term asset allocation strategies across various investment vehicles.

Rohan Patel is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services such as wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a broad array of investment options and providing both discretionary and non-discretionary engagement models.

Everett Cramer Jr. is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for nine years. Everett is based in Atlanta, GA. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base that includes individual and institutional clients such as trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized wealth management and retirement plan services, utilizing a wide range of investment strategies including private markets and digital assets.

Rex Macey is a CFP® and CFA® with 23 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at BIP Wealth, LLC and previously spent 11 years at Red Tortoise, LLC. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals and families, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, utilizing tailored asset allocations that include mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, individual securities, and options-based strategies, with additional private-market investments available for qualified investors.

Fletcher Majors is a CFA® charterholder based in Atlanta, GA, with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stephens since 2026 and previously spent 16 years at Susquehanna Financial Group, LLP. Stephens is a multi-team investment adviser with approximately 243 advisors and $18 billion in assets under management, serving individuals, retirement plans, foundations, corporations, and other institutional clients. The firm offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary management strategies, combining bottom-up equity research with committee-driven asset allocation and also provides brokerage, investment banking, custody, and municipal advisory services.

Ian Kohl is a financial advisor with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and began his advisory career in 2026. Prior to joining OpenArc, he worked at John Hancock Manulife for three years and has experience in academic roles at Florida State University and the University of Alabama. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients including trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a wide range of wealth management and retirement plan services, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary models and utilizing diverse investment strategies including private markets and digital assets.

Victor Wilkerson is a financial advisor with Bison Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and over 29 years of industry experience. He has held leadership roles at multiple firms, including founding Trinity Street Financial and serving as president of Armis Strategies and Bison Advisors. Wilkerson’s professional background includes training advisors and managing staff within registered investment advisory firms. Bison Wealth serves a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, family offices, and institutional entities, providing financial planning, portfolio management, and ERISA retirement plan services. The firm employs outcome-focused, multi-manager model portfolios that integrate tactical and strategic allocations across various asset classes, alongside specialized offerings such as options-based overlay strategies and turnkey asset management platform services for other advisers.

Nathan Stibbs is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Arkadios Capital, Continuum Advisory, LLC, and Triad Advisors, Inc. Outside of finance, he serves as vice president of Waterborne, Inc., a biotechnology company. Arkadios Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans through a variety of programs including advisor-managed accounts and access to third-party money managers. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach supported by an internal portfolio team and offers comprehensive portfolio reporting and planning services.

Bradford Young is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc in Atlanta, GA since 2004. ZWJ Investment Counsel manages approximately $3.86 billion in client assets across about 925 client relationships, providing investment counseling and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on discretionary equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios tailored to each client’s needs using fundamental and financial analysis.

Julius Hutchinson is a financial advisor with The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. His prior roles include leadership positions at Strategic Blueprint, LLC and Hutchinson Private Wealth, LLC. The Strategic Financial Alliance serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of advisory services, utilizing customized strategies through portfolio management, third-party manager selection, and financial planning.