He Ma is a financial advisor with CSP Financial Group LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and totaling 10 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at GoHealth, Strategic Healthcare Financial Advisors, UnitedHealthcare, and other firms. Outside of advising, he is training as an AutoCAD designer for Grantham Designing. CSP Financial Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes portfolio construction and monitoring aligned with Modern Portfolio Theory, employs third-party managers, and manages held-away workplace accounts with tax-efficient strategies.

Jonathan Vest is a financial advisor at Watts Gwilliam & Company, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been self-employed since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, Vest maintains an active residential real estate license but does not actively pursue real estate sales. Watts Gwilliam & Company is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation with a long-term horizon while using tactical strategies such as option overlays and collars when appropriate, and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to private placement funds.

Joshua Robinson is a CFP® professional at West Ridge Advisors with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining West Ridge Advisors in 2021, he worked at Ace Workforce Technologies and Findlay Middle School. West Ridge Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors, providing financial planning, investment consultation, and portfolio management. The firm employs a team of 11 advisors and manages approximately $396 million in client assets, focusing on Modern Portfolio Theory with global diversification, tax efficiency, and low-cost investment vehicles.

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.

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 in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 41 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Bridgelight Capital, and Wedbush Securities Inc. since 2009. Fortitude Family Office primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and related entities, providing investment management, comprehensive wealth planning, and family office services. The firm combines traditional family office operations with a private fund sponsor role, managing both liquid and illiquid investments across varied asset classes.

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 with Blakely Walters Wealth Management in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial and Next Financial Group. Maruna also serves in the United States Air Force Reserve. Blakely Walters Wealth Management provides wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm combines discretionary asset management with financial planning, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and employs sub-advisors and alternative strategies to tailor investment programs.

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.

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.

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.

Neil Sabagh is a financial advisor at Acrylic Financial, Inc. with Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Acrylic Financial and Brokers Alliance in 2024, he worked at Amazon from 2020 to 2024. Acrylic Financial, Inc. provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, other investment advisers, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a combination of asset-allocation frameworks, momentum and moving-average models, and both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor investment programs according to client goals and risk tolerance.

Richard Everhart is a financial advisor at Clarity Wealth Management, L.L.C. in Gilbert, AZ, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Clarity Wealth Management and LPL Financial since 2016. Clarity Wealth Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary options. The firm uses a variety of analysis techniques and implements strategies ranging from long-term investing to short-term trading, often relying on model portfolios to serve a large client base efficiently.

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® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC. His prior work includes roles at Robert W. Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Clearing, and A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. He is based in Scottsdale, AZ. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, foundations, and business entities. The firm combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, using both bespoke and licensed model portfolios, and accesses alternative and private investments while maintaining discretion over portfolio implementation.

Rydan Case is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he directs an event planning club and serves on the Past Presidents' Council of EO Orange County, a nonprofit focused on small business growth and education. Ironwood Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charities. The firm offers tiered service programs with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, emphasizing client-specific asset allocation, periodic rebalancing, and cost-conscious share-class selection.