Joy Kirsch is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 40 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked previously at LPL Financial and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of advisory roles, she is a limited partner in a partnership that owns a cell phone tower. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion for a diverse client base that includes individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach with customizable model portfolios overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Ben Boyd III is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. and LPL Financial since 2024. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America. Outside of financial advising, he is a business owner of Everyday Armor LLC, a company involved in packing and shipping operations. Symphony Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and multi-family office services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, options, and private placements, and offers ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services alongside coordinating comprehensive multi-family office engagements.

Steven Watkins is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently with Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC since 2025. He previously worked at Merrill from 2020 to 2025 and spent 18 years at H.D. Vest Investment Services and H.D. Vest Advisory Services. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, operating as Fusion Investment Advisors, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm uses an open-architecture platform with internally and externally developed asset allocation models, employing both fundamental and technical analysis across a broad range of investment vehicles.

Jason Adams is a financial advisor with Gradient Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Gradient Advisors in 2020, he worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. and NYLIFE Securities LLC, with additional experience as a sole proprietor since 2002. Outside of advising, Adams is a partner in a shipping and logistics business. Gradient Advisors, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm operates primarily through third-party money managers and investment advisor representatives, employing a largely non-discretionary model that integrates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis while documenting client objectives and risk tolerance.

Brandon Woods is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Root Financial Partners since 2024. Prior to this, he worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, CWM, LLC, Chessman Wealth Strategies, and Foresters Financial Services. Root Financial Partners provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, and select retirement-plan relationships. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified, passive allocations using index funds and ETFs, with customized portfolios based on client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

W. Ben Fox is a financial advisor at Eversource Wealth Advisors, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and its affiliated entities for over 15 years. Fox is also licensed as an independent insurance agent, selling non-variable insurance products. Eversource Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, offering wealth management, financial planning, and investment advisory services through a national network of advisors using multiple investment programs, including private markets and values-based strategies.

Brayden Perkins is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with two years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial and serves as an undergraduate teaching assistant at Oklahoma State University. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered, multi-team firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm provides customized investment plans and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis methods.

Colton Shields is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. and Professional Wealth Management Group. His background includes work at both firms since 2021. Outside of advisory work, he is an independent representative with various insurance carriers for fixed insurance sales. Geneos Wealth Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment advisory, and brokerage services with an investment process that includes continuous account monitoring, discretionary trading, and a range of analytic approaches and strategies.

Luke Tolson is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Outside of his advisory role, Tolson provides accounting and business consulting services for DOT Compliance Group. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise-scale firm serving individuals, corporate and charitable entities, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $12.4 billion through about 207 advisors, offering investment advisory and financial planning services via multiple platforms and customizable portfolio management options.

Nicholas Yokley is a financial advisor at Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience dating back to 2015, including roles at American Senior Benefits and Legacy Retirement Solutions. Outside of advisory work, he is also an insurance agent specializing in the sale of various insurance products. Signal Advisors Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to retail clients and independent RIAs through its Signal Platform TAMP. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental investment approach with tactical asset allocation and sector rotation, serving individual, high-net-worth, family, and business clients.

Charles Elhoff Jr. is a CFP® and ChFC® with 52 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Great Valley Advisor Group, LLC and has previous experience at Good Life Advisors, LLC, LPL Financial, and Level Four Advisory Services, LLC. Elhoff also serves as a FINRA arbitrator and is a licensed life insurance counselor and agent. Great Valley Advisor Group is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, combining in-house strategies with third-party managers and platforms to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Sherry Echart is a financial advisor with HUB Investment Partners, LLC in Arlington, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at TCG Advisors, LP and National Life Group. HUB Investment Partners provides investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, institutions, and public entities. The firm combines internally managed model portfolios with customized allocations and employs a range of advisory platforms, serving as a fiduciary for retirement plan and IRA accounts.

Kyle Blair is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Grapevine, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and three years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Mr Cooper, Caliber Home Loans, and Quicken Loans. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is a multi-team adviser and dually registered broker-dealer managing approximately $12.4 billion across about 207 advisors in 140 offices. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporate and charitable entities, and retirement plans, offering investment advisory and financial planning through various platforms and customizable portfolio strategies.

Kurt Koke is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Hurst, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Prospera Financial Services since 2004. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise-scale adviser and dually registered broker-dealer serving individuals, corporate and charitable entities, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $12.4 billion through about 207 advisors and offers investment advisory and financial planning services via multiple platforms and customizable portfolio strategies.

Leah Collette is a financial advisor at BOK Financial Private Wealth, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Northern Trust and its affiliate entities for over a decade before joining BOK Financial in 2026. Collette holds Series 65, Series 63, and Series 66 licenses. BOK Financial Private Wealth, Inc. offers investment management and wealth advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other legal entities. The firm customizes investment programs based on client objectives and risk tolerances, utilizing a diversified approach and sub-advisors, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of BOK Financial Corporation with formal affiliations to banking, broker-dealer, and investment management entities.

Jeremy Witbeck is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65-registered financial advisor at RWA Wealth Partners with 13 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Adviser Investments, LLC and Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC. In addition to his advisory career, he serves as an adjunct lecturer at California Lutheran University, teaching graduate-level financial planning courses. RWA Wealth Partners provides investment management, financial planning, tax planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, business entities, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and uses an open-architecture platform combining mutual funds, ETFs, separate accounts, and private pooled vehicles, supported by customized fixed income management and a mix of fundamental and quantitative strategies.

Emma Egan is a financial advisor at Soltis Investment Advisors, LLC with three years of industry experience. She previously worked at Fisher Investments for five years and has held roles at Learfield IMG and the University of Oregon. Soltis Investment Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension/401(k) consulting to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and trusts. The firm manages approximately $13 billion in client assets and employs an investment process based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining quantitative screening with qualitative manager due diligence across a range of asset types.

Robert Hill III is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC, and has a background that includes roles at Velano Vascular, Inc. and Becton Dickinson. Hill also operates Stewardship Wealth Management as an additional business activity. Arkadios Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans, offering customized investment and wealth management services. The firm utilizes an integrated operating model combining advisor-managed accounts, third-party managers, and an internal portfolio team to deliver diverse investment strategies.

Nickolas Moes is a financial advisor with Verity Asset Management in Southlake, TX, holding a Series 65 credential and six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Verity in 2022, he worked at Aversin Financial Associates and National Financial Services LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in several consulting and business ventures, including serving as CEO of Structured Pension, LLC and Structured Financial Group, LP, which provide insurance and tax services. Verity Asset Management is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $1.15 billion for individuals, retirement plan sponsors, institutional clients, and registered investment advisers. The firm emphasizes a model-based investment process with tactical asset allocation and offers both internally managed and third-party strategies, as well as sub-advisory and retirement consulting services.

Matthew Deno is a financial advisor with John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked with Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC since 2012 and has been affiliated with John Hancock and its related entities since 2002. John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC provides financial planning and consultative services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, non-profits, and business entities. The firm uses a technology-assisted model with third-party financial planning software to deliver generally framed written recommendations, serving a high client load per advisor.