Luke Novak is a financial advisor with Rothschild Investment LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Rothschild Investment Corp. since 2004. Rothschild Investment LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional retirement plans. The firm employs client-specific asset allocation models and quantitative analysis, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and management of pooled vehicles and an affiliated private fund.

Chad Whiteley is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Sierra Summit Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to that, he was with Innovis Asset Management LLC for two years and Premier Asset Management LLC for nine years. Sierra Summit Advisors primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis across various equity and fixed-income strategies and manages over $600 million for approximately 115 clients.

Valerie Larson is a financial advisor at Romano Brothers and Company with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation. Romano Brothers and Company serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—employee benefit plans, non-profits, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and brokerage services, employing a generally conservative, long-term, fundamentals-based investment approach with both active and passive strategies.

John Gritis is a financial advisor with Bentley Financial Group and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 39 years of industry experience and has been with Bentley Financial Group since 2014. Prior to this, he worked at LPL Financial starting in 2009 and has operated his own firm, Domino, Gritis & Co., since 1976. Gritis is also a one-third owner of a manufacturing company and provides tax preparation and corporate accounting services through his accounting firm. Bentley Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $393 million in discretionary client assets, employing fundamental analysis and third-party managers, while offering a range of LPL-sponsored managed account programs and a proprietary wrap program.

Randall Bruns is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Model Wealth, Inc. He has held positions at several firms including Chase Investment Services Corp. and LPL Financial. Bruns has been with Model Wealth since 2018, contributing to the firm’s virtual, fee-only financial planning and wealth management services. Model Wealth, Inc. serves individuals, families, estates, trusts, and small businesses with a broadly passive investment approach focused on cost-effective, tax-aware implementation. The firm operates fully virtually and utilizes flat annual fees, integrating robo-managed strategies and direct indexing in its portfolio management.

Allan Peil is a financial advisor at Vertis Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Trifound Advisory, LLC and Northwestern Mutual. In addition to his advisory role, he is also an insurance agent offering insurance products and services. Vertis Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes long-term, value-oriented equity selection, strategic asset allocation, and option strategies, with services tailored to client objectives.

Ryan Bellis is an advisor at Vertex Partners in Downers Grove, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has been with Vertex Planning Partners since 2024 and has prior experience at Natixis Investment Managers. Ryan entered the industry recently after completing his studies in 2024. Vertex Partners provides advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable and corporate entities through financial planning, investment and wealth management, consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a diverse investment process focusing on asset allocation, diversification, and behavioral finance, utilizing a combination of active and passive model portfolios across various platforms and strategies.

Julia Khazan is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving at MEDIQUS Asset Advisors, Inc., where she has been with the firm since 2007. She is based in Chicago, IL, and is part of a five-advisor team. MEDIQUS Asset Advisors serves individuals, including many physicians and medical groups, as well as retirement plans and not-for-profit medical organizations. The firm provides investment advisory, financial planning, and educational services, using a long-term asset allocation strategy managed via the Betterment for Advisors platform.

Michael Adler is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Rothschild Wealth LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. He is also a licensed insurance agent and registered representative of Rothschild Investment, LLC. Rothschild Wealth LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporate executive groups, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs asset-allocation models supported by quantitative analysis and offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services.

Joshua Beachler is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Goldstone Financial Group, LLC and has previously worked at Clearwater Capital Partners and Bank of America, N.A. Beachler holds the Series 66 designation. Goldstone Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $1 billion for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to sub-advisers and third-party model portfolios, using a range of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and select alternatives.

Jeremy Lorenz is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. He has a background that includes roles at Illinois State University, Ikea, LegoLand Discovery Center, and Schaumburg High School. Capstone Financial Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes asset-class allocation, cost control, and tax positioning, managing approximately $2.44 billion in client assets through a multi-advisor team and offering private fund investments and in-house tax services.

Patricia Musachio is a financial advisor at Walsh & Associates, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at LPL Financial (Dba Kinnare & Associates Financial Consultants) since 2003. She joined Walsh & Associates in 2025 as part of an eight-advisor team. Walsh & Associates serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $660 million on a discretionary basis and employs strategies that emphasize asset allocation along with fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative security analysis.

Donald Roseen is a financial advisor at Lake Street with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Lake Street Financial, LLC since 2018, following a 15-year tenure at Rothschild Investment Corp. and a brief period at United Advisors. Lake Street Private Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, and various types of plans and trusts. The firm emphasizes institutional cost structures, global diversification, tax minimization, and asset-class allocation, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Thomas Bruce is a financial advisor at Matrix Private Capital Group in Chicago, Illinois, with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Private Bank prior to joining Matrix in 2019. Matrix Private Capital Group provides customized wealth management and advisory services to high net worth individuals, families, and related trusts and estates. The firm employs a solutions-driven investment approach emphasizing strategic diversification and risk management across traditional and alternative asset classes, and sponsors private co-investment vehicles that invest alongside private equity firms in single-deal transactions.

Grace Martin is a financial advisor at Vestor Capital, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at The Mather Group for two years before joining Vestor Capital. Vestor Capital is a multi-team investment and wealth management firm serving individuals, families, not-for-profit organizations, foundations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.08 billion in discretionary assets through a team of 21 advisors and employs a centralized Investment Committee to construct concentrated, typically low-turnover equity portfolios alongside diversified fixed income and alternative strategies.

Grant Feurer is a financial advisor at LCM Capital Management Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been self-employed since 2004. In addition to his advisory role, he is a stock trader with Gelber Securities. LCM Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a fundamental issuer analysis approach focused on long-term equity holdings primarily from the S&P 500 and EAFE universes, managing approximately $365 million in assets through a team of nine advisors.

Elizabeth Molique is a Series 65-licensed advisor with SJS Investment Services in Chicago, IL, with one year of industry experience. Her background includes roles at Del Olmo & Rullán Servicios Inmobiliarios, Annexus Group, and operating her own law firm, Molique Law PLLC. She has also been involved with the Valley of the Sun JCC. SJS Investment Services serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, institutional investors, and public entities. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and fiduciary services, with an investment approach overseen by an internal committee that utilizes diversified portfolios and may include alternative allocations such as private equity.

Ricki Hanna is a financial advisor at Asset Strategies, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at RR Donnelley & Sons for seven years. Asset Strategies, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and standalone financial planning to individual clients and charitable organizations. The firm constructs portfolios using equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, and offers negotiable AUM-based advisory arrangements alongside fixed-fee planning engagements.

Collin Wegener is a financial advisor at The Mosaic Financial Group, LLC in Chicago, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He has been with The Mosaic Financial Group since 2018 following five years as a student. The Mosaic Financial Group serves primarily high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and various types of plans and entities, managing approximately $898 million in assets across about 125 client relationships. The firm integrates investment advisory with accounting and tax services, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with a focus on asset allocation and individualized portfolio construction.

Alex Offerman is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Model Wealth. He has worked at Model Wealth since 2018 and has held roles at Highpoint Advisor Group, LLC, and LPL Financial, LLC. Model Wealth, Inc. is a virtual, fee-only financial planning and wealth management firm serving individuals, families, estates, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes a broadly passive investment approach with cost-effective, tax-aware implementation and integrates robo-advisor strategies and direct indexing within a flat annual fee structure.