Tanner Smith is a financial advisor with Principal Advised Services and holds a Series 66 designation. He has been with Principal Advised Services, Principal Securities, Inc., and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2026 and has eight years of prior self-employed experience. He is based in Huntersville, North Carolina. Principal Advised Services provides investment advice and related services primarily to retirement plan participants and retail IRA clients, offering a combination of non-discretionary recommendations and a discretionary investment management program called SimpleInvest. The firm is part of the Principal Financial Group family and integrates proprietary models and third-party methodologies with governance oversight to serve its clients.

Kevin Stewart is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Modera Wealth Management, LLC and previously worked at LPL Financial and The Vanguard Group, Inc. Kevin is based in Charlotte, NC. Modera Wealth Management, LLC serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and plan sponsors, offering wealth and portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, tax services, and business coaching. The firm employs a diversified asset allocation strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory and integrates investment management with in-house accounting and ancillary services.

Clare Lawrence is a financial advisor at Colony Family Offices, LLC with a Series 65 designation and over 15 years of prior experience at KPMG LLP. Based in Charlotte, NC, Lawrence has been with Colony Family Offices since 2025. Colony Family Offices, LLC provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning services primarily to ultra-high-net-worth families, their trusts, estates, and related entities. The firm employs a priorities-based, customized planning process with portfolios that combine passive and active strategies and utilizes third-party managers and independent research for implementation and due diligence.

Nickles Spryn is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC. His prior roles include positions at Vanguard Advisers, Inc., Old Point Trust & Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors. He is also an insurance agent with Belmont Capital, focusing on life and long-term care annuities. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC (operating as Fusion Investment Advisors) provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an open-architecture investment platform utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis across a broad range of asset types.

Roberto Deaguero is a financial advisor with Ally Invest Advisors in Miami, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. He supports both Ally Invest Securities and Ally Invest Advisors in a dually licensed capacity, servicing clients with self-directed and advisory accounts. Ally Invest Advisors serves a large retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management through a combination of automated web-based services and advisor-led advice. The firm utilizes ETFs within model portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs automated algorithms alongside supervised monitoring for portfolio management.

Paige Yeomans is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) with three years of industry experience. She is currently with Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors, LLC in Charlotte, NC, having joined the firm in 2025. Her prior experience includes roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and nonprofit organizations by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes customized asset allocation and combines active and passive investment strategies within an integrated service model that coordinates tax, accounting, and family-office services.

Milton Castellanos is a financial advisor at Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. Prior to joining Guardian Wealth Advisors in 2020, he worked at Harbor Capital Management Inc for five years. Guardian Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and other business entities. The firm uses ETFs and mutual funds combined with fundamental and technical analysis within a systematic, quantitative framework, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management and utilizing tools such as Riskalyze to measure risk.

Tyler Reller is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor at Principal Advised Services with seven years of industry experience. He has held roles at Principal Securities, Principal Life Insurance Company, and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a financial counselor at Principal Bank, where he is responsible for sales of bank deposit products. Principal Advised Services provides investment advice and related services primarily to retirement plan participants and retail IRA clients. The firm offers both non-discretionary recommendations and a discretionary investment management program, leveraging a combination of third-party tools and proprietary models while benefiting from its affiliation with the Principal Financial Group.

Patrick Homan is a financial advisor at Private Client Services, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. His prior work includes roles at The AmeriFlex Group, SagePoint Financial, Fortigent, LLC, Independent Adviser's Group, and LPL Financial. Private Client Services is a multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plan sponsors, and businesses. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management through a network of approximately 50 advisors, managing about $1.05 billion across more than 3,200 client accounts.

Elizabeth Ward is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Abacus Wealth Partners since 2019. Her prior experience includes roles at Workable Wealth, A. Ward Financial Planning LLC, and First Financial Group. Abacus Wealth Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and institutional entities. The firm employs an asset-class investing approach grounded in academic research, utilizing no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and passive institutional funds, while incorporating ESG screening and private pooled vehicles in suitable portfolios.

Evan Hudak is a financial advisor at Choreo, LLC with a Series 65 designation and less than one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Choreo, he held roles at Baird and Indiana University. Choreo serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a quantitative and committee-driven investment process, offering services such as discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, outsourced CIO, and specialized consulting for ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Maximilian Hillerbrand IV is a financial advisor with 49 Financial in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. He has worked at Oakwood Capital Securities, Inc. and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and has prior professional experience in the food service industry. Outside of advisory work, he assists clients with life insurance and annuity products as a licensed insurance agent. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment approach based on diversified asset allocation and blends multiple analytical methods, managing proprietary and external model portfolios with ongoing monitoring and client behavioral coaching.

Thomas Walker is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Impact Partnership Wealth, LLC, and has been in the industry for one year. He is also the founder and president of Walker Capital Preservation Group, where he has been involved since 2014, focusing on fixed and life insurance sales and federal benefit education. Outside of his financial advisory work, Walker performs guitar for charity events. Impact Partnership Wealth provides investment management, model-portfolio implementation, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of third-party strategists, adviser-managed models, and direct indexing with tactical overlays, operating on a wrap-fee platform supported by a third-party services provider.

Max Kuhle is a Series 65-licensed advisor at 49 Financial in Charlotte, NC, with less than one year of industry experience. Prior to joining 49 Financial, he held various roles including at TST Fab & Machine and Beach Cages, LLC, and spent several years in full-time education. 49 Financial serves a diverse client base ranging from retail and high-net-worth individuals to institutions, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm’s investment approach focuses on disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation using a blend of fundamental, cyclical, technical, and behavioral analysis.

Eric Fritz is a financial advisor at CG Advisory Services in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial, Geneos Wealth Management Inc., and WFG Investments, Inc. Fritz also has a business entity unrelated to investment advisory activities. CG Advisory Services is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs a largely model-driven investment approach combined with customized portfolio management, financial planning, and access to alternative investment platforms.

Jeffrey Phillips is a financial advisor with Blueprint Financial Advisors in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. His career includes nearly a decade at Securities America Advisors and Securities America Inc, followed by roles at OSAIC and Maplewood Investments Inc. He serves as a board member for two elementary charter schools affiliated with National Heritage Academies. Blueprint Financial Advisors is a multi-advisor firm managing approximately $1.4 billion in assets, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a strategic-and-tactical investment approach that integrates trend-following and momentum rules across diversified asset classes.

Jason Craig is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Prospera since 2013, following prior roles at TCA Financial Group, LLC, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning and portfolio management through multiple advisory programs and platforms.

Derrick Morgan is a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors and The Auxin Group. Outside of his advisory role, Morgan owns an urban farming business called Queen City Greens CLT LLC, which grows and sells microgreens. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term, evidence-based asset allocation using low-cost, passively managed funds, supplemented by customized fixed-income strategies, sub-advisers, and alternative investment advisory services.

John Bragg III is a CFP® with 37 years of experience and serves at Bragg Financial Advisors Inc in Charlotte, NC. He was previously with Queens Road Securities, LLC for 19 years. Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc. is a family-owned SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $4.6 billion for individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and investment companies. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation, broad diversification, and longer-term holdings, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and managed-account services.

Paul Zodtner is a financial advisor at Ritholtz Wealth Management with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services for six years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in real estate ownership through a privately held LLC and serves in fiduciary capacities such as trustee or personal representative. Ritholtz Wealth Management serves individual and institutional clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a goal-based investment approach emphasizing asset allocation and behavioral finance, using diversified low-cost ETFs alongside tactical and alternative strategies, and offers both advisor-led and digital platform solutions.