Anna Thornburg is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Model Wealth, Inc. in Wheaton, IL, with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Model Wealth in 2021, she worked at Covenant Classical School and Church of the Resurrection. Model Wealth, Inc. is a virtual, fee-only financial planning and wealth management firm serving individuals, families, estates, trusts, and small businesses. The firm uses a broadly passive investment approach with cost-effective, tax-aware implementation, combining robo-managed strategies, direct indexing, and discretionary portfolio management.

Randolph Hardy is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63-licensed advisor at Factor Wealth Management with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Factor Wealth Management Ltd. since 2009. The firm manages approximately $630 million for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, charitable organizations, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Factor Wealth Management employs a long-term, systematic investment approach focused on diversified, risk-based portfolios, offering discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside financial planning and pension consulting services.

Steven Bartz is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Graybill, Bartz & Associates, Ltd. since 1996. Graybill Wealth Management, Ltd. provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, and trust accounts. The firm employs a fundamental, research-driven growth investing approach focused on companies with strong balance sheets and sustainable earnings, while balancing equity exposure with intermediate-term, high-grade fixed income and income vehicles.

J Gimbel V is a financial advisor at Fiduciary Financial Partners, LLC with one year of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. Prior to joining Fiduciary Financial Partners, he worked at Bank of America and has experience in various roles including positions at Denison University and in small business operations. Fiduciary Financial Partners serves individuals, including high-net-worth households, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm manages approximately $293 million in assets across five offices, employing a team approach and integrating portfolio management with comprehensive financial planning.

Kyle Depasquale is a financial advisor at Rothschild Wealth LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Rothschild Wealth since 2012, with prior roles at Ausdal Financial Partners and Halo Securities LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved with Sentinus Insurance Services, where he participates in insurance sales. Rothschild Wealth LLC advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporate executive groups, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional and tax-exempt entities, offering services such as financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and coordination of tax and estate planning. The firm uses quantitative models and third-party tools to construct and monitor portfolios across various asset classes while providing institutional services including investment policy development and manager selection.

Benjamin Wozniak is a financial advisor at Chicago Oakbrook Financial Group with 43 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial, and Mutual Service Corporation. Wozniak holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Chicago Oakbrook Financial Group serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides customized wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting using a broad range of investment strategies and securities.

Richard Little is a financial advisor at Serenity Investment Advisors in Chicago, IL, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Kingsview Asset Management and Edward Jones. He is also an independent insurance agent specializing in life insurance. Serenity Wealth Management provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach supported by fundamental analysis and proprietary model portfolios tailored to client risk profiles.

Jacqueline Sedlak is a financial advisor at Rothschild Investment LLC in Chicago, IL, with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Rothschild Wealth, LLC, Rothschild Investment, LLC, Hightower Advisors, William Blair, and Wintrust Investments. Rothschild Investment LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm uses client-specific asset allocation models and incorporates quantitative analysis and third-party tools in its portfolio management and retirement plan consulting services.

Lydia Newby is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience currently serving at Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. She has been with the firm since 2017 and previously worked at Marsh USA Inc. from 2012 to 2017. Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. is a fee-only, hourly financial planning firm that serves individuals, families, businesses, trusts, charities, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes advisory and implementation coaching through a structured planning menu and prefers diversified investments such as no-load mutual funds and ETFs, operating without discretionary authority over client assets.

Miaciah Manuel is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and has been with Fiduciary Financial Partners, LLC since 2012. Based in Naperville, IL, she holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Fiduciary Financial Partners provides comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm combines fundamental and quantitative investment methods to construct portfolios and offers both discretionary management and written financial plans.

Arielle Hannan is a financial advisor at Rebellion Asset Management, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 66 designation with 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Rebellion Asset Management since 2016. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as an investment education consultant for project management, operations, general office management, and event planning. Rebellion Asset Management is a five-advisor firm providing fee-based investment management and financial planning to families, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, charitable entities, corporations, and other business clients. The firm employs quantitative methods, technical analysis, and options strategies, and also acts as a sub-advisor to independent RIAs and institutional clients.

Christos Kyros is a financial advisor at MPS-LORIA Financial Planners, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with MPS-LORIA since 2006. Kyros has additional experience as an independent licensed insurance agent specializing in life insurance. MPS-LORIA Financial Planners, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an open-architecture, predominantly discretionary investment approach focusing on diversified allocations with no-load mutual funds and ETFs, supported by quantitative screening and research from Fiducient Advisors.

Benjamin Wilson is a financial advisor at Hunter Capital Management with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Hunter Capital Management in 2020, he worked at PWMCO, LLC for 11 years. Hunter Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and institutional clients. The firm manages assets across separate accounts, a mutual fund, and private pooled vehicles, employing a value-oriented equity strategy and utilizing a commodity subadviser within one private fund.

Scott Stuth is a financial advisor at Vestor Capital, LLC with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Vestor Capital since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. and Oak Asset Management. Vestor Capital is a multi-team investment and wealth management adviser 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 fixed income, mutual fund, ETF, and alternative strategies.

John Burns is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently a member of the five-advisor team at Factor Wealth Management in Chicago, IL. He has been with Factor Wealth Management since 2018 and previously worked at Merrill from 2016 to 2018. Factor Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, charitable organizations, and pension and profit-sharing plans, offering investment management, financial planning, pension consulting, and third-party adviser selection. The firm employs a long-term, systematic, risk-based investment approach focused on broad global diversification and managing portfolio turnover and trading costs.

Wendell Franklin is a financial advisor with Chicago Capital Management Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with American Trust Investment Services Inc since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is also a part-time DJ in Chicago. Chicago Capital Management Advisors offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a fundamentals-driven investment process and provides tailored strategies including growth, income, and asset allocation approaches, incorporating derivatives and access to external model managers.

Katie Reichart is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Doyenne Wealth Advisors in Chicago, IL. She has one year of industry experience and was previously employed at Morningstar, Inc. for ten years. Doyenne Wealth Advisors offers personalized, fee-only financial counseling and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, senior corporate executives, and related entities. The firm focuses on customized, long-term, diversified asset allocation using marketable investments, third-party managed accounts, and selective private investment vehicles, typically on a non-discretionary basis.

John Newhouse is a financial advisor at Rothschild Wealth LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he has been involved in various investment-related ventures since 2003, including managing roles in firms focused on trading, cryptocurrency investing, and venture investing. Rothschild Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporate executive groups, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and other institutional clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement and investment consulting, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis to build and monitor client portfolios.

Francis Gutrich is a financial advisor at Apollon Financial, LLC with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at LPL Financial, Highpoint Advisor Group, and J.P. Morgan Securities. Gutrich also provides investment advisory services through Apollon Financial, an independent registered investment advisory firm. Apollon Financial serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, family offices, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $1.45 billion through a team of 16 advisors and offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and access to private and alternative investments using a blend of centrally managed models and advisor-led portfolios.

James Stork is a CFP® and CFA® with 25 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Pinnacle Financial Group LLC since 2000, currently serving as part of a four-advisor team. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Stork is a managing member and co-owner of STU Partners, LLC, a holding company for the building Pinnacle leases as its principal place of business, and also manages Tower Management, LLC. Pinnacle Financial Group LLC is an SEC-registered, fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines modern portfolio theory with factor investing, quantitative optimization, and third-party research, offering personalized financial planning and investment management through a consultative, modular approach.