Christopher Brown is the sole advisor at Brown Capital Advisors, LLC in Marietta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial LLC and Hennsler Financial before founding his current firm in 2018. Brown Capital Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and CFO advisory services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and entrepreneurs or small-business owners. The firm manages approximately $16.7 million across about 20 client relationships, emphasizing fundamental analysis, asset allocation, diversification, and risk management, with the use of equities, ETFs, and select alternative investments. Its CFO advisory services to small businesses, combined with a willingness to utilize derivatives and complex investment vehicles, distinguish its offerings from many independent advisory firms.

Joel Smith is the principal and owner of Joel Smith & Associates, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 27 years of industry experience, including 20 years at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a director for the FBI Georgia Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar and assists the Euharlee Police Department on weekends. Joel Smith & Associates provides financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, foundations, and municipalities. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and emphasizes strategic asset allocation, diversification, and periodic rebalancing in its client portfolios.

Robert Samsel is a financial advisor at Fortress Capital in Marietta, GA, holding a Series 65 license with four years of industry experience. Prior to founding Fortress Capital, he worked at several firms including Zep and Vanderlande Industries. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Top Tier Trees, a separate business venture. Fortress Capital provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals and entities, focusing on long-term capital growth through concentrated equity portfolios. The firm employs a bottom-up fundamental analysis approach and uses performance-based compensation arrangements for qualified clients, which is uncommon among similarly sized independent advisors.

Portia Ryan Gerton is the sole advisor at Transformation Wealth Management, LLC in Atlanta, GA, with 18 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has held prior roles at Ameritas Investment Company, Blue Clover Financial, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and Edward Jones. Outside of financial advisory work, she owns and operates Eye Design Interiors, LLC, an interior design business. Transformation Wealth Management is an independent, single-advisor firm providing investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm combines discretionary SEI-sponsored programs with a significant share of non-discretionary assets and offers ongoing portfolio monitoring and planning, including held-away account management and referrals to third-party managers.

Jamar Bates is a financial advisor with Bates Financial Group, LLC in Smyrna, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has led Bates Financial Group since 2014. Outside of advisory services, he is involved with Bates Realty Group, Inc., which engages in residential and commercial real estate brokerage. Bates Financial Group provides financial planning, consulting, and educational seminars to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm integrates advisory services with brokerage, insurance, and mortgage offerings, relying on third-party managers for investment guidance and emphasizing strategic and tactical asset allocation approaches.

James Durden Jr. is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Edward Wealth Partners in Lithia Springs, GA. He has been with Edward Wealth Partners since 2025 and has over a decade of experience with Edward Financial Group, where he is also an owner and insurance agent. Edward Wealth Partners is an investment manager offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and consulting services, with a focus on retirement-plan work. The firm combines direct portfolio management with third-party manager recommendations and provides plan-sponsor fiduciary services as well as participant education.

Cass Chappell III is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Chappell Financial Group, an independent firm he has led since 2012. Prior to founding his firm, he worked with LPL Financial, LLC for 21 years and PRUCO Securities, LLC for two years. He is also a licensed insurance agent offering various insurance products. Chappell Financial Group serves individuals, families, business owners, and employer plan sponsors through wealth management, financial consulting, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm utilizes a diverse range of securities and incorporates quantitative and qualitative analysis, modern portfolio theory, and charting in its investment process.

Aaron Gaines is a CFP® and Series 66 holder with 10 years of experience in financial services. He currently leads Gaines Capital Management, an independent firm based in Smyrna, GA, and has prior experience with Edward Jones and multiple advisory firms since 2016. Gaines also operates an affiliated insurance agency, GCM Wealthshield LLC, providing a range of insurance products. Gaines Capital Management offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs fundamental analysis and strategic asset allocation with ETFs and individual equities, focusing on long-term holdings, and provides customized solutions including options and private equity for qualified clients.

Clark Jeffries is the sole advisor at Jeffries Wealth Management in Marietta, GA, holding a Series 65 credential with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Orion Advisor Solutions and HiddenLevers. Jeffries Wealth Management provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan rollover advice to individual clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and other business or charitable entities. The firm emphasizes broad asset-class diversification and uses tax-aware techniques, third-party sub-advisers, and may allocate assets to private and alternative investment funds, operating with a boutique, adviser-driven model.

Jon Ragsdale is a financial advisor at PRIA Strategies, LLC with a Series 65 designation and experience in the industry since 2019. He has previously worked at Lincoln Financial Group and Savings Bank Life Insurance of Massachusetts. Ragsdale is also a licensed insurance agent affiliated with PlanGap Agency, LLC and is a full-time employee of The Secure Companies, Inc., the parent company of PRIA Strategies. PRIA Strategies, LLC provides portfolio management and retirement-focused advisory services for pooled and institutional accounts, along with financial planning offered either as a one-time service or an ongoing subscription. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and modern portfolio theory analyses with a long-term trading approach across multiple asset classes and operates under fiduciary standards when advising retirement accounts.

Heather Szyperski is a financial advisor at Heinz Investments with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, and has been with Heinz & Associates since 2011. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed insurance agent involved in selling fixed life insurance and annuities. Heinz Investments is a small advisory firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm manages approximately $82 million in discretionary assets using a core-and-satellite investment approach that combines passive index funds with selective active holdings, and provides comprehensive advisory services including cash-flow, retirement, tax, estate, and risk-management planning.

Leon Morris is a financial advisor at ABG Financial Services, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and has a background that includes developing financial planning tools and educational programs through MyFSP. Co, as well as owning a life and health insurance business since 1984. ABG Financial Services is a solo independent advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm provides financial planning, educational seminars, and non-discretionary equity advice, relying on third-party managers for portfolio implementation and conducting due diligence on those relationships.

Timothy Daughtry is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Access Investment Management, LLC since 2022, following four years at Waypoint Wealth Counsel and seven years at Buckhead Capital Management. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Access Investment Management, LLC is an SEC-registered adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with managed account services. The firm employs various investment methods tailored to client objectives and manages assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Luke Bennett is a financial advisor at DecisionMap Wealth Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at SunTrust Investment Services and Salvus Capital Management. Bennett holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. DecisionMap Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a core-satellite investment approach, combining passive and active strategies while selecting and monitoring third-party managers to tailor portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Gary Weld is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Galleria Financial Advisors, LLC since 2004. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Weld holds passive, minority ownership interests in several private companies without active involvement during trading hours. Galleria Financial Advisors, LLC is a fee-only investment management firm that provides personalized advice and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $239 million in client assets, focusing on non-discretionary, globally diversified portfolios using passive index funds, ETFs, and select active managers.

Michele Poirier is a financial advisor with The Moorings Group, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has been with The Moorings Group since 2003. The Moorings Group provides discretionary portfolio management and sub-advisory services to a range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional accounts. The firm focuses on actively managed, customized fixed-income portfolios with an emphasis on municipal securities and employs a formalized process with designated benchmarks and multi-level municipal credit analysis.

Bradley Mcgrew is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 17 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has worked at Waypoint Wealth Counsel LLC since 2014 and previously at MAI Capital Management, LLC. Waypoint Wealth Counsel is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, pensions, foundations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages discretionary portfolios, offers financial planning and fiduciary services, and employs a mix of fundamental and technical analyses, often implementing manager-based investment sleeves.

Thomas Heald is a CFA charterholder with 33 years of industry experience and has been with Eads & Heald Investment Counsel since 1987. He is based in Atlanta, GA, and holds a Series 65 license. Eads & Heald Wealth Management is a four-advisor team that provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a top-down fundamental investment approach, managing broadly diversified portfolios with an emphasis on low turnover and full investment, and is also involved as a portfolio manager in third-party wrap fee programs and model provider platforms.

Eric Wimbush is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Seraphim Wealth Advisors, Inc. since 2020 and concurrently serves as a Senior Relationship Manager at FHLBank Atlanta, where he assists financial institutions in managing balance sheet risk. Outside of his advisory role, he co-manages Wimbush Investments, an LLC involved in a real estate development project. Seraphim Wealth Advisors, Inc. provides portfolio management and investment planning services to individual and institutional clients, utilizing a combination of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses. The firm’s investment approach includes the use of derivatives and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management without account minimums.

Jeffrey Eischeid is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is a partner at Bennett Thrasher LLP, a public accounting firm, and has been with Galleria Financial Advisors, LLC since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is a certified public accountant and holds ownership interests in several private companies, though he does not devote time to these businesses during trading hours. Galleria Financial Advisors, LLC is a fee-only investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages client assets through non-discretionary, globally diversified portfolios that combine passive index funds, ETFs, and select active managers, with client authorization required for all trades.