Elio Chiarelli Jr. is a financial advisor at Bison Wealth, LLC with 15 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Liquid Strategies, LLC, IFP Securities, LLC, and Kidder Advisors Inc. He is also a portfolio manager at Liquid Strategies, where he develops and manages investment fund portfolios for institutional clients. Bison Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, family offices, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and multi-manager investment solutions, utilizing tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private market strategies.

Jennifer Jones is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation. She has been with CreativeOne Wealth since 2026 and has nine years of experience in the financial industry, including prior roles at C10 Financial and Middleburg Bank. CreativeOne Wealth, LLC offers fee-based asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, corporations, plan sponsors, and other RIAs. The firm manages primarily discretionary accounts through a combination of proprietary models and third-party managers, utilizing a range of investment strategies including ETFs, mutual funds, options, and private investments.

Benedict Mitchell Jr. is a financial advisor with Kovack Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Kovack Advisors and Kovack Securities since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in group benefit and ancillary product sales, including group health and life insurance. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and banking institutions. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and third-party manager recommendations, emphasizing diversified asset-class exposure primarily through mutual funds and ETFs.

Adam Ferguson is a financial advisor at Inspire Advisors, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including MissionSquare Investment Services, Lincoln Investment, and Icma Retirement Corporation. He is also an independent licensed insurance agent in Florida, specializing in life and health insurance including variable annuities. Inspire Advisors, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.03 billion for around 3,800 clients, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm integrates Biblically Responsible Investing using proprietary scoring and screening tools and employs a range of strategies including index-based and tactical allocations.

Keith Heritage is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently with Prosperity Capital Advisors. He has held roles at firms including Cetera Advisor Networks and Central Florida Wealth Management. Outside of advising, he owns and operates Heritage Horses and Cattle, LLC, a horse and cattle farm. He also runs Heritage Tax Advisors, LLC, a tax preparation business. Prosperity Capital Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs a model-driven, multi-sleeved investment approach utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, SMAs, and alternative solutions across various platforms.

Deborah James is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 31 years of industry experience. She has been with Lincoln Investment since 2016. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a particular focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm offers a range of financial planning and investment management services, utilizing both strategic and dynamic approaches overseen by an Investment Management & Research team.

David Lerner is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Securities INC since 2016 and is involved with Total Planning Veterinary Services. Outside of his advisory role, he has a part-time business selling wholesale trees to landscaping companies and plant brokers. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions through both adviser and promoter arrangements.

Donald Hartman is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Gainesville, FL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience. Hartman has worked at VALIC Financial Advisors since 2000 and is also an agent with Agia, where he provides non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

William Gecks is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013. Additionally, he is an agent with Agia, involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed investment models and operating at scale with over 1,200 advisors.

Daniel Sarmiento is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Gainesville, FL. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with the firm since 2025. Prior to his advisory role, he worked in the food service industry and fitness sector. He is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

John Murray is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Partners in Gainesville, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with IFP Securities, LLC, Independent Financial Partners, Covenant Wealth Management, and LPL Financial. Murray is a volunteer with Stop Children’s Cancer, contributing to their annual fundraising events. Independent Financial Partners is a nationwide firm that offers investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a network of independent advisors. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform with over $12 billion in assets under management and is noted for its retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting capabilities.

Howard Timberlake is a financial advisor with J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. in Gainesville, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with J.W. Cole Advisors since 2009 and has operated his own firm, Consolidated Financial Planning, since 1999. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Timberlake Preserves LLC, a tour guidance business. J.W. Cole Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plans through a national network of over 400 independent investment adviser representatives. The firm provides portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, access to third-party managers, and various managed account solutions, implementing investment decisions through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Julio Sarmiento is a financial advisor with VALIC Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at VALIC Financial Advisors since 2001 and is also an agent with Agia. Outside of finance, he serves as a press box announcer for University of Florida football and baseball games and provides official game statistics for CBS Sports broadcasts. VALIC Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and operating at scale with over 1,200 advisors.

Cody Clayson is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Gainesville, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2018 and is also associated with Agia, where he serves as an agent offering non-securities insurance products. Outside of financial advising, he is a member and capital provider of A&C Business Ventures, LLC, an event equipment rental business. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Ralph Robbins III is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Gainesville, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 1999 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Shaun Files is a financial advisor at Merrill with a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Merrill and Bank of America in 2019, he worked at Verizon Wireless for five years. Outside of his advisory role, he sells secondhand items on eBay. Merrill, along with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary investment strategies tailored to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Zarko Ivanov is a financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities since 2020, following six years at Valic Financial and Valic Financial Advisors. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provides institutional consulting services to corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager searches, and customized performance reporting. The firm combines large institutional advisory operations with brokerage and investment management capabilities, delivering advisory services on a non-discretionary basis.

Roney Dos Santos Ramos is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Thrivent Investment Management with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Thrivent and its affiliates since 2020 and previously held positions at ABS Global Inc and Ourofino Saude Animal. Thrivent Investment Management offers Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit clients, providing written recommendations on a broad range of financial planning topics without discretionary trading authority. The firm’s approach integrates holistic, goal-based analyses and allows clients to combine planning with managed accounts under a consolidated billing option called WealthPlan.

Michele Dubois is a Resident Director and Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, serving clients in Gainesville, Florida. She has been providing wealth management guidance and services since 1994. Michele holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida and professional designations including Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Accredited Estate Planner (AEP), CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP), and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Michele specializes in family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, LGBT wealth planning, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, portfolio management services, women and wealth, and tax minimization. She utilizes multiple disciplined financial strategies tailored to meet the unique goals of her clients. She is qualified as a Senior Portfolio Advisor and manages custom investment strategies on a discretionary basis, selecting from a wide range of Merrill model portfolios and third-party investment strategies. In addition to her professional work, Michele is involved with civic and charitable organizations including the Alachua Conservation Trust and Girls Place, Inc. She balances her professional commitments with personal interests such as boating, cooking, football, gardening, hiking, interior decorating, music, spending time with family, traveling, and yoga.

Jeffrey Hogue is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently advising clients at UBS Financial Services since 2015. He is based in Gainesville, FL, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Hogue serves on advisory committees for the Community Foundation of North Central Florida and Anthem Community Church, providing guidance on budgeting and community outreach. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients through a combination of brokerage and investment advisory services, utilizing proprietary research and model-based asset allocations to tailor financial plans. The firm integrates institutional trading capabilities with wealth management, offering a broad range of products and services including discretionary portfolio management and alternative investments.