Spencer Lademan is a Series 66-licensed advisor at Kroon & Mitchell Asset Management LLC with eight years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Regal Holdings, LLC and Edward Jones. Kroon & Mitchell Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework, pursuing long-term investment strategies tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

Jacob Randall is a CFP® professional with six years of experience at Family Capital Management in Grand Rapids, MI. He joined the firm in 2020 following his college education from 2016 to 2020. Family Capital Management is a four-advisor wealth management firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities, managing approximately $435 million in assets for around 500 clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and modular financial consulting, employing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to tailor investment strategies across a range of instruments including mutual funds, ETFs, and more complex products.

Kelly Gilbert is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is associated with EFG Financial, LLC and has held roles at firms including Blue Yonder Corp and Eminence Financial Investing. Gilbert is also a co-owner of Eminence Financial Group, where he is involved in life insurance and annuity sales. EFG Financial, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses by providing retirement planning, portfolio management, and advisory services to third-party investment advisers. The firm utilizes a modern portfolio theory-based approach with proprietary models, disciplined rebalancing, and tax efficiency, while overseeing assets through third-party managers.

James Louwerse is a financial advisor at GPS Financial Group, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI, holding CFP® and Series 63 designations with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with GPS Financial Group since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Louwerse serves as Treasurer for the Thrive Learning Center Foundation, a private school, where he oversees budgets and financial statements. GPS Financial Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $64 million in assets in-house using a long-term, discretionary approach based on modern portfolio theory.

Mark Vanderpol is a CFP® and CFA® with 12 years of industry experience. He is the managing member of Vanderpol Investments L.L.C., where he has worked since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he is also the managing member of Celestial Divide, a SaaS company focused on inheritance division assistance, and holds a health and life insurance license for advisory purposes only. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm utilizes a range of model portfolios and a Pastor–Stambaugh framework emphasizing value-oriented, small-cap, and relatively illiquid equities, alongside tax optimization, estate, and charitable planning services.

Edward Perry is a financial advisor at LifePoint Planning with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Advize Wealth Management, PLLC and WealthSource Partners, LLC. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Perry is a licensed insurance professional and receives commissions from insurance product sales separate from his advisory services. LifePoint Planning manages approximately $168.5 million for about 110 clients through three advisors, serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and employer retirement plan sponsors. The firm combines discretionary portfolio management with comprehensive financial planning, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation informed by Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis.

Adam Minor is a financial advisor at RBS Wealth Management with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Benjamin F. Edwards Wealth Management and several other firms. Outside of his advisory role, he is active as a Realtor with United Realty Services. RBS Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and entities, including high-net-worth clients, family offices, and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and asset classes, combining fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Donald Price III is a financial advisor with Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC in Rockford, MI. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2022, previously working for Geek Squad from 2016 to 2022. Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering tailored investment strategies and written policy statements. The firm employs a blend of analytical methods and utilizes both long-term and options trading strategies.

Shawn Fair is a financial advisor with EFG Financial, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and four years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Thrivent Financial and New York Life Insurance Co. He is also co-founder and business manager of FAIR ORGANICS LLC, a company focused on producing additive-free healthcare and food products. EFG Financial, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses with retirement planning and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory, tax efficiency, and concentration management while advising on assets held with third-party managers.

Tyler Kotlarz is a financial advisor at Synergy Wealth Management, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Synergy Wealth Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Kotlarz is involved in several business ventures including an auto body shop where he assists with front office operations, ownership of a storage facility company, and a partnership in a used car dealership. Synergy Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach is based on academic research and strategic asset allocation, primarily using no-load mutual funds and Modern Portfolio Theory, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and periodic rebalancing.

Andrew Hakim is a financial advisor with Eagle Point Capital LLC in Grand Rapids, MI. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Blackford Capital and AT Karney. Hakim is also a principal at Eagle Point Capital Funds LLC. Eagle Point Capital provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, primarily through separately managed accounts. The firm employs a concentrated, largely unconstrained long-equity strategy focused on fundamental research and manages accounts to align with a proprietary model portfolio.

Emily Wetter is a financial advisor at Schwallier Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley and Mosaic Planners and Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with Holistiplan LLC, a company specializing in advanced planning software solutions, and owns Monoceros Consultants LLC, which provides tax planning services. Schwallier Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plan sponsors, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and institutional retirement advisory services. The firm uses individualized asset allocation and a combination of fundamental, technical, and tactical approaches, primarily employing exchange-traded funds, with both discretionary and non-discretionary client engagements.

Joseph Harmon is a financial advisor with RCPlanners in Grand Rapids, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Camelot Advisors LLC d/b/a Harmon Wealth Management and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, INC. Outside of advising, Harmon plays the bagpipes, dedicating about two hours per week to this activity. RCPlanners provides financial planning and discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis along with a proprietary retirement income model that addresses multiple retirement risks, employing a range of investment vehicles including securities, mutual funds, ETFs, and private real-estate offerings for accredited investors.

Ryan Huyser is a financial advisor with Synergy Wealth Management, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 21 years of industry experience, including seven years at Wells Fargo Clearing before joining Synergy Wealth Management in 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an Endowment Committee Member for the West Michigan Environmental Action Committee. Synergy Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and qualified plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach is based on academic research, strategic asset allocation, and Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing primarily no-load mutual funds, and it offers regular client education through seminars and workshops.

Dennis Tubbergen is a financial advisor with Personal Legacy Planners in Grand Rapids, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been associated with PLP Advisors, LLC since 2020 and is involved with PLP Metals, LLC, which buys and sells precious metals. Tubbergen’s other business activities include work in case design for wholesale fixed life and annuity products and management consulting. Personal Legacy Planners serves individuals, trusts, estates, charities, retirement plans, and business entities by providing financial planning, tailored advice, and access to investment management. The firm offers written financial plans and consultations but does not directly manage client assets, instead implementing recommendations through model portfolios and third-party sub-advisers.

Jacob Holtrop is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Alliance Investment Management, LLC since 2014, including its current supported firm structure beginning in 2022. Alliance Investment Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and customized consulting services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, charities, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation approach using a proprietary Investment Conditions Rank to adjust sector and fund weightings and serves as the investment manager for a private pooled investment vehicle.

Kyle Schwallier is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Schwallier Wealth Management. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Charles Schwab. Schwallier Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as corporate and institutional retirement plan sponsors, providing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, participant account management, and employee education. The firm’s investment approach focuses on individualized asset-allocation models and combines fundamental, technical, and tactical analyses, primarily implemented through exchange-traded funds and other common securities.

Thaddeus Lubbers is a financial advisor at Ellija Capital Management, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Ellija Capital Management since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent and manages a college financial aid and planning consulting practice. Ellija Capital Management is a state-registered investment adviser managing approximately $57 million in discretionary assets for individuals, business owners, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified strategies using a “bucket” approach and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to design portfolios.

Hunter Lewis is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Brooktree Capital Management Inc. since 2018 and previously spent four years at Legacy Trust. Hunter is based in Grand Rapids, MI. Brooktree Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, combining fundamental and technical analysis, and manages accounts on a discretionary basis tailored to clients’ individual circumstances.

Matthew Thomas is a financial advisor with GreenRock Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at FLT Academy, Young Powersports, and Principal Life Insurance Company. GreenRock Wealth Management primarily serves individual clients as well as corporations and small-business retirement plans, providing discretionary portfolio management and tiered financial planning on a subscription basis. The firm emphasizes personalized asset allocation and offers investment management that is included within certain financial planning subscriptions.