Nathaniel Gardner is a financial advisor at Prime Personal Finance in Wylie, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at Wayfair for five years and NetScout for seven years, with a professional background in computer science and software engineering. Prime Personal Finance offers financial planning, ongoing review, and education tailored to individuals and households through monthly virtual meetings and regular communication. The firm emphasizes fixed-income securities and mutual funds with established track records, adjusts asset allocation based on client goals and risk tolerance, and operates on a fixed monthly fee without commission or performance-based compensation.

Roderick Roberts II is the sole advisor at Finance.vet LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of experience. His prior work includes roles at C4 Constructors LLC and Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. Finance.vet LLC provides internet-based discretionary portfolio management primarily for U.S. veterans, military retirees, and military-connected families, employing an ETF-first investment approach with a focus on options-income and digital-asset strategies. The firm offers an optional advisory service distinct from its educational technology platform and operates a partner-funded cohort model to reduce fees for eligible clients.

Connor Castellano is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Castellano Wealth Planning in Plano, TX. His background includes roles at Arnold Castellano & Associates and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is also licensed as an insurance agent and operates a sole proprietorship offering insurance services. Castellano Wealth Planning provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients and retirement plans. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified investment strategies using low-cost index funds and ETFs, with additional services such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting available to eligible clients.

You've experienced an unimaginable loss: the loss of a spouse, a marriage, or a loved one. You never handled the "money" side of things, and you're scared. Your estate planning or divorce attorney has helped you through the nuts and bolts, but now what? Molly Laughter, CFA® Charterholder and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ is passionate about helping women understand finances and answer this question. Molly has spent her professional career making complicated financial topics relatable and understandable. You don't have to know numbers to build a successful life or start again. Molly’s mission is to educate and empower the women she works with to live a life they love, with solid analysis and planning as a foundation for the future. She provides access to comprehensive financial planning and investment management.

Trey Turner is a financial advisor at Hackberry Capital Management with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and maintains full-time employment as a design engineer at L3 Technologies. Hackberry Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual investors, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as corporations and other businesses. The firm employs a concentrated global value investing approach, focusing on long-term appreciation without using leverage.

Hey! I'm Allen, founder of 7 Saturdays Financial. I'm a CFA Charterholder, CFP® professional, and proud recipient of Wealthtender's Voice of the Client award in 2025. Our team specializes in helping pre-retirees and retirees make the most of their "7 Saturdays a week". We're known for expertise in areas like retirement income planning, strategic tax planning, and tax-smart investment management. We currently serve ~35 families nationwide for their wealth management needs and operate exclusively on a flat-fee model. If you have questions like: - Will I be okay in retirement? - How much can I safely spend? - When should I claim Social Security? - How do I minimize my lifetime tax bill? - How should I structure my investments for this next phase? Then you might be a good fit for our firm. The first step is to learn about our Retirement Roadmap™ - a complimentary, three-step process to help potential clients make an informed decision about 7 Saturdays Financial or any other firm you may consider hiring. To learn more, click the "contact" button, or visit Your Retirement Roadmap dot com. And be sure to check our ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews at Wealthtender. I look forward to meeting you!

William Wilson is the principal of Wilson Investment Advisory Services, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Plano, Texas. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 63 license and has 41 years of industry experience. Wilson has worked with Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. and Capital Analysts, LLC, in addition to managing his own advisory firm since 2005. Outside of advising, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of life insurance and fixed annuities and volunteers with the Dallas chapter of Better Investing, assisting in educational programs. Wilson Investment Advisory Services serves individual clients with personalized investment planning and portfolio management, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm bases its portfolios on fundamental analysis and Morningstar analytics, primarily recommending mutual funds and ETFs, and combines related household accounts for fee determination. The managing principal is also a licensed CPA who provides tax preparation services separately from the advisory business.

Wissam Bilal is a financial advisor with Tigris Consulting LLC in Allen, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and bringing nine years of industry experience. He has been with Tigris Consulting since 2015 and previously worked at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon from 2010 to 2021. Tigris Consulting LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach supported by various analytical methods and offers services such as retirement account management, estate-planning assistance, and advisory coverage for held-away employer-sponsored accounts.

Zeta Russell is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C., an independent firm based in Richardson, TX. She has been with Tuggle & Russell since 2003 and previously worked at Advisory Solutions Group. Outside of advisory work, she is involved in licensed insurance sales focused on annuities and life and health insurance. Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C. provides discretionary investment management and financial advice to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes income generation through interest, dividends, royalties, and covered-call strategies, and also offers tax preparation and educational presentations.

Wesley Young is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Oakwood Advisory Group, LLC since 2011. He has also been affiliated with MassMutual since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, Young is involved in multiple business ventures, including ownership interests in several management and fund entities, as well as ownership of an entertainment group. Oakwood Advisory Group provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, profit-sharing plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a disciplined, diversification-focused investment process and offers tailored services directly or through recommended sub-advisors.

Ralph Ujano Jr. is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at The Ujano Advisory Group LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2017. Prior to founding his firm, he worked elsewhere for one year. The Ujano Advisory Group LLC provides comprehensive wealth management and life-planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs evidence-based portfolio construction and offers pension consulting and retirement-plan support, combining discretionary portfolio management with tax-aware planning and multigenerational legacy strategies.

I’m Shar-Né Warren, CFP®, CRPC®, the “excavator” behind Financial Excavation! You could say I’ve always been passionate about helping build more and achieve more. As a former interior design student, I wanted to help people build beautiful homes – and now I get to help them build beautiful lives. My financial story began early at 11 years old, when I witnessed our family lose our house just weeks before Christmas. I still remember the confusion, the stress, the pain, and the worry I felt and saw. From that young age, I’ve had a calling to be a positive difference maker in the lives of others. With over 15 years of experience in financial services, I’ve learned that the journey to financial well-being doesn’t happen overnight. It requires leaving your comfort zone, and it’s more challenging alone. I wanted to create Financial Excavation to help real people, imperfect people, who dream big and sometimes play small…until now! You know where you want to go, you just may not know how to get there. Financial Excavation isn’t another “by-the-numbers” firm. Our approach is more spiritually grounded. Inspired by Bible verse, Jeremiah 1:10, we’re here to help you tear down old beliefs and rebuild a rooted financial life. We know that taking that first step towards digging deep into past beliefs, clearing old patterns, and building a strong financial foundation isn’t easy. But together, we’ve got this! We are committed to helping YOU build the best financial future you can and uncover the beautiful treasure and life that you’ve always desired. Whether you are a new wealth individual, pre-retiree, in transition, or a person of color, we meet you where you are and guide you where you need to go. And we do it with a sprinkle of fun – yes, fun! – in the process.

Brian Jones is the founder of Jones Capital Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Murphy, Texas. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience, leading his firm since 2011. In addition to advisory services, he is licensed to sell life insurance in Texas, which he provides upon client request. Jones Capital Advisors offers customized investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement and pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable foundations, and private operations. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and uses both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of domestic and international securities.

Charles McLean is the principal advisor at Charles McLean Capital Management in McKinney, TX, with 25 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Sigma Planning Corporation and Sigma Financial Corporation for 17 years and served at the University of Texas A&M School of Law for two years. McLean is the author of *Women and Wealth*, a guide addressing investment lifecycle issues for women. Charles McLean Capital Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive wealth-management consulting, and related services to individuals, institutions, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios using individual securities, ETFs, and options, supplements research with vetted external and AI sources, and provides flexible fee arrangements including fixed, hourly, and project-based fees.

Hannah Szarszewski is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. She is the principal of Blue Mountain Financial Planning, an independent advisory firm, and also owns Blue Mountain Money Education, LLC, through which she provides financial literacy and educational content. Prior to founding her current firm, she worked at Keener Financial Planning and SFMG Wealth Advisors. Blue Mountain Financial Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with ongoing financial planning and discretionary investment management, using a primarily passive, asset-allocation approach based on index funds and ETFs. The firm uses a subscription-based fee model rather than asset-based fees and offers both ongoing and project-based planning services.

Andrew Lai is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He is the principal of Verité Financial, LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2021. Prior to this, he held roles at Collinson Group, Signify Health, and Alliance Data Systems. Verité Financial provides one-time financial planning engagements focused on asset allocation, budgeting, and delivering a customized Investment Policy Statement. The firm’s advice-only model emphasizes diversification, low-cost index funds, and buy-and-hold strategies, without offering ongoing portfolio management or custody of client assets.

Working in the investment industry since 2007, I've seen the good, bad and everything in-between when it comes to financial advice. A good adviser can add years to a successful retirement and prevent costly, sometimes devastating financial errors. Fortunately there are many good advisers out there (especially in the XY Planning Network). Unfortunately, there is also plenty of bad advice from unqualified advisers out there. It can be hard to tell the difference. That can be an expensive lesson. My dad's experience with an adviser in the early 2000s lost him $400,000. I wrote about it here: https://empowermenttools.net/my-dad-lost-400000-heres-what-i-did-about-it/ I started Financial Empowerment to be different. As a devoted Christ-follower I help people steward the financial blessings God has put in their hands. As a fee-only fiduciary, my goal is simple: to help you reach yours. If you're wrestling with multiple competing goals, I'll help you prioritize what to focus on first. I believe in honesty and following through on promises. Finances can seem complicated, but they don't have to be. Ideas that build wealth are often intuitive if explained in plain English. As a CFP® professional and CFA charterholder, I've devoted my career to pursuing the frontiers of investment management and financial planning knowledge. My aim is to provide the highest quality service for clients, on a level that I would accept for my own family. Clients I tend to work best with are 45 - 60 years old, making $200K or more per year, with no or low debt outside of their mortgage. I'm based in McKinney, Texas (Dallas-Ft. Worth metro area) but originally from Denver, Colorado. When I'm not building financial plans you can find me playing basketball or doing art projects with my 10-year old daughter or on the mats practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpo Karate. Schedule a free, no obligation call using the link provided and we'll discuss your situation and how I can help.

Scott Briney is a financial advisor at Capital Advice, LLC with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Capital Advice since 2019 and Cetera Advisor Networks since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he is independently licensed to sell insurance products through various companies. Capital Advice, LLC provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and offers market-timing signals and sub-manager services to other registered advisers and institutional subscribers. The firm employs proprietary, model-based technical methodologies focused on trend, momentum, volatility, and market internals to manage fixed-income and equity strategies.

Todd Pniewski is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at TBMS Wealth LLC in Plano, TX, and has previously worked at Origin Financial and TH Wealth Management LLC. Pniewski also provides investment advice and financial planning through Elements Wealth, LLC. TBMS Wealth LLC offers financial planning and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and both active and passive strategies, focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient funds and regular portfolio reviews, while coordinating with clients’ attorneys and accountants on estate, tax, and risk-management matters.

Stephen Cross is the sole advisor at Cross Financial Strategies, LLC, an independent firm based in Prosper, Texas. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 26 years of industry experience, including work at LPL Financial. In addition to his advisory role, he maintains a limited insurance agent activity. Cross Financial Strategies provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities, with specialized services in ERISA plan management and pension consulting. The firm employs tailored investment programs utilizing Modern Portfolio Theory along with long- and short-term strategies, including options and derivatives, and it permits the use of margin and borrowing in managed accounts.