David Lewis is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with over four years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Kuleana Capital Management LLC and 910 Fund LLC and previously spent 12 years at S&P Global. Lewis has been leading High Top Growth Partners since 2015. High Top Growth Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions by providing financial planning, investment advisory, and real estate consulting. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified allocations across multiple asset classes and works as a disclosed solicitor for third-party managers, recommending strategies while managing proprietary capital alongside clients.

Peter Melsness is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, serving as the sole advisor at Superior Financial, LLC since 2008. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and operates from Rochester, MN. Superior Financial, LLC provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $112 million for about 120 clients, offering a subscription planning product for higher-income clients with limited investable assets, and emphasizes strategic asset allocation, diversification, low-cost tax-aware investments, and periodic rebalancing.

Michael Ladin is the principal of Ladin Financial Group, Inc., an independent advisory firm based in Coral Gables, FL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory work, he owns and operates Ladin Consulting Group, Inc., which involves insurance sales, and American Outback Expeditions, a vacation rental business. Ladin Financial Group provides financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory approach with globally diversified portfolios and often delegates security selection and trading to outside managers while retaining oversight and model selection responsibilities.

Richard Ferri is the sole advisor at Ferri Investment Solutions in San Saba, TX. He holds the CFA® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Ferri Investment Solutions in 2019, he operated Rick Ferri, LLC and worked at Portfolio Solutions, LLC. He is involved in investment-related publishing and industry consulting. Ferri Investment Solutions provides advice-only financial consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trustees, retirement plan sponsors, nonprofits, and various institutional clients. The firm follows a long-term, passive investment philosophy focused on low-cost, broadly diversified index funds and ETFs, and does not manage client assets or take custody of funds.

Robert Williams is a CFP® professional affiliated with Integrated Wealth Strategies in Lone Tree, CO, with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Charles Schwab since 2008. Integrated Wealth Strategies provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services primarily to individuals and families. The firm integrates financial planning with investment management, employing both passive and active strategies based on modern portfolio theory and goal-based investing.

We’re built for families! We focus on bridging generations to connect families and their finances. As Baby Boomers, you created more wealth than any generation before you. Now in your retirement years, the economic expansion that aided your careers doesn’t feel as robust. You worry about your savings lasting a lengthy life expectancy. You also worry that your children and grandchildren will be the first generation to not have it better than the generation before them. Our goal is to solve both problems. Our structure allows us to provide the same great advice whether you have a lifetime of savings or you are just starting out. That means we can work with multiple generations, and where appropriate, find opportunities to coordinate across generations while maintaining privacy and independence. I am a millennial myself with over a decade of experience helping retirees with personal finances. That combination of youth and experience gives me an advantage over many of the advisors out there. My youth, to retirees, means I am likely to be around for the entirety of your retirement. All those plans you made with your advisor, will be executed by the advisor that helped you plan them. If that includes an inheritance, good news because I want to work with your heirs too! To a younger generation, you get an advisor you can relate to who doesn’t treat your problems as less significant because you don’t have the same level of assets. Just because I’m young, doesn’t mean I’m green! I was previously the Practicing Partner of a wealth management firm focused solely on retirees. As the lead portfolio manager, I oversaw almost $500 million in client portfolios. That experience means I’ve guided and advised clients through every stage of a successful retirement. It also means I know what a successful retirement looks like. As I’ve always said, best laid plans begin with the end in mind, so my experience serves just as well early in your journey to financial independence. I started my own firm because I saw an increasing need to reconnect families and their finances. Grandparents are providing child care, children are providing elderly care, and everyone is chipping in to pay for education. As much as ever families need each other, and our program is specifically designed to be prepared when they do.

Svetlin Krastev is a financial advisor at Black Sea Gold Advisors LLC with six years of industry experience, including seven years at Aberdeen Asset Management prior to his current role. He holds responsibility for portfolio management and financial planning at the independent firm based in New York, NY. Black Sea Gold Advisors LLC provides individualized portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services to both individual and institutional clients. The firm primarily uses passively managed portfolios with index mutual funds and ETFs, combining multiple investment analysis methods and serving a client base that includes pension and municipal entities as well as high-net-worth individuals.

WHY JERRY CHOSE TO BE A FINANCIAL PLANNER: His lack of financial literacy was not by choice. It was because personal finance was not taught in school or in his community. As a first-generation wealth builder, Jerry's money journey has been shaped by a profound understanding of both cultural and financial expectations. His experiences have uniquely positioned him to empathize with the challenges faced by first-generation families, inspiring a distinctive approach to financial guidance. His moment of profound solitude occurred during his transition from the Marine Corps back to civilian life. In uniform, Jerry felt in control, with camaraderie, financial stability, and a consistent salary. However, the day he left, all that stability vanished giving way to a cascade of emotions - depression, anxiety, and fear. Jerry, who had grown up facing financial hardships, relying on food stamps, and public aid, knew it was time to stop merely talking about wanting to build wealth and start acting. The realization struck deep: He needed to make a difference not just for himself, but for others facing similar issues. Motivated by a desire to help his family and friends, Jerry decided to be the guide he wished he'd had. He obtained his license, college degree, and joined a firm not only to enhance his life but the lives of other 1st-time wealth builders. After a few years of helping high net worth individuals grow their assets, Jerry felt the firm wasn't built to help families like his. In 2024, Jerry took the leap and launched Confianza Wealth Management as a guide for aspiring wealth builders. Jerry is on a mission to empower 1st-time wealth building families. Jerry wants to bridge the financial planning accessibility gap by helping these millennial families take control of their financial futures.

Nicholas Lombardozzi is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Kingdom Wealth Advisers in Gilbert, AZ. His prior experience includes roles at Creative Planning, Keystone Wealth Partners, Edelman Financial Engines, Edelman Financial Services, and Barrows Sollenberger Group. Kingdom Wealth Advisers provides portfolio management and planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan accounts. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach favoring passive, long-term strategies and offers fiduciary advice to retirement and IRA accounts with documented client risk tolerance and investment policies.

Austin Hilliker is a financial advisor at Wellspring Investing with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Wellspring Investing since 2025. Prior to his advisory role, he held positions at Bradway Enterprises, UP Engineers and Architects, and Gentex. Wellspring Investing provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and pursues long-term trading alongside options strategies, with documented risk tolerances in each client’s Investment Policy Statement.

Donald Gervais Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with 25 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Gervais Capital Management, LLC, a firm he founded in 2018. Prior to this, he held positions at Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC and related affiliates. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the boards of Friends of Pathways and Teton Village Water & Sewer District and participates on a development committee for The Teton Science Schools. Gervais Capital Management provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth households, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and offers discretionary management with a focus on pension consulting and serving charitable and corporate clients.

Nancy Schultz is a financial advisor with Schultz Retirement Income Solutions, Inc. in Rockland, ME, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. She has worked at her current firm since 2010 and previously at J Edward Knight Senior Advantage, LLC from 2021 to 2025. In addition to advisory services, she is involved in insurance sales, dedicating approximately 10% of her time to this activity. Schultz Retirement Income Solutions provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm uses fundamental analysis with a long-term investment approach to create customized portfolios and written investment policy statements, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary engagements.

Kristina Robinson is a financial advisor with Robinson Wealth and Financial Planning in Hobbs, NM. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has two years of industry experience. Prior to founding her firm, she worked at Primerica and has a background that includes roles outside the financial industry. She is also a licensed insurance agent. Robinson Wealth and Financial Planning provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm employs a diversified investment approach incorporating fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical methods, offering a range of securities and insurance products with a focus on documented client objectives and risk tolerances.

Timothy Cooper is the sole advisor at Ripple Effect Investment Strategies, LLC in Westerville, OH, holding a Series 63 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has operated Ripple Effect since 2008 and has been self-employed since 1997, with a significant portion of his time spent providing insurance services. Ripple Effect Investment Strategies serves individual clients through comprehensive financial planning that includes income analysis, Social Security, taxes, investments, insurance, and estate planning. The firm also offers tax preparation and public educational seminars, providing tailored written recommendations and ongoing reviews without exercising investment discretion or custody of client assets.

Jordan Roberts is a financial advisor at Clocktower Private Wealth with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at The Fiduciary Alliance, UBS Financial Services, and Black Cypress Capital Management. In addition to his advisory work, Roberts is a licensed attorney who drafts simple wills and provides legal consulting for dental practices, including coaching young dentists on starting and improving their businesses. Clocktower Private Wealth is an independent registered investment adviser that provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a goal-based planning process and focuses on long-term individual-stock strategies complemented by ETFs, diversification, tax-sensitive management, and limited covered-call writing.

John Conway is the principal advisor at Conway Asset Management, Inc. in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Conway Asset Management since 1988. Conway Asset Management is an independent, state-registered advisory firm that provides discretionary portfolio management and limited hourly investment counseling to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamental investment approach focused on companies with strong growth and conservative balance sheets, managing accounts across equities, inflation hedges, fixed income, and cash equivalents.

Robert Burns is the principal of Burns Financial Advisors, Inc. in Independence, Ohio, with 42 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Burns Financial Advisors since 1988 and has also been associated with Burns Financial Centre, Inc. since 2005. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in seasonal tax preparation work. Burns Financial Advisors, Inc. is an independent firm managing approximately $9.4 million for about 98 clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, and some charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial consulting, utilizing various securities and employing technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis supplemented by external research.

John Mckenzie is a financial advisor with Lazarus Wealth Management LLC in Alvord, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. for nine years and LPL Financial LLC for four years before founding Lazarus Wealth Management LLC in 2022. Lazarus Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and wrap-fee advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, employing strategies from long-term investing to short-term trading across mutual funds, equities, ETFs, and fixed income, with accounts managed on a discretionary basis.

Deirdre Smith is a CFP® professional with experience at Capital Group, Elodie Wealth, and Sparrow Wealth Management, where she has worked since 2025. She is based in Mamaroneck, NY. Sparrow Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm’s approach combines asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, blending passive and active investments while incorporating tax considerations and ESG screens upon client request.

Deke Carbo is the sole advisor at MÄTIS Financial LLC in Metairie, LA, with 22 years of industry experience. He has led MÄTIS Financial since 2006. MÄTIS Financial LLC provides investment advisory and financial consulting services to pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and individual clients. The firm specializes in employee benefits and pension consulting for ERISA plans and plan fiduciaries, offering advice on a non-discretionary, consultative basis without ongoing portfolio management or asset custody.