Melissa Gunter is a financial advisor with Creative Financial Designs, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 11 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Creative Financial Designs, she worked at LFS Wealth Advisors, where she served as Managing Director. Gunter is also involved in independent insurance sales, issuing life insurance policies. Creative Financial Designs serves individual clients, charitable organizations, corporate entities, and employer retirement plans with a range of investment management and financial planning services. The firm’s investment approach includes asset-class model allocations supported by third-party research and offers strategies from passive to tactically managed portfolios, including Biblical Responsible Investing options.

Thomas Wright is a financial advisor with Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 32 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Prudential Financial Planning Services and Edward Jones. He serves on the boards of the Future Leadership Foundation, a nonprofit focused on leadership development, and the Peculiar Area Chamber of Commerce, where he helps coordinate community events. Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered, multi-team investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and institutions. The firm offers discretionary asset management, fiduciary retirement plan services, and financial consulting, utilizing a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis overseen by an Investment Committee.

James Regier is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Securities, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at CETERA Advisor Networks LLC, Summit Financial Group Inc, and Vsr Financial Services, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a court witness analyzing financial information. CreativeOne Securities, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan fiduciary services, combining project-based planning with ongoing asset management through its proprietary advisory platform.

Allison Ryan is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Securities, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Client One Securities, LLC since 2010 and CMIC Financial Services since 2006. In addition to her advisory roles, she is an employee of Creative Marketing International Corp., a fixed insurance marketing organization. CreativeOne Securities, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities through a network of 127 advisors. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan fiduciary services, combining project-based planning and ongoing asset management with access to third-party managers and proprietary advisory platforms.

Jeffrey Ernest is a financial advisor at Modern Wealth Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Modern Wealth Management since 2023, following prior roles at Mutual Securities, Inc. and Barber Financial Group. Modern Wealth Management, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.9 billion in assets across about 94 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and related services supported by a centralized Investment Committee and a mix of model portfolios and third-party managers.

Dail Blake is a financial advisor at UMB Financial Services, Inc. in Overland Park, KS, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 28 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Money Concepts Capital Corp and Country Club Financial Services, Inc. He also worked with the Salvation Army from 2023 to 2025. UMB Financial Services, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, institutions, and municipal entities, offering multiple managed account solutions and operating as a broker-dealer, SEC-registered investment adviser, and municipal advisor. The firm integrates a documented suitability review and risk-tolerance questionnaire into its portfolio construction process and is affiliated with UMB Bank, n.a.

Jill Woods is a financial advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. in Olathe, KS, with 31 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. since 2005. Woods is also an independent insurance agent affiliated with various companies. Creative Financial Designs serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations, offering investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs asset-class model allocations supported by third-party research and provides a range of strategies from passive ETFs to tactically managed portfolios, including Biblical Responsible Investing options.

April Watkins is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 11 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Mary Kay, Craft Sales, and Plexus Worldwide. American Century Investments Private Client Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, primarily serving households with modest asset levels. The firm employs model portfolios managed through strategic asset allocation and periodic rebalancing, with a focus on proprietary mutual funds and ETFs.

Nicholas Madl is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Intellicents Investment Solutions Inc. He has held positions at Mutual Securities, Inc. and American Century Investment Services, Inc. Madl also operates as an independent insurance agent, providing insurance products as part of comprehensive financial planning. Intellicents Investment Solutions Inc. serves a diverse client base including retirement plan sponsors, third-party administrators, individual clients, and charitable institutions, offering services such as ERISA retirement plan consulting and individual wealth management. The firm utilizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach led by a CFA-designated Chief Investment Officer and manages approximately $9.92 billion in assets across multiple offices.

Charles Weber is a financial advisor with Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc., holding a Series 63 designation and 38 years of industry experience. He has worked at Packerland since 2023 and previously served at Cetera Advisors LLC for eight years. In addition to his advisory roles, Weber owns Charles Weber, CPA PA, where he provides tax return preparation services. Packerland Brokerage Services serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of advisory services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing both direct management and third-party money managers on the Envestnet platform.

Colin Golec is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Wealth, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and has previously worked at BRG and Eldridge Industries. Colin is also involved with The Capital Concierge, where he has worked for three years. CreativeOne Wealth, LLC provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and other advisory firms. The firm manages discretionary accounts using a combination of proprietary models and third-party managers, employing strategies that include ETFs, mutual funds, options, and private investments.

Christian Bradley is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently advising at Forum Financial Management, LP since 2021. Prior to joining Forum, he worked at Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc. and is also a Senior Consultant in Client Services at Oracle America, Inc., where he supports software products for businesses. Forum Financial Management, LP provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm uses model asset-allocation portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily implemented with institutional mutual funds and ETFs, and offers a range of advisory and back-office services to independent advisors and RIAs.

William Stoddart is a financial advisor at M Holdings Securities, Inc. with 43 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at M Holdings Securities since 2013 and with McInnes Group since 2015. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as vice president of financial services at McInnes Group, where he assists with insurance sales. M Holdings Securities serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through a nationwide network of independent Member Firms and Financial Professionals. The firm offers a broad range of advisory and brokerage services, combining discretionary and non-discretionary investment management with financial planning and insurance advisory.

Jason Smitka is a financial advisor with Financial & Tax Architects, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including Scout Wealth Management, LLC and AE Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the managing member of Scout Financial Group and owns Smitka & Associates, LLC, where he is active as an insurance agent, and also consults for a field marketing organization. Financial & Tax Architects provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients focused on retirement. The firm employs proprietary investment strategies using exchange-traded funds, individual securities, and trend-aware rebalancing, with customizable portfolios generally managed on a discretionary basis.

Matthew Fitzgerald is a financial advisor at Copper Financial with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Tortoise Securities, Tortoise Investment Partners, and Montage Securities. Copper Financial serves credit union members and other individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, brokerage services, discretionary portfolio management through third-party managers, and model-based wrap programs. The firm combines in-house and referral-based advisory models and maintains dual registration as both a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser.

Lainie Henrich is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Copper Financial and St. Luke's Healthtrack. Outside of finance, she is the owner and instructor of Maya Yoga, a yoga studio she has operated for 15 years. American Century Investments Private Client Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses model portfolios managed by its asset allocation and investment teams, primarily investing in proprietary mutual funds and ETFs, with services designed for households meeting a modest relationship threshold.

Christopher Carter is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently working at Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc., where he has been since 2011. Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals and institutional clients, including non-HNW and high-net-worth investors. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through internally generated research and manages strategies across balanced, equity, and fixed-income mandates with a generally long-term, low-turnover approach.

Matthew Holt is a financial advisor with Creative Financial Designs, Inc., holding a Series 66 credential and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at cfd Investments since 2017 and previously spent time with Mass Mutual Investors Services and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Holt is also involved in independent insurance sales and Christian Wealth Management. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and modular consulting. The firm uses asset-class model allocations aligned with risk objectives and provides Biblically Responsible Investing strategies alongside various implementation features.

Gabriel Jewell is a financial advisor at CreativeOne Wealth, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Northern Trust Securities, Northern Trust Bank, and Advisors Excel. Jewell’s background also includes roles outside of finance at Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Caseys General Store, and Radius Brewing Company. CreativeOne Wealth, LLC provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and other advisory firms. The firm primarily manages discretionary accounts using proprietary model portfolios and third-party managers, employing a variety of investment methods including modern portfolio theory and quantitative analysis.

Rachel Mclain is a financial advisor with American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having seven years of industry experience. She has been with American Century Investment Services, Inc. since 2018. Prior to that, her work experience includes roles at B & B Bagel, M & H Gas, the University of Missouri, Texas Roadhouse, and Kansas City Wealth Partners. American Century Investments Private Client Group, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes model portfolios managed by its investment team, emphasizing strategic asset allocation, diversification, and portfolio construction with access to affiliated mutual funds and ETFs.