Thomas Dowd is a financial advisor at BakerAvenue with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including Crawford Investment Counsel, Fisher Investments, Strategic Advisors Inc, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. He has been with BakerAvenue since 2026. BakerAvenue provides wealth management, financial planning, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients. The firm employs multiple investment strategies combining tactical allocation, quantitative analysis, and fundamental research to manage risk and meet client objectives.

Stephen Siders is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Forum Financial Management, LP. His prior experience includes long tenures at Odyssey Personal Financial Advisors, LLC and Cetera. He serves as Secretary and a board member of the Rotary Club of North Fulton. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also acts as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, managing portfolios primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

David Cramer is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for ten years. Based in Atlanta, GA, he joined OpenArc Corporate Advisory in 2025. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized wealth management and retirement plan services, utilizing a broad range of investment options and emphasizing institutional research and fiduciary governance for plan sponsors.

Eric Lind is a financial advisor at Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Beacon Global Advisor Network in 2022, he worked at deVere & Partners Switzerland SA starting in 2021 and took a personal leave from 2010 to 2021. Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services primarily to individual clients, including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, through a network of about 60 independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, modular financial planning, and retirement consulting, utilizing a blend of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, fixed income, and third-party model managers.

Mark Cross Jr. is a financial advisor with LPL Financial and IFG Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with both firms since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Oliver Creek Kennels LLC, a business related to land holdings. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a range of investment delivery options supported by an in-house research team and accommodates customized advisory solutions alongside brokerage services.

Matthew Edmiston is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at BIP Wealth, LLC with five years at the firm and two years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he held a position at Cambridge High School and serves as the Jr. Academy Director for the Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club, leading a team of youth soccer coaches. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm offers tailored asset allocations using a range of investment vehicles and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, including private-market offerings and covered-call strategies.

Jeffrey Cordell is a financial advisor at IFG Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with IFG Advisory and affiliated with LPL Financial since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with City Creamery. IFG Advisory, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a variety of investment approaches and utilizes sub-advisors, third-party models, and managers to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Robert Heightchew III is a financial advisor with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including non-HNW and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services, including wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary engagement models tailored to client objectives with a diverse set of investment tools.

Jonathan Owenby is a financial advisor at Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Wealthcare Advisory Partners since 2015, also affiliated with LPL Financial since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with several business entities related to investment and insurance services. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goals-based advising approach that incorporates patented Wealthcare software and behavioral economics, utilizing both passive and active investment strategies alongside quantitative metrics and fundamental analysis.

Heather Douglass is a financial advisor with Merit Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and LPL Financial. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as Vice President of the Holman Place Subdivision Homeowners Association, a charitable nonprofit organization. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion with 144 advisors serving a diverse client base, including individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves, with oversight by a central Investment Management team and an Investment Committee.

Henry (Hank) Cleare is a CFP® with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with IFG Advisory, LLC and has prior experience at LPL Financial and Financial Strategies Group, Inc. Cleare is based in Atlanta, GA. IFG Advisory, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services, employing a multi-faceted investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Nicholas Fontanella is a financial advisor at Bison Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Fisher Investments. Bison Wealth serves individuals, family offices, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a turnkey asset management platform for unaffiliated advisers. The firm’s investment approach includes outcome-focused model portfolios blending tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private-market investments, incorporating alternative strategies such as option-based overlays and interval funds.

Lane Turner is a financial advisor at Bison Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Advocacy Wealth Management and Armis Strategies, LLC, where he remains the owner of a licensed insurance agency specializing in life and annuity products. Before his financial career, he served 25 years in the United States Army. Bison Wealth serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a turnkey asset management platform for other advisers. The firm utilizes outcome-focused strategies incorporating tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private markets and offers distinctive services such as option-based overlay strategies and a 401(k) program launched in 2026.

Brandon Melick is a financial advisor at Howard Capital Management, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at PwC for six years before joining Howard Capital Management in 2021. Howard Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, retirement plan participants, and other investment advisers. The firm employs proprietary technical indicators to guide tactical investment strategies and manages both proprietary mutual funds and ETFs while supporting retirement plan participants through various web-based tools and programs.

Jeffrey Peller is a CFP® and PFS™ with 19 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Savvy and previously worked at Cherry Bekaert Wealth Management LLC and SignatureFD, LLC. Outside of his advisory roles, he owns 4Real Growth Partners, LLC, where he engages in non-financial writing and content creation. Savvy provides customized discretionary and non-discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach combines index-based strategies with tailored solutions such as direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and ESG-focused models, supported by a parent technology platform and third-party sub-advisers.

Andrew Barag is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Capital Investment Advisors, LLC since 2018. He previously worked at Capital Bank And Trust Company and Capital Guardian Trust Company from 2015 to 2018. Capital Investment Advisors, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, integrated financial planning, and pension consulting services. The firm uses a centralized investment platform combining standardized asset-allocation models and actively managed portfolios, supported by specialized in-house estate and tax planning resources.

Elizabeth White is a CFP® professional based in Atlanta, GA, affiliated with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC. She has 17 years of industry experience, including a 16-year tenure at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. White joined OpenArc in 2025. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored wealth management and retirement plan services, utilizing a comprehensive investment toolkit that includes alternative and private market investments as well as digital assets.

Daniel Marshall is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC since 2025. His prior experience includes extensive roles at Bank of America and Merrill Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. He is based in Atlanta, GA. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a wide range of wealth management and retirement plan services, utilizing diverse investment strategies and maintaining a substantial institutional retirement practice alongside private markets and digital asset capabilities.

Melanie Rodrigue is a CFP® with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is currently with IFG Advisory, LLC and has previously worked at Wealth Science Advisors LLC, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, Jim Exley, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Outside of finance, she is the owner of Melanie Sue Fisher Fine Art, where she studies, practices, and sells oil paintings. IFG Advisory, LLC provides advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, standalone financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its investment process.

Wyatt Nelson is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and CIBC Private Wealth US. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including both non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored wealth management and retirement plan services through discretionary and non-discretionary models, utilizing a broad range of investment strategies including private markets and digital assets.