Adam Smotherman is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Fifth Third Securities, Inc. in Nashville, TN, where he has worked since 2021. His prior roles include positions at UBS and SunTrust Advisory Services. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients through investment advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers multiple program types on the Passageway Managed Account platform, including mutual fund and ETF models, SMA strategies, and direct indexing, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank.

Matthew Beery is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. He also spent three years at the University of Kentucky. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a wide range of programs and advisory services, including equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, with both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Bhawana Khurana is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. She currently works at The Colony Group, LLC and has prior experience at InterOcean Capital Group, LLC, InterOcean Capital, LLC, and The Smart Cube Inc. She is affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, a firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Cynthia Durdin is a financial advisor at Corient with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has held roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Music Row Wealth Management. Outside of her advisory work, she is a square dancer at the Grand Ole Opry and serves as a notary public. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers and specialized offerings such as family office and corporate trustee services.

Justin Ostrander is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Cambridge Investment Research. Outside of finance, he is a recording guitarist and owns a music business based in Madison, Tennessee. &PARTNERS serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of investment management and financial planning services, utilizing a mix of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary account management options.

Ethan White is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has one year of industry experience and has worked at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Morgan Stanley. Park Avenue Securities, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, offers brokerage and advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party investment programs.

Alan Thornton Jr. is a financial advisor at Mariner with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Box Financial Advisors, LLC, and the University of North Texas. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and Core Family Office services, employing discretionary, customized portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers.

Michael Randolph is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Nashville, TN. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and is also an agent for Agia, offering non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-based individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Joseph Criscione is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Valic Financial Advisors and Agia, where he is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products. His prior experience includes roles at Register Financial Advisors, Truist Advisory Services, AllianceBernstein LLP, and Bank of America. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Allie Long Innes is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at WileyBros Aintree Capital LLC since 2011. &PARTNERS serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement-plan consulting through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis alongside proprietary and third-party strategies.

Bradley Watts is a financial advisor with Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 26 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Diversified Investment Advisors and Diversified Investors Securities Corp. since 2006. Transamerica Retirement Advisors serves participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and IRA owners, offering managed advice programs and investment education. Their approach relies on proprietary software and model portfolios from Morningstar Investment Management to provide personalized asset allocation and retirement guidance.

Gary Fincher is a financial advisor with Cresset Asset Management, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 33 years of industry experience. He has previously worked with firms including True Capital Management, LLC, FS Wealth Sports & Entertainment LLC, and M Holdings Securities, Inc. Fincher serves on the board of directors for Backfield-in-Motion, a charitable organization. Cresset Asset Management is a multi-disciplinary investment adviser managing approximately $78.9 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, employing a disciplined, risk-aware approach that integrates strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and a blend of active and passive strategies across various asset classes.

Christopher Stout is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at True Capital Management, LLC, FS Wealth Sports & Entertainment, and M Holdings Securities, Inc. Stout serves on the Board of Directors for the Peterson Foundation for Parkinson’s. Cresset Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, providing portfolio management, wealth management, private fund advisory, and family office services with an asset-allocation-focused investment approach.

Paul Urbanek is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank for over 16 years. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner in BooBoo IssKiss, LLC, a venture involved in art, culture, and real estate. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, brokerage, and investment banking services, organizing client relationships around a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

Troy Campbell is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Nashville, TN, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2007. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model differentiates between point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management, with offerings including model portfolios and customized portfolios managed under client-approved investment policies.

Garrett Williamson is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors in Nashville, TN. His prior roles include positions at Guardian Life Insurance Company, Commonwealth Financial Network, and Wells Fargo. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and manages an independent bookkeeping business. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial planning and consulting. The firm utilizes a range of investment strategies through proprietary models, third-party managers, and digital advice platforms.

Caleb Sams is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Brentwood, TN, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Salt Cedar Financial Partners, Thrivent Financial, and Amazon. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody and clearing services.

Juliet Capozzi is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Judy Gray is a financial advisor with Sanctuary Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from 2005 to 2021 before joining Sanctuary Wealth in 2021. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved as a distributor and consultant for personal items. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm supports independent investment adviser representatives who utilize various investment strategies and analytic approaches, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary account management across multiple platforms.

Phillip Cook Jr. is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Focus Partners Wealth since 2024 and previously spent twelve years with Cambridge Investment Research and seven years with Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of a homeowners association in Nashville and is a member of an investment club. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial planning, and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within a tax- and fee-sensitive framework and integrates various third-party managers and legacy strategies.