Robert Barton is a financial advisor with Momentum Independent Network Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 38 years of industry experience. Since 2013, he has been associated with SWS Financial Services. Momentum Independent Network serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, charitable, corporate, institutional, and banking/thrift clients, offering advisory and brokerage services. The firm utilizes a platform model with third-party managers and Envestnet for investment advice and account management, and is notable for its integration with Hilltop affiliates in municipal bond strategies and cash management programs.

James Turco is a financial advisor with Thurston Springer Advisors, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Bank. Thurston Springer Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable institutions, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies such as Tactical Momentum and Earnings Momentum processes, and manages accounts typically on a discretionary basis.

Peter Kane is a financial advisor with Csenge Advisory Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Lion Street Financial and Peak Value Advisors, where he provided fractional CFO and business consulting services. Outside of advisory work, he serves as financial officer and minority owner of SmartLab Partners, LLC, a clinical laboratory serving skilled nursing facilities. Csenge Advisory Group serves charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, and individual clients, including high-net-worth families. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and corporate retirement plan consulting through a disciplined investment process that combines fundamental and technical analysis with a relative-strength methodology.

David Brown is a CFP® and ChFC® with 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Advisor Resource Council, having joined in 2024, and previously worked at WCG Wealth Advisors and LPL Financial. Brown is also the owner and CEO of Encore Wealth Management, an estate planning and insurance business. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises with asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs actively managed strategies combining artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis across various asset classes, offering both discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management options.

Michael Lowsley is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council in Dallas, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Amundi Distributor US, Inc., Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., and Allianz Global Investors. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises through asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers. The firm employs AI-driven model portfolios combined with traditional fundamental analysis and offers tailored investment strategies across various account tiers.

Christopher Cottrell is a financial advisor with Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior firms include LPL Financial LLC, Hi-Fidelity, AXA/Equitable Advisors, and Parkhill, Smith, and Cooper. He is also involved with Stewardship Wealth Management LLC. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services, utilizing customized investment plans based on client risk profiles and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Justin Davis is a financial advisor with Grimes & Company in Southlake, TX, holding the CFP® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 66. He has 17 years of industry experience, including roles at J.P. Morgan Securities and TD Ameritrade. Grimes & Company Wealth Management serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and government entities, providing discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm uses proprietary research and diverse investment strategies, including third-party long/short and options strategies, and is known for its affiliated private investment vehicle and work with other advisers and municipal clients.

Meghan Gray is a financial advisor with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Company, Hornor, Toensend, & Kent LLC, and Tekaccel Technologies. Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory services to individuals—including non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients—as well as corporations and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers a range of managed account programs and financial planning services, delivering solutions primarily through a platform relationship with Envestnet.

Steven Gundy is a financial advisor with BFC Planning, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with BFC Planning and Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, Gundy serves as a director and loan committee member at United Texas Bank, is involved with a bed and breakfast ranch as a partner and operator, and participates on the advisory boards of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies and the Anti-Defamation League Texoma. BFC Planning, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, banks, and pension plans through a network of approximately 200 investment adviser representatives. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and access to various sub-advisory and institutional platforms, with investment strategies that primarily utilize stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Brick Parsons is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes eight years at Edward D Jones and concurrent roles at LPL Financial since 2017. Outside of advisory services, he owns a small business focused on purchasing, repairing, and reselling electronic equipment. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs actively managed strategies that combine artificial intelligence tools with traditional fundamental analysis across various asset classes and provides both discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management.

Brittany Smith is a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at firms including Wells Fargo Advisors and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Concurrent Investment Advisors provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm operates at an enterprise scale with approximately 161 advisors serving over 10,000 clients and managing about $9.9 billion in client assets.

Lora Hoff is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Investment Planners, Inc. and Ipi Wealth Management, where she worked for 18 years, as well as at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Hoff also provides insurance advice tailored to client needs. Concurrent Investment Advisors operates at an enterprise scale with approximately 161 advisors serving over 10,000 clients and managing about $9.9 billion in assets. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and retirement advisory services, employing a long-term investment approach with diversified portfolios that include ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and alternative investments.

Raeann Forester is a financial advisor with Archer Investment Corporation, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 31 years of industry experience. She has worked at Archer since 2021 and previously spent over two decades with Avantax Advisory Services and related entities. Outside of her advisory role, Forester serves in various community positions including treasurer for the Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club and the GPHS Alumni Association, supporting nonprofit activities and scholarship programs. Archer Investment Corporation provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and investment companies through separately managed accounts and The Archer Funds. The firm employs a process that assesses clients’ financial situations and constructs diversified portfolios across multiple asset classes, managing approximately $900 million primarily on a discretionary basis.

John Knowles is a financial advisor with Ally Invest Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ally Invest Advisors in 2021, he worked at Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade. Outside of finance, he is the owner and design engineer of Dos Rios Audio Engineering, where he designs and markets guitar pedals and amplifiers. Ally Invest Advisors serves a large retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management through both automated and advisor-led services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach using ETF portfolios across multiple risk tiers, combining automated algorithms with supervised monitoring.

Philip Wetzel, Jr. is a financial advisor with Strategic Financial Concepts, LLC in Fort Worth, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He previously worked at WWK Wealth Advisors and Whitney Wetzel & Kuether, L.L.C., and has maintained a long-standing association with LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a director of Wetzel Financial Strategies, LLC. Strategic Financial Concepts provides personalized investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth households, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, employing both fundamental and technical analysis as well as third-party manager solutions, with ongoing supervision and rebalancing.

Terry Hastings is a financial advisor at Global View Capital Management LLC with nine years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior work includes roles at NewBridge Securities Corporation, Generations Wealth, and Charles Schwab. Outside of finance, he works as a driver for Uber. Global View Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm uses a model-based investment approach driven by technical and quantitative analysis and maintains an in-house research arm that supports its strategies and external clients.

Samuel Rodriguez is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Advisor Resource Council since 2018. His prior roles include positions at Level Four Advisory Services LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. He holds the Series 66 designation and is based in Dallas, TX. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs AI-driven model portfolios combined with traditional fundamental analysis and offers coordinated estate-planning services through external legal professionals.

Charles Berry is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with Advisor Resource Council since 2012 and is also affiliated with LPL Financial since 2011. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by providing asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and referrals to third-party money managers and LPL advisory programs. The firm employs actively managed strategies that combine artificial intelligence tools with traditional fundamental analysis across various asset classes and portfolio types.

Shawn Clagg is an advisor with Advisor Resource Council in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked with Choc Wealth Management LLC and Rob Hance Management PC, and maintains an accounting firm, Shawn Clagg, CPA, PC, where he serves as president. He is also involved with Rob Hance Management PC in a management and accounting capacity. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises, providing asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers. The firm combines artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis across various model portfolios and separately managed accounts tailored to different client needs.

Ross Morrow is a financial advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC in Dallas, TX, with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Howard Financial Services, LTD and The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans by offering financial planning, consulting, and investment management. The firm manages broadly diversified portfolios using low-cost ETFs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, third-party managers, and select alternatives, applying tax-aware overlays and ongoing monitoring across client accounts.