Max Murphy is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with four years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Highpoint Planning Partners and has previously worked at firms including LPL Financial LLC, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Plante Moran Financial Advisors. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a range of clients including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and utilizes fundamental analysis to construct client investment policies across various asset classes and investment platforms.

Lawrence Fisher is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC in Novi, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles at LPL Financial and Fisher Retirement Services. He also works as an independent insurance agent selling fixed insurance products. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, offering wealth management, financial planning, and access to alternative investments using a goals-based planning approach supported by proprietary technology and quantitative measures.

Sherise Steele is a financial advisor with United Capital Financial Advisors in Birmingham, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Integrity Alliance, Cetera, Sageview Advisory Group, and LPL Financial. She serves as a board member for the Black Alumni Collective Inc. and a local homeowners association, contributing to their organizational and community activities. United Capital provides national financial planning and discretionary investment management for a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, retirement plans, and institutional accounts. The firm supports customized portfolio options and operates a broad affiliate network alongside technology and advisory services for independent investment advisors.

Lowell Weiss is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Elevation Point Wealth Partners, LLC, and previously spent 16 years with Raymond James & Associates. Outside of his advisory role, he rents Disney Vacation Club points to interested parties. Elevation Point Wealth Partners is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $8.29 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities, employing a model portfolio investment approach with tactical asset allocation and integration of insurance distribution and annuity servicing.

Kristie Waldorf is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with 20 years of industry experience. She previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Morgan Stanley. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with DBC America LLC, where she participates in marketing and liquor demonstrations. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm integrates internal portfolio management with third-party models and external managers, offering customized asset allocation and multiple fee structures, including performance-based arrangements for qualified investors and private funds.

William Revoir is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including ChangePath, LLC and Global Financial Private Capital. He also owns and operates Quest Financial, LLC, a non-investment-related business, and is involved with Quest Commonwealth, LLC, which sells life insurance and annuities. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and offers a range of investment options, including structured products and alternative vehicles, supported by model portfolios and multiple third-party sub-advisers.

Prasad Mohan is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Schechter Investment Advisors and Bank of America. Outside of his advisory role, Mohan serves as treasurer for the Metropolitan Lofts Condominium Association. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager with over 200 advisors, overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting.

Varun Reddy is a financial advisor at Plante Moran Financial Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Kellogg Company and Plante Moran. Plante Moran Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering investment advisory, financial planning, and estate-planning services. The firm employs a variety of analytical methods and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, operating within the larger Plante Moran enterprise with access to integrated financial services.

Douglass Burgdorf is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at KCD Financial, Inc. since 2007. He is a partner in H & B Financial Group, Inc., focusing on insurance sales, and owns Burgdorf Financial Services, Inc., which provides financial planning and investment management. Additionally, he contributes voluntarily to marketing and business development for Cedar River Technologies/Waggle IOT. KCD Financial, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with 38 advisors, serving individuals—including high-net-worth clients—corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of investment strategies and access to third-party management programs, combining advisory and broker-dealer services with licensed insurance agency operations.

Timothy Atkinson is a financial advisor at CX Institutional, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Tfg Advisers LLC and Tfg Advisors. CX Institutional serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach that includes fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes and offers specialized strategy portfolios alongside custom solutions.

Kenny Goldner is a financial advisor with Asset Allocation Strategies, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Asset Allocation Strategies since 2019 and is also associated with GLP Investment Services, LLC and GLP & Associates, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in life insurance and annuity sales and servicing through GLP & Associates. Asset Allocation Strategies provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual investors and plan sponsors. The firm’s investment process emphasizes strategic asset allocation using quantitative techniques and offers supplemental services such as 529 assistance and plan-sponsor investment policy reviews.

Renee Wahl is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding a Series 66 license and 14 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at UBS Financial Services, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Private Client Services. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs, blending discretionary and consultative services tailored to client preferences.

Christina Chodorowski is a financial advisor at Thurston Springer Advisors with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and several businesses in the food and hospitality sector. Thurston Springer Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and foundations, offering tailored financial planning, portfolio management, and fiduciary services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies from buy-and-hold to more active approaches involving technical and fundamental analysis.

Brittany Reid is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Plante Moran Financial Advisors since 2020. Her prior experience includes roles at Doeren Mayhew and self-employment, along with an operations manager position at Upright Health & Wellness, Inc. outside the investment field. Plante Moran Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate-planning services to a range of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis supported by an internal equity valuation model, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Tadeo Hubahib is a financial advisor at IAMS Wealth Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked as a Planning Partner since 2021. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and manages an advertising website directory focused on Asian stores. IAMS Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management with tailored asset allocations and employs a broad range of investment instruments, including equities, ETFs, fixed income, direct indexing, cryptocurrency, and structured products.

Michael Lopus is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Plante Moran Financial Advisors. He has been with Plante Moran Financial Advisors since 1993 and Plante & Moran, PLLC since 2003. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner at Plante & Moran, PLLC, a non-investment-related role. Plante Moran Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate-planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with a proprietary equity valuation model, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Terra Hohf is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advance Capital Management Inc. She previously worked at Advance Capital Services for 10 years. Advance Capital Management serves individuals, retirement plans, foundations, endowments, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm utilizes an Investment Committee to guide decisions and manages portfolios with a focus on risk tolerance, incorporating strategies such as direct indexing, alternative investments, and crypto-related options.

Todd Olson is a financial advisor at Asset Allocation Strategies, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been affiliated with Asset Allocation Strategies since 2020. Olson also serves as an insurance agent with GLP & Associates, focusing on life insurance and fixed/index annuity sales. Asset Allocation Strategies provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to both non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth individual investors, as well as plan sponsors and trustees. The firm uses advanced strategic asset allocation models and quantitative techniques implemented through model portfolios, ETFs, and third-party managers.

Aaron Hodari is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His work history includes roles at Schechter Investment Advisors, Kingswood Capital Partners, and Niagara International Capital Limited. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets and serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm utilizes a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation to implement client objectives and employs performance-based fee structures for certain qualified investors and private funds.

Lawrence Fisher is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC in Novi, MI, holding a Series 66 license and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked with LPL Financial, LLC since 2015 and operates Fisher Retirement Services LLC. Outside of advisory roles, he is a business owner of The 99 Rise, a non-investment-related venture. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6.0 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses, utilizing a goals-based planning approach combined with an evidence-based investment framework.