Kellen Cross is a financial advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mariner, he held roles at the University of Kansas, Infinitas, Edison Spaces, and Royal Blue Capital. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal investment team and integrates tax and accounting services uncommon for firms of its size.

Timothy Troutman is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He is president of Troutman and Associates, Inc., where he provides estate planning and elder care planning services. Troutman also serves as a secondary trustee for a family trust and manages real estate-related businesses through Parkside Holdings and Troutman Semler LLC. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage solutions through a network of 477 independent advisors. The firm operates an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party managers, emphasizing largely non-discretionary asset management.

Matthew Foltz is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Corient in Itasca, IL, where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes eight years at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that blends in-house strategies with third-party manager solutions and specialized offerings through affiliates.

Zachary Cravez is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Cerity Partners LLC and previously worked at Edge Financial Advisors and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management and related services to a wide national client base, including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm’s approach includes tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing, utilizing proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Alexander Marks is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup since 2007 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and maintains unique market roles, including in-house research and operations as a security-based swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Neil Cohen is a financial advisor with CWM, LLC and Carson Wealth, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and accumulating 22 years of industry experience. He has been a partner at Grossman Cohen & Diamond Inc., a CPA accounting firm and registered investment adviser, since 1997, where he manages accounting, tax, and administrative responsibilities. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm manages discretionary accounts using model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis with third-party sub-advisors, offering a variety of portfolio management and retirement-plan services.

Traci Eisner is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 23 years of industry experience. She has worked extensively with Kestra Investment Services and Bensman & Associates Ltd prior to her current role. Eisner also engages in case design and insurance plan consulting through multiple affiliated financial and insurance entities. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, benchmarking, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, with a client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Daniel Carthew is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Wheaton, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Murphy Financial Group, Raymond James Financial Services, Crux Wealth Advisors, Kestra Investment Services, and Favia Group. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services along with operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support. The firm offers various program structures including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing options.

Tarah Sikkenga is a ChFC® credentialed advisor with three years of industry experience, currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. Her prior experience includes several years at Zurich North America. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning and asset management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans, managing over $122 billion in assets through a large advisor network and a variety of program options that combine passive and active investment strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Carin Roman is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2020. Prior to this, she worked for CCP, Inc. for 14 years. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and a variety of implementation options.

George Dogandjiev is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Securities, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Star Logistics Solutions LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Level Solutions LLC, a business consulting firm. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and institutional investors through its Passageway Managed Account Program. The firm combines bank affiliation with a municipal-advisor registration and provides multiple discretionary managed-account options, including direct indexing and tax-overlay services.

James Jaramillo is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Partners with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with firms including LPL Financial and Sheridan Road Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for the Brighton Ridge Homeowners Association in Mequon, Wisconsin. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent Investment Adviser Representatives. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients, and features a notable retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting capability.

Andrew Schniers is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding a Series 66 designation and ten years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup since 2018 and previously held roles at JPMorgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2015 to 2018. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies and operates with significant institutional scale, including in-house research and roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Timothy March is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. since 2020 and previously worked at First Trust Portfolios L.P. for 12 years. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, and investment management services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies monitored by an Investment Strategy Committee.

Joshua Green is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Prior to joining Benjamin F. Edwards, he worked at T. Rowe Price, American Funds, and Invesco. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, charities, corporations, and institutions. The firm provides a range of services such as financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting through fee-based wrap programs and uses both strategic allocations and tactical adjustments in its investment models.

Richard Ceffalio Jr. is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial, Wells Fargo, UBS Financial Services, and A.G. Edwards & Sons. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad suite of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to sponsored advisory programs, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support advisor and client needs.

Austin Mc Donnell is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Corient. His prior experience includes roles at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC, Northwestern Mutual, and Indiana University. He volunteers as a financial mentor at 3rd Decade, providing pro bono personal financial planning advice. Corient offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers, continuously monitoring portfolios using advanced risk management tools.

Courtney Lach is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. She holds a Series 66 designation and has 12 years of industry experience, including her tenure at Morgan Stanley since 2014. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutions. The firm offers fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment management consulting, utilizing a range of strategies and an internal trading desk to support its advisors and clients.

Deborah Feldman is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. She has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2017 and previously spent 11 years at Leonetti & Associates, LLC. Feldman is based in Buffalo Grove, IL. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s advisory model emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and a variety of investment vehicles.

Danuta Durkiewicz is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management. Her prior work includes roles at MissionSquare Investment Services, Bank of America, Merrill, and Fifth Third Securities. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital portfolio option that employs algorithm-driven risk assessment and third-party-managed investment models.