Chad Nolte is a financial advisor at Model Wealth with a Series 65 credential and no prior industry experience. His background includes roles at RSM US LLP and Walgreens, among other positions. Model Wealth, Inc. is a virtual, fee-only financial planning and wealth management firm serving individuals, families, estates, trusts, and small businesses. The firm follows a broadly passive investment approach emphasizing cost-effective, tax-aware implementation and integrates robo-managed strategies and direct indexing within a flat annual fee structure.

Shane Swanson is a financial advisor at Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. with 31 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked with firms including New York Life Insurance Company and Eagle Strategies. In addition to his advisory role, he is licensed as an insurance agent, focusing on life, annuity, disability, and long-term care insurance. Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory and retirement-plan services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, third-party money manager programs, and managed accounts, operating primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives who recommend approved products and strategies.

Rishit Shah is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked in roles including software engineering at Discover and consulting at Kin and Carta. Outside of advising, he is a registered health insurance broker who assists individuals with health plan enrollment during open enrollment periods. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and model portfolios, combined with technology and operational services to support advisers.

Michael Drozd is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has prior work history at Bank of America, Merrill, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase Bank. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary asset management programs, with a notable predominance of non-discretionary assets under management.

Kyle Dell is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been in the industry since 2023. His prior experience includes roles at LaSalle St. Securities, LLC, RHM, Avenue Logistics, Airliner, and American Metalcraft. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with fee-based financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies across various asset classes, managing both non-discretionary and discretionary accounts, with an emphasis on non-discretionary management.

Dennis Wojcicki is a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Forum Financial Management since 2013 and previously worked at DSL Group from 1997 to 2013. He holds a Series 63 designation. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, qualified plan services, and educational workshops to individual and institutional clients. The firm also serves as a sub-advisor and turn-key asset management platform for other independent RIAs, managing portfolios primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

John Vires is a CFP® and CFA® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP and also provides financial advice through Mathieson, Moyski, Austin & Co., an accounting firm. Outside of his advisory roles, he volunteers with the Lions Club of Wheaton and serves as a Park Commissioner for the Wheaton Park District. Forum Financial Management, LP offers fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also serves as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, implementing primarily Modern Portfolio Theory-based portfolios using institutional mutual funds, ETFs, and other fixed income strategies.

Dennis Ryan Jr. is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Midway Wealth Partners, LLC and World Equity Group, Inc. He is also an author, having published a book in 2022 available on Amazon. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm with over $26 billion in assets under management, serving approximately 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs, combining discretionary and consultative services with access to alternative investments and retirement plan advisory.

Joseph Angileri is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Northern Trust Securities, Inc. in Lake Zurich, IL, where he has worked since 2007. His tenure at Northern Trust Securities spans his entire financial advisory career. Northern Trust Securities, Inc. is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-registered broker-dealer that provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, retail investors, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a model-driven approach with a variety of investment products, including proprietary Northern Trust funds, ETFs, and third-party offerings, delivered through a wrap fee program on the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform.

Todd Rollins is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at World Equity Group, Inc. in Libertyville, IL, where he has worked since 2007. His prior roles include positions at Midway Wealth Partners, LLC and Summit Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Rollins is involved in managing a home-based service program that hires and approves personal service workers for his disabled brother. World Equity Group provides investment advisory and brokerage services to individual and high-net-worth clients, business entities, non-profit organizations, and financial institutions. The firm employs both model-based and customized investment approaches and offers a range of portfolio management and retirement planning services.

Daniel Stybr is the sole advisor at Stybr & Associates in Arlington Heights, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 44 years of industry experience. He has worked at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, LLC since 2006 and LaSalle St. Securities, LLC since 2003, while operating Stybr & Associates since 1989. Outside of advisory services, he manages tax preparation services and is involved in aircraft registration and firearm transfer documentation through personal business entities. Stybr & Associates is an investment management firm serving clients with a focus on personalized portfolio management.

Steven Martin is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP since 2019. Prior to joining Forum, he worked for BKD Wealth Advisors, LLC for five years. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, qualified plan services, and educational workshops to individual and institutional clients. The firm also serves as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, implementing model portfolios primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs using a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

Janet Redding is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She is currently with Lincoln Investment Planning and has been there since 2013. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, utilizing in-house investment models and third-party managers, and provides services with varying levels of discretionary authority.

Sean Hughes is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Watch Advisors, INC, where he has worked since 2021, and previously worked at FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC and Hughes & Dern Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent involved in Medicare, life, and annuity sales. Wealth Watch Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party model portfolios. The firm uses a model-driven investment approach implemented through approved sub-advisors and offers services to a diverse client base including pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations.

Adam Tudor is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. since 2020. Prior to joining LaSalle St., he worked at Indiana Wesleyan University for four years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an at-large member of the Norwell Band Booster and acts as co-trustee of his mother's trust account. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary investment approaches and manages a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Brian Callaghan is a financial advisor at First Advisors National, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at CIH Consulting since 2022, focusing on commodities consulting and client services outside of investment activities. Prior to that, he held roles at MHT Business Development and Datrium. First Advisors National manages discretionary assets for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering investment management, third-party portfolio recommendations, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes selecting and monitoring third-party money managers and uses fundamental analysis to support supplemental individual security recommendations.

Kevin Nix is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd and LPL Financial, LLC, each for 10 years. His credentials include Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Stratos Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, not-for-profits, corporations, and institutional clients, offering financial planning and portfolio management through customized and model portfolios. The firm benefits from its common ownership with SEI-affiliated businesses, providing integrated access to SEI’s investment management and trust services.

Kathleen Carrico is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. with 33 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at La Salle St. Securities, Inc. since 1992 and Carrollton Bank since 1990, where she serves as Vice President and Trust Officer. Outside of her advisory roles, she is a personal use consultant for Mary Kay Inc. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with fee-based financial planning and various portfolio management services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies across multiple asset classes and is noted for its predominance of non-discretionary asset management and its use of fee-sharing and co-advisor arrangements.

Travis Smyczynski is a CFP® and Series 66 holder with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. since 2018 and previously spent three years with Axa Advisors, LLC. Smyczynski is also involved in independent insurance sales on a part-time basis. Ausdal Financial Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities, managing approximately $3.73 billion for over 16,000 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and financial planning services, tailoring strategies to client objectives and utilizing multiple custodians and third-party managers.

Pamela Davis is a financial advisor with Alera Investment Advisors, LLC, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 40 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Securian Financial Services, Minnesota Life, and Triad Advisors, among others. She is also involved with GCG Financial, where she provides fixed business insurance products alongside her advisory work. Alera Investment Advisors, LLC offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a mix of internal and external managers focusing on mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, and provides ERISA-focused services for retirement plans.