Kayla Sickman is a financial advisor at Americana Partners, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley for 11 years and has held her current roles at Americana Partners and Saxony Securities since 2025. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Americana Partners provides financial planning, consulting, discretionary investment, and wealth management services to individuals—including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth international clients—as well as corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm customizes portfolios through ongoing client consultations and discretionary management, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and strategies, including alternative and privately placed investments for eligible clients.

Melvin Jacobs is a financial advisor at Sunbelt Securities, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 41 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, and UBS Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in entrepreneurial ventures including ownership and management roles in boat and yacht charter businesses. Sunbelt Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and related services to individual and institutional clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a variety of investment approaches and solutions, including a wrap-fee program, standalone financial planning, and access to third-party money managers.

Marty Harari is a financial advisor at Sunbelt Securities, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 56 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at WFG Advisors, Inc. and The (Wilson) Williams Financial Group. He is involved with the North Texas Advisory Group, a general financial services advisory group formed by branch members under Sunbelt Securities. Sunbelt Securities serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, managing approximately $2.0 billion across several thousand relationships. The firm provides portfolio management, written financial planning, and third-party money manager referrals, with advice and portfolio construction delivered at the individual advisor level.

Edward Randall IV is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners in Houston, TX, with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services and U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the board of directors for Dynamic Health Strategies, a non-investment-related organization. Arax Advisory Partners provides wealth management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and private fund advisory, employing both in-house teams and independent managers across traditional and alternative investments.

Timothy Miller is a financial advisor with Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. in Houston, TX, holding one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Symphony Financial, he has been affiliated with Texas Republic Capital Corporation since 2012. Symphony Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm provides a broad range of multi-family office services and employs a long-term investment philosophy that combines fundamental and technical analysis.

Robert Muse is a financial advisor at Americana Partners, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior experience includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Energy Opportunities Capital Management, Piper Jaffray & Co., and Simmons & Company LTD. Americana Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerances and objectives, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and technology platforms, and serves as investment manager or adviser to multiple unregistered private pooled investment vehicles for qualified investors.

Gabriel Carbone is a financial advisor at Chilton Capital Management LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Chilton Capital Management, he worked at Avidian Wealth Enterprises, LLC for one year and spent several years affiliated with Thomas Howell Ferguson. Chilton Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pooled vehicles, and institutional accounts, employing a fundamental, bottom-up research approach focused on long-term capital growth and income across various dedicated strategies. The firm integrates financial planning and offers trustee services through its affiliated trust company, along with managing and sub-advising registered investment companies.

Steven Neustaedter is a CFP® professional with 29 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has been with Creative Financial Designs, Inc. since 2013 and also operates Steven Neustaedter and Associates, Inc. alongside his role at the firm. His other business activities include independent insurance sales and involvement with Swan Wealth Management LLC. Creative Financial Designs serves a diverse client base, including individual, charitable, corporate, and retirement plan clients, offering investment management and financial planning through a network of advisers. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes asset-class model allocations supported by third-party research and offers a range of strategies from passive to tactically managed portfolios, including Biblical Responsible Investing options.

Lavada Waters is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with 23 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Merrill, UBS Financial Services, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and US Capital Wealth Advisors. Arax Advisory Partners provides wealth management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and private fund advisory, utilizing both internal portfolio teams and external managers with a mix of traditional and alternative investments.

Shay Scruggs is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at U.S. Capital Wealth, Rockefeller Financial, UBS Financial Services, Deutsche Bank Securities, and Merrill. Arax Advisory Partners offers wealth management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a fiduciary asset-based approach, utilizing internal portfolio teams, external managers, model portfolios, and a combination of traditional and alternative investments.

Shala Walker is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is currently with Linscomb Wealth, Inc. in Houston, Texas, having joined the firm in 2026. Her prior experience includes roles at Foreside Financial Services, Mar Vista Investment Partners, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Stavis & Cohen Financial, Mercer Global Advisors, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity. Linscomb Wealth provides comprehensive wealth planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and investment consulting to a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm offers specialized family office services and retirement-plan fiduciary consulting, with investment strategies tailored through written policy statements and model asset-allocation portfolios.

Audrey Fersten is a financial advisor at Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors, LLC in Houston, TX, holding the CFP® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. She has 16 years of industry experience, with previous roles at BKD Wealth Advisors, US Capital Advisors, and Bridgeway Capital Management. Her background also includes work with the Anti Defamation League. Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and nonprofit organizations, offering financial planning and investment management within an integrated service model connected to a national accounting and professional services firm. The firm emphasizes customized asset allocation, diversification, cost control, and combines active and passive strategies tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

John Hemenway is a financial advisor with Regal Investment Advisors LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. His work history includes ten years at Legacy Portfolio Advisors, sixteen years at Next Financial Group Inc, and ongoing work since 1995 with LegalShield. He is also involved in insurance services through The Legacies Group and holds a mortgage origination license, though it is inactive. Regal Investment Advisors operates as LionShare, providing model portfolio implementation and discretionary investment management to unaffiliated advisers and their high-net-worth and corporate clients. The firm manages approximately $2.88 billion across proprietary and third-party strategies and offers trade execution, rebalancing, and overlay management within a sub-advisory platform serving a network of advisers rather than direct clients.

Jessica Banitt is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. She has been with Linscomb and Williams Inc. since 2016. Linscomb Wealth provides comprehensive wealth planning, portfolio management, and investment consulting services to individual, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm utilizes written investment policy statements, model asset-allocation portfolios, and ongoing rebalancing, incorporating a range of securities and strategies tailored to client goals and needs.

Mark Schmulen is a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP with eight years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 credential. He has worked at Forum Financial Management since 2017 and currently serves as President and CEO of PropMatic, Inc., a technology and AI-driven marketing platform for the real estate leasing industry. Schmulen also serves on the board of Innovative Food Holdings and Saivory, Inc., contributing to governance and corporate strategy in the specialty food and software sectors. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients, while also serving as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform (TAMP) for other independent RIAs. The firm utilizes model asset-allocation portfolios managed primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs, employing a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

Richard Waits is a financial advisor with Sunbelt Securities, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Sunbelt Securities since 2010. Sunbelt Securities serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, managing approximately $2.0 billion across thousands of accounts. The firm provides portfolio management through rep-directed wrap programs, written financial planning, and referrals to third-party money managers.

Michelle Holmes is a financial advisor with Americana Partners, LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 license and 18 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Saxony Securities, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Merrill Lynch, Corps Capital Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as Vice President of Scholarships and Grants for the Civic League and is a board member for both Page's Place and the Valwood Improvement Authority. Americana Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerances and objectives and manages a range of investment vehicles, including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, options, structured products, and private pooled investment vehicles for qualified investors.

M H Moldawer is a financial advisor with Americana Partners, LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank from 2009 to 2025. Outside of advisory work, he owns a property in the Bahamas and serves as a trustee and partner in family trusts and partnerships. Americana Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary wealth management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth international clients. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and utilizes a range of investment vehicles and third-party managers, also managing multiple private pooled investment vehicles for accredited investors.

Mark Koellner is a CFP® with 20 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. in Houston, TX. His prior roles include positions at SteelPeak Wealth, Titleist Capital, Edward Jones, USAA Financial Planning, UBS Financial Services, Merrill, and Chase Investment Services. In addition to his advisory work, he is also an insurance agent, actively involved in the sale of insurance products to clients. Symphony Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and multi-family office services. The firm applies a long-term investment philosophy that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis and offers a wide range of tailored portfolio solutions supported by comprehensive multi-family office offerings.

Leo Reichle is a financial advisor with Sunbelt Securities, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Sunbelt in 2025, he worked at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc for seven years and Hilltop Independent Network for two years. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the boards of the Texas Children's Cancer Center and Fore The Cure, where he is president. Sunbelt Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and related services to individual and institutional clients through a network of representatives. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers, employing various investment strategies without mandating a single uniform model across advisors.