Nathan Mateer is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Advisor Resource Council. His career includes roles at Generations Financial Management and prior experience at Louisiana State University, the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture, and Baylor University. Mateer is also licensed as a life insurance agent. Advisor Resource Council serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, and business enterprises, offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm’s investment approach combines AI-driven model portfolios with traditional analysis and includes services such as estate-planning coordination through external legal professionals.

Darrah Lay is a financial advisor with Avantax Planning Partners, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Avantax Planning Partners in 2022, Lay worked at Charles Schwab and Cetera Wealth Services. Outside of advisory work, Lay serves as Territory Director for The Lay Collective, LLC, a local magazine focused on marketing to new home buyers. Avantax Planning Partners provides investment advice and planning primarily to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, often through collaborative referral arrangements with independent CPA firms and registered advisor representatives. The firm employs model-based style allocation strategies and offers discretionary portfolio management with tax-intelligent overlays, operating within a larger corporate group that includes affiliated broker-dealer and pension consulting entities.

Natalie Chandler is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Retirement Planners of America. She has worked at MMWKM Advisors, LLC since 2012. In addition to her advisory role, she is an independent insurance agent. Retirement Planners of America provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, and institutions. The firm employs an “Invest and Protect” approach that combines model portfolio allocations with tactical shifts to manage market risk and offers custody-specific fund lineups as part of its service.

Kevin Marsh is a financial advisor with Calton & Associates, Inc. in Coppell, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Calton & Associates since 2013 and is also a partner in Bear Marsh, LLC, a holding company focused on acquiring financial institutions. Calton & Associates serves individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and other retail clients by providing portfolio management, fee-based financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers. The firm offers both commissionable brokerage and insurance products alongside discretionary and non-discretionary investment management through various program structures and analytic approaches.

Matthew Shores is a financial advisor with Merit Financial Advisors in Frisco, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at PKS Investments, Stratos Wealth Partners, Lifestyle Planning Solutions, LPL Financial, and The Botsford Group. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion across 144 advisors, serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and tailored strategies, overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Jennifer Gage is a financial advisor at Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Cain, Watters & Associates since 2009. Cain, Watters & Associates provides financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and investment management services primarily to dental healthcare professionals, individual investors, and pension or profit-sharing plan sponsors. The firm also offers accounting and tax services as a Certified Public Accountancy and donor-advised fund services through Schwab Charitable.

Matthew Beaver is a financial advisor with Inspire Advisors, LLC, holding Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 12 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, Grit Wealth Management, and Cyberguide. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a business development manager for Factur, focusing on client prospecting in the manufacturing sector. Inspire Advisors, LLC manages approximately $1.33 billion in discretionary assets and serves individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, institutions, charitable organizations, broker-dealers, and other advisers. The firm integrates Biblically Responsible Investing using proprietary tools and employs a range of analysis methods and sub-advisory relationships to construct portfolios.

Zane Harris is a financial advisor at Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2015. Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC provides financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and investment management services primarily to dental healthcare professionals, individual investors, and trustees or plan sponsors of pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm also offers accounting and tax services as a Certified Public Accountancy and provides donor-advised fund services through Schwab Charitable.

Adam Spence is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at CX Institutional, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at CXI Advisors, LLC, Vestpro Financial Partners, Inc., CPF Texas, and LPL Financial. 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 integrates fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes and offers a broad range of specialized strategy portfolios.

Nora Calderon Gil is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with BOK Financial Securities, Inc. and previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America. BOK Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and institutions, offering non-discretionary, fee-based investment management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm combines advisor-led client interaction with research-driven portfolio solutions supported by its Strategic Investment Advisors.

Daniel Kleiner is a financial advisor at Ally Invest Advisors with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Corelogic, Ranstad LLC, and Xome. He supports both Ally Invest Advisors and Ally Invest Securities in a dually licensed capacity, servicing customers with self-directed or advisory accounts. Ally Invest Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients through web-based solutions and virtual interaction, offering ETF-based Robo Portfolios, automated investing, and financial advisor-delivered personal advice. The firm uses model portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory across five risk tiers and incorporates tax-sensitive features and tax-loss harvesting in its advisory services.

Laura Skalak is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Advisor Resource Council since 2012 and also has a tenure at LPL Financial dating back to 2010. 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 fundamental analysis, offering diversified portfolios reviewed at least annually.

Daniel Sprusansky is a financial advisor with BOK Financial Securities, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and nine years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Kestra Financial, Gallagher Benefit Services, and Raymond James & Associates. BOK Financial Securities, operating as BOK Financial Advisors, serves individual and high-net-worth investors, corporations, retirement plans, government agencies, municipalities, and institutional clients. The firm provides non-discretionary, fee-based investment management through its Guided Portfolio Solutions program, with investment research conducted by Strategic Investment Advisors, and maintains affiliations with a bank holding company and related investment entities.

Steve Indiveri is a CFA® charterholder currently with CX Institutional, LLC, having joined the firm in 2026. He has 10 years of prior experience at Northern Trust Asset Management. CX Institutional serves individuals, charitable organizations, business entities, and retirement plan sponsors with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a multi-strategy asset allocation approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis across various asset classes and supports clients with third-party technology for consolidated reporting and tax-efficient asset management.

Steven Sarkissian is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Plano, Texas, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 27 years of industry experience and has been with Hilltop Securities for 17 years. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through investment advisory and broker-dealer services, offering managed accounts, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm combines custody, banking, and market-making capabilities, providing access to both third-party and firm-sponsored investment strategies.

Brandon Gerfen is a financial advisor with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Foundations Investment Advisors in 2026, he worked at Trajan Wealth LLC, Edward Jones, and JP Morgan in various capacities. He served five years in the United States Marine Corps. Outside of his advisory role, Gerfen is involved in managing a rental real estate business. Foundations Investment Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.1 billion across nearly 300 representatives. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, and registered investment companies, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan support through tailored asset allocation and the use of model portfolios and third-party sub-advisers.

Sanden Leavers is a financial advisor at BakerAvenue in Southlake, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining BakerAvenue in 2025, Leavers was unemployed and has no prior advisory work history. BakerAvenue provides investment advisory and wealth planning services to individuals, retirement plans, charitable institutions, and other U.S. institutions, typically under discretionary mandates. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach that includes fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, along with tactical asset allocation.

Can I retire soon? Am I on track? What happens if life throws a curveball? These are the questions I help people answer. Because money isn’t just about numbers, it’s about living with purpose and confidence. I became an advisor in 2012, just a few years after the 2008 financial crisis, when I saw how quickly dreams could be lost in the panic. I bring both technical expertise (MBA, CFA, CFP®) and a global perspective, having been born in France and raised between cultures. But more important than credentials is this: my goal at Orgallic Wealth is to turn “someday” plans into clear, confident strategies. Whether that means retiring early, starting something new, or finally tackling that stack of projects in the garage, I believe money should serve your life—not the other way around.

Matthew Gallagher is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Creativeone Wealth, LLC. He has previously worked at Prosperity Wealth Management, Gallagher & Sons Wealth Management, Change Path, Client One Securities, and Gallagher Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in offering fixed insurance products through Prosperity Wealth Management, LLC. Creativeone Wealth, LLC provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and other RIAs. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using proprietary ETF-based models, third-party managers, and option strategies, supporting tailored client solutions across its large enterprise platform.

Thomas Smith is a financial advisor at Legacy Wealth Management, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Realta Investment Advisors, Inc., Realta Equities, Inc., and Capital Markets IQ. Smith also operates Bering Financial, LLC, a life insurance and fixed annuity sales business. Legacy Wealth Management serves individual clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including in-house models, sub-advisers, and alternative investments tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.