Meredith Henry Jr. is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Allianz Global Investors and DWS Distributors. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and referrals to managed account investment managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified, risk-class based investment process combining passive and active strategies overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

David Zook is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameritas Life Insurance and Ameritas Investment Corp since 2010 and operates an independent insurance agency, David White & Associates, specializing in fixed insurance products. Ameritas Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers managed account programs and fee-based management of variable annuity and life insurance subaccounts, using a combination of risk assessments, model portfolios, and third-party support to align investment strategies with client objectives.

Trinh Tuyen Tran is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 11 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent optometrist working on a contract basis and teaches financial education through the Hartland Institute of Financial Education. Tran has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2015 and has prior experience with World Financial Group. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with a range of proprietary and third-party investment programs, managing over $2 billion in assets under management as of late 2025.

Brett Agnew is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2026. He previously worked at Journey Strategic Wealth LLC and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company among other firms. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, incorporating both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and varied investment options.

Bradley Tarter is a financial advisor at Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with firms including National Wealth Group and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. In addition to his advisory work, he is an independent insurance agent and senior partner at David White & Associates, focusing on fixed insurance products. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a variety of managed account programs and fee-based management of variable annuity and variable universal life subaccounts, delivering advisory relationships on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Kate Keller is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mariner since 2024. She previously worked at Blakely Financial Services, Inc. and LPL Financial, LLC. Keller retains a nominal share ownership in Blakely Financial Services, which she is in the process of surrendering. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolio strategies supported by an internal team and third-party managers, with notable tax and accounting integration uncommon for firms of its size.

Minou Rhoades is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Adero Partners, LLC and Vista Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she manages a rental property. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, providing wealth management, financial and tax planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that blends active and passive strategies along with access to private funds and third-party managers.

Edna Reyes is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. Her background includes work with multiple firms such as AmeriTrust Mortgage and various insurance and financial education enterprises. Reyes is also involved in educational efforts related to estate planning and group employee benefits. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment models. The firm operates as both a registered investment adviser and a broker-dealer, with a range of program options and significant assets under management.

Jack Perry is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, where he has worked since 2023. He has three years of industry experience and is based in Livermore, CA. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Health Professionals Insurance Services, providing dental students and graduates discounted disability insurance through Guardian Life. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships and employs a range of proprietary and third-party model portfolios.

Brandy Savage is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at EP Wealth Advisors, Summitry, LLC, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Bank of America, Merrill, and prior legal work at the Law Offices of Anthony W. Gibbs & Doric Trust. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized consulting, utilizing a strategic investment approach that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

Trevor Christiansen is a financial advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Frank Rimerman & Co and Sanctuary Securities, Inc. Trevor has a background in both advisory and accounting-related roles. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting through over 400 independent advisers using a variety of investment strategies and third-party platforms.

Kim Low is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with nine years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2017. Her prior experience includes roles at World Financial Group, Inc., Rhema Solutions LLC, and Mountain House High School. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios, providing discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Jeremy Niederstadt is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Merrill and Bank of America, N.A. before joining Sanctuary Advisors, LLC in 2020. He serves on a homeowners association board, handling recording of voting results and board meetings. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of more than 400 independent advisers. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting solutions, employing multiple analytical approaches and maintaining a fiduciary standard when a written advisory agreement is in place.

Juli Rahill is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Outside of her advisory role, she is associated with an investment partnership that focuses on small and mid-size private businesses. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including plan sponsors, institutional investors, and individuals. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and employee education, managing approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serving a range of clients from private investors to sovereign wealth funds.

Norma Quiroga is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Livermore, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked with Principal Life Insurance and Principal Securities since 2016. Quiroga serves as a bank/trust officer at Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company, and she is a director on the board of Room to Grow Explorers, a nonprofit organization focused on public benefit. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Michael Mc Laughlin is a financial advisor at Private Advisor Group, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial LLC, Defined Financial Planning, Mosaic Financial & Exodus Energy, and Accuvest. He has also held teaching positions at Gonzaga University, De La Salle High School, Saint Marys School, and Saint Isidore School. Private Advisor Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and utilizes technology platforms to implement a range of investment strategies, often through third-party managers and TAMPs.

Ross Layton is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities for 16 years before joining Kestra Advisory and Kestra Investment Services in 2024. Layton provides investment advisory, portfolio management, and financial planning services through Oculus Financial Group. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement plan consulting to plan sponsors and a wide range of institutional and individual clients. The firm’s services include fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients such as sovereign wealth funds alongside other large institutional investors.

Penny Righthand is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Oakland, CA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 38 years of industry experience. She has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities Inc. since 1987. Outside of her advisory work, she is writing a romance novel. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis, with a focus on defined contribution and benefit plans as well as charitable and corporate clients.

Tyson Beem is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Walnut Creek, CA, holding six years of industry experience. He is also the CEO and business manager of Gelfand, Rennert, & Feldman, a role he has held since 1998. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering wealth management, financial and tax planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to private and registered pooled vehicles. The firm’s investment approach integrates long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction through a combination of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Stacey Velez is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 25 years of industry experience. She currently works at Creative Planning and has previously been employed at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors and Geneva Investment Management of Chicago. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning–led investment process focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a broad advisory team and integrated investment infrastructure.