Michael Gilliam is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameritas Advisory Services since 2021 and has longstanding roles at related firms including Ameritas Life Insurance Corp and Dealer Benefit Service Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is licensed as an independent insurance agent and serves as president of Dealer Benefit Service Inc, focusing on fixed insurance products. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers fee-based asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, utilizing model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and custom strategies, with a particular emphasis on retirement plan consulting and fiduciary advice.

Renee Nenninger is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at LPL Financial and National Planning Corporation. Renee is based in St. Louis, MO. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using various model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away retirement accounts, with ownership that includes private investment vehicles and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Garrett McMillan is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds the Series 66 designation. He has 15 years of industry experience and has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Vice President of TRIAD Wealth in Missouri. Park Avenue Securities, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser owned by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients.

Jackson Lessmann is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Town and Country, MO, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials with two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at various First Command entities and Advisor Seekers, as well as teaching roles at the University of South Alabama and Enterprise State Community College. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs, utilizing a centralized Investment Management Team to oversee model portfolios and third-party manager selections.

Jason Roehr is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations and has worked at Commonwealth since 2014. Outside of advisory work, he is co-owner of L&F Group, Inc., a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance activities. 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 back-office support including operations, trading, compliance, and practice management. The firm offers discretionary model portfolios and various program structures, supporting advisors who manage client portfolios using a broad selection of securities and insurance products.

Lawrence Kigin is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including E*TRADE Securities, Edward Jones, TD Ameritrade, and Weiss Insurance Agency. He serves as an agent of record for personal and long-term care insurance policies in a non-active capacity. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients, offering a range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and provides bespoke discretionary solutions for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, supported by in-house research and specialized market roles.

Charles Bright is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 17 years of industry experience, including roles with NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Co. since 2008. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers as a trivia night announcer and serves as an Amazon Vine reviewer. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Christine Boyce is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory in St. Louis, Missouri, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 25 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc, and Scottrade. She also serves as president of the Locke Condominium Association. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering financial reviews, retirement and planning discussions, and investment recommendations using Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools. The firm’s advisors recommend allocations and specific investments while clients retain final trading decisions.

Cheryl Frazier is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at several firms, including Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Gerard Hempstead. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs. Their Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering is an online, discretionary model account available by invitation to employees with existing PNC Bank online credentials, utilizing algorithm-driven risk assessment and model portfolios managed by PNC or third-party strategists.

Richard Bavetz Jr. is a financial advisor with J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc., holding a Series 65 credential and having 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Global Financial Private Capital, LLC, and Gradient Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates Carington Financial & Insurance Services, an insurance agency focused on life insurance products, and is involved with nonprofit organizations providing financial literacy training and employee benefits education. J. W. Cole Advisors is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charities, corporations, and retirement plans through a national network of over 400 independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, access to third-party managers, and multiple managed account solutions, with investment decisions implemented on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

David Arns is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in St. Charles, MO. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PNC Investments LLC in 2022, he worked at Valic Financial Advisors for six years. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account pilot that uses algorithm-driven risk assessments and implements investments via mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Daniel Lysy is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal standards and oversight committees to select and monitor managers, and it operates with large institutional scale alongside specialized market roles.

Krista Thompson is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at CWM, LLC dba Carson Wealth, Plancorp, LLC, and Brown Smith Wallace, LLP. Outside of her advisory work, she is the owner of Red Glasses, LLC, a non-investment-related business based in Omaha, NE. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and employs a financial planning–led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by specialized equity and tax management techniques.

Michelle Perry is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network in Creve Coeur, MO. She previously worked at Edward Jones for 12 years before joining Triad Financial Group, LLC and Commonwealth Financial Network in 2024. Outside of advisory work, she participates as a research associate in health surveys through LifeX. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Brian Mulhall is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2007. His other business activities include fixed insurance. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and various custody and clearing services.

Janet Heitzig is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Chesterfield, MO, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has 28 years of industry experience, including tenure at Principal Life Insurance Company since 2002. Outside of her advisory role, she is secretary of a local ladies golf league and is involved in selling prepaid legal and identity theft protection products. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, offering financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Craig Poe is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Creve Coeur, MO. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has five years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Curate LLC and Four Season Hotels and Resort. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, and charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and integrates advisory solutions with insurance and annuity products through a large network of affiliated representatives.

Sharon Young is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Oppenheimer since 2013. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a variety of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment strategies to meet client objectives.

John M. Hoemeyer is a Certified Financial Planner™ with five years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Independent Financial Group, LLC. He has prior experience at Royal Alliance Associates, The Gori Law Firm, and Southern Illinois University School of Law. In addition to his financial advising role, he owns and operates Hoemeyer Law Firm, LLC, which specializes in estate planning. Independent Financial Group is a large advisory and brokerage firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm provides a range of investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement services through a combination of in-house and third-party managed portfolios.

Kimberly Church is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she operates an Etsy shop selling vintage jewelry and accessories and is an independent distributor for Young Living. 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 institutions. The firm offers fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, and investment management, utilizing a range of strategies monitored by an Investment Strategy Committee.