Gordon Frater is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has held roles at firms including Wells Fargo Funds Management, Allspring Funds Distributor, and Drake & Associates before joining Mariner in 2025. Frater is based in Brookfield, WI. Mariner serves a diverse client base with services including investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to specialized third-party managers. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party allocations, alongside integrated tax and accounting services.

Zhenxiang Du is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has nine years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Medicomp Inc and Kelly Services Global LLC, and he is the owner of Uyghur Grill LLC, a mobile food service business. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios with both discretionary and non-discretionary options.

Tanner Leister is a financial advisor with Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, LPL Financial, and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of advising, he is also active as a musician. Independent Advisor Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm utilizes a network model of advisory representatives and integrates multiple portfolio management strategies alongside technology platforms to support comprehensive client services.

John Dodds is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services who holds a Series 63 designation and has 44 years of industry experience. He has been with Kestra Advisory since 2016 and Kestra Investment Services since 2002. Outside of his advisory work, Dodds is involved in sports media, owning and hosting basketball-themed shows and writing stories about Marquette basketball. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including plan sponsors and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and utilizes multiple management platforms, serving clients that include sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

Joseph Still is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 14 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Mutual Securities, Kowal Investment Group, Raymond James Financial Services, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in client assets using a financial planning–led investment process that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by additional portfolio management techniques and a range of retirement plan services.

Anthony Perillo is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. His prior experience includes roles at Wipfli Financial Advisors and Hewins Financial Advisors. He also oversees the wind down of Wipfli Financial Advisors, a business acquired by Creative Planning. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach featuring low-cost indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in assets across more than 1,100 advisors.

Randall Malone is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 40 years of industry experience, currently practicing with Principal Financial Services. His career includes roles at United Financial Advisors LLC and Principal Securities Inc., along with ownership of Malone Financial Services, LLC. He also serves as an advisor to the Congressman Brian Stiel Insurance and Financial Advisory Board, providing input on federal legislation related to insurance and finance. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel. The firm focuses on direct advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with access to third-party money manager solutions implemented primarily on a discretionary basis.

Robert Payant is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014 and has operated his own advisory entity since 2010. In addition to his advisory work, Payant is an independent insurance agent offering long-term care insurance as well as fixed life and disability insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. is a large advisory and broker-dealer firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, unified managed account programs, and access to third-party money managers, using a combination of model portfolios and technology tools to execute client strategies through largely non-discretionary client relationships.

Bruce Laning is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2013. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofits, providing wealth management, financial planning, and trust services. The firm follows a customized, relationship-driven approach with an emphasis on diversified, institutional-style asset allocation and ongoing portfolio oversight.

Nathan Digmann is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Creative Planning, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to that, he was employed at Wipfli Financial Advisors and Hewins Financial Advisors. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Cynthia Storm Fischer is a financial advisor with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 44 years of industry experience. She has held positions at Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, Inc., and founded Storm Fischer Investment Group, LLC. Fischer serves as an arbitrator with FINRA and volunteers on the investment committee for Wisconsin Public Radio. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisor serving a broad client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, charities, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a variety of investment programs and retirement plan consulting, utilizing multiple strategies and platform relationships to support both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Nicholas Buerger is a financial advisor with Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial and has been involved with Tadco Properties LLC since 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a youth sports coach. Independent Advisor Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing various investment strategies and technology platforms to support client needs.

Ryan Heidel is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. He has previously worked at Praxis Wealth Partners, Harrison Financial, and several other organizations including First National Bank & Trust and UW-Whitewater. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm’s advisory approach includes direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Michael Jungen is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Milwaukee, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 43 years of industry experience. He has worked at Eagle Strategies since 1999 and has operated his own firm, Jungen & Co. Financial Advisors, since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, Jungen serves as a director for the Wauwatosa Mayfair Rotary, a charitable community nonprofit. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and delivers advice through various program types, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis and fiduciary responsibilities to retirement investors.

Thomas Tilley is a financial advisor at Mariner with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Prime Capital Investment Advisors and Mariner Wealth Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a director for the Folds of Honor Foundation, which raises funds to support children of active or retired U.S. military personnel, and provides guidance to Scavuzzo's, Inc., a food and delivery company. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, tax services, and employer financial wellness tools. The firm implements discretionary, customized portfolios supported by both internal research and third-party managers, with a notable integration of tax, accounting, and administrative family office services.

Ella Duel is a financial advisor with Wealthspire Advisors in Milwaukee, WI, holding a Series 65 designation. She has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2025 and previously worked at SSM Health and in education. Wealthspire Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $34.3 billion in regulatory assets and serving nearly 9,700 clients, including individuals, corporate and pension plans, and nonprofits. The firm uses an institutional-style asset allocation framework and offers wealth management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and trustee services.

Lora Murphy is a Certified Financial Planner™ with 22 years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Creative Planning, where she has worked since 2022. Prior to that, she worked at Wipfli Financial Advisors, LLC, and Hewins Financial Advisors, LLC. She continues to oversee the wind down of Wipfli Financial Advisors following its acquisition by Creative Planning. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure while offering a range of institutional and retirement plan services.

Julie Coombs is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC since 2024. Her prior experience includes roles at Arbor Point Advisors and Securities America, Inc., spanning from 2017 to 2024, and at SII Investments, Inc. from 2003 to 2017. She is also a commissioned Notary Public in the State of Wisconsin. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporate and charitable entities, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and offers services such as retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and access to alternative investments through platform relationships with Fidelity, Schwab, and others.

Kieran Bieneman is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has three years of industry experience, including time at Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trustee for his parent's estate. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plan sponsors, and organizations. The firm offers tailored financial planning and investment management through a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies, supported by proprietary programs and third-party platforms.

Alice Gabrelian is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Milwaukee, WI, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 41 years of industry experience. She has been with Eagle Strategies since 2008 and has worked with New York Life entities since 1988. In addition to her advisory role, she serves on the board of directors for the Hidden Lakes Condo Association in Franklin, Wisconsin. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional sponsors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions across multiple program types and manages most of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.