Aspen West is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Forefront and previously held roles at The Vanguard Group and Edward Jones, among others. Outside of advising, he serves as CFO and Director of Operations for Leak Science, LLC, a non-investment-related company based in Phoenix, AZ. Forefront Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser that offers discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and estate-planning coordination to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm develops customized investment policies and asset-allocation targets and provides planning services that include business, succession, divorce, special-needs, and tax considerations.

James Blakely is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include leadership positions at Neighborhood Loans and multiple entities under the Planning Grounds and Blakely Walters names, where he has been involved since 2009. Outside of advising, he has ongoing involvement with Blakely Walters Insurance and various business ventures related to wealth and tax management. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, charities, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a wide range of investment delivery options supported by an in-house research team and combines large-scale advisory operations with insurance and credit product offerings.

Brian Smalley is a financial advisor at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Kingsview Asset Management, and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he owns BC Enterprises LLC, a finish carpentry business. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for about 853 clients, including individuals and pension plans. The firm provides comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services using a mix of asset-allocation and security-selection techniques, with portfolios constructed from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, options, structured products, and cryptocurrency products where appropriate.

Shelley Echeverria is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and LPL Financial. In addition to her advisory work, she holds a real estate license in Arizona. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with both brokerage and advisory services, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and business consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Julianne Call is a financial advisor at TCP Asset Management, LLC with 38 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with TCP Asset Management and United Planners in various capacities since 2015, including a brief retirement period. TCP Asset Management advises individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, estate-planning referrals, and annuity management, employing both fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach.

Jonathon Staats is a financial advisor with Clarus Wealth Advisors, LLC in Peoria, AZ, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Clarus Wealth Advisors since 2016 and previously held roles at Crown Capital Securities and WFG Advisors. Staats is also involved in managing fixed insurance and fixed annuity business through Bell & Associates/ASH. Clarus Wealth Advisors is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $305.2 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, estates, trusts, and corporate plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach combined with tactical and blended model strategies, emphasizing multi-year time horizons and quarterly portfolio reviews.

James Chandler is a financial advisor with Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Robert W. Baird, UBS Financial Services, and Piper Sandler & Co. He is also the owner of Vista Wealth Management of Scottsdale, LLC. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $650.7 million for individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm employs strategies based on fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, and provides access to third-party money managers and alternative investments.

Caley Miller is a CFP® and Series 65 licensed advisor with nine years of industry experience. Miller has worked at Sensible Money, LLC since 2016 and also held a position at the University of Arizona from 2015 to 2017. Sensible Money, LLC is an independent SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations, with a focus on clients nearing or in retirement. The firm integrates ongoing financial planning and discretionary investment management, employing diversified portfolios and liability-driven investing to align with clients’ financial needs.

Nathan Faerber is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Martinsen Wealth Management. His prior roles include positions at Trajan Wealth, L.L.C., Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory, Inc., Charles Schwab, and Amerifirst Financial, Inc. He is also licensed as an insurance agent and engages in sales of various insurance products. Martinsen Wealth Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and related advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities. The firm offers a range of investment approaches and integrates insurance services through its licensed professionals.

Meghan Mulligan is a financial advisor at Tandem Wealth Advisors with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Tandem Wealth Advisors since 2011, as well as MGM Accounting PLLC from 2007 to 2024. Tandem Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through discretionary separate accounts and model management for third-party platforms. The firm combines top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up fundamental research to construct balanced, risk-managed portfolios focused on long-term growth and downside protection.

Eric Bird is a CFP® professional at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC in Sun City, AZ, with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Triton Wealth Management since 2019 and previously was employed at MCB Financial and the University of Oklahoma. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for about 853 clients, including individuals and pension plans. The firm combines asset-allocation and security-selection techniques to construct and monitor diversified portfolios using a variety of investment vehicles, offering comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning on a discretionary basis.

Matthew Hershey is a financial advisor at Sensible Money, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Blue Trust, Sundt, Grand Canyon University, Rural Electric, and Gilbert Christian Schools. Sensible Money, LLC is an independent SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual clients, particularly those nearing or in retirement. The firm offers financial planning and discretionary investment management through its Juicing® Plan and Juicing® PLUS services, utilizing liability-driven investing and diversified portfolios to align client cash flows with withdrawals.

Keri Alcos is a financial advisor with Strategic Income Group LLC in Chandler, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 21 years of industry experience. She is co-owner and manager of Lawson Insurance Group, an insurance firm specializing in Medicare products, which she operates alongside her father. Additionally, she is an owner and manager of Dynamoser, LLC, a media consulting business. Strategic Income Group LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and estate and tax strategy services to individuals, high-net-worth households, business owners, executives, and fiduciaries. The firm emphasizes tax-aware, income-oriented multi-asset investment strategies and manages private funds alongside third-party money managers.

Jay Penney is a financial advisor at Encompass More Asset Management LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding the CFP® and CFA® designations with 43 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at M.S. Howells & Co., Ashton Thomas Insurance Agency, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC, and Peachcap Securities, Inc. He is also the owner of Jay R. Penney, L.L.C., an S-Corporation related to his wealth management practice. Encompass More Asset Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-platform model services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs model-based strategies integrating proprietary and third-party sub-advisers across a range of investment options, managing approximately $985 million for about 4,000 clients.

John Broderick is a financial advisor with Retirement Planners of America in Chandler, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at MMWKM Advisors, LLC, Traffic, LLC, and Edward Jones. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent. Retirement Planners of America provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily through a wrap-fee investment program, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan participants. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and tactical rebalancing through model portfolios and employs a mathematically based long-term market signal while maintaining discretionary trading authority.

Matthew Dages is a financial advisor with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He is also the owner and founder of Bright Wealth Management, a finance and insurance business. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and offers tailored advice through confidential client profiles and a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary authority.

Alec Majtenyi is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with RMR Wealth Builders, Inc., where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at E*TRADE Capital Management LLC, E*TRADE Securities LLC, and The Vanguard Group, Inc. RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $2.9 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and institutional accounts, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and specialist advisory options including annuity management and digital asset programs.

Desirae Martinez is a Series 65 licensed advisor with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC in Phoenix, AZ, with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Foundations in 2023, she worked at Prince William Animal Hospital and San Juan Animal Hospital for a combined seven years. Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside model portfolios and asymmetric rebalancing, and offers services through a large network of affiliated offices and representatives.

Rodney Smith is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Dynamic. Prior to joining Dynamic in 2023, he spent eight years at Your Source Financial, P.L.C. In addition to his advisory work, Mr. Smith is co-founder and president of Helping Hands for Freedom, a nonprofit supporting military children of the fallen, wounded, and deployed, and he is active in charitable giving consulting and leadership development through his own consulting firm. Dynamic serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm emphasizes a long-term, client-specific portfolio approach and supports other advisers through technology, operational services, and sub-advisory arrangements.

Stefan Wolf is a financial advisor at Dynamic with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Ashton Thomas Private Wealth and as a self-employed advisor. Outside of finance, he owns and operates two vitamin businesses, Nutrix Vitamins and Electrolyte/Cloud 9 Vitamins, LLC. Dynamic serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, businesses, and unaffiliated registered investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and sub-advisory support, with a focus on a long-term, client-specific investment approach and notable emphasis on serving other advisers through technology and operational support.