Amber Nguyen is a CFP® professional at Merit Financial Advisors with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Merit Financial Advisors, she worked at Yeomans Consulting Group and Ronald Blue Trust. She has also held positions outside of financial services, including roles at Chick-fil-A and involvement with the University of Georgia and Georgia Military College. Merit Financial Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 260 advisors serving approximately 20,000 clients across 66 offices and managing about $23.9 billion in assets. The firm offers coordinated wealth-management services and employs a long-term, diversified investment approach supported by an internal Investment Management team and customizable model portfolios.

Joseph Soto is a financial advisor with Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at J.P. Morgan Securities, SunTrust Investment Services, and Kingsview Partners LLC. Kingsview Wealth Management serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and corporate entities by providing wealth management, financial planning, and asset management through a network of advisers and an internal portfolio group. The firm offers a range of services including retirement plan consulting and access to third-party managers and alternative investments.

Gareth Jones is a financial advisor at Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Rosefinch Investment Advisors, Brite Advisors USA, and deVere USA. Based in Atlanta, GA, he joined Beacon Global Advisor Network in 2026. Beacon Global Advisor Network serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts. The firm offers customized portfolio management using various investment vehicles and provides specialized pension-transfer services for U.K. expatriates.

Chad Williams is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC in Marietta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Invest Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he owns a venue that hosts weddings and social events. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goals-based financial advising approach supported by patented technology and behavioral economics, offering both passive and active investment strategies alongside comprehensive portfolio and retirement plan management.

Kristin Curcio is a financial advisor at Capital Investment Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2016. Capital Investment Advisors, LLC serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, integrated financial planning, and pension consulting services. The firm uses a centralized investment platform with standardized asset-allocation models and actively managed sleeves, supported by specialized in-house estate and tax planning resources.

Melissa Bunson is a financial advisor at BIP Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc., and Strategic Blueprint, LLC. In addition to her advisory role, she is employed as a Client Services Manager at Prehmus Financial Partners, where she handles client account processing and trading activities. BIP Wealth, LLC provides investment advisory and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $5.29 billion across about 3,100 client relationships using customized, diversified portfolios that combine low-cost mutual funds and ETFs with individual bonds, stocks, and options, and also offers private market investment opportunities to eligible clients.

Ashley Abate is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for nine years. Abate is based in Atlanta, GA. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including non-HNW and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of wealth management and consulting services, emphasizing both discretionary and non-discretionary engagement models and utilizing diverse investment strategies that include alternative and private market investments as well as digital assets.

Darragh Gallagher is a financial advisor with Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked previously with Financial Services Network Ltd, Skybound Wealth Management, Arlo Group, Expat Financial Services, Holborn Assets, and An Independent Mortgage Solution. Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts, focusing on customized portfolios that use a variety of managed models and investment vehicles. The firm is notable for its specialized pension-transfer services for U.K. nationals and operates as a network of independent advisory representatives offering layered service arrangements.

Keith Greenwald is a financial advisor with Aprio Wealth Management, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Aprio since 2014 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for 11 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as vice president and secretary of Bullseye Training Club, LLC, a firearms safety and training company. Aprio Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, technical analysis, and various trading strategies, offering continuous portfolio monitoring and coordinating referrals with an affiliated CPA firm.

Michael Rowe is a financial advisor at Howard Capital Management, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked previously at Absolute Capital Management and Northern Lights Distributors, LLC. Howard Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, retirement plan participants, and other investment advisers. The firm employs proprietary technical indicators to guide tactical investment strategies and offers a range of tools and services including participant-focused web programs, private wealth services, and management of mutual funds and ETFs.

David Cross is a CFP® professional with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Advisory Services Network since 2016. He previously worked at Calton & Associates, Inc. for one year. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent specializing in the sales and service of annuities, life, long-term care, and disability insurance. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing various securities and asset allocation strategies.

Barton Gadlage is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Synovus Securities, Inc. since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for Team Doctors Preferred Access, a family-founded concierge medical service. Synovus Securities, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth investors as well as institutional clients, offering a range of investment advisory and brokerage services including managed accounts and financial planning. The firm utilizes the Envestnet platform to provide portfolio management tailored to client risk tolerance and offers access to alternative investments and educational services for ERISA plans.

Peter Sereno is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining OpenArc in 2025, he worked at Bank of America and Merrill for over a decade. Sereno serves on a committee at St Monica’s Catholic Church in Duluth, Georgia, where he assists with directing expenditures alongside other members. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including non-HNW and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan services, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary models with a diverse investment toolkit and a strong focus on institutional retirement solutions and private markets.

Leslie Netter is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with 28 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Morgan Stanley. Aegis Capital Corp. provides investment advisory and financial services to individual and corporate clients, offering asset management, financial planning, brokerage, annuities, insurance, and occasional investment banking services. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA member broker-dealer, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

William Finnie is a financial advisor at Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC for 12 years and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. for one year. He is also the owner of a separate business under his name. Kingswood Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and institutional investors. The firm employs an open-architecture approach, offering tailored portfolio management, financial planning, third-party manager selection, and ERISA fiduciary plan advisory services.

Andrew Lubben is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Merit Financial Advisors since 2015. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion across a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment strategy utilizing model portfolios and customizable sleeves, supported by a centralized Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Jeffery Schade is a financial advisor with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, based in Atlanta, GA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 33 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Madison Avenue Securities in 2020, he worked at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and Summit Brokerage Services Inc. Schade teaches financial planning classes through the Heartland Institute of Financial Education and is involved in marketing educational classes under The Retirement Playbook Series. Madison Avenue Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual clients, charitable institutions, foundations, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.0 billion in assets and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through its network of investment adviser representatives.

Craig Anderson is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and LPL Financial. Anderson is also an independent insurance agent, providing insurance advice alongside his advisory services. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion with 144 advisors serving individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves, overseen by a central Investment Management team and an Investment Committee.

David Onuorah is a financial advisor with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 license and four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Outside of finance, he coaches basketball part-time and serves on the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Dekalb County. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans, providing wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan services. The firm utilizes a broad investment toolkit and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary engagement models, with particular strength in institutional retirement solutions and private markets.

James Lewis Jr. is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Capital Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013. He previously worked at Wela Strategies, Inc. from 2017 to 2025 and Wela Strategies, LLC from 2013 to 2017. Outside of his financial advisory role, he is a producer for Retire Southern Company, LLC, a lifestyle brand and media platform focused on Southern culture, including food, fishing, and music. Capital Investment Advisors, LLC serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services. The firm utilizes a centralized investment platform with customizable asset-allocation models and provides access to private investment solutions and specialized in-house planning resources.