Drew Sparks is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council in Irving, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisor Resource Council and LPL Financial since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an insurance agent with Insurance Designers of Dallas. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes actively managed strategies that integrate artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis across various portfolio types, including equities, fixed income, and alternatives.

Brandon Fresard is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including USAA Financial Planning Services and LPL Financial, and currently provides investment advisory services at Advisor Resource Council and Foundation Wealth Partners. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises, offering comprehensive asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs actively managed strategies that integrate artificial intelligence tools with traditional fundamental analysis across various asset classes.

Jason Bednarz is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. based in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Prospera Financial Services since 2009 and previously held positions at RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley DW Inc. from 1997 to 2009. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to various advisory programs and platforms.

Brandon Ross is a financial advisor with Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, Girard Securities, Cetera Advisor Networks, and LPL Financial. He is also co-owner of JBBR Ventures, a real estate organization based in Dallas. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans across a range of net worth levels. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and wealth and investment management services, employing tailored investment programs with ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers.

Kyler Smith is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at SageSpring Wealth Partners and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services, Edward Jones, and The Capital Chart Room. SageSpring Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base that includes individual households and various institutional clients such as retirement plans, banks, and state and municipal governments. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting, with portfolios tailored to client objectives and a mix of investment strategies including individual securities, ETFs, alternatives, and direct indexing.

Ryan Mc Weeney is a financial advisor at Parallel Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He joined Parallel Advisors in 2022 after working at Fidelity Investments from 2020 to 2022. Prior to his financial services career, Mc Weeney had roles in retail and corporate settings, including at Ward's Berry Farm and State Street Corporation. Parallel Advisors serves individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies across multiple asset classes and integrates technology platforms to manage tax-efficient rebalancing and held-away accounts.

Robert Barton is a financial advisor with Momentum Independent Network Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 38 years of industry experience. Since 2013, he has been associated with SWS Financial Services. Momentum Independent Network serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, charitable, corporate, institutional, and banking/thrift clients, offering advisory and brokerage services. The firm utilizes a platform model with third-party managers and Envestnet for investment advice and account management, and is notable for its integration with Hilltop affiliates in municipal bond strategies and cash management programs.

James Turco is a financial advisor with Thurston Springer Advisors in Flower Mound, TX, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Bank, with earlier work at North Pier Fiduciary Management and Lockton Investment Advisors. Thurston Springer Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, foundations, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and fiduciary services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including both buy-and-hold and active models, and works with institutional clients while integrating affiliated broker-dealer and insurance services.

Adam Farris is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at True North Advisors, LLC since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Based in Dallas, TX, he holds the Series 66 designation in addition to his CFP® credential. True North Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and other institutions with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, bottom-up investment approach with a focus on value-oriented strategies and manages a series of private pooled investment vehicles under the Western Alternative Strategies L.P. umbrella.

Peter Kane is a financial advisor with Csenge Advisory Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Lion Street Financial and Peak Value Advisors, where he provided fractional CFO and business consulting services. Outside of advisory work, he serves as financial officer and minority owner of SmartLab Partners, LLC, a clinical laboratory serving skilled nursing facilities. Csenge Advisory Group serves charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, and individual clients, including high-net-worth families. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and corporate retirement plan consulting through a disciplined investment process that combines fundamental and technical analysis with a relative-strength methodology.

David Brown is a CFP® and ChFC® with 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Advisor Resource Council, having joined in 2024, and previously worked at WCG Wealth Advisors and LPL Financial. Brown is also the owner and CEO of Encore Wealth Management, an estate planning and insurance business. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises with asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs actively managed strategies combining artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis across various asset classes, offering both discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management options.

Michael Lowsley is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council in Dallas, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Amundi Distributor US, Inc., Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., and Allianz Global Investors. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises through asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers. The firm employs AI-driven model portfolios combined with traditional fundamental analysis and offers tailored investment strategies across various account tiers.

Justin Davis is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience currently serving at Grimes & Company. He has worked at Grimes & Company since 2019 and previously held roles at J.P. Morgan Securities and TD Ameritrade. Grimes & Company provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, including trusts, pension plans, and government entities. The firm uses customized investment strategies supported by proprietary research, allocating across mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and independent managers.

John Crook is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, Morgan Keegan & Company, LLC, and Citigroup Global Markets. He serves as a board member of the Georgia Industrial Children's Home Foundation and is involved in several business ventures, including a land clearing business started with his son. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors overseeing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory programs and platforms.

Meghan Gray is a financial advisor at Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including New York Life Insurance Company and Hornor, Townsend & Kent LLC. Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory services to individuals, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, offering financial planning, managed account programs, and retirement plan consulting. The firm primarily uses a platform relationship with Envestnet and custodial services from Pershing, delivering managed solutions through approved model portfolios and third-party managers.

Steven Gundy is a financial advisor with BFC Planning, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with BFC Planning and Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, Gundy serves as a director and loan committee member at United Texas Bank, is involved with a bed and breakfast ranch as a partner and operator, and participates on the advisory boards of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies and the Anti-Defamation League Texoma. BFC Planning, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, banks, and pension plans through a network of approximately 200 investment adviser representatives. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and access to various sub-advisory and institutional platforms, with investment strategies that primarily utilize stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Brick Parsons is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes eight years at Edward D Jones and concurrent roles at LPL Financial since 2017. Outside of advisory services, he owns a small business focused on purchasing, repairing, and reselling electronic equipment. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs actively managed strategies that combine artificial intelligence tools with traditional fundamental analysis across various asset classes and provides both discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management.

Amanda Perry is a financial advisor with Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cain, Watters & Associates in 2021, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2018 to 2021. Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC provides financial planning, retirement planning, and investment management services primarily to individuals, trustees, and plan sponsors, with a focus on dental healthcare professionals. The firm utilizes both discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple platforms and offers specialized services related to practice transition and dental service organizations.

David Mc Clanahan is a financial advisor with BOK Financial Securities, Inc. in Plano, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 29 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Citigroup, Wells Fargo Advisors, and Bancwest Investment Services. BOK Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and institutional entities such as municipalities and government agencies. The firm offers non-discretionary, fee-based investment management through its Guided Portfolio Solutions program, combining advisor contact with firm-provided investment research and asset allocation.

Noah Fess is a financial advisor at KCD Financial, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with KCD Financial since 2016. KCD Financial, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser and introducing broker-dealer serving individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of investment strategies and uses third-party platforms and managers as part of its implementation approach.