John Dillon is a financial advisor at Vestor Capital, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Uhlmann Price Securities since 2012 and Uhlmann Investment Management L.L.C. from 2017 to 2020. Vestor Capital provides investment and wealth management, portfolio management, and financial planning services to individuals, not-for-profit organizations, foundations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a centralized Investment Committee that uses internal fundamental research to implement diversified strategies across various asset classes and offers co-advisory programs, sub-advised fixed-income strategies, and standalone financial planning services.

Marisa Marshall is a CFP® professional at Capstone Financial Advisors Inc with six years of experience in the financial services industry. Her prior roles include positions at The Mather Group, Baroncini, Shorts, and Morton Private Wealth. Capstone Financial Advisors serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and supplementary services such as tax preparation and access to private fund investments. The firm emphasizes asset-class allocation, cost control, and tax positioning, managing approximately $2.44 billion in client assets across a multi-advisor team.

Hally Dunn is a financial advisor at 4 Wealth Advisors, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for 10 years prior to her current role. Outside of advisory services, she is involved with 4Wealth Insurance Group, helping clients with life, disability, and long-term care insurance. 4 Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers customized portfolio management and employs a range of analytical methods, with affiliations that create integrated service pathways uncommon among peers.

Samuel Gerry is a financial advisor at Goldstone Financial Group, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at ALPS Distributors, Inc., Performance Trust Asset Management, and Guggenheim Partners. Prior to his financial career, he was involved with Indiana Wesleyan University and Parkview Kids Camp. Goldstone Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.05 billion across individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to sub-advisers and third-party model portfolios, utilizing a range of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and alternatives.

Alan Krause is a financial advisor at Clearwater Capital Partners with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Clearwater Capital Partners since 2008. Krause also serves as Chief Operations Officer at Shodeen Group, a real estate development company, and is a director at Porte Brown, a certified public accounting firm. Clearwater Capital Partners advises high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional clients, providing services including private wealth management, institutional advisory, and retirement plan strategies. The firm manages portfolios based on written Investment Policy Statements and employs a range of analytical approaches, with access to alternative investments and private placements.

Priyadarshan Pradhan is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Unique Wealth Strategies in Burr Ridge, Illinois, bringing four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Kingswood Capital Partners and several other financial firms since 2018. Unique Wealth Strategies serves individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable clients with asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services. The firm sponsors its own wrap-fee program and employs a range of investment approaches, including the use of derivatives and leverage, while also facilitating access to alternative managers.

James Chapman is a financial advisor at Clearwater Capital Partners with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Clearwater in various capacities since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in the sale of life and long-term care insurance as part of a comprehensive financial plan. Clearwater Capital Partners provides family office services, private wealth management, institutional advisory, and retirement plan advising. The firm serves individual, high-net-worth, and several institutional clients, employing a range of investment strategies including asset allocation, fundamental and quantitative analysis, options strategies, and thematic exploration.

Jeremy Reiland is a financial advisor at Vantage Point Financial, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Prosperity Capital Advisors and The Chamberlin Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent with Reiland Financial Group, offering life and health insurance products and Medicare planning. Vantage Point Financial serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and business owners by providing investment management, financial planning, and wealth consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary, customized approach focused on long-term portfolio construction using low-cost funds and ETFs, with flexibility to include alternative investments and tax-sensitive strategies.

Matthew Carey is a financial advisor at Keebeck Wealth Management in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. He has been with Keebeck since 2018 and previously worked at CME Group and UIC John Marshall Law School. Keebeck Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, retirement plans, and corporate clients, overseeing approximately $2.03 billion across 147 client relationships. The firm employs third-party managers and a TAMP platform with Dynasty Financial Partners, utilizing a range of investment strategies including technical and fundamental analysis, derivatives, and digital-asset exposures.

Gavin Doyle is a financial advisor at Centric Wealth Management, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Centric Wealth Management, he worked in the hospitality and retail sectors, including positions at Old Goat Tavern and Blain's Farm and Fleet. Centric Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, utilizing proprietary model strategies and a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis.

Michael Walschot is a financial advisor at Total Clarity Wealth Management, Inc. in Naperville, IL, holding a Series 66 designation with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial and CETERA Advisor Networks, and served as an adjunct and accounting instructor for 14 years. In addition to his advisory role, he has involvement with tax preparation and accounting services. Total Clarity Wealth Management provides wealth management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and employer 401(k) plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and customized asset allocations, utilizing a variety of investment vehicles and third-party managed programs, with an emphasis on regular account monitoring and specialized strategies for sophisticated investors.

Robert Wootton is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Capstone Financial Advisors Inc in Downers Grove, Illinois. His work history includes roles at USAA Financial Advisors, Inc and USAA Financial Planning Services, spanning over a decade prior to his current position. Capstone Financial Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm’s investment approach focuses on asset-class allocation, cost control, and tax efficiency, using a diversified mix of investment vehicles and a multi-year outlook, while also offering in-house tax preparation and pension plan consulting.

Sean Lyman is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry, currently serving as an advisor at Sequoia Wealth Management, LLC since 2016. He previously worked at JMC Wealth Management, Inc. and has been associated with LPL Financial since 2013. Lyman is also a commissioned notary public in the state of Illinois. Sequoia Wealth Management advises individuals, trusts, corporations, and employer retirement plans, offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm combines a hybrid investment approach with continuous account supervision, utilizing model portfolios, third-party strategists, and algorithm-based solutions to tailor client portfolios.

Michael Dillon is a financial advisor with Uhlmann Investment Management, L.L.C. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 36 years of experience in the industry. His career includes roles at Uhlmann Price Securities since 2011, Wells Fargo Advisors since 2009, and David A. Noyes & Company since 1994. Uhlmann Investment Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individual, institutional, and trust clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis and long-term asset allocation, offering a mix of stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and alternatives tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Neha Howery is a CFP® and CFA® at Studio Investment Management in Chicago, with 11 years of industry experience. She has been with Studio Investment Management since 2011. Studio Investment Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and investment consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, partnerships, retirement plans, and certain government entities. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis, price sensitivity, and a long-term mindset, managing portfolios with individual stocks and bonds, ETFs/ETNs, mutual funds, and options while incorporating cost awareness across fees and taxes.

Elizabeth Richardson is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. She is the owner of Blüte Financial Coaching in Chicago, IL, where she has worked since 2021. Prior to founding her firm, Richardson was affiliated with Trinity Financial Advisors, LLC and Origin Financial. In addition to her advisory work, she owns TempCPA, Inc., a tax consulting business. Blüte Financial Coaching provides fee-only financial planning and coaching services to individuals and families, focusing on households at earlier stages of wealth accumulation without minimum asset requirements. The firm uses evidence-supported investment strategies, favoring passive management with selective active management, and delivers services in a coaching format on a non-discretionary basis.

Lauren Genuardi is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and is currently with Expressive Wealth LLC, where she has worked since 2024. Her prior experience includes positions at Telemus Capital, LLC and Barrington Strategic Wealth Management Group LLC. She is also an independent insurance agent. Expressive Wealth LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans, providing discretionary asset management, ERISA 3(38) plan services, modular financial planning, and consultation. The firm uses a multi-strategy investment approach tailored to client goals and is notable for its ERISA fiduciary services and management of defined-contribution participant accounts through aggregation platforms.

Virgil Rutili is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Merrill Lynch for 19 years before joining Centric Wealth Management, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments in 2018. Rutili also serves as executor of an estate, assisting with probate liquidation and distribution. Centric Wealth Management, LLC is a team-based advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $725.6 million across customized portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis aligned with clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

John Hillman is a CFP® and ChFC® with 41 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Fiduciary Financial Partners, LLC since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee managing investments for a family trust. Fiduciary Financial Partners serves individuals, including high-net-worth households, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a team-based approach, managing approximately $293 million in assets across five offices.

Jacob Clark is a financial advisor at Clearwater Capital Partners with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Tesla Inc and Federated Bank. Clearwater Capital Partners provides family office services, private wealth management, institutional advisory, and retirement plan advising. The firm serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, employing a range of investment strategies including asset allocation, fundamental and quantitative analysis, and options strategies.