John Stull is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He is currently with Parallel Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2023. His prior roles include positions at Autus Asset Management, LLC, Capital Insight Partners, LLC, Foothills Asset Management Ltd, and L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP. 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 utilizes a range of investment strategies across asset classes, integrates held-away account management technology, and offers an affiliated trust company for fiduciary services.

Stewart Preziose is a financial advisor at Ashton Thomas Private Wealth with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at SVB Wealth LLC, Kayne Anderson Rudnick, Avensby LLC, and Chequers Financial Management. He serves as Treasurer of the Rockwell Owners Association, a homeowners association. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth offers investment advisory and wealth-management services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, family offices, and institutional accounts. The firm employs a platform model with access to third-party managers through its Amplify Platform and utilizes diverse strategies across mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and specialist products.

Nathan Hines is a financial advisor at Impact Partnership Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Geneva Trading and Integrity Marketing Group. Outside of Impact Partnership Wealth, he serves as Chief Investment Officer at High Point Retirement, focusing on fixed indexed annuities and life insurance as part of retirement planning. Impact Partnership Wealth provides investment management, model-portfolio implementation, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm combines third-party strategists, adviser-managed models, and direct indexing with tactical asset allocation and overlays, using a third-party platform for trading and compliance functions.

Matthew Hansen is a financial advisor at Dynamic with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Yellowstone Partners, LLC. Outside of advisory activities, Mr. Hansen is an Independent Insurance Agent and sells insurance and annuity products. Dynamic serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a long-term, client-specific portfolio construction process and provides a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, and practice support for other advisers.

Michael Prior is a financial advisor with PFG Advisors in Peoria, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including LPL Financial, Securities America, Inc., and United Planners. Prior is also the co-founder and CEO of RIA Partners Group, a shared services firm that helps RIA owners collaborate and reduce expenses. PFG Advisors offers fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and corporate clients. The firm employs a combination of top-down macroeconomic allocation and fundamental/technical analysis, primarily using index-based ETFs with periodic rebalancing, and operates a distributed network of approximately 104 advisors across multiple offices.

Bradley Allan is a financial advisor with Compass Financial Management LLC in Phoenix, AZ. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Compass in 2025, he worked at The Allan Agency and Family First Life. Compass Financial Management LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, providing discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, and participant education. The firm manages approximately $894 million and employs a range of analysis techniques and both internally managed and third-party investment strategies.

Jason Tolzman is a financial advisor with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. based in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds the Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Geneos, he worked at Schooner Financial Associates. Outside of his advisory role, Tolzman is an independent representative for fixed insurance sales with various carriers. Geneos Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment advisory, and brokerage services, utilizing a range of analytic approaches and investment strategies tailored to client needs.

Marty Block is a financial advisor with Verus Capital Partners, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Verus Capital Partners since 2013 and LPL Financial since 2020, with prior experience at Securities America Inc. Block provides investment advisory services through Verus Capital Partners and its affiliated entities. Verus Capital Partners is a fee-based investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and estates. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Marc Brock is a financial advisor at Diversify Wealth Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and has previously worked at Thrivent Advisor Network LLC and Your Source Financial, P.L.C. since 2010. Diversify Wealth Management provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, retirement plans, trusts, and institutions. The firm employs a tactically diversified investment approach across multiple platforms, combining discretionary and non-discretionary management aligned with clients’ objectives.

Rick Jones Sr. is a financial advisor at Trek Financial in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Trek Financial since 2016 and previously worked at World Equity Group. Jones is also a licensed life and health insurance agent. Trek Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary and non-fiduciary services. The firm combines strategic and tactical portfolio construction with rules-based, evidence-based, fundamental, and technical analysis, utilizing artificial-intelligence tools under governance and human review. It provides a wide range of model strategies and alternative investment options, including direct indexing with tax-loss harvesting, options-based overlays, concentrated-stock hedging, and access to alternative-investment platforms.

Austin Witherill is a financial advisor with Parallel Advisors, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Scottsdale Unified School District, Autus Asset Management, Waste Management, and Arizona State University. 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 diversified investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and integrates technology platforms for tax-efficient rebalancing and held-away account management.

Natasha Marakowski is a financial advisor with KCD Financial, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has nine years of industry experience. Prior to joining her current firm, she served in the US Air Force from 2015 to 2017. KCD Financial, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with 38 advisors managing approximately $202 million in assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment strategies and third-party management programs.

Nancy Bullock Swanson is a financial advisor with Independent Wealth Network, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Brokers International Financial Services, LLC and Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp. Swanson is also president of Preferred Wealth Management and involved in life and health insurance sales through multiple entities. Independent Wealth Network, Inc. provides wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of portfolio strategies and oversight tools, serving clients including high-net-worth individuals with approximately $518 million in assets under management.

Chad Blanton is a financial advisor with Simplicity Wealth in Phoenix, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has been a partner at Simplicity Group since 2017 and Guardian Wealth Management since 2021. Outside of financial services, he is a co-founder of Trademark Apparel, an apparel company based in Scottsdale, AZ. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds approach utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities when appropriate, alongside model portfolios monitored and rebalanced regularly, and offers technology and operational support to other advisers through its TAMP platform.

Caleb Jelcick is a financial advisor with McAdam LLC in Phoenix, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. Before joining McAdam in 2021, he worked in various roles across multiple industries, including hospitality and retail. McAdam LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages portfolios using fundamental analysis and incorporates a range of investment strategies, including less liquid assets and cryptocurrency exposure.

Timothy Van Houten is a financial advisor at Triad Wealth Partners, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Life Planning Advisors LLC, J.W. Cole Advisors, and Global Financial Private Capital. He is also president of Sonoran Wealth Systems, a fixed insurance business he has led since 2005. Triad Wealth Partners serves individual and institutional clients through a network of independent advisers and a Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP). The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, access to third-party managers, model portfolios, and consulting services, combining an IAR network with outsourced asset management and advisory solutions.

Michael Wong is a CFA® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Ashton Thomas Private Wealth and Ashton Thomas Securities, having previously worked at M. S. Howells & Co and Wells Fargo Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as co-trustee of a deceased friend’s education trust for the benefit of the friend’s children. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement-plan fiduciary consulting, employing a range of investment strategies and operating the Amplify Platform for back-office support and access to program managers.

Nathaniel Barton is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several firms, including Brownstone Financial and Guardian Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a Senior Planning Advisor with Simplicity Group, focusing on case illustration and product support. Simplicity Wealth provides advisory services to individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional clients, and other financial firms. The firm uses a fund-of-funds investment approach with ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering model portfolios that are monitored and rebalanced regularly, as well as technology and operational solutions for other advisers.

Shane Tschida is a financial advisor with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and one year of industry experience. He has a background in real estate, working with Zendoor as a real estate agent on an as-needed basis. He is also licensed as an insurance agent specializing in life, health, and annuities. 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 partners with platforms like Envestnet and Pershing and operates alongside broker-dealer and insurance distribution businesses within the Mutual of Omaha group.

John Chichester Jr. is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 24 years of industry experience. He is currently with Maridea Wealth Management in Phoenix, AZ, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to this, he held roles at LPL Financial, Dynamic Wealth Advisors, Cetera, Trustbank Wealth Management, and First Allied. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University and operates a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation and accounting. Maridea Wealth Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, managing approximately $1.97 billion in assets through a 33-advisor team. The firm constructs diversified, tax-aware portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, incorporates individual securities or sub-advisers when appropriate, and applies a primarily long-term investment approach supplemented by AI tools and coordination across affiliated tax and insurance entities.