Namrata Shah is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. Her prior experience includes 12 years at TIAA-CREF and a brief period at Frontier Investment Management Co. before joining Hightower in 2020. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions through a combination of affiliated and third-party managers, offering a broad range of portfolio management and consulting services.

Roger Meadors is a CFP® professional at Hightower Advisors with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Smith Anglin Financial, LLC, LPL Financial, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc. He is based in Dallas, TX. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering investment advisory and planning services through a network of Advisor Practices. The firm emphasizes multi-manager solutions incorporating affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments.

Gregory Mykytyn is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe Advisors in 2025, he worked for Commerce Street Investment Management and Commerce Street Capital LLC from 2016 to 2025. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Todd Laluzerne is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. based in Dallas, TX, with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Amerivest Investment Management LLC, TD AMERITRADE Inc., Rockgate Financial Partners, and Royal Alliance. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm’s investment approach is grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and a variety of implementation options such as ETFs, mutual funds, and separate accounts.

Nicole Mosley is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Dallas, TX. Her prior experience includes seven years at Marc Hill, CPA, before joining Mercer in 2018. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory approach with globally diversified portfolios, using low-cost index vehicles and multi-factor tilts, and offers various implementation options alongside financial and retirement planning, tax support, and estate-planning coordination.

Jonathan Keen is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience, currently with Fifth Third Securities, Inc. in Dallas, TX. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise and Comerica Securities. Fifth Third Securities serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities through both investment advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers multiple program types on its Passageway platform, providing access to mutual fund, ETF, SMA strategies, and direct indexing options.

Samantha Hoover is a CFP® professional with experience at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2024 and prior roles including positions at AGIS Network and Northwestern Mutual. She is based in Dallas, TX. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, providing investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other strategies.

Erick Dahl is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Smith Anglin Financial, LLC and Mulvihill Asset Management, LLC prior to joining Hightower Advisors in 2025. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s advisory model focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

Ted Snow is a Certified Financial Planner® with 39 years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at Kestra Advisory since 2016. He also leads Snow Financial Group, which he founded in 2006. Outside of his advisory work, Snow is co-owner of Snow Educational Resources Associates, LLC, which provides biblically based learning materials internationally, and he is an author. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients. The firm provides fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients that include large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Haiyu Qi is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 15 years of industry experience. Qi has worked with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also engaged with Legacy Shield, Community Health Choice, and BlueCross BlueShield in various roles related to health insurance and estate planning. Outside of financial advising, Qi has experience as a referral agent focusing on estate planning. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a wide range of clients including individual investors, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment models, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Pepe Perea is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 14 years of industry experience. He worked at TIAA and TIAA-CREF for ten years before joining Empower Financial Services and Empower Advisory Group. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as a member of COLLAB BUILDERS LLC, a business focused on buying and flipping homes. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. Its services are integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and include point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Kristopher Cawthon is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and J.P. Morgan Securities for 11 years. Mr. Cawthon founded Fortis Wealth Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor based in Dallas, where he is involved in operations, finance, and investment management. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of services, including portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and offers multiple program structures that combine in-house and third-party manager strategies with technology-supported tools.

Bradley Livingstone is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Independent Financial Group since 2020. Prior to that, he was with Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC from 2016 to 2020. Independent Financial Group is a large, integrated advisory and brokerage firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm offers investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan services through a mix of in-house and third-party managed portfolios, operating with approximately $12.9 billion in regulatory assets under management.

James Justus is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Dallas, TX. His prior roles include positions at INDESOVI de PR and Objective Planning, LLC. He is involved as a general partner and co-owner in a real estate investment company, The Madison Project, LLC. Mercer Global Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, families, small business owners, and non-profits, providing investment advisory and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach utilizing low-cost ETFs, index funds, and specialized portfolios, alongside various advisory and client education offerings.

Benjamin Holden is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. He also works as an aeronautical engineer at Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Jeanette Hilton is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 18 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Integrated Trust Systems, WealthWave, and Fannie Mae, among others. Hilton is also involved in several entrepreneurial ventures, including ownership of a publishing business producing books for royalty income and participation in an oil and gas royalty enterprise. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a variety of advisory and broker-dealer services, featuring proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Richard Sowden Jr. is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Hightower Advisors since 2020 and previously worked at Frontier Investment Management Co. for 23 years. Based in Dallas, TX, his career spans a combination of advisory and investment management roles. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions through both affiliated and third-party managers, delivering services that include discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and specialized strategies such as tax-managed investments and international exposure.

Shawn Foster is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 35 years of industry experience. He has worked with multiple firms including Foster Financial Group, Canvas Financial, and Ameritas Investment Corp. He is also the owner of Shawn Foster Financial Group, LLC. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers fee-based asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and fiduciary services, utilizing model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and custom strategies.

Christopher Lott is a CFP® with 36 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2025. He has a longstanding career including roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Smith Anglin Financial, and Heritage Financial dating back to 1993. Outside of advising, he is the managing member of ALP Air, LLC, a holding company that owns an aircraft. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a range of investment vehicles.

Burt Snover is a ChFC® with 37 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Integrity Alliance, LLC. He has held roles at Brokers International Financial Services, Fund Architects, and Foresight Financial Group. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president of Comp Edge Financial, a wholesaling and insurance marketing firm. Integrity Alliance is a large advisor network serving individual investors, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing discretionary accounts, model portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers.