Chase Abshier is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Arax in 2026, he worked at US Capital Wealth Advisors LLC for eight years. His background also includes roles at Texas A&M Aquatics and Texas A&M University. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager with over 200 advisors overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering a range of advisory and portfolio management services through a combination of internal management and third-party strategies.

Jose Torres is a financial advisor with Impact Partnership Wealth, LLC and holds a Series 65 credential. He has two years of industry experience and previously worked at Vivint Solar and Advanced Financial Strategies. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved with Bloom Financial LLC, where he sells life insurance and annuities, and he is a member of the Association of Financial Consultants, a nonprofit organization providing educational workshops. Impact Partnership Wealth offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm utilizes a combination of third-party strategists, adviser-managed models, and direct indexing with tactical overlays, operating primarily on a discretionary wrap-fee platform.

Michael Katrein is a financial advisor at Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Per Stirling since 2017. Prior to that, he worked at Retirement Consulting Services, Inc. from 2016 to 2018. Per Stirling Capital Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $1.39 billion for nearly 1,000 clients. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, and select institutions, offering discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. Its investment process combines fundamental, technical, cyclical, and statistical analysis to construct portfolios tailored to various objectives.

Grant Foster is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 39 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with ValMark Advisers, Inc. since 2021. His prior experience includes nine years at Lincoln Investment and over three decades at Capital Analysts, Incorporated. Foster is also president of Foster Financial Group, a business engaged in estate planning and insurance product recommendations. ValMark Advisers, Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional users through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm emphasizes diversified, goal-based model portfolios primarily implemented with mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, supported by proprietary platforms and a range of financial products.

Craig Adams is a financial advisor with HUB Investment Partners, LLC in Austin, TX. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 14 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Intrust Bank and LPL Financial. HUB Investment Partners serves a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors, offering portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and specialized services for banking and municipal clients. The firm employs a blend of active and passive investment strategies and provides services through platforms such as HUB Advisor Connect and FinPath.

Alp Atabek is a financial advisor with HUB Investment Partners, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network for 25 years and has been involved with AFS Financial Group, LLC and his own entity, Alp A. Atabek, LLC, for over a decade. Outside of advisory work, he is a part owner of MoneyNav, LLC, a company that develops software for retirement plan sponsors and participants. HUB Investment Partners provides investment management and retirement and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, institutions, and municipal entities. The firm combines internally managed model portfolios with customized allocations and uses technical and cyclical analysis to align investments with client objectives and risk tolerances, offering a range of portfolio management and advisory solutions.

Clifford Mctee III is a CFP® professional with 40 years of experience in financial advisory roles. He currently serves at Arax Advisory Partners and has held previous positions at U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC and USCA Securities LLC. Outside of financial advising, he is a general contractor and owner of Ford Build LLC and serves as an arbitrator for FINRA. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager with over 200 advisors overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, employing both internal and external asset management strategies.

Davis Blake is a financial advisor at Stephens with four years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. His prior experience includes roles at Plains Capital Bank and several academic institutions. Stephens provides investment advisory and wealth management services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, pension plans, foundations, and corporations, utilizing both bottom-up security selection and top-down fixed-income duration management across multiple sponsored programs and investment committees.

Donald Mouton is a financial advisor with Kovack Advisors, Inc. in Round Rock, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Kovack Advisors and its affiliated firm Kovack Securities since 2013. Mouton is also president and CEO of Mouton Wealth Management, where he manages client assets. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and banking institutions through a nationwide network. The firm focuses on diversified asset-class exposure using mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities, while offering discretionary and non-discretionary management, financial planning, and third-party asset manager recommendations.

Kelly Cooper is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience, currently with Arax Advisory Partners since 2026. He previously worked at U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of his advisory role, Cooper provides fixed insurance solutions to clients as an agent. Arax Advisory Partners is an SEC-registered, multi-team wealth manager serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm utilizes a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset-allocation strategies, and is noted for its use of performance-based fee arrangements and carried-interest structures.

Sajal Mutter is a financial advisor at Waterloo Capital in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including roles as a Junior Investment Analyst at both Waterloo Capital and Intelligent Wealth Solutions. Prior to his advisory career, he worked in various positions across different industries. Waterloo Capital is a multi-team SEC-registered adviser serving entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities with a minimum account size of $1 million. The firm manages approximately $2.26 billion across 2,600 clients, offering customized portfolios, comprehensive financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers using a primarily long-term, fundamental investment approach.

Dustin Courts is a financial advisor with Brighton Jones LLC based in Austin, TX. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 10 years of industry experience, including five years at Kestra Financial, Inc. prior to joining Brighton Jones in 2018. Brighton Jones offers wealth management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, and family-office clients through multiple operating brands. The firm employs a whole-balance-sheet approach and provides discretionary portfolio management alongside services such as tax preparation, real estate consulting, and family office administrative support.

Blake Mctee is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked with USCA Securities LLC, U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. In addition to his advisory roles, he serves as a flight commander with the Texas Air National Guard. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in assets with a team of over 200 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management services that combine internal management with third-party models and tailored asset allocation.

Jeffrey Sharp is a CFP® and ChFC® with 40 years of industry experience. He is currently a wealth advisor at HUB Investment Partners, LLC in Austin, TX, having previously worked at several affiliated entities within the HUB network, including Hub International Investment Services, Inc. and Hub Investment Advisors, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a family farming business, leasing farmland to tenants. HUB Investment Partners serves a diverse range of institutional and individual clients, utilizing a blend of active and passive investment strategies across multiple asset types. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and specialized services for banking and municipal clients, supported by both proprietary and affiliated resources.

Michael French is a financial advisor at Financial Gravity Family Office Services, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at 49 Wealth Management, Thrivent Advisor Network, and AssetBuilder. Financial Gravity Family Office Services, LLC offers tailored financial planning, investment management, pension consulting, and educational seminars to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios across various securities and frequently employs third-party sub-advisors and model portfolios.

Ransom Adams is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and currently serves as an advisor at Arax Advisory Partners. He previously worked at U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC, and held multiple roles at USAA from 2009 to 2018. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Adams sells fixed insurance approximately 10 hours per month. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team SEC-registered wealth manager with over 200 advisors overseeing roughly $26.5 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, offering a range of financial planning and portfolio management services that integrate internal management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation.

Noe Lopez is a financial advisor at Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Merrill, Bank of America, JPMorgan Securities, and First Command Advisory Services. Per Stirling Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and select business entities. The firm manages approximately $1.566 billion in assets for about 1,074 clients, using a team-based approach and proprietary model portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Robert Huddleston is a financial advisor at HUB Investment Partners, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise, Morgan Stanley, and E*TRADE Capital Management. HUB Investment Partners serves a diverse client base including institutional and individual investors such as corporate pension plans, state and municipal retirement plans, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies and offers a range of services including portfolio management, retirement planning, and specialized consulting for banking and municipal clients.

Dennis Bielik is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with HUB Investment Partners, LLC and has prior experience at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and its related entities. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer for Creative Action, a nonprofit organization supporting after-school programs in New York. HUB Investment Partners serves a diverse client base including institutional, municipal, and individual investors. The firm employs a combination of active and passive investment strategies across multiple asset types and offers specialized services tailored to banking and municipal clients.

Deanna Austin is a CFP® professional with two years of experience at Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC. She previously worked at Ark Financial and held a position at Texas Tech University. Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and select business entities. The firm manages approximately $1.566 billion across about 1,074 clients, utilizing a team-based approach and proprietary model portfolios.