Byron Anderson II is a financial advisor at Laffer Tengler Investments, Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Mutual Securities, Inc., Mutual Advisors, LLC, and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory roles, he has been involved with Emerald Water Anglers. Laffer Tengler Investments provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, model delivery, and wrap-fee program management for individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and specialty clients. The firm combines quantitative modeling and macroeconomic forecasting with fundamental security analysis to manage a range of investment strategies across multiple asset classes.

Bradley Haines is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with Juncture Wealth Strategies, LLC, where he has worked since 2015, following a one-year tenure at Heritage Wealth Management, LLC. Juncture Wealth Strategies serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm uses a combination of behavioral, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios and employs strategies including options and derivatives within managed accounts.

David Mowad is a financial advisor with Balboa Wealth Partners, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked for First Financial Equity Corporation for 22 years before joining Balboa Wealth Partners in 2021. Balboa Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs alongside individual securities, and it offers both discretionary and non-discretionary mandates with a team structure.

Juan Sera is a financial advisor at Sera Capital Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Verizon for 20 years and was retired for one year. He holds the Series 65 designation. Sera Capital Management serves individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients, through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and targeted investment consulting. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with a buy-and-hold approach and offers specialized consulting involving illiquid strategies such as interval funds and private placements.

Barrett Geist is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience at Ironwood Investment Counsel, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, he has focused his career within this multi-advisor firm. Ironwood Investment Counsel manages approximately $1.5 billion for around 527 clients through a team of 14 advisors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial, estate, insurance, and retirement plan consulting, employing a fundamental analysis-based investment approach across various asset classes and strategies.

Christopher Schaefer is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP since 2005. L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP provides customized investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, foundations, corporations, and other entities. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, growth-oriented approach focused on domestic equities, investment-grade fixed income, ETFs, and mutual funds, and manages approximately $1.5 billion in client assets through a multi-advisor team structure.

Carly Denial is a financial advisor with ARQ Wealth Advisors, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining ARQ Wealth Advisors in 2025, she worked at The Vanguard Group, Inc. for five years and held positions at The Oakmont and The Mayor. ARQ Wealth Advisors serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, providing fee-only asset management and financial planning. The firm employs a blend of asset-allocation frameworks, fundamental and technical analysis, and incorporates derivatives and alternative investments as part of its portfolio construction.

Charles Womack is a financial advisor at Womack Wealth Management, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Womack Wealth Management since 2012. Womack Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, and institutional consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth families, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, utilizing strategic asset allocation across various asset classes and offering family-office style wealth management and outsourced portfolio services to other advisors.

Makayla Allen is a financial advisor at Sensible Money, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Sensible Money, she worked in various roles including at RA Sushi and New Beginning Homes. Sensible Money is an independent SEC-registered investment adviser serving individual clients, trusts and estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, with a focus on those nearing or in retirement. The firm offers integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management, employing diversified portfolios and liability-driven investing strategies.

Michael Goyarts is a financial advisor with CS Planning Corp, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 25 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at GuidePoint Private Wealth Management, Life Events Wealth Management LLC, and United Planners' Financial Services. Outside of advisory work, he owns a consulting business specializing in estate planning services. CS Planning Corp, operating as Vertical Ascent Wealth Management, serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-advisor model to provide investment supervisory, portfolio management, consulting, and financial planning services, utilizing broadly diversified portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance and goals.

Donald Peppler is a financial advisor with Windsor Capital Management, LLC in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Windsor Capital Management and Peppler Capital Advisors, Inc. since 2008. Windsor Capital Management provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to implement customized portfolios and offers model portfolios that include fixed income, ETFs, closed-end funds, and proprietary stock models, along with sub-advisory and co-advisory services for other registered investment advisers.

Aspen West is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Forefront and previously held roles at The Vanguard Group and Edward Jones, among others. Outside of advising, he serves as CFO and Director of Operations for Leak Science, LLC, a non-investment-related company based in Phoenix, AZ. Forefront Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser that offers discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and estate-planning coordination to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm develops customized investment policies and asset-allocation targets and provides planning services that include business, succession, divorce, special-needs, and tax considerations.

James Blakely is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include leadership positions at Neighborhood Loans and multiple entities under the Planning Grounds and Blakely Walters names, where he has been involved since 2009. Outside of advising, he has ongoing involvement with Blakely Walters Insurance and various business ventures related to wealth and tax management. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, charities, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a wide range of investment delivery options supported by an in-house research team and combines large-scale advisory operations with insurance and credit product offerings.

Brian Smalley is a financial advisor at Triton Wealth Management, PLLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Kingsview Asset Management, and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he owns BC Enterprises LLC, a finish carpentry business. Triton Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser managing approximately $405 million for about 853 clients, including individuals and pension plans. The firm provides comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services using a mix of asset-allocation and security-selection techniques, with portfolios constructed from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, options, structured products, and cryptocurrency products where appropriate.

Shelley Echeverria is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and LPL Financial. In addition to her advisory work, she holds a real estate license in Arizona. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with both brokerage and advisory services, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and business consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Dale Boettcher is a financial advisor with Harmony Asset Management LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has held roles at American Wealth Management, Great Lakes & Atlantic Wealth Management, and Paver Solutions. Outside of financial advising, he operates an auto parts delivery business and holds life and health insurance licenses. Harmony Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, small corporations, trusts, and mission-based nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a long-term, risk-aware investment process using fundamental and proprietary technical analysis to build multi-asset portfolios, and it also offers an educational program alongside nonprofit-specific services.

Austin Castillo is a financial advisor at Strategy Financial Group in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Charles Schwab and Charles Schwab Bank from 2017 to 2025 and has experience with Fraternity Management Group and the University of Arizona. Strategy Financial Group is a five-advisor team managing approximately $280 million for nearly 1,000 clients. The firm provides discretionary investment management and financial consulting to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations, employing a conservative, income- and risk-management-focused approach with diversified, multi-asset, and tactical/strategic solutions.

Julianne Call is a financial advisor at TCP Asset Management, LLC with 38 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with TCP Asset Management and United Planners in various capacities since 2015, including a brief retirement period. TCP Asset Management advises individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, estate-planning referrals, and annuity management, employing both fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach.

Jonathon Staats is a financial advisor with Clarus Wealth Advisors, LLC in Peoria, AZ, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Clarus Wealth Advisors since 2016 and previously held roles at Crown Capital Securities and WFG Advisors. Staats is also involved in managing fixed insurance and fixed annuity business through Bell & Associates/ASH. Clarus Wealth Advisors is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $305.2 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, estates, trusts, and corporate plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach combined with tactical and blended model strategies, emphasizing multi-year time horizons and quarterly portfolio reviews.

James Chandler is a financial advisor with Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Robert W. Baird, UBS Financial Services, and Piper Sandler & Co. He is also the owner of Vista Wealth Management of Scottsdale, LLC. Xcelsior Advisor Partners LLC is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $650.7 million for individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm employs strategies based on fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, and provides access to third-party money managers and alternative investments.