Phillip Abshier II is a financial advisor with Synovus Securities, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Synovus Securities since 2001. Synovus Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering both advisory and brokerage services that include managed accounts, financial planning, and access to alternative investments. The firm uses a blend of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management programs on the Envestnet platform, applying due diligence for manager selection and asset allocation.

Victor Giustina is a financial advisor at Saxony Capital Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Fullerton Group and Transamerica Financial Advisors. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved in wholesaling securities products through Piedmont Capital Distributors. Saxony Capital Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a multi-team model with a range of investment approaches including discretionary asset management, third-party manager due diligence, and a variety of trading strategies.

Mark Cross Jr. is a financial advisor with LPL Financial and IFG Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with both firms since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Oliver Creek Kennels LLC, a business related to land holdings. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a range of investment delivery options supported by an in-house research team and accommodates customized advisory solutions alongside brokerage services.

Matthew Edmiston is a financial advisor with BIP Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, holding a Series 65 credential and bringing two years of industry experience. Prior to his current role since 2021, he has been involved as Jr. Academy Director for the Alpharetta Ambush Soccer Club, leading youth soccer coaching programs. BIP Wealth, LLC provides investment advisory and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, managing over $5 billion in assets. The firm emphasizes customized, diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, alongside access to private market opportunities and specialized buy-write strategies.

Jeffrey Cordell is a financial advisor at IFG Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with IFG Advisory and affiliated with LPL Financial since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with City Creamery. IFG Advisory, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a variety of investment approaches and utilizes sub-advisors, third-party models, and managers to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Clara Parris is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience in financial advising, currently serving at SignatureFD, LLC since 2015. Based in Atlanta, GA, she has worked exclusively with SignatureFD throughout her career. SignatureFD serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, providing wealth management services, retirement plan management, and consulting. The firm manages client portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis using mutual funds, ETFs, and independent managers, and is affiliated with an accounting firm and several private investment funds.

Robert Heightchew III is a financial advisor with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including non-HNW and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, nonprofit endowments, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services, including wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary engagement models tailored to client objectives with a diverse set of investment tools.

Jonathan Owenby is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealthcare Advisory Partners since 2015 and also maintains a relationship with LPL Financial since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, Owenby is involved with several business entities related to financial services and insurance. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6.0 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors, serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines a goals-based planning approach with an evidence-based investment framework, utilizing proprietary tools and quantitative measures to construct long-term oriented portfolios that include a range of investment options and access to alternative investments.

Terry Domm is a financial advisor with Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Arkadios Wealth Advisors and its affiliated broker-dealer Arkadios Capital since 2020, following nine years at Triad Advisors. Arkadios Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans through a combination of advisor-managed accounts, wrap programs, third-party money managers, and financial planning. The firm’s integrated model includes an in-house portfolio team and affiliated broker-dealer, offering a range of strategies and fiduciary consulting for retirement plans.

Jairus Buchanan is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has been with GLOBALT Investments and Synovus Trust Company since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Invictus Capital Investors, Invictus Capital Partners, and Herndon Capital Management. GLOBALT Investments provides discretionary portfolio management, separately managed accounts, and model portfolio services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm combines proprietary quantitative models with technical and fundamental analysis and employs ETF-based strategic allocations with tactical overlays developed in partnership with Ned Davis Research.

Jeffrey Rhineheart is a financial advisor at First Citizens Asset Management, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience at SunTrust Bank spanning 30 years. His other business activities include serving as a New Business Development Officer at First Citizens Asset Management and as an Institutional Consultant at SVB Wealth, focusing on retirement plans, foundations, and endowments. First Citizens Asset Management provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individuals, trusts, corporations, institutional accounts, and municipal entities. The firm manages approximately $167 million on a discretionary basis through a multi-team platform and constructs global, multi-asset model portfolios across various implementation frameworks using both quantitative and qualitative criteria.

Nicholas Stafford is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors since 2023. His prior roles include positions at Emerson Equity LLC, Bridge Capital Associates, Inc., and Signaturefd. Stafford is also involved in the sales and marketing of private real estate investments through his roles with Perch Wealth and Contiger Ventures, LLC. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized investment plans utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with options that include internally managed portfolios and third-party managers.

Heather Douglass is a financial advisor with Merit Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and possessing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and LPL Financial. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as Vice President of the Holman Place Subdivision Homeowners Association, a charitable nonprofit organization. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion with 144 advisors serving a diverse client base, including individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves, with oversight by a central Investment Management team and an Investment Committee.

Caitlin Hochstetler is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. She has worked at SignatureFD, LLC since 2017 and was previously with The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied for six years. Hochstetler is based in Atlanta, GA. SignatureFD serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, business entities, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs diversified, long-term asset allocation strategies and manages several affiliated private funds and alternative investment platforms.

Henry (Hank) Cleare is a CFP® with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with IFG Advisory, LLC and has prior experience at LPL Financial and Financial Strategies Group, Inc. Cleare is based in Atlanta, GA. IFG Advisory, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable and corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning services, employing a multi-faceted investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Nicholas Fontanella is a financial advisor at Bison Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Fisher Investments. Bison Wealth serves individuals, family offices, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a turnkey asset management platform for unaffiliated advisers. The firm’s investment approach includes outcome-focused model portfolios blending tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private-market investments, incorporating alternative strategies such as option-based overlays and interval funds.

Adam Stadalius is a CFP® professional with nine years at Henssler Financial and four years of industry experience overall. Before joining Henssler Financial in 2017, he worked for five years at Capital Transportation Solutions. Henssler Financial serves a diverse client base including individual, institutional, and municipal clients. The firm employs a cash-flow based “Ten Year Rule” investment process and offers services such as financial planning, portfolio management, pension advice, and automated ETF-based solutions.

John Crawford is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with two years of industry experience. He has been with Crawford Investment Counsel Inc since 2025, following roles at Truist Securities, Inc. Outside of finance, he has worked at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Crawford Investment Counsel provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, and registered investment companies. The firm employs a bottom-up, value-oriented investment approach with a focus on dividend-paying companies and credit diversification across its equity and fixed-income strategies.

James Macaulay is a financial advisor at Sound Income Strategies, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Fisher Investments, E*TRADE Securities, Raymond James & Associates, and Mass Mutual. Outside of investment advisory roles, he also works as a delivery driver for Door Dash. Sound Income Strategies, LLC manages approximately $4.0 billion in client assets and serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm focuses on customized managed portfolios with an emphasis on fixed-income analysis and equity review, utilizing a scalable advisor network model supported by affiliated business lines and training.

Henry Moog III is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Arkadios Wealth Advisors and its affiliated broker-dealer, Arkadios Capital, in 2023, he worked at JP Morgan Chase Bank NA and JP Morgan Securities LLC from 2015 to 2023. Arkadios Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans through a combination of advisor-managed accounts, a wrap program, third-party money managers, and financial planning. The firm employs a range of analysis methods and an internal portfolio team to support discretionary account management and retirement plan fiduciary consulting.