Philip Blaxton is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Edward Jones and Wells Fargo Advisors prior to joining Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm provides a range of programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Alison Lynch is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and eight years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and Clarity Financial Planners. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a comprehensive suite of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

William Thum is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Buckingham Asset Management from 2011 and joined The Colony Group, LLC in 2024. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies and uses fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside specialized tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Logan Ballard is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Areotek Inc, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm uses a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Kathryn Freeman is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Town and Country, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. She has worked with First Command Financial Services, Inc. and First Command Financial Planning, Inc. since 2011 and has also been affiliated with First State Community Bank since 2008. Freeman operates her own financial advising business, K Freeman Planning LLC, as an independent contractor. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs utilizing centrally managed model portfolios and third-party managers selected by its Investment Management Team.

Jana Gregorek is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. Her prior roles include positions at Visionary Wealth Advisors and Edward Jones. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a Partner-led Team model supported by centralized investment research and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations with ongoing monitoring.

Stanford Lindquist III is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in Saint Peters, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 1993. Lindquist is also an officer at Wealth Concepts, Corp., an independent insurance agency. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $3.33 billion across about 14,700 clients through a variety of managed programs using model portfolios, third-party sub-advisers, and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Denise Duffy is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with The Colony Group, LLC since 2000. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, emphasizing long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction.

Martha Guyer is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience, currently with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC in St. Louis, MO. Her prior roles include positions at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and Royal Alliance. In addition to her advisory work, she markets and sells Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies as an independently contracted agent with United Healthcare and Aetna. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves a broad client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering various portfolio management options and financial planning services.

Kelly Hokanson is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, Bam Management, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and The Planned Approach, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of her advisory work, she is a member of several real estate-related entities and Stellys Inc. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, and it offers access to private funds and legacy strategies from multiple mergers.

Erica Bouchard is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 16 years of industry experience. She currently works at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has prior experience at The Colony Group, LLC and Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Jackson Tucker is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors and the Iowa State University Foundation. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, integrating multiple analytical tools and legacy strategies.

Matthew Luzecky is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Hill Investment Group Partners, LLC and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm employs a Partner-led Team model supported by a centralized Investment Department and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations with ongoing monitoring.

Zachary Joiner is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mariner and has previously worked at Spire Wealth Management, Meredith Wealth Planning, Parkside Financial, Archford Capital Strategies, and Cambridge Capital Management. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, providing investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, along with integrated tax, accounting, and employer financial wellness solutions.

Nathaniel Laupp is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Creve Coeur, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Modern Wealth Solutions and Ferguson Financial Group LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Laupp serves on the board of the Focus Marines Foundation, which supports veterans coping with emotional wounds, and he is president and a player for the nonprofit hockey organization St. Louis Blues Warriors. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Christopher Foster is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Finra, U.S. Bancorp Investments, and Scottrade. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a broad client base, including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, and investment management consulting, utilizing a range of model strategies and portfolios reviewed periodically by an Investment Strategy Committee.

Eugene Brucker III is a financial advisor at Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Bankers Life and its affiliated entities in various roles since 2016. Outside of advising, he serves as a unit field trainer for Bankers Life & Casualty, recruiting and training insurance agents, and he holds leadership positions as Vice President in local business networking organizations focused on professional referrals. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals through discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor asset allocations and portfolio management aligned with clients’ goals, offering both wrap and non-wrap programs with access to a range of securities.

Joseph Delia is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at Schwab Wealth Advisory and has prior experience at Charles Schwab and Co., Inc., TD Ameritrade, and Cerner. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program. The firm offers annual financial reviews, retirement and planning discussions, and investment recommendations using Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools, while clients retain final trading decisions.

Jerry Adzima is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Chesterfield, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has been with GWN Securities since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent for life, annuity, and long-term care insurance and is involved with the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association supporting the St. Louis County Police. He also serves as Vice President of Programs for the St. Louis Pachyderm Club, organizing speakers and occasionally filling in as president. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm manages approximately $3.65 billion across more than 37,000 client accounts and offers a range of managed-account programs, including SMA, UMA, and fund-strategist options on the Fidelity-supported FMAX platform.

Neal Furlong is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 37 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and V Wealth Management. He serves as a board member of the Ladue Education Foundation, where he participates in grant voting and organizing the Alumni Committee golf tournament. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of clients, 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, with capabilities spanning mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.