Joshua Husted is a CFA® charterholder with experience in public pension systems and investment management, currently serving at Access Investment Management, LLC since 2026. His prior roles include positions at the Teachers Retirement Systems of Georgia and the Retirement Systems of Alabama. Access Investment Management, LLC provides managed account services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with a $1,000,000 account minimum. The firm employs various investment methods and manages approximately $419.6 million in assets across a small client base.

Marvin Riddle is a financial advisor at REV Capital, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously operated Riddle Law Group, LLC for eight years. His background includes work as a licensed attorney, although he no longer practices law. REV Capital serves individual clients, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW households, providing portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a tailored investment approach based on client objectives and risk tolerance, utilizing various strategies and conducting regular account reviews.

Royce Richardson is a financial advisor with PR Squared Wealth Management LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 11 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Ameritas Advisory Services, Ameritas Investment Company, Madison Avenue Securities, and Eiat Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates an insurance brokerage and sales business and works as a real estate consultant and associate broker. PR Squared Wealth Management serves individual investors and retirement plan sponsors by providing asset management, financial planning, fiduciary services, and participant education. The firm typically manages client portfolios on a largely non-discretionary basis, using model allocations, sub-advisors, and platform tools, with regular account reviews and a focus on retirement-plan education and ongoing consulting.

William Scott is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience. He is currently associated with MAI Capital Management, LLC and previously worked at Waypoint Wealth Counsel LLC for nine years. Before entering the financial services industry, he studied at the University of Georgia. Waypoint Wealth Counsel is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, pensions, foundations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $433.3 million in assets and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and fiduciary management services, employing a mix of fundamental and technical analyses alongside manager-based sleeves and co-managed private funds.

Matthew Woods is a financial advisor with Waypoint Wealth Counsel LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at MAI Capital Management, LLC and has been with Waypoint Wealth Counsel since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in managing rental properties. Waypoint Wealth Counsel is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, pensions, foundations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $433.3 million in assets and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and fiduciary management services, using a mix of fundamental and technical analyses and incorporating manager-based sleeves and specialized private market strategies.

Evan Fricks is a financial advisor at MasterPlan Retirement Consultants with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at MasterPlan Retirement Consultants since 2018. Outside of advisory services, he is an insurance agent with Fricks and Associates, Inc. MasterPlan Retirement Consultants provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, often utilizing third-party managers and sub-advisors to implement client investment strategies.

Robert Pierson is a CFP® with 42 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Pierson Wealth Management in Atlanta, where he has worked since 2018, following five years at Raymond James & Associates. Outside of his advisory work, Pierson serves as CEO of Pierson Farm, a farming business in Culloden, GA. Pierson Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and limited goal-planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm uses a mix of ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed-income securities, employing fundamental, technical, and modern-portfolio principles, and offers a concentrated five-stock large-cap growth strategy under RFP Asset Management.

John Knox is a financial advisor at Peregrine Investment Advisors, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at both TDCR Group, LLC and Peregrine Investment Advisors since 2010. Knox serves as a board member of Encompass Group, LLC, a healthcare textile and medical supply company. Peregrine Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, focusing on fundamental analysis and a long-term purchase approach primarily through mutual funds, ETFs, and individual equities. The firm operates with a four-advisor team and maintains a relatively small client roster.

Scott Stewart is a CFP® and CFA® with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Eads & Heald Investment Counsel since 1998. Eads & Heald Wealth Management offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management for individuals, families, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and foundations. The firm employs a top-down, fundamental investment approach focusing on high-quality, diversified equity holdings, and manages portfolios on a discretionary basis.

Larry Burnette is a CFP® with seven years of experience at Hanover Advisors, Inc, located in Marietta, GA. He has over three decades of industry experience, including prior roles at American Portfolio Financial Services and Provident Mutual. Burnette also serves as president of Hanover Financial Services, Inc., a life insurance business. Hanover Advisors serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, managing approximately $353 million in assets with a focus on customized portfolios using fundamental analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and a range of trading strategies.

Eric Ruthman is a financial advisor with Phase Line Capital, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial LLC, Edward Jones, and service in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2019. He is a managing partner at Phase Line Capital. Phase Line Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm uses model portfolios, sub-advisers, and a range of investment products, including derivatives, and maintains a small ownership structure with advisors who have military backgrounds.

Herschel Clanton is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in financial advising. He is president of The Chancellor Group and has been affiliated with The O.N. Equity Sales Company and Ohio National Life Insurance since 2000. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Chancellor Wealth Management is a small firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement-plan education. The firm emphasizes a risk-tolerance driven investment approach using both actively and passively managed funds, periodic rebalancing, and incorporates third-party managed strategies when appropriate.

Graham Wickham is a financial advisor at Wickham Financial & Insurance Services with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked in various capacities at firms including Carter Terry & Company Inc. and The Wickham Agency Inc., the latter of which he took over from his father and continues to operate as an independent insurance agency offering commercial and personal lines of insurance. Wickham Financial Group provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan consulting to employer plan sponsors. The firm manages approximately $193 million in assets and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analysis to construct individualized portfolios, with a majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Tiffany Kent is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Wealth Engagement since 2020. She previously worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC from 2018 to 2020. Wealth Engagement provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm uses a tactical allocation strategy combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor portfolios according to client risk profiles.

Mark Fricks is a financial advisor with MasterPlan Retirement Consultants in Marietta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Gradient Investments, LLC and Masterplan Tax Services, Inc., and has operated Fricks and Associates, Inc. since 2010. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in fixed insurance and precious metals sales. MasterPlan Retirement Consultants provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, including acting as a limited-scope ERISA 3(21) fiduciary. The firm employs tactical and strategic asset allocation and coordinates with third-party managers and sub-advisors to implement client investment programs while maintaining oversight.

Matthew Eads is a CFA charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Eads & Heald Investment Counsel since 1993. Eads & Heald Wealth Management is a four-advisor team based in Atlanta that provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a top-down fundamental investment approach, managing broadly diversified equity or balanced portfolios with an emphasis on low turnover and full investment.

Connie Partridge is a financial advisor with The Moorings Group, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has been with The Moorings Group since 2003. The Moorings Group provides discretionary portfolio management and sub-advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, foundations, municipalities, and other business entities. The firm specializes in actively managed, customized fixed-income portfolios with a primary focus on municipal securities and manages a limited number of balanced portfolios.

Jennifer Smalley is a financial advisor with Wickham Financial & Insurance Services in Marietta, GA. She holds a Series 66 designation and has 11 years of industry experience, including nine years at Thrivent Financial and ten years at Thrivent Investment Management Inc. Wickham Financial Group provides comprehensive portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan consulting to employer plan sponsors. The firm manages approximately $193 million in regulatory assets and uses a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and sector analysis to construct individualized portfolios, with a majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Margaret Cargle is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with Heinz Investments in Atlanta, GA, bringing two years of industry experience. She has been with Heinz & Associates, Inc., operating as Heinz Investments, since 2014 in various capacities. Heinz Investments serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm manages approximately $82 million in discretionary assets through a two-advisor team, offering investment management and advisory consultation with a focus on fundamental analysis and a core-and-satellite asset allocation strategy.

Christopher Blythe is a financial advisor at Cigx, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at IBA, Advent Health, and Agfa. Outside of advising, he serves as President and CEO of MOR3 LLC, a business consulting firm focused on operational efficiency. Cigx serves individual investors, retirement plans, charitable institutions, foundations, trusts, endowments, and businesses by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a top-down asset-allocation approach using ETFs and other securities, managing accounts within four risk-based model portfolios with an emphasis on long-term holdings and defined sell disciplines.