David Fiest is a financial advisor at Hicks Capital Management, LLC in Columbus, OH, holding a Series 66 designation with 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UBS Financial Services, Citigroup Global Markets, and Morgan Stanley DW Inc. Outside of finance, he owns an IT consulting business and serves as a board member for Lifewise Academy. Hicks Capital Management provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual investors, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-faceted investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, and charting analysis and offers advanced strategies such as direct indexing and options, along with retirement plan consulting and independent manager allocations.

Jennie Fravel is a financial advisor at Phillips Wealth Management LLC in Pickerington, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Prolink Staffing, Tailored Management, Abercrombie & Fitch, Altard State, and Justice. Phillips Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, business entities, and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs both active and passive portfolio management strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerances, and it offers a wrap fee program along with ERISA 3(21) advisory support for plan sponsors.

Justin Neuwirt is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Neu Wealth Group, where he has worked since 2018 in various roles, including under JMN Financial dba Neu Wealth Group since 2021. His prior experience includes positions at First Manhattan Co., People's United Advisors, People's Securities, and Gerstein Fisher. Neu Wealth Group provides advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and technical analysis within asset allocation and fixed-income frameworks and uses various strategies including margin, options, and derivatives within separately managed accounts.

Jacob Mark is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Kennon-Green & Co. with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Investments and Hope College. Kennon-Green & Co. provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to affluent individuals, families, and institutional clients. The firm employs a value-oriented investment philosophy and constructs customized portfolios using various approaches, including derivatives and bespoke mandates.

Thomas Kaiser is a financial advisor with Garlikov Advisors Inc in Columbus, OH, holding 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Garlikov Advisors since 2010 and previously worked at The Leaders Group Inc and M Holdings Securities, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with TK Craftsmanship as a consultant and financial design analyst. Garlikov Advisors, Inc is an SEC-registered advisory firm with a four-advisor team managing approximately $165 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a proprietary model focused on capital preservation and conservative growth, offering discretionary portfolio management, personalized asset allocation, and specialized management of assets within variable universal life insurance contracts.

Your Financial Pharmacist was started in 2015 with a primary mission to help pharmacy professionals on their path towards achieving financial freedom. Through his experience of paying off $200,000 in debt, Tim Ulbrich, PharmD (YFP CEO) quickly learned that many pharmacists were struggling with mounds of student loan debt and a feeling of being overwhelmed and living paycheck-to-paycheck despite having a six-figure income. This led him to create the Your Financial Pharmacist blog in 2015 to encourage a community of pharmacists and pharmacy students to live a life free of financial stressors. In 2017, Tim teamed up with Tim Church PharmD (YFP CMO), to co-author Seven Figure Pharmacist: How to Maximize Your Income, Eliminate Debt and Create Wealth and he then eventually joined the team. Around that time, Tim Ulbrich met Tim Baker, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (YFP COO...that's me!), who had been serving pharmacists by providing fee-only financial planning services. Together they created the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast in July 2017, which now has over a quarter-million downloads. In 2019, all three Tims joined forces merging the blog, podcast, book and financial planning firm under the Your Financial Pharmacist brand. The Tims also speak to pharmacy school and organization across the country and YFP is a strategic partner with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

Moneyfluent is a fee-only financial advisory firm focused on empowering Millennials to take charge of their financial future. We offer a personalized planning experience delivered through 3- and 6-month engagements, with plan implementation always included. Our typical client has a household income between $100k and $300k and less than $500k invested, and our services are specifically tailored to help individuals and couples at this stage of wealth-building. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, Chandler specializes in empowering Millennials to launch their financial success with a planning process built around real-life goals—like buying your first home, tackling your student loans, planning for early retirement or a career shift, building your investments, growing your family, and traveling more! After serving as a partner at a boutique, retainer-based firm, she saw that Millennials needed a different approach: financial planning that’s comprehensive enough to tackle their complex goals, yet flexible and affordable enough to fit their lives. Chandler’s fresh approach marries the best of both worlds—offering expert partnership, hands-on implementation, and actionable strategies, all delivered in focused 3- to 6-month engagements for a one-time fee. You get the guidance, instruction, and setup that you need to move forward with confidence, without being locked into ongoing costs or planning models that weren't built for you. Chandler's process is clear and supportive: 1. Teach you to understand your money, inside and out. 2. Design a roadmap for the future you want. 3. Help you turn plans into action with hands-on implementation. Moneyfluent advocates for greater access to financial advice through short-term engagements and Free Friday Drop-Ins services. This purpose-driven business is powered by years of experience helping clients of all ages and net worths understand and improve their financial situation. While virtually serving clients nationwide, she calls downtown Columbus, Ohio, home. Beyond finance, Chandler's musical roots shine through with her involvement with The Harmony Project, a 500-voice choir fostering unity through the arts and community service.

Matthew Jehn is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Royal Oak Financial Group since 2012. He previously worked at Wrp Investments, Inc. and has operated Jehn Financial since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, Jehn is president of Y.O.U. Accounting and teaches retirement workshops several times a year. Royal Oak Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified equity and fixed-income strategies tailored to client goals, using various analytical approaches within a small advisory team.

Austin Wolfe is a financial advisor at ClearMind Capital with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining ClearMind Capital in 2026, he worked at J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc. from 2025 to 2026. Wolfe also serves in the U.S. Army, a role he has held since 2018. ClearMind Capital provides fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, including high net worth clients, and employers sponsoring 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. The firm combines passive and active asset-allocation strategies and offers both ongoing management and year-long integrative wealth planning engagements.

Donald Ross is a financial advisor with Ross Wealth Advisors, LLC, based in Columbus, Ohio, with 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at various firms including Tounjian Advisory Group, LLC, and has maintained a long tenure at Ross Wealth Advisors in several capacities since 1999. Outside of advisory services, Ross spends a significant portion of his time in fixed insurance sales. Ross Wealth Advisors, LLC manages approximately $140 million in discretionary assets for around 270 individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management, access to third-party model portfolios through AE Wealth Management, and financial planning, tailoring investment advice to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Shawn Hogan is a financial advisor with Finish Well RIA LLC in Columbus, OH, holding a Series 65 designation and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Golden Reserve, American Financial Education Alliance, AE Wealth Management, and Moon Rock Wealth Management. He is also owner of several affiliated businesses providing insurance and Medicare services to support holistic financial planning. Finish Well RIA LLC offers investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management and investment planning with a long-term approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm provides financial planning to portfolio management clients, operates under a fiduciary standard, and incorporates licensed insurance services with transparent conflict-of-interest disclosures.

Stanley Edgell is a financial advisor at Strategic Planning, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Strategic Planning, Inc. since 2006. Outside of advisory work, Edgell is involved in managing time-share properties and business interests through Diversified Planning LLC and serves as president of Planned Financial Services of Ohio, which manages real estate and leases. He is also a licensed life and health insurance agent in Ohio. Strategic Planning, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a consultative onboarding process and manages diversified portfolios primarily through equities, mutual funds, and ETFs, operating a multi-decade advisory practice with a high asset-to-advisor ratio.

Thresa Alexander is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at both Alexander Financial Planning, Inc. and Wrp Investments, Inc. since the late 1990s. Alexander Financial Planning serves individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations with fee-only financial life planning and wealth management services tailored to various life stages. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using core-satellite portfolios of passive ETFs and no-load mutual funds, operating primarily on a discretionary basis and offering differentiated service tracks beyond traditional percentage-of-AUM billing.

Johnny Berry is a financial advisor with Adaptation Financial Advisors Inc. in Westerville, OH, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Merrill, and Cambridge Investment Research. Outside his advisory role, Berry is the sole member of 5 Star Capital LLC. Adaptation Financial Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio and wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and employee benefit plans. The firm utilizes a variety of investment strategies and tools, including third-party managers and non-standard investments, and conducts seminars and workshops for clients and the public.

Gary Vawter is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Vawter Financial, Ltd. since 1991. The firm is a fee-only advisory team of four based in Columbus, Ohio. Vawter Financial, Ltd. provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and small business owners, as well as retirement plan consulting for plan sponsors. The firm serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients, employing a strategic asset allocation framework with a buy-and-hold investment philosophy and offers both discretionary and client-directed portfolio management.

Mark Menges is a financial advisor with Compass Financial Group, Inc. in Worthington, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Compass Financial Group since 2004 and has prior experience with Westminster Financial Securities, Inc. and The O.N. Equity Sales Company. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner of real estate investment entities. Compass Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, businesses, and trusts. The firm employs a fundamental analysis approach and discretionary authority over client accounts, offering a range of services including portfolio management, ongoing rebalancing, and comprehensive planning programs.

Laura Wall is a CFP® professional at Personal Financial Advisors, Inc. in Pickerington, Ohio, with nine years of industry experience. She has been with Personal Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2006, contributing to the firm for over 20 years. Personal Financial Advisors, Inc. provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households. The firm develops tailored investment policies based on fundamental analysis and manages client assets largely on a non-discretionary basis, ensuring clients retain final approval of transactions.

Allen Weaver is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Elevation Financial Partners, LLC. He has been with J.H. McKewen III & Associates since 2015. Elevation Financial Partners serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable institutions, and corporations, focusing primarily on individual clients rather than high-net-worth households. The firm combines discretionary securities management with consulting services and utilizes both active and passive investment strategies, including technical and fundamental analysis and market-timing techniques.

Jake Ethridge is a financial advisor with Peerless Wealth in Columbus, OH. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Heximer Investment Management, Karageorge Wealth Management, and Peerless ETFs. Peerless Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, charities, and qualified retirement plans by providing financial planning, discretionary investment management, and consulting services. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation framework and proprietary portfolio construction methodology, managing approximately $149 million in assets and acting as a sub-adviser to an exchange-traded fund that uses options strategies.

Deana Arseneau is a financial advisor at ArsenEAU Financial with a Series 65 credential and over eight years of industry experience through various roles at firms including SourcePoint and Centurion Service Group. She has been with Arseneau Financial LLC since 2026 and The Retirement Life since 2024. Arseneau Financial LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning support, using a range of analytical methods and investment vehicles. The firm manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis and coordinates with third-party advisers and attorneys as needed.