David Fiest is a financial advisor at Hicks Capital Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Hicks Capital since 2014, following a brief tenure at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments in 2016. Outside of finance, he owns an IT consulting business and serves on the board of Lifewise Academy, a nonprofit organization. Hicks Capital Management advises individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and derivatives, and also provides due diligence and monitoring for private investment funds.

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 and registered advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He currently leads Neu Wealth Group in New Albany, OH, where he has practiced since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at First Manhattan Co., People's United Advisors, People's Securities, Gfa Securities, and Gerstein Fisher. Neu Wealth Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm offers comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a blend of fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and technical analysis alongside advanced strategies such as margin and options trading.

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® professional with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Royal Oak Financial Group since 2012 and also maintains involvement with Wrp Investments, Inc. and Jehn Financial. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president of Y.O.U. Accounting, which provides tax, bookkeeping, and payroll services, and he instructs retirement workshops several times a year. Royal Oak Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and financial planning, emphasizing long-term, diversified equity and fixed-income strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance. The firm integrates multiple analytical approaches and offers insurance products through licensed representatives.

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 in Columbus, OH, holding 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at various iterations of Ross Wealth Advisors since 1999 and spent four years at Tounjian Advisory Group, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as a fixed insurance sales agent. 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 services, third-party model portfolios, and financial planning, with investment approaches tailored 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 26 years of industry experience. She has been affiliated with Alexander Financial Planning, Inc. since 1997 and concurrently with Wrp Investments, Inc. since 1998. Alexander Financial Planning, Inc. provides fee-only financial life planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $88 million in discretionary assets and offers customized financial plans and investment policy statements through a small team of three advisors.

Johnny Berry is a financial advisor with Adaptation Financial Advisors Inc. in Westerville, OH, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Merrill, and ARB Services. Outside of advising, he is the sole member of 5 Star Capital LLC, a company managing a residential property. Adaptation Financial Advisors serves individuals and families, including high net worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, private businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management with a tailored approach that incorporates multiple analysis methods and participation in specialized wrap-fee and co-advisory programs.

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 with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Personal Financial Advisors, Inc. in Pickerington, Ohio. She has been with the firm since 2006. Personal Financial Advisors, Inc. provides continuous investment advisory services and comprehensive financial planning tailored to individual clients, focusing on areas such as retirement planning, college savings, insurance review, and business planning. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment process to create customized portfolios and asset allocations, operating on a nondiscretionary basis with approximately $68 million managed as of December 2024.

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, including roles at Centurion Service Group, SourcePoint, and The Retirement Life. She has been leading Arseneau Financial since 2026. Arseneau Financial provides portfolio management, financial planning, and estate-planning support to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $42.3 million in discretionary assets, typically employs a discretionary management style, and uses a variety of analytical methods alongside alternative investment strategies.