John Gerdes is the principal of Gerdes Energy Research LLC, an independent firm based in Houston, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of experience in the financial industry. His prior roles include positions at Mkm Partners LLC and the KLR Group, LLC. Gerdes Energy Research LLC provides subscription research and advisory publications focused on the economics of U.S. energy producers and integrated energy companies. The firm uses a data-centric, full-cycle approach combining fundamental and technical analysis to deliver market outlooks and research to institutional investors and corporate executives.

Frederick Fogarty is the principal of Fogarty Wealth Management, Inc. in Missouri City, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with 24 years of industry experience. He has been operating his own businesses since 2001 and has held roles at Fogarty Financial Services and Next Financial Group Inc. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president and treasurer on local homeowners association boards. Fogarty Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, variable annuity management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm serves individual investors and qualified retirement plans, applying fundamental and cyclical analysis within a client-tailored advisory process that includes pension consulting and ERISA plan support.

Jason Leder is the sole advisor at Leder Fiduciary Capital LLC in Bellaire, Texas, holding the CFA® designation and Series 63 license with 23 years of industry experience. He founded Leder Fiduciary Capital LLC in 2016 and has managed the firm since then. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a rental property for which he handles management tasks. Leder Fiduciary Capital LLC is an independent, solo-registered investment adviser serving individuals, charitable organizations, foundations, trusts, and businesses. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial consulting, focusing on low-cost, passive investments and tax efficiency, while managing assets for both individual and institutional clients.

Alden Shorter is the sole principal of Shorter, Alden M., an investment advisory firm based in Houston, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of experience in investment management. Prior to founding his firm in 2021, he worked at Live Nation Entertainment for three years. In addition to his advisory work, Shorter is employed as a contract attorney with FTI Consulting, where he reviews contracts and legal documents related to litigation. Shorter, Alden M. provides customized investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high net worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a client-driven, non-discretionary approach focused on asset allocation and portfolio monitoring, and offers various billing arrangements tailored to client needs.

Rashid Mosley is a financial advisor at Amana Advisors with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior work experience in trucking, music, and accounting as a self-employed CPA. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Melanated Millionaire, Inc., an entity established to provide speaking engagements, and is involved with Blokk Akademy, a non-profit serving a food program to at-risk youth. Amana Advisors is an independent firm offering asset management and advisory services to institutional and pooled-vehicle clients, as well as financial planning and consulting. The firm uses tailored portfolio management approaches that incorporate fundamental, technical, and charting analysis with both strategic and tactical asset allocation.

Rodney James is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Vineyard Family Wealth Advisors in Houston, TX. His prior roles include positions at EverKey Financial LLC, Mercer Global Advisors Inc., and Kanaly Trust. Vineyard Family Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth family clients and select institutional entities, offering financial planning, consulting, and discretionary wealth management. The firm employs a stewardship philosophy and structured discovery process to tailor portfolios, focusing on Modern Portfolio Theory with low-cost ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and selected Independent Managers.

Cesar Delacerda is a financial advisor with Envisionvest in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Next Financial Group Inc and concurrently operates My Benefit Pro, a business focused on marketing and servicing insurance products such as fixed annuities, life, health, and long-term care insurance. Envisionvest serves individuals, trusts, business clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes an unconstrained asset-allocation approach with diversified portfolios and provides educational workshops, pension consulting, and financial wellness programs tailored to employer clients.

Patrick Van Pelt is a financial advisor at Longevity Fiduciary, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with several firms including Baldwin Group Wealth Advisors and BKS Financial Investments. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved with multiple LLCs, including Altravia Venture Studio and Rebalansa. Longevity Fiduciary provides financial planning, investment consulting, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm emphasizes non-discretionary advice through written plans based on clients’ objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerance, using fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside modern portfolio theory.

Hector Castellanos is a financial advisor with HRC Financial in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Signature Financial Advisors and JP Morgan Chase & Co. He is also an independent insurance producer involved in insurance production activities. HRC Financial provides fee-based investment advisory services and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and employs fundamental and cyclical analysis, often working with unaffiliated third-party money managers while offering plan consulting and business advisory support.

Joseph Teagarden is a financial advisor at Total Wealth Partners in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 17 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Merrill. Total Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management and retirement-account advice. The firm manages approximately $32.7 million, using customized investment strategies that primarily involve low-cost ETFs alongside individual stocks, bonds, and options.

Amol Desai is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with seven years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Perceptive Wealth Advisors LLC, an independent firm he has been with since 2019. He also serves as a consultant with K Carpenter Associates Inc., dedicating up to 15% of his time to this role. Perceptive Wealth Advisors LLC manages approximately $10.4 million in discretionary assets for a client base of 18 high-net-worth and individual investors. The firm primarily employs passive investment strategies using index funds and ETFs, complemented by fundamental and technical analysis, and offers a range of financial planning services tailored to client needs.

Kaiyuan Wang is a financial advisor at Yuka Corp in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Yuka Corp, Wang was involved with Yiheng Capital LLC for ten years and currently holds management roles at Peakton Advisors, LLC and Peakton Capital Management, LP, where he focuses on internal investment management and operational oversight without client-facing responsibilities. Yuka Corp provides non-discretionary portfolio advice exclusively to a single high-net-worth family member of the firm’s founder, employing a long-term, fundamentals-driven, bottom-up equity approach focused on U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs, and cash equivalents. The firm operates on a client-directed brokerage model without external solicitation or custody of client assets.

New Heights Planning is a fee-only financial advising firm specializing in oil and gas professionals. Our clients work at Shell, Hess, Chevron, EOG, Oxy, and More. Our Financial Independence Framework combines modern financial planning and investment management to help you reduce your taxes, invest smarter, and be prepared for retirement. I spent 14 years at Shell as an engineer and a leader. I know what it's like to be a professional at a large energy company: fascinating work, great people, and excellent pay, accompanied by frequent lay-offs, corporate bureaucracy, and never-ending meetings. My favorite part was helping people realize the career they desired. Now, I help people optimize their finances to realize the life they desire. I chose to leave Shell and transition into financial advising to go from work I liked to work I love. Before starting New Heights Planning, I built financial plans for high-net-worth individuals and families at Asset Management Advisors. I later founded New Heights Planning to do this for those I like working with the most, Shell and other oil and gas professionals. I am committed to learning and continuing my education to serve you best. I have: -Completed the financial planning program at Rice University and am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. -Passed the Series 65 exam -Received the CRPC® designation from the College for Financial Planning -Joined the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and the XY Planning Network New Heights Planning is not endorsed by nor affiliated with Shell or any other oil and gas company. Read Trevor's blog here: https://newheightsplanning.com/videos/

Theodore Geoca is a financial advisor with Maxout Savings Advisors LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Maxout Savings Advisors since 2005. Outside of advising, he serves as CFO of Rangoni Global, dedicating approximately 10% of his time to that role. Maxout Savings Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a variety of analytical methods and customized investment policies based on client goals and risk tolerance. The firm manages about $101.1 million on a discretionary basis and offers client communications including newsletters and detailed performance reports.

William Scheel is the sole advisor at William R. Scheel, Investment Adviser, an independent firm based in Houston, TX. He holds 12 years of industry experience and has been managing his own advisory firm since 1984. The firm provides personalized, fee-only investment management to a small number of individual and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. Its investment approach focuses on strategic asset allocation with diversified portfolios built from stocks, bonds, no-load mutual funds, and passively managed index and exchange-traded funds.

Stephen Read is a financial advisor at H.I.T. Capital, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at his current firm since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he is a full-time engineer at ConocoPhillips. H.I.T. Capital, LLC is a state-registered independent investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individuals and investors in a private pooled vehicle. The firm employs a long-term, long-biased approach focused on structurally inefficient exchange-traded products and undervalued securities, combining proprietary fundamental analysis with trading models and institutional-style fund operations.

Jeffrey Franco is a financial advisor at JV Global Capital, Inc. in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His background includes education roles at the University of Houston and DeBakey High School for Health Professions. JV Global Capital, Inc. serves high-net-worth individuals, families, institutions, corporations, trusts, and asset protection entities domestically and internationally. The firm employs a goals-based investment approach with tailored asset allocation and risk analysis, providing primarily non-discretionary proposals and offering institutional retirement plan consulting including fiduciary services.

Mitchell Baldridge is a CFP® professional with five years of experience in financial advising. He is the managing partner of Crestridge Wealth Advisors, LLC and also owns Baldridge CPA, a full-service accounting firm providing tax and accounting services to individuals and businesses. Crestridge Wealth Advisors, LLC provides continuous investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach using low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs, combined with tailored planning services including business, retirement, estate, and risk management planning.

Frederick Hanish is an independent financial advisor with Old Drake, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 37 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at multiple firms such as Republic Wealth Advisors, Mercer Global Advisors, and FP Transitions. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in a farmland business as a land agent with Midwest Land Group, LLC. Old Drake serves individual clients primarily through consulting and referral arrangements rather than managing client accounts directly. The firm offers macro consulting, portfolio coaching, land acquisition and development guidance, and risk-control coaching, focusing notably on strategies involving U.S. farmland and timberland as part of income and diversification planning.

Brandon Lockwood is the sole advisor at Lockwood Wealth Strategies, LLC in Houston, TX, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC, Cetera Investment Advisors LLC, Lifestyle Asset Management, Inc., First Allied Advisory Services, Inc., and First Allied Securities, Inc. Lockwood Wealth Strategies provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses, managing approximately $80.6 million on a discretionary basis for about 70 clients. The firm constructs portfolios using exchange-traded funds, low-cost diversified mutual funds, and individual equities, applying both fundamental and technical analysis with a predominantly long-term focus while allowing shorter-term trades for rebalancing or client needs.