Michael Lakes is a financial advisor at Koinonia Financial with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Koinonia Financial and LPL Financial LLC in 2025, he held roles with various YMCA organizations in the Houston area. Lakes has been involved with the YMCA of Greater Houston Association and The Woodlands Family YMCA in recent years. Koinonia Financial serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and provides advisory services to retirement plan sponsors and 401(k) administrators. The firm employs a proprietary moderate-growth, contrarian investment model focused on diversification and principal preservation, delivering discretionary portfolio management through LPL Financial’s Strategic Wealth Management platform.

Joshua Steenwyk is a Series 65 licensed advisor with four years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Timothy Craig Steenwyk in Conroe, TX. He shares a professional connection with Joshua Ryan Steenwyk, who has been active in the industry since 2005. The firm manages approximately $32 million for about 22 clients, primarily serving individual investors and related accounts such as trusts, retirement, and charitable accounts. It employs a single deep-value equity strategy focused on publicly traded securities, emphasizing low turnover and long holding periods with discretionary portfolio management.

Dwayne Tidwell is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience, currently serving at Bison Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in The Woodlands, Texas. Bison Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a multi-asset investment approach tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, managing assets through separate accounts and proprietary pooled vehicles.

Tyler West is a CFP® professional with one year of industry experience, currently serving at C.L. Sheldon & Company, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Your Money Line and Upward Bound, as well as experience with Broome County Government and the United States Army Reserves. C.L. Sheldon & Company is a small, fee-only advisory firm focusing on individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers bundled financial planning, wealth management, standalone consulting, and financial coaching, with an emphasis on asset-allocation-driven portfolios managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Ener Escobar Aguirre is a financial advisor at Abendstern Wealth Management, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been with Abendstern since 2015. Aguirre has also been self-employed since 2013. Abendstern Wealth Management primarily serves international high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and consulting services, employing a disciplined, diversification-focused approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with proprietary measures and equal-weight portfolio construction.

Luis Martinez is a financial advisor with Abendstern Wealth Management, Inc. in Shenandoah, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Abendstern Wealth Management since 2015 and is also associated with Abendstern Global Investments, Inc. since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with A.I.P.T., an educational organization in The Woodlands, TX. Abendstern Wealth Management serves primarily international high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and consulting services with a disciplined, diversification-focused investment approach that emphasizes fundamental and technical analysis of U.S.-listed equities and tailored portfolio management.

Michael Rosman is a financial advisor with Rosman Asset Management, LLC in The Woodlands, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Rosman Asset Management since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance professional, dedicating less than 1% of his business time to this activity. Rosman Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm focuses on customized investment programs grounded in fundamental analysis with a long-term orientation, emphasizing continuous client contact and bespoke asset allocation under discretionary authority.

Chukwuemeka Uzoukwu is a financial advisor at Dynamique Capital Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66, 65, and 63 licenses and has previously worked at New York Life and Avendrill LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a non-compensated member of the Board of Governors at Dover College and as a non-executive director of Guinea PLC. Dynamique Capital Advisors primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and plan sponsors, offering discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning with a tactical asset allocation approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, cyclical, and event-driven analysis.

Ronald Liston Jr. is a financial advisor with Cantu Tactical Wealth Management, Inc. in Montgomery, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has nine years of industry experience. Ronald has been with Cantu Tactical Wealth Management since 2016. Cantu Tactical Wealth Management serves individual investors, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans through fee-only, fiduciary portfolio management and consulting. The firm employs a Global Tactical Asset Allocation approach using a proprietary “P.R.O.A.C.T.I.V.E.” process, focusing on ETFs and a mix of asset classes with medium–short term swing trading and limited crypto exposure.

Clifton Mc Millan is a financial advisor at White Wing Wealth Management, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with White Wing Wealth Management since 2015. White Wing Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes diversified portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and operates a private fund through its affiliation with White Wing Capital Partners, LLC.

Darian Allizadeh is a financial advisor at Position Wealth with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at The Vanguard Group, T3 Trading Group, and Merrill Lynch. Position Wealth provides discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm’s investment approach is personalized at the adviser level, using a range of securities and strategies tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

James Roth is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 12 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is the principal advisor at Roth Financial Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2020, following seven years at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors. Roth Financial Partners LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services and standalone financial planning to individuals, business entities, trusts, and estates. The firm focuses on portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing fundamental and technical analysis to implement diverse investment strategies across multiple asset classes.

Roberto Ortega is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at NHABLA, where he has been since 2024. Prior to joining NHABLA, Ortega held roles at Charles Schwab and Fidelity. NHABLA LLC provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory framework combined with passive management and rules-based model portfolios, focusing on a low client-to-advisor ratio and offering access to alternative investments alongside proprietary strategies.

Peter Roth is a CFP® with 42 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal at Roth Financial Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he held advisory roles at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors and related entities from 2010 to 2020. Roth Financial Partners LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services and standalone financial planning to individuals, business entities, trusts, and estates. The firm focuses on portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes and utilizing independent managers and wrap programs.

Job Louimeus is a financial advisor at Exos Wealth Strategies, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Exos in 2020, he worked at Centric Advisors, LLC and operated his own consulting practice. Outside of advisory services, he owns a mortgage brokerage business where he assists clients with home loan and refinancing needs. Exos Wealth Strategies serves individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans by providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm constructs individualized asset allocations primarily using mutual funds and ETFs, offers discretionary and non-discretionary services, and has affiliated private pooled investment vehicles.

Jeffrey Gonzales is a financial advisor at KWM Partners LLC in Austin, TX, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at TIAA-CREF, Advice and Planning Services, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, and Trajan Wealth, L.L.C. Gonzales is also active in insurance sales through Kaia Insurance Group, LLC. KWM Partners LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services primarily to pooled vehicles, institutional clients, and business entities. The firm employs Modern Portfolio Theory and Monte Carlo planning techniques in its investment approach and manages portfolios on a discretionary basis with quarterly reviews.

William Paladino Jr. is the principal advisor at Paladino Wealth in Montgomery, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Kms Financial Services, Inc. and concurrently serves as a pilot for United Airlines. Paladino Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a combination of analytical methods and both short-term and long-term trading strategies. The firm is notable for its use of derivatives within separately managed accounts and manages approximately $144 million in discretionary assets.

Robert Pascarella is a financial advisor at Peerless Wealth with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior roles at Peerless ETFs, LLC and Entergy Services, Inc., where he is also a licensed professional engineer in Texas for thermal/fluid systems. Peerless Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, business entities, charities, and qualified retirement plans, providing financial planning, discretionary investment management, and consulting services. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation framework and a proprietary portfolio construction methodology, managing custom client portfolios, model portfolios, and acting as a sub-adviser to an exchange-traded fund.

Adam Threadgill is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience, serving as an advisor at Threadgill Financial, LLC since 2015. He holds a Series 65 license and operates from The Woodlands, TX. Threadgill is the owner of two dormant LLCs, Liberty Brew Works and Liberty Brewing, both reserved for potential future use. Threadgill Financial, LLC is a registered investment adviser managing over $400 million in discretionary assets for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a blend of fundamental analysis and low-cost ETFs in its investment approach and operates with a small team of two advisors serving approximately 381 client relationships.

Christy Hayes is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Artesa Financial Group in Conroe, TX, and has 11 years of industry experience. She has been with Artesa Financial Group since 2016 and is also involved with Asset Guardian, LLC, a licensed insurance agency. Artesa Financial Group provides wealth management and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, using a risk-first allocation approach that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis, third-party research, and risk-scoring tools. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth households, offering services that include asset allocation, portfolio construction, and advice on employer-sponsored retirement plans and various investment products.