Paul Orlino is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the principal and sole advisor at Opus Financial LLC, where he has worked since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at County Financial, Northwest Asset Management, Resources Investment Advisors, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, and Wells Fargo Clearing Service, LLC. In addition to his advisory work, he is also involved in insurance sales, dedicating approximately 20% of his time to this activity. Opus Financial LLC is an investment manager that provides discretionary asset management and portfolio monitoring for individuals, high-net-worth persons, trusts, and entities. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis along with Monte Carlo planning techniques and options strategies to tailor portfolios to client objectives, with accounts reviewed quarterly and at least annually.

Wayne Hoffmann is a financial advisor at Silver Lake Advisors, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Silver Lake Advisors since 2008. Hoffmann serves as a volunteer on an endowment board and an asset-management board. Silver Lake Advisors, LLC is an independent, fee-based investment adviser managing approximately $57 million across a small, concentrated client base that includes individuals, trusts, pension plans, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis to create long-term asset allocations, using individual equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and selectively non-investment grade and high-yield debt, with quarterly portfolio reviews and discretionary rebalancing.

Kevin Starkey is a financial advisor with FTN Capital Management in Littleton, Colorado, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He founded FTN Capital Management in 2013 and has also worked with NewEdge Advisors, LLC since 2021. FTN Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm offers Micro Family Office services, including trustee coordination and private foundation oversight, and employs a range of investment strategies incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Douglas Aumont is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is the founder and financial planner of Financial Thinking Partner Wealth Advisors in Parker, CO. His prior experience includes roles at Arkadios Capital, Bander Wealth Management, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. In addition to advisory services, he is a licensed insurance agent and dedicates significant time to insurance and annuity sales. Financial Thinking Partner Wealth Advisors serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management combined with ongoing financial planning. The firm uses a mix of actively managed income investments, tactical strategies, and passive diversified models, tailoring allocations to client goals and risk tolerance.

John Hercher is a financial advisor at Platte West Wealth Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been involved with Hercher & Co. PC since 1985. Platte West Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities, including corporate clients and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm offers fee-based financial planning and discretionary investment management, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and both fundamental and technical analysis in its strategies.

Hi, I’m Paul Staib, CFP®, MBA, RICP®, the founder of Staib Financial Planning, LLC. Staib Financial Planning, LLC provides comprehensive, tax-efficient retirement planning and investment management services on a FLAT FEE ONLY basis to help clients achieve their personal financial goals. Our financial advisors are independent fiduciary professionals that you can trust to offer unbiased advice in your best interest. Our offices are located throughout the south Denver metro area, enabling us to conveniently serve clients in Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree, Aurora, Parker, Denver Tech Center, Centennial, Castle Pines, Ken Caryl and surrounding communities. We also work with US based clients virtually. My wife, Jill, and I have 3 children and 2 dogs and reside in Highlands Ranch. When not at work, I enjoy training for and competing in triathlons and Spartan races and enjoying the great outdoor activities Colorado offers. Whether you're a few years from retiring, transitioning into retirement, or already retired, I welcome the opportunity to help you navigate your way to a comfortable and secure retirement.

Andrew Davis is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in financial planning and advisory services. He is the sole advisor at Seamless Financial Planning, an independent firm based in Littleton, CO. Prior to his current role, he worked at The Baldwin Group, LLC and The Prestige Journal, LLC. Seamless Financial Planning serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other advisers by offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a passive, index-oriented investment strategy using low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs, focusing on a small number of larger client relationships.

Katherine Lewis is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. She is the principal of Tonn Financial Planning, where she has worked since 2023. Her prior experience includes roles at Opus Financial Solutions, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, and Financial Security Management, Inc. Outside of her advisory work, she volunteers as a coach for Wings For Widows, providing pro-bono financial planning advice to recently widowed individuals. Tonn Financial Planning offers fee-only investment management and financial planning services to employer plan sponsors and individual clients, including non-high-net-worth households. The firm uses a combination of passive and active strategies guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and provides retirement plan consulting with an ERISA fiduciary role.

I started my career in financial services in 2004 at GE Capital in New York City. Since then, I've spent more than two decades in leadership and advisory roles at Fortune 500 financial institutions, including UBS Financial Services, U.S. Bank, Bank of America, and BBVA (now PNC Bank). As a Wealth Planning Analyst at UBS, I completed hundreds of financial and investment plans for high net worth and ultra high net worth clients. At U.S. Bank and BBVA, I led teams, managed financial advisors, and oversaw client relationships. I'm a Certified Financial Planner® professional and an Accredited Wealth Management Advisor®. I founded Inclinevest almost a decade ago to provide fee-only financial planning and wealth management for successful professionals preparing for retirement and the next chapter of life, helping clients reduce taxes, create reliable retirement income, manage investments, and make confident decisions with the wealth they've built. I have particular experience working with technology and aerospace & defense professionals, including employees of RTX/Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, ULA, Anduril and Northrop Grumman. As a fiduciary, I work exclusively for my clients. I don't sell insurance products, earn commissions, or receive compensation from investment companies or other third parties, so my advice remains independent and objective.

Christian Ravsten is a financial advisor with Foxstone Financial in Centennial, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including LPL Financial and currently serves as chief investment officer at Retirement Planning Resources. Ravsten is also a part owner of Vanir Tax and Capital LLC, which focuses on tax reduction planning. Foxstone Financial is an independent registered investment adviser offering discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and other advisory clients. The firm uses a four-quadrant allocation approach, combining fundamental analysis and third-party managers to customize portfolios based on client risk tolerance and income needs.

Troy Henington is the principal of Henington Group RIA LLC, an independent advisory firm, with 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at HaydenRock Portfolios LLC and SPC/Parkland Securities, LLC. Outside his advisory practice, he serves as trustee managing a private trust through H&S Pay, LLC. Henington Group RIA LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-dedication approach dividing portfolios into conservative, growth, and aggressive buckets, applying multiple analytical techniques and typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Robert Typher is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience. He has operated Typher Financial Services since 1996 and currently serves clients through Alphamint Financial, an independent advisory firm based in Highlands Ranch, CO. Alphamint Financial provides fiduciary wealth management and financial planning services to individual clients across a range of net worths, offering both discretionary investment management and automated investing options. The firm integrates investment management with tax preparation, insurance placement, and retirement-plan consulting within a single advisory relationship.

Li Liu is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of experience in the financial industry. She has been with Highlands Asset Management, Inc. since 2003, where she operates as the sole advisor. Highlands Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio investment and management services to individuals, trusts, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental, bottom-up analysis to identify undervalued companies and builds customized portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and tax situations, serving both retail and institutional clients.

Daniel Maurer is an advisor at DWM Family Wealth with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has worked at several firms including James Alpha Advisors, FDX Capital LLC, and Gerstein Fisher. Maurer also assists with sales and marketing for Capital Tide, focusing on the distribution of private placements to RIAs. DWM Family Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing asset management through a third-party sub-adviser, along with written and modular financial planning and consultations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and uses a single exclusive sub-adviser for portfolio implementation, without taking custody of client assets.

Brian Robbins is a financial advisor with Robbins Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been managing his own advisory firm since 2010 and is also employed by Thomson Reuters Healthcare in a non-investment role. Robbins Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment advisory and financial consulting services, specializing in options-based portfolio management and trading education. The firm emphasizes a research-driven, options-oriented investment approach focused on defined risk/reward strategies and tactical portfolio adjustments.

Richard Staves is a financial advisor at Roots First Wealth Management with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Roots First Wealth Management, he worked at firms including Geneos Wealth Management, Verity Asset Management, and Cherry Creek Wealth Management, where he also serves as president and owner of a tax preparation and consulting business. Additionally, Staves is a director at the nonprofit Social Security Education Center. Roots First Wealth Management serves primarily individual clients, offering discretionary asset management, financial planning, and limited-scope ERISA 3(21) retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a diversified investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis and is known for providing public educational seminars and workshops.

James Beaudreau III is a financial advisor at Asset Strategies Group, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes eight years at Drury Hotels. Asset Strategies Group, LLC provides portfolio management and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of modern portfolio theory, asset-allocation techniques, and various analytical approaches, operating mainly on a non-discretionary basis with client approval required for trades.

Kevin England is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Tier One Wealth Management since 2022 and previously held roles at Sigma Planning Corporation and Sigma Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he is president of Fair Share Planning, LLC, and provides technology and marketing support through Tier One Tax, LLC. Tier One Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a tax-efficient, actively managed investment approach using equities, ETFs, mutual funds, structured products, options, and select alternative investments.

Scott Altschul is a financial advisor at Conexus Capital Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Conexus since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he is the managing member of Old School Wealth Management, a bookkeeping entity related to his firm’s ownership. Conexus Capital Management serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and institutional clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach combining passive core holdings with actively managed satellites, incorporating both fundamental and technical research and offering access to alternative strategies for qualified investors.

Gregory Watson is a financial advisor at Cedarwood Wealth with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 66, and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Cedarwood Wealth in 2025, he worked at JPMorgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2017 to 2025, and at Citigroup from 2014 to 2017. Outside of his financial advisory role, he is the Director of Client Experience at Legacy Custom Signs and Graphics LLC, a signmaking and graphic design business. Cedarwood Wealth manages investment and planning relationships for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, family investment vehicles, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm customizes portfolios using a mix of no-load funds, ETFs, individual securities, and selective limited partnership vehicles, employing fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and cyclical analysis to guide asset allocation and rebalancing.