Bruce De Voogd is a financial advisor with IP Financial Advisory Services LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 21 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Innovation Partners LLC and Sigma Planning Corporation, among other firms. De Voogd is also the managing member of Old Harbor Financial LLC, an insurance agency offering non-variable insurance products. IP Financial Advisory Services primarily serves individual retail clients, focusing on portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm combines traditional investment advisory services with insurance and risk management offerings, often using discretionary authority and third-party investment advisor referrals.

Kimberly Meade is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently associated with The Wealth Consulting Group. Her prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Sovereign Wealth Advisors. She also serves as a notary, a role she has maintained since 2014. The Wealth Consulting Group provides fee-based wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporate plan sponsors, charities, and trusts. The firm employs a tailored investment process combining fundamental, technical, macroeconomic, and quantitative analysis, and integrates legal-service pathways to support estate-document completion and fiduciary services.

Leon Ren is a financial advisor at Core Planning with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has held positions at Rice University as a Financial System Security Analyst and previously worked at XYPN. Core Planning provides fee-based financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm customizes investment strategies based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances, using a mix of in-house advice, third-party money managers, and model portfolios.

Jonathan Bernstein is a financial advisor with Shelton Capital Management, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at RFS Partners, Matrix Distributors, Stringer Asset Management, and Morgan Keegan & Company. He also served as Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing at Stringer Asset Management. Shelton Capital Management provides investment management to mutual funds, institutional investors, retirement plans, governmental entities, nonprofits, and individual investors. The firm employs an active, discipline-specific approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, including the use of options and derivatives, ESG screening, and data science techniques in portfolio construction.

Thomas Bass Jr. is a financial advisor at OneSeven with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Nexus Investments and Global Asset Management Group. Outside of finance, he is involved with 423 Productions, LLC, a company focused on music event creation, promotion, and artist management. OneSeven provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers diversified portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches with access to a range of investment vehicles and third-party platforms.

Robert Bruns is a financial advisor with Strategic Financial Concepts, LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Ascendant Advisors, and Invesco Advisers. Outside of advisory services, he provides consultation regarding federal employee life insurance benefits. Strategic Financial Concepts, LLC serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities with personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm employs fundamental and technical analysis across various investment vehicles and is notable for integrating insurance-related activities and multiple LPL program offerings into its multi-team structure.

Brandon Green is a financial advisor with Gradient Securities, LLC, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Gradient Securities since 2016 and previously operated Green & Associates Financial Services, LLC. Outside of advising, he is active in committee work with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers and the Million Dollar Round Table, and he participates in charitable activities through the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Gradient Securities, LLC provides financial planning, consulting, non-discretionary asset management, and ERISA 3(21) retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a non-discretionary investment model, often uses third-party managers, and discloses revenue-sharing arrangements related to its recommended managers and insurance affiliates.

Nomathemba Nkala Hendon is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at AlphaCore Capital LLC. Prior to joining AlphaCore in 2025, she worked at Callan Capital, LLC for three years and Capital Group Private Client Services for eight years. AlphaCore Capital LLC is an independent wealth advisory firm that serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive wealth planning and investment management, emphasizing alternative investing alongside traditional equity and fixed-income strategies.

Erica Hall is a financial advisor at AlphaStar Capital Management with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 license and has previously worked at Institute for Wealth Management LLC, Brookstone Wealth Advisors, and Retirement Risk Advisors. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in insurance and annuity sales. AlphaStar Capital Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients, providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm utilizes model portfolios and employs a combination of strategic and tactical investment approaches across a wide range of asset types.

Archie Henderson III is a Series 66-registered financial advisor at Mutual Advisors, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Next Financial Group Inc for 12 years and has operated his own legal practice, A.A. (Trey) Henderson III PC, for over 30 years, where he provides legal services including entity formation and estate planning. Henderson also serves as chairman of the board of Houston Bank and Trust, a community bank. Mutual Advisors, LLC manages a broad client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, including sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a variety of advisory services using both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, employing multiple analytical methods and third-party platforms to customize diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives.

Ashley Coffman is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Prior to joining Empower Advisory Group, her experience includes roles at Regions Bank, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and TD Ameritrade. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with affiliated Empower entities’ recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Juan Flores Saldana is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Fulshear, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2026 and concurrently with NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he is also appointed as an insurance broker for non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Michael Fitzgerald is a Certified Financial Planner® with 24 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, where he has worked since 2021 following a long tenure at Equitable Advisors and Axa Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he operates several home-based business entities primarily for tax and investment purposes. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services offers financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets, utilizing a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active managers with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis, supported by an internal Investment Committee.

Brian Mccaffrey is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently with GWN Securities Inc. since 2020. He previously worked at Equitable Advisors and Axa Advisors, each for seven years. He also operates McCaffrey Wealth Management, LLC, where he provides investment advice, financial planning, and assists clients with annuity and life insurance options. GWN Securities offers investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through a variety of managed account programs and financial planning solutions. The firm employs a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and incorporates market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Chanell Carter is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Rosenberg, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Principal Funds Distributor, Principal Securities, Principal Life Insurance, SunAmerica Capital Services, and VALIC Financial Advisors. Outside of her advisory work, she is a partner in an LLC involved in managing rental properties and related services. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel overseas. The firm’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Maureen Enem is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Merrill and Morgan Stanley, among other firms. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a globally diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing low-cost index vehicles and multi-factor tilts, with services that include portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Joshua Bowe is a financial advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has prior experience at Optimum and Stephen F. Austin State University. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm supports over 400 independent investment adviser representatives who employ various analytical approaches and may manage accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Richard Becker is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. since 2017. His prior experience includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, American Tax Group, Planmember Securities Corporation, Valic Financial Advisors, and Waddell & Reed. Becker is also involved in independent insurance brokering with a focus on various life and disability insurance products. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm uses a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and incorporates market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Angela Wascom Gantt is a financial advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. She worked at Blackrock Investments, Inc. for 20 years prior to joining Sanctuary Advisors and Sanctuary Securities in 2026. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Gantt serves as a volunteer board member for The Family Place, a nonprofit assisting families affected by domestic violence, contributing to fundraising and service projects. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm supports independent investment adviser representatives with a variety of portfolio management options and employs multiple analytical approaches while acting as a fiduciary under written advisory agreements.

Erin Battistello is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2021, she spent 16 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. She serves as Treasurer for the Seven Lakes Junior High Theater Booster Club, a nonprofit organization in Katy, TX. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services offers financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and model portfolios, providing tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within an integrated financial group.