William Harvey III is a financial advisor at 49 Financial with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Pinnacle Bank before joining 49 Financial. Harvey also has experience as a fixed insurance agent. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and corporations, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, investment management, and fractional family office services. The firm emphasizes a disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation approach based on a combination of fundamental, cyclical, technical, and behavioral analyses.

Thomas Sauriol is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at The Wealth Consulting Group. He previously worked at intrua Financial and LPL Financial. 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 and plan sponsors, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a tailored investment process combining fundamental, technical, macroeconomic, and quantitative analysis across multiple custodial platforms, and integrates legal-service pathways to support comprehensive client needs.

Bryan Brashear is a Series 65-licensed advisor at 49 Financial with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining 49 Financial in 2025, he attended Southern Methodist University, Franklin University, Concordia Lutheran High School, and The Woodlands High School. 49 Financial serves a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation strategy and provides tiered fractional family office services alongside access to third-party managers.

Annette Findling is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at HighPoint Planning Partners with 33 years of industry experience. She has been affiliated with LPL Financial, LLC since 2013 and HighPoint Advisor Group, LLC since 2012. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with Rich Women Rock as a speaker and blogger. HighPoint Advisor Group serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory, implementing portfolios through fundamental analysis and various investment vehicles, while utilizing multiple third-party and LPL-sponsored platforms.

Grant Boren is a financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with 49 Financial. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Oakwood Capital Securities, Inc., 49 Wealth Management LLC, Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc., and Axa Advisors, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he is also licensed as a fixed insurance sales agent. 49 Financial serves a diverse client base, including retail and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment approach centered on diversified asset allocation and behavioral coaching, alongside a formal fractional family office service for high-net-worth clients.

Gary Kiemele is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC and Kestra Investment Services LLC, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he was with RBC Capital Markets for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as President of Westpeak Private Wealth and owns Koda Holdings, LLC, a commercial real estate business. Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC provides investment advisory services through a network of independent advisors and multi-advisor teams to individuals and institutional clients, managing approximately $13.45 billion in assets. The firm offers a broad range of investment products and platforms with both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements.

Mitchell Johnson is a financial advisor at 49 Financial with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Thrivent Advisor Network, and Axa Advisors. His activities include roles as a fixed insurance sales agent and registered representative at multiple affiliated firms. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management through a disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation approach. The firm offers tiered fractional family office services and utilizes both proprietary and third-party investment models, emphasizing client behavioral coaching and periodic rebalancing.

Christopher Gleason is a financial advisor at Victory Financial with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Edward Jones and Daybreak Inc. Gleason also serves as a consultant for American Incentive Advisors, providing tax planning strategies for business owners. Victory Financial Group offers financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs diversified, asset-allocation model portfolios and emphasizes long-term strategic allocation combined with tactical rebalancing and behavioral coaching.

Jason Lindner is a financial advisor with Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC in Austin, Texas, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill for eight years. Lindner is also the co-founder and COO of Campus Private Wealth, an investment advisory firm where he oversees client relations and investment activity. Kestra Private Wealth Services provides investment advisory services through a network of independent advisors and multi-advisor teams serving individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $13.45 billion in client assets and offers a wide range of products and platforms, including discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements with specialized offerings such as annuity subaccount and 529 plan services.

Cole Kershner is a financial advisor at 49 Financial with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining 49 Financial, he worked at Aquila Commercial and Upmerch, and also served as an assistant water polo coach at Longhorn Aquatics during summers. He is based in Austin, TX. 49 Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment approach grounded in diversified asset allocation and integrates multiple analytical methods with an emphasis on client behavioral coaching.

Frederik Arroyave is a financial advisor with HUB Investment Partners, LLC in Austin, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Global Retirement Partners, LPL Financial, RBC Capital Markets, and AIG. He is also involved with HUB International in a licensed administrative capacity. HUB Investment Partners serves a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors, offering a range of investment management and retirement planning services. The firm employs a combination of active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes and provides specialized services to banking and municipal clients.

Justin Mendez is a CFP® with nine years of experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Northern Trust Securities, Inc. since 2017. Prior to this, he worked at Northern Trust Bank from 2016 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he owns rental property but this activity is passive and unrelated to his investment work. Northern Trust Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-registered broker-dealer serving high-net-worth individuals, retail investors, and institutional clients. The firm offers model-driven discretionary portfolio management through Separately Managed Accounts, Fund Strategist Portfolios, and Strategist UMAs on the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform.

Sean O'Brien is a financial advisor at 49 Financial with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Oakwood Capital Securities and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an insurance agent with the Financial Independence Group and is involved with 25 Giving, a nonprofit consulting organization. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management, offering tiered fractional family office services and access to third-party managers. The firm uses a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining multiple forms of analysis and maintaining oversight through an Investment Committee.

John Avery is a financial advisor with Financial Gravity Family Office Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. His prior roles include long tenure at Presidential Brokerage, Inc. and shorter engagements at Forta Financial Group and Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC. Avery is also involved with Financial Gravity Enhanced Markets, LLC, where he spends a portion of his time on insurance-related activities. Financial Gravity Family Office Services, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, investment management, pension consulting, and educational seminars to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios and often employs third-party sub-advisors and model portfolios, maintaining ongoing client oversight.

Jessica Knutson is a financial advisor at Transce3nd LLC with 15 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. Her prior experience includes roles at Kalos Management, AE Wealth Management LLC, and Madison Avenue Securities. She is also involved in insurance and financial representative activities focused on life insurance solutions and income and estate tax minimization strategies through E3 Consultants Group and her own firm, JML & Associates. Transce3nd LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, foundations, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach integrating fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, often utilizing third-party model and money managers via AE Wealth Management’s platform.

Alfred Lopez is a financial advisor at 49 Financial with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Oakwood Capital Securities, Inc., Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investment, 49 Wealth Management, Axa, and Austin Stone. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of 25 Giving, a charitable planning company, and is a founding board member of the nonprofit RBI Austin. 49 Financial serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, retirement consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation approach combining multiple analytical methods and provides tiered fractional family office services alongside access to third-party managers.

Katherine Foster is a financial advisor with Arax Advisory Partners in Austin, TX. She holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience, previously working at U.S. Capital Wealth. Prior to her advisory roles, she spent five years at UNC Chapel Hill and also taught at two Christian schools. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team wealth manager overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in regulatory assets, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of internal portfolio management, third-party managers, and tailored asset allocation, and offers various advisory and consulting services including performance-based fee arrangements and private fund management.

Jesse Bayarena is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving with Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Avantax Advisory Services and 1ST Global Advisors, Inc. He is also the founder of Kaizen Tax Planning and owner of Ronin Wealth, where he provides financial planning and tax reduction services. Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC delivers investment advisory services through independent advisors and multi-advisor teams, managing approximately $13.45 billion in client assets across 208 advisors. The firm offers a wide range of investment products and specialized services to individual and institutional clients.

Elizabeth Mock Hernandez is a financial advisor at Waterloo Capital with 22 years of industry experience. She has held previous roles at Raymond James, Bank of America, Merrill, and UBS Financial Services. Outside of her advisory work, she owns a business providing Spanish translation services and serves as president of a social impact platform as well as a board member of a nonprofit organization focused on service in Honduras. Waterloo Capital is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental analysis approach to build customized portfolios and offers a broad range of investment tools and financial services.

John Pesce is a financial advisor with HUB Investment Partners, LLC in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fairway Asset Management, LLC and TCG Holdings LP, where he served for over three decades. He serves on the advisory board for the Foundation 99 conference and is a board member of Care Solace, a mental health platform. HUB Investment Partners provides investment management and retirement planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities. The firm combines internally managed model portfolios with customized allocations, using technical and cyclical analysis, and offers integrated advisory and consulting services through affiliated entities.