Daniel Forbes is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, PNC Investments, and Triad Advisors, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Forbes is involved in several apparel businesses partnering with his spouse and assists in decision-making for these ventures. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through its CLASSIC Plus platform, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with specialized consulting and management services.

Jacob Godwin is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2015 and has worked with Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2008. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Daniel Flanagan is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Mariner since 2025 and previously held roles at Empower Advisory Group, Personal Capital, and Princor Financial. Outside of advisory firms, he spent time working part-time in home making and landscaping in 2017. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and private funds, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party managers. The firm combines in-house research with external strategies across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and digital assets, and provides integrated tax and administrative family office services uncommon in firms of its size.

Craig Ames is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services, based in Alpharetta, GA. He has two years of industry experience following a 20-year career in the United States Air Force. Ames is also the owner of C R Ames Financial LLC, a separate business through which he conducts his activities with First Command. First Command Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm provides financial planning and a range of wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers.

Charles Gallagher is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 32 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Family Wealth Partners and Commonwealth Financial Network since 2009. Outside of his advisory work, he is a 50% owner of D&M Capital, LLC, a real estate holding company. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports its advisors with operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Samuel Madaris Jr. is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Independent Financial Partners and IFP Securities, LLC, and has managed his own firm, Madaris Investment Group, since 2012. Outside of his advisory work, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, where he participates in monthly meetings and fundraising activities. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a nationwide network of independent advisers. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients, with a notable focus on retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting services.

Hsiu Ching Chiao is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She has worked with several firms throughout her career, including World Financial Group and multiple health insurance providers. Her other business activities involve sales of insurance and non-insurance products across various health and travel insurance companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment models with discretionary and non-discretionary options.

Curtis Hearn is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors, having joined in 2023, and previously worked at Gratus Capital and JPH Advisory Group. Outside of advisory work, he oversees operations for a short-term rental property through Rivertree Hospitality LLC. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and centralized due diligence, along with technology tools to support advisors and clients.

Rhonda Lamb is a Series 66 credentialed advisor at Hightower Advisors with 29 years of industry experience. She has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a notary without compensation. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, employing affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

William Francis is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience, with prior roles at Guardian Life Insurance, Park Avenue Securities, and Ashford Advisors. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains an insurance business outside of Guardian. Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage and advisory services alongside financial and business consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party models, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with various investment products and lending solutions.

Thomas Gordon Jr. is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, and J.P. Morgan. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing managed account programs, providing both model and customized portfolio options within a vertically integrated structure.

Patrick Mcardle is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is involved in other ventures including online legal services with Net Law and real estate referral through the Dinsmore Group. Additionally, he serves on the finance committee at Our Lady of the Mountains Roman Catholic Church. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm operates through a large advisor network using model portfolios and third-party managers, delivering services via multiple program platforms including Transamerica ONE and TFA365.

Alexis Maafoh is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, Nova Wealth Management Group, and Genspring/Sun Trust Private Wealth. Maafoh holds a Series 65 license and is based in Atlanta, GA. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate and retirement plan clients, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates fundamental and quantitative analysis, multiple investment strategies, and a broad network of affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Robert Harris is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors and previously operated Fort Harris Consulting, Inc., doing business as Harris Consulting. He serves as Vice President of Fort Harris Consulting while providing advisory services through NewEdge Advisors. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving a broad client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services, combining in-house manager selection with third-party models and advisory discretion, supported by centralized due diligence and technology tools.

Brian Sullivan is a CFP® professional at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Atlanta, GA, with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Mercer Global Advisors in various roles since 2016. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm’s investment approach uses Modern Portfolio Theory with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other strategies.

Cam Levitan is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Keller Williams and managing his own entities such as Cam Fin LLC and Transformation Financial LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is active as a real estate agent, consulting on property management in Alpharetta, GA. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services primarily through model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple program platforms.

Palmer Curry is a financial advisor with Guardian Life, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a co-executor on a trust related to his family. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm provides brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and advisory programs that include both proprietary and third-party model portfolios.

Arash Assadzadeh is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Truist Advisory Services and its affiliated entities since 2014, including SunTrust Advisory Services prior to its transition to Truist. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, to manage client portfolios.

Stephen Poston is a financial advisor at VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with VOYA since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent and is owner and president of Poston & Associates. VOYA Financial Advisors serves a diverse range of clients, including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers services such as financial planning, portfolio management, and plan-sponsor consulting, often providing non-discretionary recommendations and utilizing multiple program structures including wrap programs and third-party money manager access.

Audrey Watson Atkinson is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Truist Investment Services and SunTrust Advisory Services since 2014. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation analysis, fiduciary support, participant advice, and a manager-selection program that combines discretionary and non-discretionary strategies with oversight from an Equity Research team utilizing AI-enabled tools.