William Brumlow is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with AlphaStar Capital Management, bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to joining AlphaStar, he held roles at BJM Group/Internet Accountant, Brumlow and Company PC, and Ricoh Americas. Outside of his advisory work, he is a partner at The Bab Group, LLC, and co-owns a coffee vending machine business, Bean Crushers Coffee. AlphaStar Capital Management serves individual, corporate, and retirement plan clients with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm utilizes firm-designed and advisor-directed model portfolios employing strategic and tactical approaches, and manages approximately $2.5 billion in assets across over 8,400 client relationships.

Adam Smith is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, and Kalos Capital. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion with 144 advisors serving individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves, overseen by an Investment Management team and Investment Committee, while allowing advisors to customize portfolios on various platforms.

Jackson Figiel is a financial advisor at Capital Investment Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior experience at Mutual of America Financial Group, Jasper Engines & Transmissions, and Villanova University. Capital Investment Advisors, LLC serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, integrated financial planning, pension consulting, and family office services. The firm uses a centralized investment platform with standardized asset-allocation models and specialized in-house planning resources, providing access to private investment solutions and formal pension consulting capabilities.

Owen Malcolm is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 23 years of industry experience. He currently works at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC and previously spent 11 years at United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC. He serves on the Investment Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America Foundation, advising on the organization’s strategic direction. Apollon Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan advisory, sub-advisory, and consulting services, combining centrally managed models with locally managed portfolios and employing a range of investment strategies including ESG models and direct indexing.

Halie Gray is a financial advisor with IFG Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing six years of industry experience. She has worked with IFG Advisory and LPL Financial, with overlapping roles spanning from 2015 to the present. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved with HVH Financial LLC, focusing on non-variable insurance products. IFG Advisory, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing various investment strategies and third-party models to tailor portfolios to client objectives.

Andrew Crane is a financial advisor at The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. in Peachtree Corners, GA, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with The Strategic Financial Alliance since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner and manager of GENX Financial Inc., a business involved in marketing financial services and fixed insurance under the name Capital Insight Group. The Strategic Financial Alliance provides advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and referral to third-party managers. The firm operates multiple portfolio programs and employs a combination of in-house management and co-advisory arrangements, serving a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals.

Tucker Davis is a financial advisor at Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC in Marietta, GA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has experience in both the financial services and mortgage industries, including prior roles at LPL Financial, Raymond James & Associates, and Movement Mortgage. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goals-based financial advising approach that integrates patented Wealthcare software and behavioral economics, utilizing both passive and active investment strategies alongside proprietary quantitative metrics.

John Meagher is a financial advisor with Kovack Advisors, Inc. in Roswell, GA, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has four years of industry experience and currently works at Kovack Advisors after previously working at Kovack Securities and National Insurance Brokers. He serves as the Life Brokerage Director at National Insurance Brokers, a fixed insurance agency. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 260 advisors and over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services through an Envestnet-supported workflow incorporating both internal and third-party investment models.

Mitchell Roper is a financial advisor at 49 Financial in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Oakwood Capital Securities, Inc. and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of investment advising, he is a licensed agent writing fixed insurance business. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients by providing comprehensive financial planning, advanced planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm emphasizes disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation and offers tiered fractional family office services alongside access to third-party managers.

Brandon Hodge is a financial advisor at Asset Preservation Advisors, LLC in Atlanta, GA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2023. Prior to joining Asset Preservation Advisors, he held roles at Wild Dunes Resort, Forest Lake Club, and educational institutions including the University of South Carolina, University of Idaho, and St. Joseph's Catholic School. Asset Preservation Advisors specializes in municipal bond investment management for institutional and retail clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services focused on taxable and tax-exempt municipal bond portfolios. The firm employs an active fixed-income strategy emphasizing yield-curve analysis, credit research, and sector allocation, managing approximately $10.6 billion in assets with a small advisor team.

James Meaders is a financial advisor at First Heartland Consultants, Inc. with 38 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has worked previously at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc., and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Meaders Financial Group, which markets insurance and financial services. First Heartland Consultants serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan participants, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm provides financial planning, model-based management for 401(k) accounts, and various asset management solutions through a network of independent investment adviser representatives.

Isobo Amaso is a CFP® certificant with three years of industry experience, currently affiliated with SignatureFD, LLC. Prior to joining SignatureFD, Amaso worked at Deerfield Financial Advisors and held roles at Target Corporation, World Wide Technology, and Saint Louis University. SignatureFD serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, business entities, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing wealth management, financial planning, and advisory services. The firm employs diversified, long-term asset allocation strategies across multiple investment vehicles and operates specialized business lines such as an AI-enabled platform for private placement life insurance.

Andrew Noble is a financial advisor with New Edge Wealth in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Charles Schwab. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, foundations, trusts, and institutional clients, offering advisory services such as wealth strategy, financial planning, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and investor behavior, combining independent managers and proprietary investment solutions with AI-assisted analytics to tailor portfolios.

Albert Martinez is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Core Planning with one year of industry experience. He has been affiliated with The Mika Group, Inc. since 2011. Core Planning is a multi-team firm that provides fee-only financial planning, wealth management, and portfolio management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, employing third-party model portfolios and rule-based rebalancing tools to tailor investment strategies to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Feleatha Hyde is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Wealthcare Advisory Partners since 2015 and is also affiliated with LPL Financial. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6.0 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors, serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines goals-based planning supported by proprietary software with an evidence-based investment approach that incorporates behavioral economics and quantitative measures.

Audrey Haney is a CFP® professional at SignatureFD, LLC with six years of industry experience. She previously worked at Trademark Capital Management and held a position at the University of Georgia. SignatureFD serves a diverse clientele including individuals, business entities, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs diversified, long-term asset allocation strategies and offers discretionary wealth management, consulting, retirement plan management, and advisory services for private investment funds.

Emilie Hill is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) with nine years of industry experience. She has been with ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc in Atlanta since 2014. ZWJ Investment Counsel provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a range of individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach is based on tailored portfolios across equities, fixed income, and balanced strategies, supported by fundamental and financial analysis and documented investment policy statements.

Christopher Godfrey is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee based in Atlanta, GA, with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Headwaters Capital Management, LLC since 2020 and previously at Invesco US from 2013 to 2019. Headwaters Capital Management is a single-advisor, discretionary investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, foundations, trusts, and business entities. The firm uses fundamental equity analysis to build concentrated portfolios of small- and mid-cap stocks and ETFs, focusing on long-term holdings and maintaining high market exposure.

Robert Warnock III is a financial advisor with Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Dunwoody, GA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Arkadios, he worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors. He is also a managing partner at Monarch Capital Advisors, where he assists with wealth management and client investment decisions. Arkadios Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans through a combination of advisor-managed accounts, wrap programs, third-party money managers, and financial planning. The firm employs an integrated operating model with an in-house portfolio team, offering discretionary management and a range of investment strategies.

Jamie Gentry is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience, currently serving at SignatureFD, LLC. He has been with SignatureFD since 2000. SignatureFD serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, retirement plan management, and consulting services. The firm manages client portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis, using mutual funds, ETFs, and independent managers, and is affiliated with an accounting firm and several private investment funds.