Jason Tolzman is a financial advisor with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. based in Scottsdale, AZ. He holds the Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Geneos, he worked at Schooner Financial Associates. Outside of his advisory role, Tolzman is an independent representative for fixed insurance sales with various carriers. Geneos Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment advisory, and brokerage services, utilizing a range of analytic approaches and investment strategies tailored to client needs.

Donald Mcabier is a financial advisor with The AmeriFlex Group in Tempe, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., OSAIC, and Sagepoint Financial, along with his current tenure at The AmeriFlex Group. The AmeriFlex Group provides investment advice and related services to individuals, corporations, employee benefit plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, third-party money manager selection, and retirement plan consulting through a network of advisory affiliates and multiple program platforms.

Marty Block is a financial advisor with Verus Capital Partners, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Verus Capital Partners since 2013 and LPL Financial since 2020, with prior experience at Securities America Inc. Block provides investment advisory services through Verus Capital Partners and its affiliated entities. Verus Capital Partners is a fee-based investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and estates. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Marc Brock is a financial advisor at Diversify Wealth Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and has previously worked at Thrivent Advisor Network LLC and Your Source Financial, P.L.C. since 2010. Diversify Wealth Management provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, retirement plans, trusts, and institutions. The firm employs a tactically diversified investment approach across multiple platforms, combining discretionary and non-discretionary management aligned with clients’ objectives.

Rick Jones Sr. is a financial advisor at Trek Financial in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Trek Financial since 2016 and previously worked at World Equity Group. Jones is also a licensed life and health insurance agent. Trek Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary and non-fiduciary services. The firm combines strategic and tactical portfolio construction with rules-based, evidence-based, fundamental, and technical analysis, utilizing artificial-intelligence tools under governance and human review. It provides a wide range of model strategies and alternative investment options, including direct indexing with tax-loss harvesting, options-based overlays, concentrated-stock hedging, and access to alternative-investment platforms.

Austin Witherill is a financial advisor with Parallel Advisors, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Scottsdale Unified School District, Autus Asset Management, Waste Management, and Arizona State University. Parallel Advisors serves individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and integrates technology platforms for tax-efficient rebalancing and held-away account management.

Natasha Marakowski is a financial advisor with KCD Financial, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has nine years of industry experience. Prior to joining her current firm, she served in the US Air Force from 2015 to 2017. KCD Financial, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser and broker-dealer with 38 advisors managing approximately $202 million in assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment strategies and third-party management programs.

Nancy Bullock Swanson is a financial advisor with Independent Wealth Network, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Brokers International Financial Services, LLC and Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp. Swanson is also president of Preferred Wealth Management and involved in life and health insurance sales through multiple entities. Independent Wealth Network, Inc. provides wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of portfolio strategies and oversight tools, serving clients including high-net-worth individuals with approximately $518 million in assets under management.

Joshua Cooksey is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, based in Phoenix, AZ, and has nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Foundations since 2018 and previously spent three years with Trajan Wealth, LLC. He is also involved with Walstad and Cooksey Holdings, LLC, a business he has been connected to for over a decade. Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, employing model portfolios and an asymmetric rebalancing approach, and offers services through a large network of affiliated offices and representatives.

Chad Blanton is a financial advisor with Simplicity Wealth in Phoenix, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has been a partner at Simplicity Group since 2017 and Guardian Wealth Management since 2021. Outside of financial services, he is a co-founder of Trademark Apparel, an apparel company based in Scottsdale, AZ. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds approach utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities when appropriate, alongside model portfolios monitored and rebalanced regularly, and offers technology and operational support to other advisers through its TAMP platform.

Caleb Jelcick is a financial advisor with McAdam LLC in Phoenix, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. Before joining McAdam in 2021, he worked in various roles across multiple industries, including hospitality and retail. McAdam LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages portfolios using fundamental analysis and incorporates a range of investment strategies, including less liquid assets and cryptocurrency exposure.

Timothy Van Houten is a financial advisor at Triad Wealth Partners, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Life Planning Advisors LLC, J.W. Cole Advisors, and Global Financial Private Capital. He is also president of Sonoran Wealth Systems, a fixed insurance business he has led since 2005. Triad Wealth Partners serves individual and institutional clients through a network of independent advisers and a Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP). The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, access to third-party managers, model portfolios, and consulting services, combining an IAR network with outsourced asset management and advisory solutions.

Jason Smith is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at BFC Planning, Inc. since 2019. His prior roles include positions at VOYA Financial Advisors and Sji Financial Services, Inc. Outside of financial advising, he is a self-published author of a book reviewing Genesis 1-11 and is involved in life insurance sales. BFC Planning, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and trusts through a network of approximately 200 investment adviser representatives. The firm provides financial planning and portfolio management services, utilizing various platforms and investment strategies tailored by its advisors.

Michael Wong is a CFA® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Ashton Thomas Private Wealth and Ashton Thomas Securities, having previously worked at M. S. Howells & Co and Wells Fargo Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as co-trustee of a deceased friend’s education trust for the benefit of the friend’s children. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement-plan fiduciary consulting, employing a range of investment strategies and operating the Amplify Platform for back-office support and access to program managers.

Nathaniel Barton is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several firms, including Brownstone Financial and Guardian Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a Senior Planning Advisor with Simplicity Group, focusing on case illustration and product support. Simplicity Wealth provides advisory services to individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional clients, and other financial firms. The firm uses a fund-of-funds investment approach with ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering model portfolios that are monitored and rebalanced regularly, as well as technology and operational solutions for other advisers.

Shane Tschida is a financial advisor with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and one year of industry experience. He has a background in real estate, working with Zendoor as a real estate agent on an as-needed basis. He is also licensed as an insurance agent specializing in life, health, and annuities. Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory services to individuals, corporations, and qualified retirement plans, offering financial planning, managed account programs, and retirement plan consulting. The firm partners with platforms like Envestnet and Pershing and operates alongside broker-dealer and insurance distribution businesses within the Mutual of Omaha group.

John Chichester Jr. is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 24 years of industry experience. He is currently with Maridea Wealth Management in Phoenix, AZ, where he has worked since 2026. Prior to this, he held roles at LPL Financial, Dynamic Wealth Advisors, Cetera, Trustbank Wealth Management, and First Allied. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University and operates a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation and accounting. Maridea Wealth Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, managing approximately $1.97 billion in assets through a 33-advisor team. The firm constructs diversified, tax-aware portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, incorporates individual securities or sub-advisers when appropriate, and applies a primarily long-term investment approach supplemented by AI tools and coordination across affiliated tax and insurance entities.

Jaime Hefner is a financial advisor at Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including United Planners' Financial Services of America and Bridge Advisory, LLC. Outside of advising, he operated Jaime Hefner Designs for 16 years. Axxcess Wealth Management serves a broad client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, businesses, and government entities. The firm emphasizes customized, multi-asset portfolios with oversight by an Investment Committee and offers distinct features such as a TAMP platform, performance-based fee arrangements, and consolidated reporting for alternative investments.

Pablo Oliva is a financial advisor at Capital Analysts with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including Lincoln Investment, Northsight Wealth Management, Sun Valley Financial, and AXA Advisors. Oliva previously owned Sun Valley Financial, LLC, which managed operating expenses and insurance compensation. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, custom and model portfolios, access to third-party managers, and retirement-plan advice through a nationwide network of independent advisors and its own investment management team.

Scott Slade is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining LaSalle St. Investment Advisors in 2024, he spent nearly a decade at SCF Investment Advisors and SCF Securities. He also owns Slade Financial Advisory PLLC, where he researches insurance solutions and provides independent advisory services. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors offers personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm provides both non-discretionary and discretionary management programs and emphasizes a predominance of non-discretionary assets managed through diversified portfolios.