Patrick Patin is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining Summit Financial in 2023, he worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC for a combined total of eight years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a future minority owner of TIGER SOFTWARE, a stock ranking software business he is updating to a cloud-based platform. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm with approximately $26.35 billion in assets under management and serves around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a mix of discretionary and consultative investment management approaches, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to alternative investments.

Jeffrey Klauenberg is a financial advisor at CoreCap Advisors with 43 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with CoreCap Investments and CoreCap Advisors since 2014 and has operated Klauenberg Retirement Solutions since 1983. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales, including life, long-term care, and health insurance, and is connected to tax preparation services. CoreCap Advisors serves individuals—including high-net-worth and accredited investors—as well as self-directed retirement plans and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisors, with a relationship-oriented, long-term investment approach focused on mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and selective use of options or short sales.

Gerald Malone II is a financial advisor with Advance Capital Management Inc in Southfield, MI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience, having been with Advance Capital Management and Advance Capital Services since 2000. Advance Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and institutional clients, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm uses an Investment Committee to guide decisions and offers services such as direct indexing, alternative investments, and crypto-related strategies.

Jeffrey Carless is a financial advisor at Harbour Investments, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Burnham & Flower and Thrivent Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in MiCar, a consulting business, and a silent partner in Rhythm n Jump Dance Academy, a dance studio. Harbour Investments provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, charitable and corporate clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to create customized investment strategies and offers model-based solutions through a subscription platform.

Emily Cely is a financial advisor at Advance Capital Management Inc with four years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Advance Capital Management since 2024. Prior to this, she has worked at Advance Capital Services since 2014. Advance Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, foundations, endowments, and other institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing an Investment Committee to guide decisions and providing a range of strategies including direct indexing, alternative investments, and crypto-related options.

Rebecca Abel is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2005 to 2020 and has been with Strategic Blueprint, LLC and The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. since 2020. Outside of financial advising, she owns Dvine Cookies LLC, a cookie company. Strategic Blueprint, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and educational seminars, utilizing customized, goal-based strategies and both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Morgan Golich is a financial advisor at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including SageView Advisory Group, Cetera, and First Allied Advisory Services. He is also an associate wealth advisor at Bloomfield Hills Advisory. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and public entities. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and related services through multiple program models, utilizing both proprietary and third-party platforms.

James Dziadziola is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2006, following a brief tenure at Raymond James & Associates. Oppenheimer serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a wide range of advisory programs across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary services with a focus on asset allocation, manager selection, and customized consulting and retirement planning.

Jeffrey Core is a financial advisor with The Huntington Investment Company in Livonia, MI, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and having 21 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Ameriprise, Infinex Investments, Flagstar Bank, and Fifth Third Bank. The Huntington Investment Company serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities with advisory and brokerage services. The firm employs an open-architecture investment approach, combining third-party and proprietary models, and sponsors multiple wrap-fee programs through the Envestnet MAS platform.

Melissa Bell is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at The Huntington Investment Company and Huntington National Bank. Citizens Securities, Inc. serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs as well as brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides a digital advisory program featuring ETF-based portfolios using proprietary algorithms, alongside a Managed Account program, and operates as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Emilyann Rubio is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. Her career includes positions at Comerica Securities, Morgan Stanley, and World Asset Management before joining Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of advisory programs with both discretionary and non-discretionary services, spanning equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios.

James Moran is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 28 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios.

Candice Schultz is a financial advisor with Hantz Financial Services, Inc. in Southfield, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Hantz Financial Services since 2000. Outside of her advisory role, she is an author, writer, speaker, and life coach through her own businesses, C.B. Schultz, LLC and Financially Wellthy, LLC, where she focuses on personal life coaching, financial literacy, and related educational activities. Hantz Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise investment adviser and registered broker-dealer managing approximately $10 billion in client assets, serving individual investors, corporate, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm utilizes diversified, ETF-centered model portfolios combined with access to third-party managers and tax-aware strategies, operating both discretionary and non-discretionary mandates supported by a turnkey platform and innovative AI tools.

Richard Chadwick II is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience at Hantz Financial Services, Inc., where he has worked since 1999. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Southfield, MI. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm employs model-driven ETF strategies alongside separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, and it offers a broad range of financial planning, wealth management, and fiduciary services supported by affiliated entities such as a trust bank and in-house tax and business consulting.

Maddalena Parks is a financial advisor with Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C., holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cirrus Wealth Management, Triad Advisors, City National Bank, RBC Capital Markets, and Wells Fargo Advisors. She serves as a trustee managing her mother’s trust. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, and retirement-plan and business-consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm employs a combination of in-house models, custom portfolios, and third-party manager selection, supported by a dedicated Investment Policy Committee and extensive research resources.

William Szlag is a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. in Troy, Michigan, holding a Series 66 designation with six years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at LPL Financial, LLC and Hantz Financial Services. Sequoia Financial Advisors provides wealth planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and related consulting services to individuals, family offices, corporations, charitable organizations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs model and custom portfolio management strategies, utilizing a range of investment vehicles overseen by an Investment Policy Committee.

Michael Gomez is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Livonia, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Citizens Securities and affiliated entities since 2014. Outside of advising, he also serves as a notary. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm operates both a digital advisory platform and managed accounts while maintaining broker-dealer and insurance agency operations.

Ryan Hamlin is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with two years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with AE Wealth Management, LLC and also serves as a service advisor in insurance sales at the Burzynski Group. His prior experience includes roles at LPL Financial, Premier Financial, and Archer Huntley Financial Services. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a platform-centered approach that integrates model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, and financial planning services.

Steven Warner is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Rochester, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 34 years of industry experience. His prior work includes long tenures at Valic Financial Advisors and the Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, as well as a recent position at Ameriprise Financial Services. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily serving individuals connected to TIAA employer retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, and small retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time planning services with ongoing discretionary portfolio management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Gary Pryka is a CFP® with 35 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Private Advisor Group, LLC since 2013 and previously worked at Fidelity from 2010 to 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he serves on the board of the Hough Family Foundation and is a member of a popular music group. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and utilizes a range of investment strategies through both direct management and third-party managers.