Natalie Chandler is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 22 years of industry experience. She is currently with Retirement Planners of America and has worked at MMWKM Advisors, LLC for 14 years. In addition to her advisory role, she is an independent insurance agent. Retirement Planners of America provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan participants through a wrap-fee investment program. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and tactical rebalancing using model portfolios and maintains discretionary authority to adjust asset allocations defensively.

Matthew Shores is a financial advisor with Merit Financial Advisors in Frisco, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at PKS Investments, Stratos Wealth Partners, Lifestyle Planning Solutions, LPL Financial, and The Botsford Group. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion across 144 advisors, serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and tailored strategies, overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Jennifer Gage is a financial advisor at Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Cain, Watters & Associates since 2009. Cain, Watters & Associates provides financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and investment management services primarily to dental healthcare professionals, individual investors, and pension or profit-sharing plan sponsors. The firm also offers accounting and tax services as a Certified Public Accountancy and donor-advised fund services through Schwab Charitable.

David Neubrander is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Level Four Advisory Services since 2021, having also worked at Level Four Financial, LLC since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Neubrander Financial Services, an insurance sales business. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing over $5 billion across diverse client types, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and nonprofits. The firm offers fee-only financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing model portfolios and a combination of direct management and sub-advisers.

Richard Harrington is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Level Four Advisory Services. He has held roles at Level Four Advisory Services and Level Four Financial since 2022 and has been with Mid-Atlantic Securities, Inc. since 2008. Harrington is a board member of the UVA Community Health Unified Community Board, supporting a nonprofit hospital system. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $5.32 billion across 115 advisors and about 13,865 client relationships. The firm serves a diverse client base, offering fee-only financial planning, asset management, third-party manager referrals, and retirement plan advisory services.

Vannessa Marley is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with nine years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and NYLIFE Securities. Outside of financial advising, she is involved in food delivery and dog boarding services. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion and serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers through model portfolios and various wrap platforms.

Zane Harris is a financial advisor at Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2015. Cain, Watters & Associates, LLC provides financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and investment management services primarily to dental healthcare professionals, individual investors, and trustees or plan sponsors of pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm also offers accounting and tax services as a Certified Public Accountancy and provides donor-advised fund services through Schwab Charitable.

Robert Wright III is a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC based in Dallas, TX. He holds a Series 65 credential and has one year of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Opus Wealth Management and Elligo Health Research. Belpointe Asset Management is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 160 advisors managing more than $7.5 billion for individuals, corporations, trusts, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting through customized portfolios and co-advisory relationships, along with various proprietary and affiliate fund options.

David Pabin is a financial advisor at Alera Investment Advisors, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Woodbury Financial Services for 20 years. He is also involved with Alera Group Insurance in a capacity related to annuities and life or health insurance sales. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, institutions, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamental-analysis-driven investment approach and integrates insurance and pension consulting platforms alongside its advisory services.

Adam Spence is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at CX Institutional, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at CXI Advisors, LLC, Vestpro Financial Partners, Inc., CPF Texas, and LPL Financial. CX Institutional serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach that integrates fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes and offers a broad range of specialized strategy portfolios.

Nora Calderon Gil is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with BOK Financial Securities, Inc. and previously worked at Merrill and Bank of America. BOK Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and institutions, offering non-discretionary, fee-based investment management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm combines advisor-led client interaction with research-driven portfolio solutions supported by its Strategic Investment Advisors.

Byron Jimmerson is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including NEXT Financial Group and Compass Retirement. Foundations Investment Advisors serves a broad client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies, offering financial planning, investment management, and related services through a large network of affiliated offices. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis along with model portfolios and an asymmetric rebalancing approach.

Jeremy Day is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of experience at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. based in Dallas, TX. He has been with Prospera since 2013. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory programs and platforms.

Stephen Wingard is a financial advisor with Csenge Advisory Group, LLC and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 29 years of industry experience, including roles at Madison Avenue Securities, Lion Street Financial, and IPS RIA LLC. Wingard is also a partner at The Wingard Group, which operates under the name Wayfinder Wealth. Csenge Advisory Group serves charitable organizations, corporations, and individual clients, including high-net-worth families, providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a systematic investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis with a relative-strength methodology to construct diversified portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds and ETFs.

Steven Blanke is a financial advisor at Calton & Associates, Inc. in Garland, TX, with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Calton & Associates since 2017, following an 11-year tenure at Capital Financial Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he owns BAS Advisory Services, LLC, which provides insurance and tax-related services, and he is also involved in fixed annuity and life insurance sales through Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc. Calton & Associates serves individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and other retail clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money managers. The firm combines fee-based advisory services with commissionable brokerage and insurance products, tailoring investment recommendations to client goals and risk tolerance through a variety of program structures and analytic approaches.

Michael Peschel is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 31 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Wells Fargo Advisors and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of advising, he is a partner in MPM Interests, LLC, a holding company, and a passive investor in a trampoline park business. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered firm that serves individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term investment portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other securities, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors managing over 13,000 clients.

Laura Skalak is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Advisor Resource Council since 2012 and also has a tenure at LPL Financial dating back to 2010. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by providing asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and referrals to third-party money managers and LPL advisory programs. The firm employs actively managed strategies that combine artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis, offering diversified portfolios reviewed at least annually.

Daniel Sprusansky is a financial advisor with BOK Financial Securities, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and nine years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Kestra Financial, Gallagher Benefit Services, and Raymond James & Associates. BOK Financial Securities, operating as BOK Financial Advisors, serves individual and high-net-worth investors, corporations, retirement plans, government agencies, municipalities, and institutional clients. The firm provides non-discretionary, fee-based investment management through its Guided Portfolio Solutions program, with investment research conducted by Strategic Investment Advisors, and maintains affiliations with a bank holding company and related investment entities.

Steve Indiveri is a CFA® charterholder currently with CX Institutional, LLC, having joined the firm in 2026. He has 10 years of prior experience at Northern Trust Asset Management. CX Institutional serves individuals, charitable organizations, business entities, and retirement plan sponsors with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a multi-strategy asset allocation approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis across various asset classes and supports clients with third-party technology for consolidated reporting and tax-efficient asset management.

Steven Sarkissian is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Plano, Texas, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 27 years of industry experience and has been with Hilltop Securities for 17 years. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through investment advisory and broker-dealer services, offering managed accounts, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm combines custody, banking, and market-making capabilities, providing access to both third-party and firm-sponsored investment strategies.