Brian Rippel is a financial advisor with Northern Trust Securities, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Northern Trust Securities since 2015 and is also involved as a bartender at The Globe Pub in Chicago. Northern Trust Securities, Inc. is a multi-team firm that provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individuals, retail investors, and institutional clients through model-driven, wrap fee programs delivered on the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform.

Colin Kelty is a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Cetera and MB Financial Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a tax planning business and participates in theatre production and venue management. Belpointe serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting with a customizable approach that includes passive, active, tactical, and blended strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Sean Conway is a financial advisor with Curi Capital, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at RMB Capital Management since 2008. Curi Capital serves individuals, families, institutional and corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental bottom-up approach for equity strategies and a fundamental relative-value orientation for fixed income, combining in-house strategies with external managers and proprietary risk analysis tools.

Adam Runyan is a financial advisor at Advisory Services Network with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Merrill, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a variety of investment strategies tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Erin Carter is a financial advisor with HighPoint Planning Partners in St. Charles, IL, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 12 years of industry experience. She has worked at HighPoint Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2013. HighPoint Advisor Group provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $4.0 billion in client assets and employs a fundamental analysis approach to construct individualized investment policies across a range of asset types and custodial platforms.

Richard Lloyd Jr. is a financial advisor with HighPoint Planning Partners in Downers Grove, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with HighPoint Advisor Group and LPL Financial since 2014 and has operated R. Lloyd & Company, Ltd., a full-service accounting firm, since 1980, where he serves as president. He also acts as co-trustee of the Marie L. Lloyd Revocable Trust. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and acts as a wrap-fee program manager, employing fundamental analysis and a range of investment vehicles to construct client portfolios.

Randall Cohen is a financial advisor with IHT Wealth Management LLC in Skokie, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, and LPL Financial. IHT Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a blended investment approach combining fundamental stock selection with quantitative tools and offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan consulting through a network of approximately 153 advisors.

John Boyer is a financial advisor at HighPoint Planning Partners with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at LPL Financial and Level Four Advisory Services LLC prior to joining HighPoint Advisor Group in 2021. Boyer also provides investment advisory services through HighPoint Advisor Group, an independent registered investment advisor. HighPoint Advisor Group offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $4.0 billion in client assets and employs a fundamental analysis-based investment approach across a diversified range of securities and third-party solutions.

Ann Gunst is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. She previously worked at Halo Securities LLC and Sentinus, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she is a partner involved in accounting and bookkeeping for Graber Family LLC. Trustmont Advisory Group serves a diverse client base including individuals and various institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment advice, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a long-term investment outlook and combines public research with adviser judgment in its approach.

Justin Lesch is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 15 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with JMG Financial Group, Ltd. since 2013. JMG Financial Group, Ltd. serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing discretionary investment management, financial advisory and consulting, retirement plan consulting, and tax consulting and preparation when requested. The firm manages approximately $6.36 billion in assets with a team of about 64 advisors, employing a strategic asset allocation approach overseen by an investment committee and offering a variety of fee arrangements and specialized services.

Joel Kendall is a financial advisor at Composition Wealth, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 38 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Advisory Partners, LLC and UBS Financial Services Inc. since beginning his career. Composition Wealth provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, and utilizes both fundamental and technical analysis to manage portfolios.

James Tilley is a Series 65 registered financial advisor with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC and also serves as managing partner at Liberty Hill Financial Planners. Foundations Investment Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.1 billion for over 29,000 clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan support, and sub-advisory services through a network of nearly 300 investment adviser representatives.

John Bollweg is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial planning and advisory services. He has worked at JMG Financial Group, Ltd. since 2020 and previously spent ten years with MPS LORIA Financial Planners, LLC. JMG Financial Group, Ltd. serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary investment management, financial advisory and consulting, retirement plan consulting, and tax consulting and preparation when requested. The firm manages approximately $6.36 billion in assets with a team of about 64 advisors, employing a strategic asset allocation approach overseen by an investment committee and utilizing a variety of investment vehicles including ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, fixed income, private funds, and unaffiliated sub-advisors.

Christopher Kuipers is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Arete Wealth Advisors since 2023. Outside of his advisory role, Kuipers is a math teacher and middle school football coach at Holland Christian Schools. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm primarily manages assets on a discretionary basis using a combination of advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and it integrates services across affiliated financial businesses and product channels.

Derrick Watts is a financial advisor with Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Packerland in 2020, he worked at Wunderlich Securities, Inc. from 2016 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he provides business development coaching and consulting to startups and small business owners, focusing on growth strategies, financial statements, projections, capital needs, and budgeting. Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc. serves individual and institutional clients—including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors—through a network of 176 advisors managing over $1.35 billion in assets. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, wrap-fee and unified managed account programs, and retirement-plan consulting, delivering investment solutions both directly and via third-party managers on the Hilltop/Hilltop-cleared Envestnet platform.

Arvin Weindruch is a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Harris Weindruch & Co. Ltd. for over four decades. Outside of his advisory role, he operates an accounting and consulting business as a sole proprietor. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also offers sub-advisory services and a turnkey asset management platform to independent RIAs, utilizing model portfolios primarily invested in DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

David Lennon is a financial advisor with Forum Financial Management, LP in Joliet, IL, holding the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 31 years of industry experience and has been with Forum Financial Management and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2013. Lennon is also the owner of Senesac & Lennon, Ltd., an accounting and tax services firm. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, qualified plan services, and educational workshops to individual and institutional clients. The firm also serves as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, utilizing model portfolios primarily implemented with DFA mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

Andrew Baker is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is currently with Curi Capital, LLC and has worked at RMB Capital Management LLC since 2008. Curi Capital serves individuals and families, institutional and corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental, bottom-up approach to equity and a relative-value orientation to fixed income, combining in-house strategies with external managers and proprietary risk analysis tools.

Levi Palomo is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Osaic Advisory Services, Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, and TD Ameritrade. Outside of his advisory work, he is a financial planner with Pillar Financial Advisors, LLC. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with fee-based financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management using a range of strategies and investment vehicles.

Brett Ludwig is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with seven years of industry experience. He has worked exclusively at JMG Financial Group, Ltd. since 2014. JMG Financial Group, Ltd. serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary investment management, financial advisory and consulting, retirement plan consulting, and tax consulting and preparation. The firm manages approximately $6.36 billion in assets with a team of 64 advisors and employs a strategic asset allocation approach overseen by an investment committee, utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, fixed income, private funds, and sub-advisors.