Stephen Jones is a financial advisor at Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 41 years of industry experience. He has been with Hilltop Securities in various capacities since 2000. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through both investment advisory and broker-dealer services. The firm offers a range of solutions including managed accounts, financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and brokers execution and custody functions, utilizing an open-architecture platform with both third-party and firm-sponsored strategies.

Thad Ortez is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently with Ascentis Independent Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX. He has worked at firms including Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. Ortez serves as a finance and investment committee member and deacon at Calvary Reformed Church and is CEO of Instlo, Inc. Ascentis Independent Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities by providing asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of discretionary management, third-party managers, and platform solutions tailored to client objectives.

Austin Roesler is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with BakerAvenue, based in Southlake, TX, and has four years of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles at Charles Schwab Bank, Charles Schwab & Co., TD Ameritrade, and Ameriprise Financial Services. BakerAvenue Asset Management is a multi-team wealth manager serving individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning with a range of named strategies that blend quantitative, fundamental, and tactical approaches, emphasizing ongoing client communication and detailed household performance reporting.

Melissa Cox is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Van Clemens Wealth Management, LLC. She has previously worked at Doucet Asset Management, Institutional Securities Corp, and Fetterman Investments. In addition to her advisory role, Melissa owns Future Focus Wealth, where she manages an independent financial services practice and engages in authoring and public speaking. Van Clemens Wealth Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional clients across various wealth levels. The firm customizes portfolios using both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, employing modern portfolio theory and fundamental and technical analysis, and utilizes a broad range of third-party managers as well as an in-house Growth Opportunities model focusing on micro- and small-cap equities.

Chase Moody is a financial advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC in Dallas, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and began his advisory career in 2025 after graduating from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Quotient, he attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, consulting, and investment management tailored to client risk profiles. The firm manages assets primarily through ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers, applying fundamental and cyclical analysis to create diversified, factor-tilted portfolios.

April Harper is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with Prospera Financial Services since 2008. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors managing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory programs and platforms.

Thadius Beavers is a financial advisor at M Holdings Securities, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at multiple firms, including E*TRADE Securities LLC and TIAA-CREF. He was also involved with Level Four Advisory Services as a branch manager and supervisory principal. M Holdings Securities, Inc. serves a range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering advisory and brokerage services through a nationwide network of independent firms and professionals. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning, supported by platform providers and sub-advisory relationships.

Kenneth Price is a financial advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 29 years of industry experience. He worked previously at MICG Investment Management, LLC from 2001 to 2009 before joining Prospera in 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is co-owner of PricePerkins LLC, an insurance agency, and volunteers for Staples Mill Road Baptist Church. Prospera Financial Services 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 business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory platforms including their proprietary Summit programs and third-party platforms like Envestnet and SEI.

Thomas Thompson is a CFP® professional with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving at Momentum Independent Network Inc. He has worked with SWS Financial Services for over three decades. Outside of his advisory role, Thompson serves as a member of the St Marks Endowment Committee, a religious nonprofit organization in Arlington, TX. Momentum Independent Network serves a diverse client base, including individual, high-net-worth, charitable, corporate, institutional, and banking clients, offering advisory and brokerage services through a platform model that integrates third-party managers and Envestnet for investment management and trading.

Donald Genord III is a financial advisor with Level Four Advisory Services, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 19 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Raymond James Financial Services and National Planning Corporation. He is also an insurance agent with FIg Marketing. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion for individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services, utilizing model portfolios, wrap platforms, and unaffiliated sub-advisors.

Hilary Pluemer is a CFP® professional with 38 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Prospera Financial Services, Inc. since 2015. Prior to joining Prospera, Hilary worked for six years at Avantax Advisory Services. Outside of advising, Hilary is the owner and sole proprietor of a business management consulting firm that provides consulting services to a retail clothing store. Prospera Financial Services is a multi-team advisory firm with 271 advisors overseeing approximately $14.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and access to multiple advisory platforms and programs.

Mary Sargent is a financial advisor with Level Four Advisory Services in Dallas, TX. She holds the Series 66 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Level Four, she worked at LPL Financial and was involved with the YMCA. Outside of her advisory role, she is a fitness instructor with the Wilson Family YMCA and serves on the board of the Wilson Downtown Development Corporation. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion for individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm provides financial planning, asset management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services, utilizing model portfolios and a variety of platform and sub-advisor arrangements.

Colin Bindner is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at True North Advisors, LLC since 2019 and spent six years with United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC prior to that. True North Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $5.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves very high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, foundations, and other business entities, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and wealth advisory services with an investment approach focused on fundamental, bottom-up analysis and broad diversification across equities, fixed income, diversifiers, and private investments.

Brian Weatherly is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently advising clients at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC. His work history includes roles at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, Mercer Allied Company, and Cetera Advisor Networks. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, consulting, and wealth management services tailored to client risk profiles. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and cyclical analysis to build diversified, factor-tilted portfolios and manages approximately $4.9 billion through a multi-advisor team.

Wallace Carlson is a financial advisor with Advisory Services Network who holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Fidelity, Fidelity Personal Trust Company, TL Private Wealth, and Advisory Services Network since 2018. He is also the owner and president of Fruit of the Vine, Ltd., a service corporation associated with his financial practice, and works as an independent insurance agent offering life and health insurance and annuity advice. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services with a flexible engagement model and a large platform of advisors managing over $10 billion in discretionary assets.

Laura Young is a Series 66 registered advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, Texas, where she has worked since 2019. She has three years of industry experience and prior work history includes positions at Costco, Allen Public Library, Party City, and ToysRUs. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through advisory and broker-dealer services on an open-architecture platform. The firm combines custody, banking, and market-making capabilities, offering managed accounts, retirement-plan consulting, and municipal bond strategies.

Denise Clifton is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners in Dallas, TX, with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked with U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, USCA Securities, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Edward Jones. Outside of her advisory work, she serves on the boards of the Grand Prairie Education Foundation, where she is a past president, and the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce. Arax Advisory Partners provides wealth management and advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and private fund advisory, employing both traditional and alternative investment strategies supported by in-house teams and independent managers.

Jack Barker is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving clients at The Mather Group, LLC in Dallas, TX. His prior roles include positions at EQ Wealth Advisors, FSC, BFS Advisory Group, and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. The Mather Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and other entities, providing integrated financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning, and family office services. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach with customizable portfolio options and leverages AI and machine-learning tools with human oversight.

Billy Jenkins is a financial advisor with Momentum Independent Network Inc. in Dallas, TX. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 26 years of industry experience, including 17 years at SWS Financial Services. Momentum Independent Network Inc. serves individual, corporate, institutional, and retirement plan clients with advisory, portfolio management, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm integrates broker-dealer operations with banking and municipal advisory capabilities, offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions across various managed account programs.

Britt Woods is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at PNC Wealth Management, Lone Star National Bank, LPL Financial, Cetera Investment Services, and Fifth Third Securities. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion and serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, asset and portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services, utilizing model portfolios, multiple custodians, and unaffiliated sub-advisors, with a notable corporate structure that includes affiliated broker-dealer and trust/banking entities.