Matthew Herman is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at BBR Partners, Herman & Company CPAs, P.C., and Epoch Investment Partners. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a consultant for an accounting firm. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm employs a partner-led team structure with a focus on asset allocation, manager due diligence, and oversight of sub-advisers, while also providing specialized services for clients with complex needs.

Susan Wesselmann is a Series 66 licensed advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with Oppenheimer since 2003. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a range of programs across equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios using both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Malia Baker is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional affiliated with Mariner, with four years of industry experience. She has worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2019 and also has experience with PLNK STL, Red Robin, and Splash. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs customized discretionary portfolios overseen by an investment committee and combines in-house research with third-party managers across a broad range of asset classes and strategies.

Ryan Fedder is a financial advisor with Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc, and TD Ameritrade. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors and their clients, offering model portfolios, operational support, and access to third-party cash-management and insurance solutions. The firm emphasizes diversified, systematically invested mutual fund and ETF portfolios and combines enterprise scale with a small advisor base, managing approximately $41 billion in regulatory assets.

Grant Trower is a financial advisor at Charles Schwab with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. He has worked at Charles Schwab Bank, SSB and Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. since 2019, and previously at UBS Financial Services and Wells Fargo Clearing. Charles Schwab serves a large client base, primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, offering wealth advisory, brokerage, custody, and cash-sweep services through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program. The firm’s investment approach combines non-discretionary advisory relationships with discretionary separately managed accounts and utilizes multi-asset model portfolios and due diligence on alternative investments.

Jared Cernansky is a financial advisor at Stifel with a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel Nicolaus since 2018 and previously worked at Rubicon Global (formerly WestRock) from 2016 to 2018. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, which uses forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to guide asset allocation and financial planning.

Nicholas Peker is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC since 2016, including his current role at Wells Fargo Advisors starting in 2018, and briefly at Edward Jones in 2018. Outside of his advisory work, he is a food delivery driver for Uber Eats and manages an e-commerce business through Peker Family Enterprises, LLC. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network serves individuals, trusts, and institutional clients, offering investment and fee-based financial planning services. The firm provides a broad range of planning options tailored to clients who meet certain net-worth criteria, utilizing proprietary research and tools to develop customized recommendations.

Justin Hauke is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2008. He is part of The DDK Group within Baird’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individuals, corporate and business clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning, portfolio management, and custody services, with capabilities that include manager-traded and model-traded SMA strategies, tax management, and the use of internal research and technology tools in client advice.

Kerry Auer is a financial advisor at Stifel with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated since 2002. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm uses a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to provide asset allocation and financial planning analyses.

Emir Mansfield is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 66 credential and six years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Citigroup, Commerce Bank, and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. Outside of finance, he is a half-owner of M.G. Marketing, LLC, a company that provides marketing services for small brick-and-mortar businesses. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is a large broker-dealer and registered investment adviser affiliated with Wells Fargo, offering investment and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm provides a broad range of planning services and utilizes Wells Fargo research and tools to develop tailored client recommendations.

Michael Vasta is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. since 2015 and at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2009. He serves as a board member for the Logos School and the St. Louis County Children's Service Fund, contributing to business development, fundraising, and finance committee activities. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a wide range of advisory programs to individual and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning through its Financial Advisors and Estate Planning Strategies Group. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and employs structured planning tools, including the use of Secular Return Estimates and Monte Carlo simulations, to help clients model financial outcomes.

Blakely Hall is a financial advisor at Stifel with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2018, following a four-year tenure at Cetera Advisor Networks. Stifel serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and asset allocation methodologies.

Elizabeth Brown is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 66 designation and 33 years of industry experience. She has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, wrap-fee programs, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets, employs more than 14,000 financial advisors, and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Thomas Schulz is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Edward Jones since 2007. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.

Matthew Cafferata is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in St. Louis, MO, and has nine years of industry experience. He has worked concurrently at Medcom Funding Solutions and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC since 2017 and previously at Healthcare Connect United from 2015 to 2017. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions supported by research and analytics from Wells Fargo Investment Institute and third-party providers.

David Elbe is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked in various capacities within Morgan Stanley entities since 2009. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm provides tailored financial planning and advisory programs, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Allison Kenly is a financial advisor at Stifel in St. Louis, MO, with eight years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Stifel since 2014. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, providing both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach incorporates proprietary analysis and probabilistic modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group to support asset allocation and financial planning.

Clinton Bert is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Shiloh, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and seven years of industry experience. His prior firms include Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Stifel. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, and institutions with a range of advisory and brokerage services including financial planning and third-party asset management. The firm supports its advisors with research model portfolios, customized strategies, and technology tools, managing over $819 billion in discretionary assets through a network of more than 22,800 advisors.

Deborah Briest is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience. She has worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2021, following roles at Truist Advisory Services, Truist Investment Services, and BB&T Securities. Deborah is based in St. Louis, MO. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

Tosha Adams is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm providing investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions supported by research and analytics from Wells Fargo Investment Institute.