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.

Karen Kittrell is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Soltis Investment Advisors, LLC since 2020. Prior to joining Soltis, she worked at Future Benefits Corporation from 2016 to 2020. Soltis Investment Advisors serves individual investors, institutions, corporations, charitable organizations, and pension/401(k) plans. The firm employs a manager selection and portfolio construction process that integrates Modern Portfolio Theory, quantitative screening, and qualitative due diligence, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services.

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.

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® with 25 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Strategic Blueprint, LLC. She previously spent 15 years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. In addition to her advisory role, she owns Dvine Cookies LLC, a cookie company, and is a partner at the Women's Divorce Resource Circle, where she engages with clients undergoing divorce to assist with financial planning related to divorce proceeds. 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 customized, goal-based strategies through various advisory services, including portfolio management, financial planning, and a notable Subscription Advisory Services program that provides ongoing, flat-fee planning alongside client education initiatives.

Morgan Golich is a financial advisor at OSAIC Advisory Services, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Cetera, SageView Advisory Group, and First Allied. In addition to his role at OSAIC, he is an associate wealth advisor at Bloomfield Hills Advisory. OSAIC Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and municipal entities. The firm offers a range of services including investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and third-party manager oversight, delivering advisory services through multiple program models and utilizing both proprietary and third-party platforms.

James Dziadziola is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 2006 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Oppenheimer serves a broad client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

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.

Emilyann Rubio is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Comerica Securities, Inc., World Asset Management, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Rubio is based in Birmingham, MI. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of advisory and brokerage services, using strategic asset allocation and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

James Moran is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Oppenheimer since 2009. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, utilizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies tailored to client objectives.

Candice Schultz is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Hantz Financial Services since 2000. Outside of her advisory role, she is the owner of two businesses—C.B. Schultz, LLC, where she works as an author, writer, speaker, and life coach, and Financially Wellthy, LLC, which focuses on financial wellness education and coaching through books, social media, and speaking events. 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 and unified managed accounts, and offers a range of financial planning, wealth management, and fiduciary services supported by affiliated banking, tax, and consulting businesses.

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 14 years of industry experience. He has worked primarily with Citizens Securities and Citizens Bank since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a notary. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, operating as both a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

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® professional with 34 years of industry experience, currently serving at Private Advisor Group, LLC since 2013. He has concurrently worked at LPL Financial during this period. Outside of his advisory role, he is a board member of the Hough Family Foundation and is active as a musician in a popular music group. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships, serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing multiple investment strategies and third-party asset management programs.

John Mann is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management in Troy, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments since 2014. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital offering that utilizes algorithm-driven risk assessment and discretionary management of mutual funds and ETFs. The firm’s approach includes reliance on third-party strategists and investment delegates for portfolio implementation and voting.