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.

Jamie Scott is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at True North Advisors, LLC since 2019 and previously spent three years at Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC. Based in Dallas, TX, he is part of a firm with multiple advisory teams. True North Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $5.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and foundations, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and wealth advisory services with a value-oriented, diversified investment approach.

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.

Trevor Dunfee is a CFP® professional with experience at True North Advisors, LLC and Texas A&M-College Station. He has been with True North Advisors since 2023. True North Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and other institutions with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, bottom-up investment approach focused on value-oriented strategies, supplemented by passive indexed ETFs, separately managed accounts, and alternative or private investments.

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 Series 66 licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with Foundations Investment Advisors LLC and RetireSimply, having previously worked at NEXT Financial Group and Compass Retirement. Foundations Investment Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.1 billion for nearly 29,615 clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan support, and sub-advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and registered investment companies through a network of nearly 300 investment adviser representatives.

Jeremy Day is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Prospera since 2013. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise-scale adviser and dually registered broker-dealer serving individuals, corporate and charitable entities, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $12.4 billion through about 207 advisors across roughly 140 offices, offering a range of investment advisory and financial planning services delivered via multiple platforms and customizable portfolio management.

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 at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX, with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Raymond James Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is a passive investor in a trampoline park business and owns an estate planning entity. Concurrent Investment Advisors provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm operates at enterprise scale with approximately 161 advisors managing about $9.9 billion in assets, employing a long-term investment approach with customized portfolios.

Michael Anderson is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at True North Advisors, LLC since 2009. Based in Dallas, TX, he holds the Series 65 designation. True North Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and other institutions with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, bottom-up investment approach with a focus on value-oriented strategies, while incorporating passive indexed ETFs, SMAs, and alternative or private investments as appropriate.

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.

Matthew Borowski is a financial advisor at True North Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and has been with True North Advisors since 2013. True North Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and other institutions by providing comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, bottom-up investment approach with an emphasis on value-oriented strategies, incorporating passive indexed ETFs, separately managed accounts, and alternative investments as appropriate.