Austin Whittington is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at McAdam LLC since 2018. His prior work includes roles at Hilliard Lyons and First Harrison Bank, as well as a period at Indiana University. McAdam LLC is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan consulting, implementing portfolios primarily through fundamental analysis and a diversified allocation approach tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

William Powell is a financial advisor with Mariner Independent, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors, where he worked for seven years. Powell is also involved with Fortitude Financial Partners, providing investment services through Mariner Platform Solutions. Mariner Independent serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a network of investment adviser representatives who offer financial planning, portfolio management, retirement consulting, and access to alternative investments, utilizing both firm-built model portfolios and customized discretionary strategies.

Breanna Stohr is a CFP® professional with one year of industry experience, currently serving at JMG Financial Group Ltd since 2020. Her prior experience includes a role at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2019, along with various positions in education and retail. JMG Financial Group, Ltd. provides discretionary investment management, financial advisory, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach with tactical adjustments and manages approximately $6.36 billion in assets through a team of about 64 advisors.

Hugh Ketchie II is a financial advisor at Zacks Investment Management, Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at both Zacks Investment Management since 2008 and LBMZ Securities Inc since 2011. Zacks Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional investors. The firm employs a proprietary stock-ranking model focused on earnings-estimate revisions and offers a range of investment strategies and vehicles, operating across retail, institutional, and third-party channels.

Matthew Hilding is a financial advisor at IHT Wealth Management LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked previously at DWS Distributors, Inc., BlackRock Investments, LLC, and DWS Scudder Distributors. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Hilding Brothers LLC, an entity established to hold an investment in a real estate fund. IHT Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and corporate clients. The firm employs a blend of fundamental stock selection and quantitative tools within diversified model portfolios and offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services through a network of approximately 153 investment adviser representatives.

Caitlyn Karl is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C., holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. She has worked at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors and LaSalle St. Securities since 2021 and previously spent five years with Merrill and one year at Forero-Pearson. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary management programs, with a notable emphasis on non-discretionary assets compared to other large advisers.

Nathaniel Feit is a financial advisor at Zacks Investment Management, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with approximately one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at High Tide Logistics, Glenview House, and the University of Missouri. Zacks Investment Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, pooled vehicles, and institutional clients, along with managing mutual funds and ETFs. The firm combines proprietary quantitative models with qualitative portfolio management and offers a broad range of strategies across multiple asset classes.

Luke Adam is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP since 2019. Prior to joining Forum, he worked at Jones Lange Lasalle and Orbitz Worldwide. 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 acts as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, offering model portfolios and back-office services primarily using a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

Danielle Dale is a financial advisor with Zacks Investment Management, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Zacks Investment Management since 2017 and has been involved with LBMZ Securities, Inc. since 2016. Zacks Investment Management, Inc. provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, pooled investment vehicles, and institutional clients, acting as portfolio manager for mutual funds and ETFs. The firm employs a blend of proprietary quantitative models and qualitative portfolio management across various strategies and offers services through wrap-fee and unified managed account programs.

Matthew Dmytryszyn is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Composition Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Telemus Capital, LLC and LaSalle Street Capital Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Treasurer and a board member for Bridge Communities, a nonprofit providing transitional housing to homeless families. Composition Wealth offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term, diversified investment approach using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and may incorporate options and private funds when appropriate.

James Coshun is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. in Elmhurst, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has been with LaSalle St. Securities, LLC since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in fixed annuities, life insurance, and long-term care insurance businesses. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations with fee-based financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm uses a range of investment strategies, including both active and passive approaches, and manages a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Joseph Spokas is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Forum Financial Management, LP since 2002 and is also involved with Pinnacle Wealth Management, LLC and Spokas & Associates CPAs LLC. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves on the board of Lithotype, a custom packaging materials company. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also acts as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, utilizing model portfolios primarily implemented with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.

Golam Tanzim is a financial advisor at Plante Moran Financial Advisors with a Series 65 designation and experience beginning in 2024. His prior roles include positions at Deloitte, Wayne State University, Plante Moran, and Hantz Bank. Plante Moran Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and estate planning services to individual investors, charitable organizations, corporations, banks, trusts, estates, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation, written investment policy statements, and manager selection, using a variety of analytical approaches and managing a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Stephen Weber is a financial advisor at VestGen Advisors, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Lake St, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. VestGen Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $3.47 billion for about 9,453 clients across 30 advisors. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, wrap-fee programs, and retirement plan services, utilizing a combination of analytical methods and third-party managers to implement client portfolios.

Malinda Distefano is a financial advisor at Chicago Capital, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at William Blair & Company from 2014 to 2018 before joining Chicago Capital in 2018. Chicago Capital provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, foundations, other registered investment advisers, and corporations. The firm uses an active management approach combining fundamental and technical research to build individualized portfolios and manages over $4.8 billion in client assets with a team of 11 advisors.

Alfonso Pizzo is a financial advisor at Northern Trust Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Perillo Service Center. Northern Trust Securities, Inc. serves high-net-worth individuals, retail investors, and institutional clients through discretionary portfolio management using model-driven, periodically rebalanced strategies that incorporate proprietary and third-party products via the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform.

Scott Piggush is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Bourbonnais, Illinois, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked with LPL Financial since 2015 and currently provides investment advisory services through HighPoint Advisor Group, an independent registered investment advisor. LPL Financial serves a broad range of clients including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, banks, institutions, charities, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers various advisory and brokerage services supported by in-house research and a large network of investment adviser representatives, delivering customized investment solutions through model portfolios, third-party managers, and discretionary arrangements.

Scott Glazer is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Chicago, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. He has been with B. Riley Wealth Management since 2016 and joined B. Riley Wealth Advisors in 2022. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets across 274 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement solutions through various program structures and both proprietary and third-party asset allocation models.

David Walz is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at CGN Advisors, LLC since 2023 and previously spent 19 years at Arcadia Financial Strategies, Inc. Walz serves on the Board of Regents and Finance Committee at Concordia University Chicago. CGN Advisors provides financial planning, investment consultation, and portfolio supervisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, businesses, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs various asset-allocation strategies and offers services such as educational workshops, tax-return preparation, and pension consulting.

Susan Penno is a PFS™ credentialed advisor with Avantax Planning Partners, Inc. in Oak Brook, IL, bringing two years of industry experience. She is also the owner of Sassetti, LLC, a tax and accounting firm where she provides tax compliance and planning services. Additionally, she serves as a successor trustee for her husband's revocable trust. Avantax Planning Partners provides investment advice and planning primarily to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses through collaborative referral arrangements with independent CPA firms and registered advisor representatives. The firm employs model-based style allocation strategies and discretionary portfolio management, with an investment process overseen by an advisory committee.