John Hirzel is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Stratus Advisory Group, Inc. He has been with Stratus Advisory Group since 2013 and holds leadership roles in affiliated non-investment related entities, including a tax planning and accounting firm and an insurance agency. Stratus Advisory Group serves individual clients, including high-net-worth and non-HNW households, as well as small to mid-size businesses, providing tailored financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management. The firm employs a fundamental investment approach supplemented by cyclical and technical methods and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary services.

Laura Hartman is a financial advisor at Rosenberg Wealth Advisors in Birmingham, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Rofi LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., ABC Vintage, LLC, and Revive. Rosenberg Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment management, model-based portfolio management, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm primarily constructs client portfolios using model portfolios of low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, while incorporating individual stocks, bonds, and alternative investments as appropriate, with ongoing oversight of unaffiliated Independent Managers.

Ian Porzondek is a financial advisor at Affinity Wealth Management, LLC in Plymouth, MI, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience at Saint Clair Systems and Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights prior to joining Affinity Wealth Management in 2025. Porzondek is also a licensed insurance agent engaged in insurance sales through The Affinity Group of Companies. Affinity Wealth Management provides portfolio management and creates Investment Policy Statements tailored to clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance. The firm serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, employing a long-term trading approach that integrates charting, fundamental and technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory across a broad investable universe.

Michael Windle II is a financial advisor with Custom Wealth Management, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 12 years of industry experience. He has held leadership roles in several affiliated firms, including Custom Wealth Solutions, Custom Tax Solutions, and Custom Insurance Solutions. Outside of his financial services work, he is involved with Dark Side of Bricks, a business focused on selling LEGO products. Custom Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and trusts with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses an active, asset-allocation approach that incorporates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and it specializes in bank-issued structured notes with downside protection features.

Paige Millikin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. She currently works at Sage Wealth Planning, where she has been employed since 2022. Her prior experience includes roles at Advanced Wealth Strategies and Custom Accounting, as well as multiple positions at Central Michigan University. Sage Wealth Planning provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach with diversified portfolios and offers services under ERISA fiduciary standards.

Richard Mida Jr. is a financial advisor at Palatine Hill Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience at Canopy Wealth Management and Northwestern Mutual. He serves as a director of Motor City Polo, overseeing club operations. Palatine Hill Wealth Management serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, charities, and corporate clients. The firm manages approximately $296 million for about 279 clients, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a team of four advisors.

Mark Kidd is a financial advisor at Kidd Financial Planning, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and has prior experience at Norton & Kidd CPAs PC and Kindlinger & Company PC. In addition to his advisory role, he is a shareholder in a CPA and tax/accounting firm. Kidd Financial Planning, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, small businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach focuses on passive, asset-class diversification and long-term buy-and-hold strategies, using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers.

David Petoskey is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 35 years of industry experience. His career includes multiple roles at LPL Financial and leadership positions at Wealthcare Advisory Partners and Wealth Management Services, LLC. He serves on the Financial Sustainability Committee for Bloomfield Township and is a notary. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors. The firm serves individuals, trusts and estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, using a goals-based planning process supported by proprietary software and an evidence-based investment framework that incorporates behavioral economics.

Jeffrey Kaplan is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Oxford Harriman Private Wealth Management and has previously worked at Lincoln Investment and Thurston Springer Financial. Kaplan is also involved in estate planning through a family LLC and serves as a trustee on various matters. Oxford Harriman Private Wealth Management is an SEC-registered firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a tailored, multi-asset investment approach with continuous monitoring, offering a range of services from asset management to financial planning and retirement consulting.

Nicole Wirick is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Prosperity Wealth Strategies LLC since 2019. She previously worked at Planning Alternatives Ltd. and Wealthcare Advisors. Nicole is a licensed attorney in Michigan but does not practice law. Prosperity Wealth Strategies is a small discretionary investment adviser managing approximately $95 million for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides ongoing portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, using Modern Portfolio Theory with a long-term trading approach across mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and ETFs.

Timothy Hooker is a financial advisor with Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC in Southfield, MI, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Born Free Capital Management L.L.C. since 2014 and has longstanding roles at Wayne State University and St. Mary’s Preparatory. Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, foundations, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm uses a disciplined, model-based asset allocation approach combined with fundamental security analysis and a proprietary “TREAT” framework, providing services that include option overlay strategies and ERISA plan advisory roles.

William Mack is a Certified Financial Planner® with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at a mutual fund management company and has been associated with CND Financial since 2008, as well as operating William Mack & Associates, Inc. since 1992. CND Financial is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages individualized portfolios primarily through diversified allocations to no-load mutual funds and ETFs, employing both fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on longer-term holdings.

Christopher Emde is a financial advisor with Emde Wealth Management LLC in Bloomfield Hills, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Emde Wealth Management and Regulus, LLC since 2016. Outside of advisory services, he is a licensed insurance agent selling health and life insurance as well as fixed annuities. Emde Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities, managing approximately $45 million across 75 client relationships. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting, employing individualized asset-allocation strategies that include U.S. and international equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, alternative investments, and private placements.

Brittany Ringo is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at Autumn Financial Advisors, LLC since 2017 and previously was with Buttonwood Financial Advisors and Ringo & Associates, P.C. Certified Public Accountants. Autumn Financial Advisors is a two-advisor state-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm employs a blend of passive and active strategies informed by quantitative, cyclical, and technical analysis, tailoring portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Jeffery Cooper is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Alternatives with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He has held executive roles outside of finance, including serving as Vice President of Product Safety and Product Compliance at ZF Automotive since 2004. Cornerstone Alternatives primarily serves individual and high-net-worth investors, focusing on private market offerings such as private placements, closed-end funds, and special-purpose vehicle private funds. The firm emphasizes tactical asset allocation using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides both discretionary management and non-discretionary advisory services.

Thomas Duncan is a financial advisor at Vision Capital Partners in Ann Arbor, MI, with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Triad Advisors, LLC from 2006 to 2024. In addition to his advisory role, Duncan serves as president of an S-Corp involved in managing his business practice. Vision Capital Partners provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory-based approach with diversified, low-cost allocations tailored to client goals, and offers additional services such as family office support and business succession planning.

Brian Stone is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Greystone Financial Group, LLC since 2020 and previously worked at Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC from 2015 to 2020. Greystone Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other businesses by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services. The firm employs a tactical investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with active portfolio adjustments aimed at managing downside risk and pursuing risk-adjusted returns across various asset classes.

David Sculati is a financial advisor at Sculati Wealth Management, LLC in Bloomfield Hills, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Sculati Wealth Management since 2012. Sculati Wealth Management offers personalized financial planning and discretionary wealth management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses. The firm operates as a fee-only adviser, providing financial plans at no additional cost for fee-only clients, and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage approximately $381 million with a compact advisory team.

Peter Mendler is a financial advisor at Raider Dennis Agency with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Madison Avenue Securities, AE Wealth Management, Global Financial Private Capital, and GF Investment Services. Mendler is a vice president and 50% owner of Raider Dennis Agency, where he is involved in sales and management. Raider Dennis Agency provides investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on asset management through model portfolios on a sponsored wrap-fee platform. The firm uses cyclical analysis and third-party model managers via AE Wealth’s platform, primarily managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis while maintaining active insurance brokerage and broker-dealer affiliations.

Nicholas Loberg is a financial advisor with Greystone Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and eight years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Concorde Investment Services, Concorde Asset Management, Spectrum Financial Resources, and other firms. In addition to advisory work, he serves as Director of Brokerage Operations and Operations Manager for related Concorde entities. Greystone Financial Group manages approximately $495 million in assets for individual clients, high-net-worth households, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a tactical investment approach that adjusts portfolio weightings based on market conditions using a combination of fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis.