Ivan Havrylyan is a financial advisor with Outside The Box Financial Planning, LLC in Wheeling, IL. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 12 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2017, he worked at Securities America Advisors and Personal Financial Strategies, Inc. Outside The Box Financial Planning primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and business entities, providing comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach using index funds and ETFs, integrating ongoing financial planning with portfolio oversight.

Chetan Notaria is a financial advisor with Investment Resources Center in Palatine, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 16 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Planning Resources Center since 2001, where he also serves as president of an insurance agency and is involved in technology and business development consulting. Investment Resources Center provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and business entities, including corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, and trusts. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and offers proprietary model portfolios alongside customized management, with services that include retirement planning, tax-efficiency analysis, and estate-related investment guidance.

Daniel Rooker is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience and is the principal of Rook Financial LLC in Oak Park, IL. He has held advisory roles at several firms, including WealthTrace Advisors Inc. and SLP Wealth. Outside of his financial advisory work, he coaches swim classes at a health and fitness gym. Rook Financial LLC is an independent, single-advisor firm offering financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement plan consulting for individuals and small-business plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes long-term, risk-based asset allocation with broad global diversification and typically serves clients with substantial investable assets as well as employer retirement plans.

Dale Wong is a financial advisor at Missio Investment Management LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Missio since 2018. Prior to that, he was employed at Northeastern University and Convergence Investments. Missio Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, endowments, and corporate clients. The firm uses a predominantly passive investment approach combined with active management for up to 30% of assets, tailoring portfolios to client-specific investment policy statements.

Steven Clancy is a Certified Public Accountant and financial advisor with seven years of experience in accounting and one year in advisory services. He is the principal of Clancy Capital Advisors LLC, an independent firm based in Chicago. Prior to founding his advisory firm, he worked at Prestone Products Corporation for five years. Clancy Capital Advisors LLC provides portfolio management and comprehensive wealth management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, integrating financial planning and tax planning. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to build diversified portfolios and offers both one-time and ongoing planning options, including a subscription-style service.

Krzysztof Marzec is a financial advisor at Trove, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Geneva Trading LLC for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is the creator of Meegorun, a neighbor-to-neighbor delivery app, and a managing member of Festa, LLC, which invests in several Midwest restaurants. Trove provides continuous, individualized investment management primarily focused on option-based overlay strategies, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm emphasizes protective hedging and listed-options strategies applied to clients’ existing securities, implementing these strategies on a discretionary basis.

William Geiger is the sole advisor at Geiger Wealth Management in Oak Brook, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Geiger Wealth Management since 1995 and has operated under the firm SSB 5, Inc. d/b/a Geiger Wealth Management since 2011. Outside of advisory work, he is also an insurance agent at De Blanco Inc., dedicating a significant portion of his time to insurance activities. Geiger Wealth Management is a state-registered investment adviser offering fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy incorporating technical and cyclical analysis and provides customized investment recommendations across various instruments while also overseeing third-party money managers.

Michael Tilatti is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with seven years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Tilatti Wealth Management LLC in Chicago, having previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management and XR Securities LLC. Outside of his financial advisory role, he serves as a recess and lunch monitor at Goethe Elementary School. Tilatti Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individual and corporate clients. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach focused on index mutual funds and ETFs within a strategic allocation framework, while also offering pension consulting and institutional-style fiduciary services uncommon among firms of its size.

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Gabriel Salimi is a financial advisor at Watchtower Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Red Oak Capital Management, Fifth Third Securities, Fifth Third Private Bank, and BMO Private Bank. Watchtower Wealth is an independent investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, corporations, partnerships, and retirement plans. The firm combines fundamental research with quantitative techniques and technical analysis to manage discretionary portfolios and provide fiduciary services, offering a diverse range of investment vehicles and institutional-style retirement plan support.

Ian Burgess is a financial advisor at Clark Lewis with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Clark Lewis provides fiduciary financial planning and investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses, along with professional consulting on business operations and strategic planning. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using primarily passive vehicles and offers customized plans with a capped fee structure and access to multiple institutional sub-advisors.

Ryan Carter is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with three years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Funded Life Financial, LLC, having worked previously at Invisors, Intecrowd, SAP, and Hireology. Funded Life Financial, LLC is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a primarily passive, asset-allocation strategy using index mutual funds and ETFs, with programs that include seminars and speaking engagements on financial topics and the use of third-party professionals and model portfolios.

Matthew Chodosh is the managing member of MC Wealth Advisors LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 license with no prior industry experience as a financial advisor. He is also the sole operator of MC Tax Advisors PLLC, a separate tax and legal services firm. His career history includes roles at MC Tax Advisors PLLC, Ruggable LLC, Veho Tech Inc., Gallagher, and Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C. MC Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, high net worth individuals, families, and businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified asset allocation tailored to client goals and manages a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis, often working alongside unaffiliated external managers.

Anthony Razza is a financial advisor with Prospect Trading LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has been self-employed since 2014. Outside of financial advising, he is also a licensed real estate agent in Florida, operating through Premiere Plus Realty Co. Prospect Trading LLC provides investment management and planning services to individuals and corporate clients, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis. The firm employs a range of strategies, including derivatives and short-selling, and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Daniel Fudala is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and the sole advisor at Hazel Ridge Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Palatine, IL. He has been with Hazel Ridge Advisors since its founding in 2015. Hazel Ridge Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients with discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm manages client assets entirely in-house, applying a combination of fundamental, cyclical, technical, and modern portfolio theory methods to asset allocation and security selection.

Roger Manske is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial planning industry. He has operated as a sole proprietor since 2000. His firm provides independent, fee-for-service comprehensive financial planning to individuals, couples, families, and small business owners. The firm serves approximately 25 clients, focusing on personalized advisory services without discretionary trading authority, and emphasizes a fiduciary approach with active monitoring of client holdings.

James Brewer is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience based in Chicago, IL. He is the principal advisor at Envision Wealth Planning Inc., an independent registered investment adviser, and previously worked at LPL Financial. Brewer contributes as an author to Forbes.com. Envision Wealth Planning provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to build diversified portfolios and offers both limited-scope and full-discretion advisory services for workplace retirement plans.

Zhidi Luo is a financial advisor based in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Luo’s background includes roles at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chapin Hall, and Artanis Capital. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and various institutional clients, combining technical and fundamental analysis in its investment approach. It typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis and uses Interactive Brokers as custodian.

Patrick Bourbon is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience. He is the founder and sole advisor at Bourbon Financial Management in Chicago, IL, where he has worked since 2009. Before founding his firm, he spent seven years at ProManage. Bourbon Financial Management is an independent, fee-only advisory firm serving individuals, families, and occasionally business clients. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advice based on a research-driven, long-term asset allocation strategy emphasizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with services provided on a non-discretionary basis.

George Panopoulos is the principal advisor at The Panopoulos Group with 34 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. for 19 years before founding his current firm in 2017. The Panopoulos Group is an independent registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals with personalized portfolio management and financial planning. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses, employing both active and passive investment strategies tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.