Michael Pearl is a financial advisor at Pearl Capital Investments in Montgomery, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Pearl Capital Investments, he worked at USA Compression Partners, LP and Anadarko Petroleum. Pearl Capital Investments is a small registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth and qualified individual clients through discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a combination of quantitative techniques, fundamental analysis, and modern portfolio theory, and is notable for its use of performance-based compensation and explicit derivatives strategies within separately managed accounts.

Michael Hibbetts is a CFP® and CFA® with six years of industry experience. He is currently with ViaQuest Advisors LLC and previously worked at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC and Arbor Point Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, Hibbetts serves as a boat captain at the Armand Bayou Nature Center and holds board and finance committee roles at the Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church. ViaQuest Advisors LLC provides portfolio management, investment analysis, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/retirement plans. The firm combines multiple investment methodologies with advisor judgment and recently expanded to offer pension consulting services at both the plan and participant levels.

Barrett Ward is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and holds a Series 65 license, with six years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Champion Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2019, and previously worked at Valcorra Capital. Outside of his advisory role, Ward serves as a financial consultant for Blandford Family Partnership, Ltd., focusing on financial statement analysis and securities evaluation for family financial holdings. Champion Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management and tailored advisory services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and foundations. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing strategic asset allocation and global diversification through passive mutual funds, laddered bonds, and investment-grade fixed income.

Matthew Caire is a financial advisor at Woodward Investment Management, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Woodward Investment Management in 2026, he worked at Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, LP and Houston Trust Company. He teaches investments as an instructor in Rice University’s CFP program at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. Woodward Investment Management primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, pooled investment vehicles, and institutional clients. The firm employs a Sustainable Growth at a Reasonable Price (SGARP) investment philosophy and offers discretionary wealth management, sub-advisory portfolio management, and consulting services with a concentrated, hedged strategy.

Laura Smith is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience and has been with Heritage Asset Advisors Ltd., LLP since 2009. She is based in Houston, TX, and holds a Series 65 license. Heritage Asset Advisors is an independent firm with a four-advisor team managing approximately $256 million for around 400 clients. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis tailored to each client’s profile, with both discretionary and non-discretionary account management options.

Edmund Lesage is a financial advisor at Integrity Financial Planning, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Logical Investments, LLC for eight years. He is an officer and director of the Edmund and Brenda Lesage Family Foundation, a small private nonprofit foundation. Integrity Financial Planning provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a five-step process to create low-cost personal index portfolios with active tax management and accommodates social or faith-based investment restrictions.

Matthew Silvey is a financial advisor at Texas Family Wealth, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Texas Family Wealth, he worked at the YMCA and held various roles including positions at Sunny's Pizza and Wings and Clay & Company. Texas Family Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plans by providing customized wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a fiduciary, customized investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis, typically focusing on long-term strategies and offering a distinctive wrap fee program that includes bundled transaction costs.

Michael Mc Laughlin is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at ANCAP Financial with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Eagle Strategies, NYLIFE Securities, and Lochton Capital. ANCAP Financial provides fee-only financial planning and wealth management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a passive, asset-class approach with mutual funds, ETFs, and outside managers, and also offers retirement plan consulting and advisory services.

Alok Himmatramka is a financial advisor at OppoQuest, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with OppoQuest since 2013. OppoQuest provides investment management services to individual and business clients through separately managed accounts, focusing on portfolio management with four mainline model strategies and customized mandates. The firm emphasizes bottoms-up fundamental analysis, diversification, position sizing, and downside risk controls across a broad range of asset classes.

Eryn Schultz is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, currently serving as an advisor at Her Personal Finance in Houston, TX. She has three years of industry experience, including time at Equita Financial Network and Revolution Foods. She is the founder of Financial Education First DBA Earn with Eryn, where she provides financial education classes and workshops. Her Personal Finance offers fee-only financial planning and 401(k) assessment services for individuals, business owners, and corporate clients, with a focus on high-earning professionals and executive households. The firm emphasizes comprehensive financial planning over discretionary asset management, using a range of fee arrangements and investment guidance grounded in modern portfolio theory.

John Elvig is a financial advisor at Pearl Capital Investments in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Pearl Capital in 2021, he worked at NextDecade Corporation and Fieldwood Energy, and spent six years at Anadarko Petroleum. Pearl Capital Investments is a small registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth and qualified individual clients through discretionary portfolio management of publicly traded securities and derivatives. The firm employs a combination of quantitative techniques, fundamental analysis, and modern portfolio theory in its model-based asset allocation, and it is notable for its use of performance-based compensation and explicit derivatives strategies.

Stephen Lack is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a Partner at Corient. He has held roles at Galapagos Partners and leads Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc., a single family office where he acts as President and CIO providing consulting services to private partnerships and corporations. His career also includes involvement with Durable Dividend Growth Strategies, L.P. Corient offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse clientele, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a team-based investment approach focused on customized, goals-based asset allocations and integrates risk management through ongoing due diligence and monitoring across traditional and alternative investments.

James Munchbach is a CFP® and ChFC® with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at BayRock Financial, L.L.C., where he has worked since 2016, including a period from 2019 to present. Prior to this, he held roles at several firms including Tremont Street Advisors, Archetype Wealth Partners, and STA Wealth Management. In addition to his advisory work, Mr. Munchbach is a part-time Professor of Personal Finance at the University of Houston Bauer College of Business. BayRock Financial, L.L.C. provides fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, retirees, business owners, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm generally constructs diversified, long-term portfolios and integrates financial planning into advisory relationships, serving a client base notable for its inclusion of retirement plan clients and defined benefit pension plans.

Margaret Sucre' Vail is the founder and sole advisor at Sucre'-Vail Wealth Advisors in Houston, TX, with 22 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has led her firm since its inception in 1997. Sucre'-Vail Wealth Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, constructing individualized portfolios using individual bonds, low-cost mutual funds, and ETFs, with a focus on fundamental analysis and long-term investment orientation.

Adam Beaty is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He is a founder and managing partner of Bullogic LLC and has been involved with Bullogic Wealth Management since 2018. Outside of financial advising, he previously operated Quantum Pest Control for 16 years. Bullogic Wealth Management is a small advisory firm serving individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm focuses on passive portfolio construction using low-cost index funds and ETFs, combined with fundamental and technical analysis, while also providing comprehensive financial planning and employee benefit-plan services.

Karen Pong is a CFP® professional with 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the owner and sole advisor at Custom Wealth Solutions, a firm she established in 2025. Prior to founding her firm, she held roles at Woodbury Financial Services, Questar Asset Management, and Victory Financial Group. In addition to her advisory work, she owns and operates K L Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency. Custom Wealth Solutions provides discretionary asset management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing both direct and program-based portfolio management through the Orion platform. The firm integrates third-party strategists and employs planning tools such as Monte Carlo simulations to tailor investment programs to client objectives.

Robert Ramsey is a financial advisor at RNS Wealth Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Primerica Advisors for 10 years and Guardian Wealth Design Group since 2005. He is also active as an insurance agent through Guardian Wealth Design Group. RNS Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, using an American Funds mutual‑fund platform and third‑party managers. The firm delivers tailored financial planning and conducts regular account reviews while maintaining a relatively small client roster.

Stephen Jackson is a financial advisor at ViaQuest Advisors LLC with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Arbor Point Advisors and Securities America Inc. Outside of advising, he is involved in a commercial cleaning business and serves as a licensed insurance agent, primarily servicing existing accounts. ViaQuest Advisors LLC provides portfolio management, investment analysis, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and recently added non-discretionary pension consulting services for employee benefit plans and participants.

Brittni Haywood is a financial advisor at Haywood Wealth Management in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Methodist. Haywood Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and participant account management for defined contribution plans. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies guided by fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, primarily recommending ETFs alongside mutual funds, equities, and fixed-income securities.

Kenneth Cusick Jr. is a financial advisor with Texas Family Wealth, LLC and holds Series 66 and Series 65 designations. He has five years of industry experience, including four years at Fisher Investments and prior experience at Merrill and The John G. and Marie Stella Kennedy Memorial Foundation. Texas Family Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary wealth management and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fiduciary-oriented investment approach that integrates fundamental and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios.