Eric Benzel Ward is a financial advisor at Chicory Wealth in Westminster, CO, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Chicory Wealth, he worked in educational roles at DSST Public Schools and the Relay Graduate School of Education. Chicory Wealth provides financial life planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, quantitative methods, and ESG metrics to build diversified portfolios and offers additional services including tax preparation, estate planning, and business consulting.

Chanda Sloat is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with two years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Varra Wealth Management LLC, where she has worked since 2024. Prior to this role, she attended the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business and has experience with Varra Financial and LPL Financial. Varra Wealth Management LLC is a team advisory firm managing approximately $237.5 million for about 425 clients, including individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides portfolio management, pension and 401(k) consulting, and financial planning, employing modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading approach.

Stephen Moorman is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, currently serving as an advisor at Libra Wealth LLC with five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp, Vanderbilt Securities, LLC, PlanMember Securities Corporation, and Hattig Financial. Libra Wealth LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates, emphasizing a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Fama-French multi-factor framework. The firm manages approximately $640 million in assets with a small team and offers negotiated fixed fees rather than percentage-based charges.

Narvel Casas is a financial advisor at Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Mountain Capital Investment Advisors since 2017. Casas is also engaged in ongoing studies since 2009. Mountain Capital Investment Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary wealth management, investment management, and financial planning. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio management using diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, combining fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios to client goals and risk tolerance.

Jason Pott is a financial advisor with WealthPLAN Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Securities America, Inc. and COUNTRY FINANCIAL. Outside of financial advising, he owns an insurance brokerage providing life, auto, home, and commercial insurance. WealthPLAN Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions with financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a "Strategy Diversification" investment approach that utilizes a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and alternative strategies, typically managing client accounts on a discretionary basis with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.

Tyler Hentges is a financial advisor at Townsend with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Wambolt & Associates, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Surefoot, Charles Schwab & Co., and FirstBank. Townsend is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement-plan participants. The firm manages approximately $1.52 billion through a team of 18 advisors, offering financial planning, asset management, retirement plan consultation, and related investment services.

Ladd Solomon is a financial advisor at Rothschild Investment LLC in Chicago, IL, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations and has been with Rothschild Investment LLC since 2009. Rothschild Investment LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, foundations, corporations, and plan sponsors, with a focus on entrepreneurs and closely held business owners. The firm employs a long-term, individualized investment approach that integrates asset allocation, theme selection, and security selection using multiple analytical methods.

Nicholas Swanson is a financial advisor at MCM Wealth with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Savvy, Empower Advisory Group, and Personal Capital Advisors Corporation. MCM Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, small-business retirement plans, family offices, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm uses a multi-asset class, core-and-satellite approach with custom-tailored portfolios and offers a proprietary options overlay platform for clients who select that strategy.

Andy McClaflin is a financial advisor with Aspen Wealth Strategies, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including Raymond James Financial Services and Aspen Wealth Planning LLC. Outside of his advisory role, McClaflin is involved in business ownership as CEO of RAR Ltd. and Standard Equine LLC, which focuses on equine training and sales. Aspen Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental research and proprietary quantitative algorithms to build diversified portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments, with a notable emphasis on the use of derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Grant Bugner is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Peak Asset Management, LLC. His prior experience includes four years at MorganRosel Wealth Management and roles in various industries such as mining and brewing. He is Board President of the Listen Foundation, which supports children who are deaf and hard of hearing and their families, and creates personal finance video content under the name "moneymentorGrant." Peak Asset Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm managing approximately $1.01 billion for about 333 clients, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning, employing client-specific investment policies and a combination of fundamental, technical, and qualitative analyses in its generally long-term investment approach.

Sonya Gillis is a financial advisor with Gainline Financial Partners, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Animal Health Care Denver. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a foster coordinator for Lifeline Puppy Rescue in Brighton, Colorado. Gainline Financial Partners offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, qualified retirement plan participants, and institutional clients. The firm employs diversified, multi-style portfolios blending passive and active strategies, and manages a significant portion of assets in wrap accounts.

Summer Vaughan is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-registered advisor with seven years of industry experience. She is currently with Gainline Financial Partners, LLC and previously worked at Fidelity Investments, First Command Financial Planning, Edward Jones, and American Honda Finance Corporation. Gainline Financial Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, qualified retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm uses diversified, multi-style portfolios combining passive and active strategies, and manages a significant portion of its assets through wrap fee programs.

Timothy Mccain is a financial advisor at SEM Wealth Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Distribution Systems, Inc. since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an officer of a company that provides sales and marketing solutions focused on sales coaching and management for small to mid-sized financial service firms. SEM Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that offers discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning primarily to individuals, retirement plans, and trusts, utilizing quantitative and technical model-driven strategies implemented across various platforms.

Zachary Rhodes is a financial advisor at Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Buck Wealth Strategies, LLC and Udemy. Mountain Capital Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $929 million across more than 1,100 client relationships, offering customized investment approaches focused on long-term strategies with diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and selective individual stocks and bonds.

Sophia Berglund is a financial advisor at Peak Asset Management, LLC in Louisville, CO, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Peak Asset Management in 2022, she worked at Mercer Advisors and Raisa Energy. Peak Asset Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm managing approximately $1.01 billion for around 333 clients, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, using client-specific investment policy statements and a range of strategies including individual securities and mutual funds/ETFs.

Tiffany Brown is a CFP® professional at Townsend with 24 years of industry experience. She has been with Townsend & Associates, Inc. since 2009 and previously worked at Securities America, Inc. from 2008 to 2024. She holds the Series 66 designation and operates from Westminster, CO. Townsend is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement-plan participants through a team of 18 advisors. The firm manages approximately $1.52 billion and offers financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, retirement plan consultation, and services related to variable annuities, using a combination of top-down macro and bottom-up fundamental investment approaches.

Gina Varra is a financial advisor with Varra Wealth Management LLC in Louisville, Colorado, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at LPL Financial LLC and National Planning Corporation. Varra Wealth Management LLC is a team advisory firm serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides portfolio management, pension and 401(k) consulting, and standalone financial planning, applying modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading approach.

Cameron Dunford is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Louisville, Colorado, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Oppenheimer Funds Inc. for seven years before joining LPL Financial and Varra Wealth Management LLC in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with 3 L's LLC, a home-based business entity not related to investments. LPL Financial serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, and high-net-worth households, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services supported by an in-house research team and various investment strategies.

John Lynch is a financial advisor at Worth Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior roles include positions at Lynch Financial Group LLC, Wealth Watch Advisors LLC, and Royal Funds Management LLC. Worth Advisors is a fee-based financial planning and investment management firm serving individuals, college coaches, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm constructs portfolios aligned with clients’ objectives and risk tolerances, utilizing ETFs, no-load index mutual funds, and third-party managers while maintaining oversight and due diligence.

Michelle Burns is a financial advisor at Mountain Capital Investment Advisors Inc in Westminster, CO, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. She has been with Mountain Capital Investment Advisors since 2011. In addition to her advisory role, she works as a staff accountant for Mountain Capital CPAs in Denver. Mountain Capital Investment Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with discretionary wealth management, investment management, and financial planning. The firm employs a long-term investment approach, using diversified portfolios that emphasize low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, combined with fundamental and technical analysis tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.