Kristopher Johnson is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Kai Wealth LLC since 2026. He previously worked at Raintree Capital Management, LLC and South Georgia Capital, LLC for eight years each, and Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. for sixteen years. Outside of Kai Wealth, Mr. Johnson serves as a portfolio manager for a private fund at Raintree Capital Management. Kai Wealth LLC provides investment management and advisory services to a select group of sophisticated clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations. The firm utilizes a multi-strategy investment approach incorporating quantitative modeling, manager selection, and derivatives, with investment authority centralized in a principal decision maker and oversight of subadvisors focused on due diligence.

David Shelton is a financial advisor at Harvard Avenue Investment Advisory in Gilbert, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined the firm in 2026 and has prior experience with the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, where he worked for over 22 years. Harvard Avenue provides fee-only, discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual investors, including high-net-worth clients and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing low-cost, low-turnover mutual funds and ETFs, and includes educational seminars offered at no charge.

Gilbert Gallahar Jr. is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving at Ensign Advisory Partners LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Enterprise, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and The Vanguard Group. Gallahar is involved in non-variable insurance activities associated with Prudential. Ensign Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, and ERISA retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory within a long-term trading approach, offering portfolio management and access to third-party platforms and model portfolios.

Sandeep Shah is a Series 65-licensed advisor at SmartAlpha Wealth Advisors LLC with three years of industry experience. He also serves as a Principal at NorthStar International Ventures, a technology consulting and advisory firm focused on software companies and the retail service industry. Shah devotes significant time to this non-investment-related business. SmartAlpha Wealth Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, providing continuous investment management alongside various financial planning services. The firm combines passive and active strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs tactical deviations, derivatives, and options within its strategic asset allocation.

Rodney Weeks is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience at WLTH Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC for six years and JPMorgan Chase & Co for three years. WLTH Capital Management advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, cash-management solutions, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm employs a fundamental, generally long-term investment approach and manages over $200 million in client assets while offering specialized services such as 3(38) fiduciary responsibility for retirement plans and third-party platform integration for held-away accounts.

Joshua Johnson is a Series 65–licensed advisor with Templeton Financial Services Inc. in Chandler, AZ, where he has worked since 2018. He has four years of industry experience and previously spent ten years at Campus Crusade For Christ. Templeton Financial Services primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on income-producing fixed-income investments. The firm employs a conservative, income-oriented approach tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, and is notable for its transparency regarding third-party ratings, performance figures, and operational policies.

Mark Rauguth is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving as managing member of Immaculate Wealth Management, LLC in Mesa, AZ. He has worked at Gradient Securities, Overson & Rauguth & Assoc. LLC, and Precision Investments Inc., where he also holds an ownership role outside of investment advisory services. Immaculate Wealth Management, LLC is a fee-based adviser managing approximately $141 million for around 574 clients, primarily individuals including high-net-worth and non-HNW households. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers a range of strategies including long-term, short-term, trading, and options.

Houston Friend is a financial advisor at Redeem Wealth Management with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has worked previously at Personal Capital Advisors Corporation, Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., and Fidelity Investments. Redeem Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning. The firm uses a range of strategies, including third-party money managers and unified managed account programs.

James Coon is a financial advisor at Ensign Advisory Partners LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at multiple firms including Securities America, Inc. and PFG Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he manages Freedom Cleaners LLC, a business management services company. Ensign Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, and ERISA retirement plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory with a long-term focus, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside access to third-party managers and platform solutions.

Caleb Lennon is a financial advisor with Tandem Investment Partners, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He worked at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation from 2006 to 2022 before joining Tandem Investment Partners, where he has been since 2022. Tandem Investment Partners is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, small institutions, and retirement plans with discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary retirement plan advisory services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis, a proprietary quantitative model, and modern portfolio theory to guide personalized investment strategies, including the limited use of derivatives for certain high net worth clients.

Jonathan Vest is a financial advisor at Watts Gwilliam & Company, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been self-employed since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, Vest maintains an active residential real estate license but does not actively pursue real estate sales. Watts Gwilliam & Company is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation with a long-term horizon while using tactical strategies such as option overlays and collars when appropriate, and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to private placement funds.

Joshua Robinson is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor with West Ridge Advisors, where he has worked since 2021. He has four years of industry experience, including prior roles at Ace Workforce Technologies and Findlay Middle School. West Ridge Advisors serves individual clients ranging from non-high-net-worth to high-net-worth households, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers personalized direct indexing strategies through a sub-advisory arrangement with Vanguard.

Rydan Case is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he directs an event planning club and serves on the Past Presidents' Council of EO Orange County, a nonprofit focused on small business growth and education. Ironwood Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charities. The firm offers tiered service programs with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, emphasizing client-specific asset allocation, periodic rebalancing, and cost-conscious share-class selection.

Timothy Travis is a financial advisor with T&T Capital Management in Gilbert, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with T&T Capital Management since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Travis contributes investment research articles to SeekingAlpha.com on a periodic basis. T&T Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management mainly to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as corporate accounts, focusing on portfolio construction and ongoing supervision rather than comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a long-term, deep-value investment approach supplemented by tactical actions, including the use of margin, options, and short positions, with continuous account monitoring to align with client objectives and risk tolerance.

Jill Baumes is a financial advisor with Seros Wealth Partners in Gilbert, AZ, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. She has been associated with Seros Financial LLC and United Planners' Financial Services for over a decade and is also involved in ownership roles at Opulence Fund, LLC and Lala's Bay LLC. Seros Wealth Partners provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, managing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios with a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside proprietary core models and tactical overlays.

Ashlee Merkley is a financial advisor at Seros Wealth Partners with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Seros Financial since 2019. Prior to her career in finance, she worked in the retail and service industries. Merkley is also an independent insurance agent. Seros Wealth Partners offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, utilizing proprietary core models with tactical overlays to tailor portfolios according to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Laurie Simons is a CFP® professional with over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Strategic Income Group LLC since 2019 and previously held roles at LPL Financial, LLC and Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC. Laurie is based in Chandler, Arizona, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Strategic Income Group LLC advises individuals, high-net-worth households, business owners, executives, and fiduciaries, providing discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and coordinated estate and tax strategy services. The firm utilizes integrated, tax-aware, and income-oriented investment strategies across multiple asset classes and manages private funds alongside third-party money managers.

Michael Bell is a financial advisor at Sage Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Sage Advisors since 2020, following prior roles at KMS Financial Services and Mass Mutual Investors Services. In addition to his advisory work, he operates as an independent insurance agent, focusing on sales and service of fixed insurance products. Sage Advisors serves individuals and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, using diversified allocations and proprietary model portfolios with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.

Victor Tassone is a financial advisor at API Financial Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Edward Jones and Prime Trading. Tassone also serves as an insurance producer for Symmetry Financial. API Financial Advisors, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and participant account management. The firm employs a combination of technical and fundamental investment analysis and maintains a formal affiliation with its sub-adviser, managing approximately $84.7 million in assets.

Ethan Bell is a financial advisor at Martinsen Wealth Management in Tempe, AZ, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Martinsen Wealth Management, he worked at Adams Wealth Advisors for two years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in local youth soccer training. Martinsen Wealth Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and related advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages most client accounts on a discretionary, wrap-fee basis and employs a variety of investment strategies, including direct and strategic indexing, options overlays, and tactical allocations.