Zeta Russell is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C., an independent firm based in Richardson, TX. She has been with Tuggle & Russell since 2003 and previously worked at Advisory Solutions Group. Outside of advisory work, she is involved in licensed insurance sales focused on annuities and life and health insurance. Tuggle & Russell, L.L.C. provides discretionary investment management and financial advice to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes income generation through interest, dividends, royalties, and covered-call strategies, and also offers tax preparation and educational presentations.

Mike Kurz, CIMA®, CFP®, CAIA, CPWA®, RMA® Chief Executive Officer – Financial Planner Mike has spent 25 years in the world of Wealth Management in counselling Investors and Financial Advisors. His professional experience includes coaching on investment advisory programs, private equity, hedging strategies along with formalized Financial Planning and he often speaks at wealth management events, conferences and workshops. Mike shares that, "The greatest pleasure in helping others encompasses using technical knowledge strengthened by creativity and shared experiences to inspire my audience to develop their personal call to action." Education and Certifications Mike completed a Masters in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Wealth Management at Texas A&M University School of Law and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Leadership and Learning in Organizations program at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. Mike earned his B.B.A in Finance at Midwestern State University and is an Investment Advisory Representative. In addition, he is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM designee, Certified Investment Management Analyst® professional, a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designee and a Certified Private Wealth Advisor® professional. Mike previously served as the founder and President of the North Texas Investment Management Consultants Association Chapter. In addition, Mike provides volunteer Financial Literacy Education and Research in group presentation. Outside of the boardroom or classroom, Mike enjoys cycling on both mountain bikes and road bikes along with playing golf often.

Michael Aussieker is the sole advisor at OH Cap Asset Management, an independent firm based in Frisco, TX. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 63 license, with two years of industry experience and seven years managing his own advisory firms. OH Cap Asset Management is a fee-only advisory firm serving primarily individual clients, as well as small businesses, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm integrates fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with risk assessment tools like Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) and employs proprietary models for portfolio management and consulting services typically found at larger firms.

Bret Wilson is the sole advisor at Wilson Investment Services in Rockwall, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has led Wilson Investment Services since 2014. Wilson Investment Services provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing both technical/charting analysis and fundamental methods. The firm’s approach includes long-term strategies complemented by occasional short-term trading, covered-call overlays, and ETF hedges, with a client focus that includes mutual funds, equities, ETFs, fixed income, publicly traded REITs, and unit investment trusts.

Ralph Ujano Jr. is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at The Ujano Advisory Group LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2017. Prior to founding his firm, he worked elsewhere for one year. The Ujano Advisory Group LLC provides comprehensive wealth management and life-planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs evidence-based portfolio construction and offers pension consulting and retirement-plan support, combining discretionary portfolio management with tax-aware planning and multigenerational legacy strategies.

Stephen Hill is a financial advisor with Eagle Financial Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Financial Advisors since 2015 and also manages Stephen F. Hill & Associates LLC, an investment advisory firm he founded in 2003. Outside of advisory services, he is involved with an insurance agency affiliated with Eagle Financial Group. Eagle Financial Advisors is an independent advisory firm with a seven-advisor team serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and other entities. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning services, and assists clients in selecting third-party managers, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis in its investment approach.

I’m Shar-Né Warren, CFP®, CRPC®, the “excavator” behind Financial Excavation! You could say I’ve always been passionate about helping build more and achieve more. As a former interior design student, I wanted to help people build beautiful homes – and now I get to help them build beautiful lives. My financial story began early at 11 years old, when I witnessed our family lose our house just weeks before Christmas. I still remember the confusion, the stress, the pain, and the worry I felt and saw. From that young age, I’ve had a calling to be a positive difference maker in the lives of others. With over 15 years of experience in financial services, I’ve learned that the journey to financial well-being doesn’t happen overnight. It requires leaving your comfort zone, and it’s more challenging alone. I wanted to create Financial Excavation to help real people, imperfect people, who dream big and sometimes play small…until now! You know where you want to go, you just may not know how to get there. Financial Excavation isn’t another “by-the-numbers” firm. Our approach is more spiritually grounded. Inspired by Bible verse, Jeremiah 1:10, we’re here to help you tear down old beliefs and rebuild a rooted financial life. We know that taking that first step towards digging deep into past beliefs, clearing old patterns, and building a strong financial foundation isn’t easy. But together, we’ve got this! We are committed to helping YOU build the best financial future you can and uncover the beautiful treasure and life that you’ve always desired. Whether you are a new wealth individual, pre-retiree, in transition, or a person of color, we meet you where you are and guide you where you need to go. And we do it with a sprinkle of fun – yes, fun! – in the process.

Brian Jones is the founder of Jones Capital Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Murphy, Texas. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience, leading his firm since 2011. In addition to advisory services, he is licensed to sell life insurance in Texas, which he provides upon client request. Jones Capital Advisors offers customized investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement and pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable foundations, and private operations. The firm employs an asset-allocation strategy tailored to each client’s risk tolerance and uses both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of domestic and international securities.

Charles McLean is the principal advisor at Charles McLean Capital Management in McKinney, TX, with 25 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Sigma Planning Corporation and Sigma Financial Corporation for 17 years and served at the University of Texas A&M School of Law for two years. McLean is the author of *Women and Wealth*, a guide addressing investment lifecycle issues for women. Charles McLean Capital Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive wealth-management consulting, and related services to individuals, institutions, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes customized portfolios using individual securities, ETFs, and options, supplements research with vetted external and AI sources, and provides flexible fee arrangements including fixed, hourly, and project-based fees.

Brian Neff Sr. is a financial advisor with Fiduciary Wealth Management, LLC., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Fiduciary Wealth Management since its founding in 2017 and also leads an independent insurance brokerage, Insurance Suite, LLC, which he co-founded in 2006. Fiduciary Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans by providing financial planning, participant account advice, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm emphasizes a model that combines third-party manager referrals with discretionary oversight of participant accounts and maintains an affiliation with insurance activities through its principal.

Pranav Shingala is a financial advisor at Prudent Prosperity with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He previously worked at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for ten years and has held roles at several other firms including MyTimeEquity, LLC and Tax Planning Consultants LLC. He also owns Prudent Wealth Solutions, LLC, a firm providing accounting and tax preparation services. Prudent Prosperity offers investment management services primarily to pooled vehicles and institutional clients, while also providing subscription-based and customized financial planning, tax, and estate planning services to individual households. The firm’s approach combines Modern and Post-Modern Portfolio Theory with a focus on long-term, tax-aware ETF allocations and selective use of alternative investments.

Whitney Davis is a financial advisor at Davis Financial Services in Dallas, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with five years of industry experience. Prior to founding her firm, she worked at LPL Financial, Freeport LNG, and Phillips 66. Outside of her advisory work, she owns Resurrezione, LLC, a non-investment-related business. Davis Financial Services provides discretionary asset management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach integrates behavioral, charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis, with portfolios managed on a discretionary basis and accounting/tax-preparation services offered to support integrated financial planning.

Narasimha Vulisetti is the sole advisor at Y2K Financial LLC, holding a Series 65 license with six years of industry experience. He has worked concurrently as a systems architect at Bank of America since 2020 and previously spent nine years at Pegasystems Inc. Outside of financial advising, he maintains a role in software development at a financial institution. Y2K Financial LLC offers financial planning and investment consultation primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides written plans and allocation guidance based on fundamental analysis and a Modern Portfolio Theory framework, without ongoing portfolio management or trade execution.

Stanley Szafran Jr. is a financial advisor with Szafran Capital Management, LLC in Rowlett, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has held leadership roles at Trust Advisors, Inc. and Service Corporation International, where he serves as Director of Trust Investments and Vice President of Trust Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of SCI. Szafran Capital Management provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, and corporations, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm focuses on client goals and risk tolerance using a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, and manages a small number of client relationships with approximately $11.9 million in assets under management.

Jose Medina is a financial advisor at J I Medina Investments, LLC in Frisco, TX, with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Guardian Life, Fidelity Investments, Symmetry Financial, Infosys, and Revature. Outside of financial advising, he provides junk removal services as an independent contractor. J I Medina Investments offers investment advice and financial planning to individuals, small businesses, and non-profit organizations. The firm’s investment approach integrates fundamental and technical analysis, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, and options, with portfolios managed on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Andrew Lai is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He is the principal of Verité Financial, LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2021. Prior to this, he held roles at Collinson Group, Signify Health, and Alliance Data Systems. Verité Financial provides one-time financial planning engagements focused on asset allocation, budgeting, and delivering a customized Investment Policy Statement. The firm’s advice-only model emphasizes diversification, low-cost index funds, and buy-and-hold strategies, without offering ongoing portfolio management or custody of client assets.

Michael Doyle is a CFA® charterholder and principal of Legacy Harbor in Plano, TX, with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. He also owns and operates Michael B. Doyle, PC, providing accounting, tax, and CPA services, as well as the Law Offices of Michael Doyle, PLLC, offering attorney services. Michael has been active in these professional roles since the early 1990s. Legacy Harbor is an independent advisory firm serving individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients with discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offers access to third-party managers, and invests across a range of asset classes including mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, REITs, and select alternatives such as agricultural commodities.

Working in the investment industry since 2007, I've seen the good, bad and everything in-between when it comes to financial advice. A good adviser can add years to a successful retirement and prevent costly, sometimes devastating financial errors. Fortunately there are many good advisers out there (especially in the XY Planning Network). Unfortunately, there is also plenty of bad advice from unqualified advisers out there. It can be hard to tell the difference. That can be an expensive lesson. My dad's experience with an adviser in the early 2000s lost him $400,000. I wrote about it here: https://empowermenttools.net/my-dad-lost-400000-heres-what-i-did-about-it/ I started Financial Empowerment to be different. As a devoted Christ-follower I help people steward the financial blessings God has put in their hands. As a fee-only fiduciary, my goal is simple: to help you reach yours. If you're wrestling with multiple competing goals, I'll help you prioritize what to focus on first. I believe in honesty and following through on promises. Finances can seem complicated, but they don't have to be. Ideas that build wealth are often intuitive if explained in plain English. As a CFP® professional and CFA charterholder, I've devoted my career to pursuing the frontiers of investment management and financial planning knowledge. My aim is to provide the highest quality service for clients, on a level that I would accept for my own family. Clients I tend to work best with are 45 - 60 years old, making $200K or more per year, with no or low debt outside of their mortgage. I'm based in McKinney, Texas (Dallas-Ft. Worth metro area) but originally from Denver, Colorado. When I'm not building financial plans you can find me playing basketball or doing art projects with my 10-year old daughter or on the mats practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpo Karate. Schedule a free, no obligation call using the link provided and we'll discuss your situation and how I can help.

Scott Briney is a financial advisor at Capital Advice, LLC with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Capital Advice since 2019 and Cetera Advisor Networks since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he is independently licensed to sell insurance products through various companies. Capital Advice, LLC provides discretionary investment management to individual clients and offers market-timing signals and sub-manager services to other registered advisers and institutional subscribers. The firm employs proprietary, model-based technical methodologies focused on trend, momentum, volatility, and market internals to manage fixed-income and equity strategies.

Todd Pniewski is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at TBMS Wealth LLC in Plano, TX, and has previously worked at Origin Financial and TH Wealth Management LLC. Pniewski also provides investment advice and financial planning through Elements Wealth, LLC. TBMS Wealth LLC offers financial planning and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and both active and passive strategies, focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient funds and regular portfolio reviews, while coordinating with clients’ attorneys and accountants on estate, tax, and risk-management matters.