Michael Vlahandreas is the sole advisor at Pilot Asset Management LLC in Winnetka, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Pilot Asset Management since 2008. Pilot Asset Management is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, and corporations with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis, emphasizing asset allocation and diversification, and uses option strategies such as covered calls and cash-secured puts to generate income or acquire positions.

Michael Distasio is a financial advisor at Valor Advisers in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Mad Wealth, LLC and AHP Capital Management, LLC. Outside of advising, he manages personal real estate investments. Valor Advisers provides investment advice and financial planning to individual investors and employer plan sponsors, offering portfolio management, standalone planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and utilizes a range of strategies including stock and option trading.

William Keffer is a CFP® and ChFC® with 20 years of experience in financial planning, operating Keffer Financial Planning since 2007. His background includes extensive work in life, annuity, and insurance businesses. Keffer Financial Planning serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and professionals, offering financial planning and investment consultation. The firm emphasizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach using asset-allocation models and provides services on an hourly or project basis without custodial management of client assets.

Mark Miller is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at BlueView Investment LLC, where he has worked since 2017. Prior to founding BlueView, he held positions at Crystal Rock Capital Management and William Blair & Company L.L.C., where he worked for 17 years. BlueView Investment LLC provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm focuses on equities using fundamental analysis and employs long-term and short-term trading strategies, including short sales, with an emphasis on discretionary portfolio management aligned with clients’ investment policies.

David Raub is a financial advisor at Outlook Capital Management, LLC in Arlington Heights, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Outlook Capital Management since 2004. Outlook Capital Management is a small, discretionary advisory firm managing portfolios primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-based, concentrated long-term equity strategy focused on financially strong, large-cap U.S. companies, with portfolios managed on a discretionary basis and tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Scott Scherrer is a financial advisor at Scherrer Financial Services with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has operated his independent practice since 2004. Scherrer Financial Services provides investment management and financial planning primarily for individual clients. The firm employs a bottom-up, buy-and-hold investment approach tailored to client-specific objectives, incorporating portfolio construction with stocks, bonds, annuities, and CDs, alongside retirement, tax, and estate planning advice.

John Cox is the sole advisor at Cox Financial Group, Ltd. in Schaumburg, IL, holding a Series 63 designation with 37 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term involvement with Equity Property Management, LLC, Cox, Oakes & Associates, Ltd., and Financial Equity Associates, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in affiliated legal and real estate-related entities that sponsor and manage real estate limited partnerships, acting as a general partner in some offerings and providing related property-management and brokerage services. Cox Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and limited partnerships. The firm focuses on discretionary portfolio management across various asset classes, estate and retirement planning, and tax-related services, tailoring recommendations based on a comprehensive review of each client’s financial situation.

David Fortosis is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Heritage Wealth since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at LPL Financial LLC and Northwestern Mutual in various capacities related to wealth management and insurance. He is also a licensed insurance agent involved in insurance sales. Heritage Wealth is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $37 million for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers subscription financial planning, discretionary portfolio management using model portfolios with customization, and financial consulting services, incorporating strategic and tactical asset allocation alongside modern portfolio theory.

John Maguire is the sole advisor at Maguire Asset Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Oak Brook, IL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. Maguire has been with Maguire Asset Management since 2004, overseeing both portfolio management and pension consulting services. Maguire Asset Management provides portfolio management for individual clients and pension consulting for plan sponsors, including 401(k), profit-sharing, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm combines fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with asset allocation, trading strategies, and specialized pension consulting services such as Investment Policy Statement preparation and participant educational workshops.

Michael Trekas is a financial advisor with The Meridian Business Group, Ltd, where he has worked for 24 years. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and operates as an independent insurance agent in addition to his advisory role. The Meridian Business Group provides services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary financial planning. The firm emphasizes customized advice based on each client’s financial situation and employs a disciplined investment approach focusing on strategic asset allocation and periodic rebalancing.

Mark Hines is a financial advisor with Herrick Lake Investments LLC in Naperville, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having nine years of industry experience. Prior to founding Herrick Lake in 2021, he worked five years at Left Brain Wealth Management and has been involved with Blue Harbinger Research, an independent investment research company he founded, since 2015. He also serves as volunteer treasurer for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Saints Peter and Paul Conference, a nonprofit organization in Naperville. Herrick Lake Investments provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a range of analytical methods and investment strategies including long-term trading, margin, and options. The firm emphasizes documented client objectives and risk tolerance and utilizes less common investment vehicles such as private placements and venture capital.

Daniel Henry is a financial advisor at Endeavor Capital Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities from 2007 to 2019 before joining IHT Wealth Management LLC in 2020. Outside of investment management, he is involved in training and onboarding new hires at Vedder Price, PC. Endeavor Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, legal entities, corporations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a combination of fundamental valuation, technical analysis, and dividend-growth assessments to manage concentrated, long-term equity portfolios alongside passive asset allocation strategies.

Jerry Sjostrom is the principal of Sjostrom Financial Planning Inc. in Oak Park, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Sjostrom Financial Planning since 2002 and also has a long tenure at THE O.N. Equity Sales Company beginning in 1995. Sjostrom Financial Planning Inc. offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, charities, estates, and trusts. The firm follows a client-specific planning process emphasizing diversified asset allocation and incorporates pension consulting alongside individual wealth management.

Christine Everett Frantonius is the principal of Everett Wealth Solutions, Inc., an independent advisory firm. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to her current role, she has been affiliated with Abraham & Co., Inc. since 2020 and has managed Everett & Associates, Inc., an insurance brokerage, since 1998. She serves as president and independent insurance agent of Everett & Associates, offering life, disability, long-term care insurance, and fixed annuities. Everett Wealth Solutions provides retirement, financial, estate, and college planning along with discretionary portfolio management for a diverse client base including retirees, professionals, families, and small businesses. The firm follows a documented four-step review process to develop individualized financial plans and model portfolios, managing client accounts primarily through securities available on the client’s custodian platform.

Jack Lubecker is the sole advisor at Integrity Investment Management with 36 years of experience in the financial industry. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at LPL Financial from 2008 to 2017 before joining Integrity Investment Management in 2017. Integrity Investment Management is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm offers investment management, referrals to third-party managers, and financial planning, employing both passive and active strategies tailored to clients’ specific objectives and risk tolerances.

Jeffrey Roberts is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at North Forty Investment Advisors LLC since 2019 and previously spent 13 years at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, NA. North Forty Investment Advisors LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, including IRAs, trusts, foundations, and estates. The firm offers wealth advisory, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and project-based financial consulting, emphasizing asset allocation and third-party manager selection through tiered service levels.

Robert Mesch is a CFP® with 38 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Intuitive Wealth Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2018, following 17 years at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp operating under the same dba. He is also a licensed insurance agent. Intuitive Wealth Management serves individual clients by providing tailored investment advisory and asset management services, including discretionary and non-discretionary managed accounts. The firm customizes portfolios based on clients’ goals and risk tolerances, employing various strategies and conducting quarterly account reviews directly by the principal.

Luke Sauter is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Vidarrow Investment Advisors and previously worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance for eight years. Vidarrow Investment Advisors is a fee-only independent firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, emphasizing employer retirement-plan services and integrating a variety of investment strategies within a modern portfolio theory framework.

Arthur Busby is the sole advisor at Stratford Investment Advisory Group, Inc., with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 1990. Stratford Investment Advisory Group is a small, independent firm that provides customized portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, family trusts, and pension/profit-sharing accounts. The firm emphasizes a conservative, capital-preservation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and focuses on maintaining personal contact to align asset allocation with clients’ cash-flow needs and risk tolerance.

John Stanton is the sole advisor at Stanton Group Wealth Partners, Inc. in Naperville, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He previously spent 11 years at Seacrest Wealth Management, LLC. Stanton is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, long-term care, and fixed annuities. Stanton Group Wealth Partners, Inc. is a newly formed investment adviser providing wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advice to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to construct tailored strategy portfolios and offers a range of planning services including pension consulting and 401(k) reviews.