Michael Tituskin is a financial advisor at Northpoint Financial in Birmingham, MI, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license and has been with Northpoint Financial since 2000. In addition to his advisory role, he operates Tituskin & Associates LLC, a tax return preparation business. Northpoint Financial provides comprehensive financial planning and advisory services primarily for high-net-worth clients, focusing on estate planning, retirement modeling, and income tax planning. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies using a proprietary personal-financial-independence model and coordinates client relationships with other professionals without accepting discretionary trading authority or custody of assets.

Nickolas Daniels is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Trinity Wealth Solutions LLC, where he has worked since 2026. He also maintains a legal practice through the Law Office of Nickolas Daniels, PLC, active since 2009. Trinity Wealth Solutions is a state-registered independent advisory firm serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and retirement-plan participants. The firm manages approximately $53 million across 100 clients and offers wealth management, retirement and estate planning, comprehensive financial planning, and income tax planning and preparation as distinct services.

Laura Hartman is a financial advisor at Rosenberg Wealth Advisors in Birmingham, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Rofi LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., ABC Vintage, LLC, and Revive. Rosenberg Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment management, model-based portfolio management, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm primarily constructs client portfolios using model portfolios of low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, while incorporating individual stocks, bonds, and alternative investments as appropriate, with ongoing oversight of unaffiliated Independent Managers.

Ian Porzondek is a financial advisor at Affinity Wealth Management, LLC in Plymouth, MI, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience at Saint Clair Systems and Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights prior to joining Affinity Wealth Management in 2025. Porzondek is also a licensed insurance agent engaged in insurance sales through The Affinity Group of Companies. Affinity Wealth Management provides portfolio management and creates Investment Policy Statements tailored to clients’ goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance. The firm serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, employing a long-term trading approach that integrates charting, fundamental and technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory across a broad investable universe.

Michael Windle II is a financial advisor with Custom Wealth Management, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 12 years of industry experience. He has held leadership roles in several affiliated firms, including Custom Wealth Solutions, Custom Tax Solutions, and Custom Insurance Solutions. Outside of his financial services work, he is involved with Dark Side of Bricks, a business focused on selling LEGO products. Custom Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and trusts with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses an active, asset-allocation approach that incorporates fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and it specializes in bank-issued structured notes with downside protection features.

David Leszcynski is a financial advisor with Global Financial Planning Group, LLC in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Global Financial Planning Group since 2002 and has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2009. Global Financial Planning Group, LLC provides wealth and estate management, financial planning, and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and other entities, managing approximately $135 million in client assets. The firm offers tailored investment strategies and sponsors a wrap fee program that combines management, transaction, and administrative services into a single fee.

Paige Millikin is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. She currently works at Sage Wealth Planning, where she has been employed since 2022. Her prior experience includes roles at Advanced Wealth Strategies and Custom Accounting, as well as multiple positions at Central Michigan University. Sage Wealth Planning provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach with diversified portfolios and offers services under ERISA fiduciary standards.

Richard Mida Jr. is a financial advisor at Palatine Hill Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience at Canopy Wealth Management and Northwestern Mutual. He serves as a director of Motor City Polo, overseeing club operations. Palatine Hill Wealth Management serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, charities, and corporate clients. The firm manages approximately $296 million for about 279 clients, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a team of four advisors.

Mark Kidd is a financial advisor at Kidd Financial Planning, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and has prior experience at Norton & Kidd CPAs PC and Kindlinger & Company PC. In addition to his advisory role, he is a shareholder in a CPA and tax/accounting firm. Kidd Financial Planning, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, small businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach focuses on passive, asset-class diversification and long-term buy-and-hold strategies, using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers.

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Eric Daniel is a financial advisor with Daniel Investment Group Inc. in Royal Oak, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network from 1997 to 2021 and again from 2022 to 2025, alongside his ongoing role at Daniel Investment Group since 1997. Daniel Investment Group Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fee-oriented, fiduciary, and cost-sensitive approach using customizable model portfolios, managing approximately $210 million across about 214 client relationships.

Nicole Wirick is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 14 years of industry experience. She has worked at Prosperity Wealth Strategies LLC since 2019 and previously held roles at Planning Alternatives Ltd. and Wealthcare Advisors. Nicole is also a licensed attorney in Michigan, though she does not practice law. Prosperity Wealth Strategies is a discretionary investment adviser managing approximately $95 million for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on long-term portfolio management using Modern Portfolio Theory and provides comprehensive financial planning services.

Eric Smith is a financial advisor with Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with CSSC Investment Advisory Services, Inc. and Consulting Services Support Corporation since 1998. Outside of his advisory work, Smith serves as Director and Executive Vice President of the Shaolin Do Association, Inc., a martial arts trade association. Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. provides decision-assistance services for retirement plan sponsors and trustees through an internet-based platform that refers clients to a network of registered investment advisers. The firm uses a patented application to score and rank investment options and supports non-discretionary, process-driven plan reviews.

Timothy Hooker is a financial advisor with Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC in Southfield, MI, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Born Free Capital Management L.L.C. since 2014 and has longstanding roles at Wayne State University and St. Mary’s Preparatory. Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, foundations, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm uses a disciplined, model-based asset allocation approach combined with fundamental security analysis and a proprietary “TREAT” framework, providing services that include option overlay strategies and ERISA plan advisory roles.

William Mack is a Certified Financial Planner® with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at a mutual fund management company and has been associated with CND Financial since 2008, as well as operating William Mack & Associates, Inc. since 1992. CND Financial is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages individualized portfolios primarily through diversified allocations to no-load mutual funds and ETFs, employing both fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on longer-term holdings.

Logan Bauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Paragon Retirement Planning, Inc. in Troy, MI, with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Foguth Wealth Management, Comerica Bank, and Raymond James. Paragon Retirement Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering comprehensive and single-issue financial planning with a minimum account size generally required. The firm employs a model portfolio strategy approach using unaffiliated sub-advisors for portfolio management while maintaining responsibility for client relationships and reviews.

Brittany Ringo is a CFP® and Series 65–licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Autumn Financial Advisors, LLC since 2017 and previously was with Buttonwood Financial Advisors and Ringo & Associates, P.C. Certified Public Accountants. Autumn Financial Advisors is a small, state-registered firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients through comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm employs a diversified asset allocation strategy that integrates active, passive, and quantitative approaches, with portfolio management tailored to client-specific investment policy statements.

Jeffery Cooper is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Alternatives with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He has held executive roles outside of finance, including serving as Vice President of Product Safety and Product Compliance at ZF Automotive since 2004. Cornerstone Alternatives primarily serves individual and high-net-worth investors, focusing on private market offerings such as private placements, closed-end funds, and special-purpose vehicle private funds. The firm emphasizes tactical asset allocation using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides both discretionary management and non-discretionary advisory services.

David Sculati is a financial advisor at Sculati Wealth Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Sculati Wealth Management since 2012. The firm is a fee-only advisory serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. It manages approximately $347 million for around 367 clients through a team of four advisers, employing a blend of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to build portfolios that typically include individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and third-party separately managed accounts.

Peter Mendler is a financial advisor at Raider Dennis Agency with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Madison Avenue Securities, AE Wealth Management, Global Financial Private Capital, and GF Investment Services. Mendler is a vice president and 50% owner of Raider Dennis Agency, where he is involved in sales and management. Raider Dennis Agency provides investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on asset management through model portfolios on a sponsored wrap-fee platform. The firm uses cyclical analysis and third-party model managers via AE Wealth’s platform, primarily managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis while maintaining active insurance brokerage and broker-dealer affiliations.