James Maida is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Salient Partners and related affiliates since 2003 and joined Hightower Advisors in 2018. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors. The firm’s approach includes multi-manager solutions, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and access to proprietary research and alternative investments.

Corey Belcher is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has eight years of industry experience, including prior roles at Dan Ferrante State Farm and AGIA. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Campus Production Director at Hope City, where he leads a volunteer team managing audio, video, and lighting during services. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a large network of advisors and utilizes centralized technology and model-driven investment solutions.

Matthew Rosenlieb is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 license and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic Financial Advisors in 2022, he worked at Celestial Displays for six years and Ragin Cajun for one year. Outside of advisory work, Rosenlieb is also an agent involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and unified managed account services through a large network of advisors and emphasizes technology and model-driven solutions.

Jay Horn is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. in Houston, TX, with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Valic Financial Advisors Inc for 12 years before joining Allworth Financial and AW Securities in 2022. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio strategies that include core-satellite, pure-index, and options-based models, using third-party sub-advisers and proprietary technology for managing held-away accounts.

Justin Makris is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding a Series 66 credential and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at these firms since 2011 and also has over 24 years of experience with Ester Wolf and Elizabeth Anthony. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee on a family member's account. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, retirement consulting, and advisory programs using both proprietary and third-party strategies.

Michael Sausley is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX. He has held roles at Sagepoint Financial and Valic Financial Advisors since 2015. Outside of financial advising, he owns Texas Cinematic Film Co., a business providing photography and video services. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting through a network of over 1,200 advisors, utilizing discretionary unified managed accounts and technology-driven model solutions.

Mason Ouren is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Truist Investment Services in 2023, he worked at Luna Genetics, Inc. and Asuragen, Inc. He also has experience with Jump Gymnastics and The University of Texas at Austin. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, investment policy analysis, and fiduciary support, implementing advice through discretionary and non-discretionary manager arrangements supported by AI-enabled research and inter-affiliate integration.

Matthew Ozuna is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2021, following a 16-year tenure at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of O.Z. Lifestyle Brands, a product customization and reselling company. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored services and utilizes centralized investment resources, combining discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches within a large integrated financial group.

Sonia Mchenry is a financial advisor at VALIC Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Apollo Rehab/The Medical Resort of The Woodlands and Synergy Care, Inc. She is also an insurance agent for Agia. VALIC Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services through its broker-dealer operations.

Samuel Dick is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Fayez Sarofim & Co. since 2004. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Houston, TX. Fayez Sarofim & Co. is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $34.5 billion, serving institutions, retirement plans, endowments, corporations, and high net worth individuals. The firm focuses on bottom-up fundamental research with a multi-year investment horizon and offers a range of strategies emphasizing large-cap, liquid equities, with an approach that avoids derivatives, short-selling, and leverage.

Andrew Ziccardi is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of experience at Fayez Sarofim & Co. and an additional eight years at Artisan Partners. He is based in Houston, TX. Fayez Sarofim & Co. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving institutions, retirement plans, endowments, corporations, and high net worth individuals. The firm focuses on bottom-up fundamental research with a multi-year investment horizon, emphasizing large-cap, liquid equities and offering a range of equity and fixed income strategies.

John Croy is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with over one year of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and previously worked at The Financial Advisory Group, LLC. Prior to his advisory career, he spent several years in educational roles at Texas Tech University and Scurry-Rosser High School. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services such as financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting, utilizing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

Ignacio D'windt is a financial advisor at Sequoia Financial Group, L.L.C. with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Strategic Wealthpartners Ltd, Wells Fargo Clearing, Bank of America, Merrill, and Solutions One LatinAmerica, LLC. Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC provides wealth planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and related consulting services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, family offices, corporations, charitable organizations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a combination of model allocations and custom portfolios, employing various investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, private and alternative investments, and independent third-party managers.

Tobechukwu Uchidiuno is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX. He holds a Series 66 credential and has been in the industry since 2025. Prior to joining Valic Financial Advisors, he worked at Boursecorp and MusFit. He is also an appointed agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Barry Johnson is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial, he worked at Bank of America and Merrill from 2015 to 2022. Outside of his advisory role, he is a manager and indirect owner of UK Drinks LLC, a company established to hold investments. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high‑net‑worth and ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, operating as a registered broker‑dealer with a private advisor model and a consolidated investment platform offering a range of discretionary and non‑discretionary investment solutions.

Steven Luong is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. and AW Securities, having joined both firms in 2021. Prior to that, he worked at BlackRock from 2014 to 2021. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using a variety of model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts.

Stephen Hughes is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked with Valic Financial Advisors since 1999 and has also been affiliated with American General Financial Advisors, Inc., Sunamerica Capital Services, Inc., and Agia. Outside of his advisory role, Hughes is an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and operating at scale with over 1,200 advisors nationwide.

Donald Terry Jr. is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Securities Inc since 1994 and Principal Life Insurance Co since 1998, alongside leading Executive Benefit Solutions Dt Jr since 2006. He serves on the boards of Girls Inc. of Greater Houston and the Houston Galveston Women's Business Center, both nonprofit organizations. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Robert Skehan is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and is also an agent with Agia, where he is involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Jeremiah Weathersbee is a Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2026 and has prior experience at Hickman, Goza & Spragins. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra‑high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services using a technology-driven platform and a broad network of advisors.