Leslie North is a financial advisor at HighPoint Planning Partners with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations and has worked at LPL Financial, LLC since 2013, alongside her role at HighPoint Advisor Group, LLC (DBA: Stonebridge Wealth Advisors) since 2012. HighPoint Advisor Group serves a broad client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and employs a fundamental analysis approach to portfolio construction across various asset classes.

Joel Foster is a financial advisor at Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 66 designation with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Kingsview Wealth Management and Kingsview Partners since 2017 and was previously with Edward Jones from 2011 to 2017. Kingsview Wealth Management is an SEC-registered adviser managing approximately $6.7 billion and serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and asset management services through advisor-led and model-based strategies, including proprietary ETFs and access to alternative investments.

Mark Stasik is a financial advisor at Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Ausdal since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent specializing in health, long-term care, term life, and universal life insurance, and he provides consulting in career and success coaching on a volunteer basis. Ausdal Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer managing approximately $2.13 billion in client assets through a network of 152 advisors. The firm offers investment advisory programs, retirement plan services, and financial planning to individuals, trusts, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, with a range of discretionary and non-discretionary strategies using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and alternative products.

Kevin Spahn is a financial advisor at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners with 31 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has a long tenure with Northwestern Mutual, having worked there from 1993 to 2025 across various roles. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in documenting life stories through Quintessence Legacy Planning, a non-investment-related business. OnePoint BFG provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a range of proprietary and third-party investment models, with most client assets managed on a discretionary basis.

Harrison Sommers is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Root Financial Partners since 2025 and was previously with HighTower Securities, LLC for seven years. He also spent four years at Creighton University earlier in his career. Root Financial Partners provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and retirement-plan clients. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified, passive portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances, and offers educational programs and online academies for financial education.

Nicholas Guido is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC since 2013. He also owns an insurance business based in Chicago. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC advises a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, nonprofits, and corporations, using a long-term, diversified investment approach with customized portfolios and a range of strategies such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Thomas Davy is a CFP® with 56 years of industry experience, currently serving at Private Client Services, LLC since 2010. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Private Client Services is an SEC-registered independent investment adviser that serves individuals, families, trusts, pension plan sponsors, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a discovery-driven process focusing on risk profiling and tailored platform selection, offering a range of advisory services across multiple investment platforms.

Todd Flynn is a financial advisor at McAdam LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Madison Avenue Securities. McAdam LLC is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan consulting, employing a multi-advisor platform with approximately $2.29 billion in discretionary assets under management.

Caleb Svoboda is a financial advisor with HBW Advisory Services LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Advisor Networks and Heritage Living Trust. He is also a licensed insurance agent, selling life, disability, and long-term care insurance, and serves as a financial planner with Winfield Wealth Advisors LLC. HBW Advisory Services manages approximately $1.75 billion in client assets and provides a range of financial services including discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, families, charities, and institutional clients. The firm uses a blended investment approach involving third-party money managers, tactical asset allocation, and multi-manager diversification, and offers services such as sub-advisory arrangements and online wrap-fee portfolios through Betterment Institutional.

Christian Weichsel III is a financial advisor at SpiderRock Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 registrations. His prior work includes roles at BlackRock Investments LLC and Citigroup, as well as a position at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. SpiderRock Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to institutional and individual clients, employing systematic and rules-based processes combined with quantitative and fundamental analysis. The firm offers portfolio overlay and strategy management using listed derivatives and traditional securities, serving a diverse client base that includes asset managers, banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.

August Ericson is an advisor at The Mather Group, LLC in Chicago, IL, holding a Series 65 designation. He joined the firm in 2025 and previously worked at Dell Technologies and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises. Ericson graduated from The University of Alabama in 2025. The Mather Group serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and other entities by providing integrated financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning, and family office services. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach featuring risk-based allocation models, tax-synchronized portfolios, and customization options such as direct indexing and ESG factor portfolios.

Oscar Cantu is a financial advisor with JMG Financial Group Ltd, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at JMG Financial Group since 2019 and previously spent 20 years at Charles Schwab, including Charles Schwab Bank. JMG Financial Group provides wealth management, portfolio management, and financial consulting to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a planning-based, long-term investment approach emphasizing strategic asset allocation and employs a range of investment vehicles including ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and alternative investments.

Garrett Mills is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at LaSalle St Securities since 2016, following roles at Concorde Asset Management, LLC and B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. Outside of his work at LSIA, Mills serves as Senior Vice President at Harvest Financial Group LLC, where he provides financial planning and is licensed for life, health, and accident insurance. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors offers fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm provides both non-discretionary and discretionary investment programs and is notable for managing a larger proportion of assets on a non-discretionary basis compared to many large advisory firms.

Robert Balfour is a financial advisor at New Edge Wealth in Chicago, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for nine years before joining New Edge Wealth and NewEdge Securities LLC in 2025. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, family offices, foundations, trusts, and other institutional clients. The firm offers wealth strategy, financial planning, portfolio management, and institutional consulting, utilizing a combination of independent managers, model strategies, and technology tools including AI-assisted analytics.

Noah Rife is a financial advisor at Zacks Investment Management, Inc. with 12 years at the firm and a total of 7 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and is based in Chicago, IL. Zacks Investment Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, pooled investment vehicles, and institutional clients, serving as portfolio manager to mutual funds and ETFs. The firm combines proprietary quantitative models with qualitative portfolio management across a range of strategies and offers retail wealth management, alternative investment strategies, and model portfolios through various platforms.

Matthew Van Dusen is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is currently with Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC and has prior experience at Renaissance, Union Pacific, and Vineyard Vines. He also worked at Creighton University and Regis Jesuit High School during earlier years. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC provides investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, not-for-profits, corporations, and other entities, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a long-term, diversified, asset-allocation approach integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis across various investment vehicles.

Mark Johnson is a financial advisor at VestGen Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Optimum Investment Advisors, LLC since 2015 before joining VestGen in 2025. VestGen Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $3.47 billion for over 9,400 clients. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients with services including investment management, financial planning, wrap-fee programs, and retirement plan solutions, employing a mix of analytical methods and third-party managers to implement client portfolios.

William Fates is a financial advisor with Forum Financial Management, LP, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and serves as a director at Fates, Bodily & Parker PLLC, providing accounting, tax, and financial planning services. His prior work includes over 30 years at Mcbeath Fates & Ivers PC. Forum Financial Management, LP offers fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients, and acts as a sub-advisor and turn-key asset management platform for other RIAs. The firm manages portfolios primarily using DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework and supports its platform through a technology affiliate.

Kailan Patel is a financial advisor at The Mather Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation. Patel has one year of industry experience with previous roles at World Financial Group and Newline Financial, as well as a brief experience in the food service industry at So'Bella Cucina. The Mather Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, and corporations by offering integrated financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning, and family office services. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach with customizable portfolio options and utilizes AI and machine-learning tools alongside human oversight in its processes.

Daniel Jacobs is a financial advisor at The Mather Group, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley and several other firms. His background also includes various roles at the University of Michigan. The Mather Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, and other entities, providing comprehensive financial planning, investment management, tax and estate planning guidance, and family office services. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach with multiple risk-based allocation models and offers customization options such as direct indexing and ESG portfolios.