Troy Smith is a financial advisor at Momentum Independent Network Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at Charles Schwab from 2008 to 2012. Troy serves as a board member of the Salado Community Foundation. Momentum Independent Network Inc. provides investment advisory, portfolio management, and brokerage services to individuals, corporations, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of managed account programs and integrates broker-dealer operations with banking and municipal advisory capabilities through its affiliation with the Hilltop group.

Joseph Calhoun is a CFP® with 10 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC and has previously held positions at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, LPL Financial LLC, and Victory Capital Advisers. Quotient Wealth Partners advises individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, serving both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers financial planning, consulting, and discretionary and non-discretionary wealth and investment management, using tailored investment programs implemented primarily through ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers.

Tyler Ashley is a financial advisor with Integrity Advisory Solutions in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Infinite Wealth Advisors LLC, Namcoa, and Florida Financial Advisors, as well as earlier experience at Lincoln Harris and Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated. Outside the financial industry, he was involved with Better Way Landscaping for two years. Integrity Advisory Solutions serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business clients through a network of approximately 100 independent advisors. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory programs, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis and a variety of asset allocation strategies.

Aakash Panchal is a financial advisor with SignatureFD, LLC in Dallas, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has over nine years of experience, including roles at SignatureFD since 2022 and E*Trade from 2020 to 2022. Prior to his advisory career, he spent five years at the University of Georgia. SignatureFD serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, retirement plan management, and consulting services. The firm manages client portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis using mutual funds, ETFs, and independent managers, and is affiliated with an accounting firm and several private investment funds.

Grant Finney is a financial advisor at Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials with five years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Randstad, as well as involvement with Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities. Hilltop Securities Inc. provides brokerage, advisory, and retirement-plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management programs and utilizes an open-architecture platform with various investment strategies and operational features that include municipal bond strategies co-advised with Franklin Templeton Group.

Emily Eisenhauer Freling is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 credential and 11 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and National Asset Management. She serves on the Junior League of Dallas Sustainers Board and participates in several nonprofit organizations focused on women and children. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets through about 274 advisors. The firm provides a wide range of services, including advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement solutions, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans.

William Woodard is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with over 31 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Level Four in 2024, Woodard worked for Kovack Securities, Inc. for 10 years and operated Woodard Insurance LLP for 38 years. He serves on the board of managers for the Tarrant County Hospital District and is involved in healthcare services for residents and insured patients in Fort Worth, TX. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $5.32 billion across 115 advisors and serving a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers fee-only financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing model portfolios and both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers.

Richard Galen Jr. is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Hilltop Securities since 2015. Hilltop Securities Inc. provides brokerage, execution, clearing, custody, investment advisory, and retirement-plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of investment solutions through an open-architecture platform, including adviser-managed and model-based programs, and maintains distinctive operational features such as custody capabilities and municipal bond strategies co-advised by Franklin Templeton Group.

Thomas Porter is a financial advisor at International Assets Investment Management, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Grove Point Investments, LLC, H. Beck, Inc., and National Planning Corporation. International Assets Investment Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities through a national network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm focuses on customized, long-term portfolio construction using mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income, and may employ third-party money managers and wrap programs as part of its investment approach.

Ryan Mullin is a financial advisor with Advisor Resource Council in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked with Advisor Resource Council (formerly 360 Wealth Management, LLC) since 2013 and has also been associated with LPL Financial since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, Mullin owns a woodworking business that sells items at fairs, community events, and online. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises by providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm uses actively managed strategies that combine artificial intelligence tools with fundamental analysis across diverse asset classes and offers estate-planning document preparation in partnership with independent attorneys.

Shawn Miles is a financial advisor at RFG Advisory, LLC with a Series 65 credential and recent industry experience beginning in 2026. He has prior work experience at United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC from 2016. RFG Advisory is a multi-team registered investment adviser with around 178 advisors managing approximately $8 billion for more than 17,000 clients. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional accounts, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to alternative investments and annuity management using a blend of actively managed and passive strategies.

Lane Richardson is a financial advisor at Navy Federal Investment Services, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations. His prior roles include positions at Robinhood Markets, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. Outside of financial services, he worked at Christi Ann Estate Sale Service for several years. Navy Federal Investment Services serves members of Navy Federal Credit Union along with individual, trust, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and automated investment options. The firm primarily uses managed advisory programs featuring third-party portfolio managers and provides layered solutions including unified managed accounts and ETF portfolios.

Matthew Rupert is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and possessing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Hilltop Securities Inc. since 2009 and its Independent Network since 2006. Hilltop Securities serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through investment advisory and broker-dealer services. The firm provides managed account programs, financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and annuity-based solutions, operating an open-architecture platform that includes third-party and firm-sponsored strategies, along with custody, banking, and market-making capabilities.

Brady Davis is a financial advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previous work experience with Encore Search Partners, LLC, Ace Energy, LLC, Bunker Energy, LLC, New Western Acquisitions, and Swearingen Realty Group, LLC. Quotient Wealth Partners provides financial planning, consulting, and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, serving a range of clients from non-high-net-worth to high-net-worth. The firm uses tailored investment programs primarily implemented through ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers, combining fundamental and cyclical analysis to construct diversified, factor-tilted portfolios.

Scott Wilson is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Touchstone Securities, and IFS Financial Services. Hilltop Securities Inc. offers brokerage, execution, custody, investment advisory, and retirement-plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $2.25 billion in assets and provides a range of portfolio management programs and fiduciary services through an open-architecture platform that integrates multiple investment strategies and operational features.

Timothy Harder is a financial advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations. His prior roles include positions at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, Mercer Allied Company, L.P., and LPL Financial. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, consulting, and wealth and investment management tailored to client risk profiles. The firm employs diversified, factor-tilted allocations primarily through ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers, managing approximately $4.9 billion across a multi-advisor team.

Kristen Marsh is a financial advisor at Ethos Financial Group, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Chapwood Capital Investment Management, LLC since 2019. Prior to her advisory career, she spent time as a student and briefly worked with First Baptist Church Houston. Ethos Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses model portfolios and a core allocation strategy combining index-based exposures to create diversified, risk-conscious portfolios, supplementing its process with third-party research and optional tax-overlay management.

Curtis Williams is a financial advisor at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC in Addison, TX, holding the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations. He has nine years of industry experience, all with CliftonLarsonAllen since 2017 except for a one-year gap in 2016-2017. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a professional educator and grader for the CFA Institute. CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors provides wealth advisory and asset management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporate and institutional clients, and qualified retirement plans. The firm combines RIA fiduciary services with broker-dealer and insurance activities and employs a multidisciplinary planning approach supported by its parent firm, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP.

Kenia Jones is a financial advisor at Balefire, LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and LPL Financial. Jones has also worked for the Legislative Counsel Bureau. Balefire, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team investment adviser serving individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charities, and business entities. The firm employs a core-and-tactical investment approach, offering discretionary asset management and comprehensive financial planning through a platform with approximately $2 billion in regulatory assets.

Nicholas Moore is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Advisor Resource Council, where he has worked since 2022, following roles at Artemis Capital Advisers, LP and Charles Schwab. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a senior trader for AIQ Asset Management. Advisor Resource Council serves individuals, families, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises, offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of artificial intelligence tools and fundamental analysis in actively managed strategies delivered through model portfolios and separately managed accounts.