Jackson Ward is a CFP® professional with one year of industry experience, currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. His work history includes roles at Wilkerson Advisory Group, WR Wealth Planners, and prior experience in both brewing and bottling companies, as well as university positions at the University of Missouri Columbia. Outside of financial services, he has been involved in the Flatbranch Pub & Brewing and Fitz's Bottling Co. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates both active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

Timothy Grisby is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Charles Schwab Bank, TD Ameritrade, and MineSense Technologies. Grisby is based in St. Louis, MO. Schwab Wealth Advisory serves clients enrolled in its program and certain Charles Schwab & Co.-referred clients, providing non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice, financial planning, and wealth management consultations. The firm’s guidance is based on Charles Schwab’s asset-allocation models and internal research, offering tailored recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Jason Siedle is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Litman Gregory Wealth Management and Wedgewood Partners, Inc. He is involved in transitioning an advisory business following an acquisition. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, standalone financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of active and passive strategies, employs third-party independent managers selected through due diligence, and offers proprietary private funds and a continuously offered interval fund.

Jonathan Thrun is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC from 2009 to 2011. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to private and registered pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Georgios Vanfleet is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and previously worked at Charles Schwab and in academic roles at Saint Louis University and Butler University. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm utilizes a partner-led team structure and a multi-criteria selection process emphasizing asset allocation and manager due diligence.

Gregory Bersch is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Premier Financial Partners, Osaic Wealth, Royal Alliance Associates, LPL Financial, and WS Griffith Securities. He has also worked with clients of Eric Hoemeyer as a registered assistant. Independent Financial Group, LLC provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and corporate and pension plans. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through multiple platforms, and employs a combination of passive and active strategies with ongoing due diligence.

Benjamin Trujillo is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Moneta Group Investment Advisors since 2018, following a prior role at Stifel. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner and Vice-President of Trujillo Holdings, LLC and serves as an adjunct professor of law at Washington University School of Law. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm utilizes partner-led teams supported by a centralized investment department, emphasizing diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Mark Reed is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at North American Management Corp. and Bush O'Donnell Investment Advisors, Inc. Since 2007, Reed has served as an independent trustee for Morgan Stanley Pathway Funds and is currently a trustee for the Kingston Manor Drive Association. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets using a diversified investment approach that blends passive and active managers, with portfolio oversight by an internal Investment Committee.

Nicholas Koboldt is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Buckingham Asset Management, LLC and Stifel Nicolaus. Koboldt is based in St. Louis, MO. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm uses a partner-led team approach supported by a centralized investment department and employs a multi-criteria selection process emphasizing asset allocation and manager due diligence.

Shane Hurst is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in St. Louis, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2009 and also holds a position with Agia. Hurst receives trail income from prior insurance business with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri but does not write new business. 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 models and National Financial Services as custodian.

Scott Critchfield is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. He holds the CFP® designation and has 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Waddell & Reed, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he provides occasional proofreading and editing assistance for a pediatric physical therapy practice founded by his spouse. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients through over 500 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including financial planning, investment management, and brokerage, utilizing both proprietary and third-party strategies supported by an internal equity and fixed-income trading desk.

John Blest is a CFP® professional affiliated with Schwab Wealth Advisory, bringing nine years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Charles Schwab & Co., TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. Outside of finance, he is involved in general contracting work related to construction, carpentry, and concrete. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice and financial planning primarily for clients in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program. The firm’s approach is based on Charles Schwab & Co.’s asset-allocation models and internal research, offering tailored recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Ronald Wienstroer is a financial advisor with Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of industry experience, including over a decade at Moneta Group. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm operates with Partner-led Teams supported by a centralized Investment Department and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations with ongoing monitoring.

Beth Anderson is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing from 2015 to 2025. &PARTNERS serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and portfolio management strategies, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary services through an established platform and brokerage infrastructure.

James Muccigrosso is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Chesterfield, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Securities Inc. since 2016 and has been associated with Principal Life Insurance Company since 1998. Outside of investment advising, he occasionally sells group insurance to existing clients. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Corbin Briggs is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC in St. Louis, MO. His prior work history includes roles at AssetMark Financial, Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services. Briggs serves on the boards of the World Pediatrics Project and First Tee, both nonprofit organizations involved in fundraising. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and portfolio management services through proprietary and third-party solutions.

Tyler Joern is a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and previously worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC and Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients including retirement plans, foundations, and endowments. The firm employs a partner-led team structure with a centralized investments department and uses an open-architecture, multi-criteria selection process focused on asset allocation and manager due diligence.

Alexander Norath is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with four years of industry experience. He has previously worked at The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, RFG Advisory, and Moneta. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, operating both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies through its Private Advisor model and Rockefeller Global Investment Management platform.

John Mccadden III is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) in Creve Coeur, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 1999 and has a long-standing affiliation with New York Life Insurance Company dating back to 1978. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the boards of the Bridlespur Hunt Club, a nonprofit fox hunting organization in Missouri, and Grey Horse Equestrians of Missouri, which provides equestrian experiences for individuals with disabilities. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse clientele, including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and advisory services through a wide network of affiliated representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Stephanie Rogers is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed advisor with seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously spent eight years at U.S. Trust. She is based in St. Louis, MO. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and a variety of institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm employs Partner-led Teams supported by centralized investment research and emphasizes diversified, multi-asset allocations with ongoing monitoring.