Don Crook is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His career includes 15 years at Legend Equities Corporation and a longstanding association with Great American Reserve since 1991. Crook serves on the boards of Partners in Hope Ministries and the Michael James Cotton Foundation, both nonprofit organizations. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm offers financial planning, ERISA retirement plan advice, and a range of model portfolios, employing strategic and tactical investment approaches overseen by an Investment Management & Research team.

Christy Shelton is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Allfluent Wealth Management and Commonwealth Financial since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she operates a social event coordination business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including discretionary model portfolios and customizable investment solutions.

Alyssa Calhoun is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. She previously worked at CAM Investor Solutions and Dimensional Fund Advisors. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, business owners, and nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing globally diversified portfolios with multi-factor tilts and a range of implementation options.

Jared Fossler is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Austin, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing five years of industry experience. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, he worked at TMLT and has experience in education and the service industry. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers a range of advisory services including model portfolio management and customized portfolio solutions under a fiduciary standard.

Carol Vander Dys is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Austin, TX. She holds a Series 66 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, including 11 years at Edward Jones. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved with personal health and beauty product memberships. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life structure.

Sonia Ortega Knight is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Austin, TX. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 14 years of industry experience. Her career includes prior roles at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. 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, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program implemented through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by third-party platform arrangements and AI-enabled research tools.

Miranda Barcena is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. She has been associated with Barcena Financial Group, Principal Securities, and Principal Life Insurance since 2023. Outside of advisory work, she serves as the Director of Education for Financial Women in Texas, where she leads educational programming and a mentoring initiative. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs, employing multiple advisory and promoter arrangements to support client investment implementation and advisor business development.

Kieu Turk is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience. She is currently with Cerity Partners LLC and previously worked for Austin Private Wealth, LLC for ten years. Outside of her advisory work, she has ownership interests in real estate and a real estate-related business in Austin, TX. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a broad client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services, including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, emphasizing diversified asset allocation tailored to each client’s profile.

Digvijay Gohil is a financial advisor at Integrity Alliance, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked for Lion Street Advisors and Lion Street Financial for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, Gohil is involved in managing early child care facilities, owning and helping operate a franchise and a real estate holding LLC for these businesses. Integrity Alliance is a large advisory network with over 300 independent advisors managing approximately $5.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individual investors, corporations, and retirement plans, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services through discretionary accounts, model portfolios, and third-party sub-advisers.

David Dunn is a CFP® and ChFC® with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2020, and previously held roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. He is also an independent insurance agent specializing in disability, fixed annuities, life/accident/health, and long-term care insurance and serves as sole manager of a family limited partnership. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with access to mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and customized portfolios.

Michael Liddell is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup since 2017 and has also been associated with Raymond James Financial Services since 2013. His prior experience includes a brief tenure at Rodan and Fields in 2016. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients through a variety of advisory programs and execution services, implementing multi-asset, multi-manager strategies across discretionary and non-discretionary platforms. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research and derivatives services, catering to workplace, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth segments.

Christine Devries is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66, Series 65, and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Creative Planning in 2026, she worked at Milliman for three years and spent 11 years at Diversified Investors Securities Corp. and Diversified Investment Advisors. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, along with selective private market exposure and fiduciary-advised retirement services.

Danny La is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Corient since 2026. His prior experience includes roles at Capital Advisors, Inc., TD Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC, and SCOTTRADE, Inc. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm utilizes a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers, along with risk management tools and alternative investment options.

Edward Wingrove is a financial advisor with \u0026Partners in Austin, TX, holding a Series 63 designation and over 35 years of industry experience. His prior firms include Wells Fargo Clearing, Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc, and Raymond James & Associates. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing member of several family LLCs that own real estate and a minority interest in a restaurant. \u0026Partners serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, institutions, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement plan consulting using a combination of proprietary and third-party strategies with ongoing monitoring and account reviews.

James Scully is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in North Liberty, IA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Edward Jones, NYlife Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of advisory work, he is the owner of an investment-related LLC. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm operates a vertically integrated advisory model with both point-in-time planning and ongoing management under a fiduciary standard.

Jerry Mc Donald is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 35 years of industry experience. He is currently with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors. Based in Austin, TX, he holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets and serving a national client base that includes individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing both proprietary and third-party investment solutions.

Neal Cloer is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Austin, TX, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 17 years of industry experience, including 10 years with Principal Securities Inc and Principal Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as an insurance agent specializing in life, disability, annuities, health, long-term care, Medicare supplements, and group products. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Darren Zielinski is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2017. He has also been affiliated with WealthWave and World Financial Group, Inc. since 2013 and 1992, respectively. Zielinski is involved in sales of insurance and non-insurance products for companies affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services, utilizing proprietary and third-party model portfolios with options for discretionary or non-discretionary management.

Effimia Karides is a financial advisor at Brown Advisory with 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at Brown Advisory since 2016 and previously at Blackhawk Wealth Management from 2014 to 2017. She holds the Series 65 designation and is based in Austin, TX. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental research approach to construct concentrated portfolios and offers a range of strategies including sustainable-investment options, as well as private-fund and venture programs.

Tyson Mavar is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including The Retirement Group and LPL Financial prior to his current role. Tyson is based in Las Vegas, NV. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized consulting, utilizing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.