Robert Nienaber III is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Cincinnati, OH. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2011 and also operates The Lyon Group, LLC, where he brokers non-registered insurance products and New York Life offerings. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Adam Hardy is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC since 2023. His prior experience includes roles at ARGI Investment Services, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Merrill, CitiGroup, and other financial institutions. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a broad client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services including investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on diversified asset allocation and customized portfolio solutions.

Eric Bokesch is a financial advisor with Mariner who holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Pinnacle Wealth Management, and Securities America. He is currently associated with Mariner Institutional and Mariner Wealth Advisors. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm employs customized, committee-overseen portfolios that combine in-house research with third-party manager allocations and provides integrated tax and accounting services alongside traditional portfolio management.

Charles Williams II is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Cincinnati, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has worked with Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and Park Avenue Securities since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he consults for a teleradiology medical practice and serves on the boards of the Thank America First Foundation and the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with brokerage and advisory services, offering proprietary and third-party investment programs alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm manages approximately $15 billion in assets and supports a range of investment strategies and account features through an integrated operating model.

Anthony Poe is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Northwestern Mutual, spanning from 2005 through 2019. Outside of finance, he operated AJPOE Photography for 11 years. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based model that incorporates a variety of investment strategies and third-party managers, supported by proprietary technology platforms.

Matthew Held is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Cincinnati, OH. He holds the CFP® designation and the Series 66 license, and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Commonwealth, he worked at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation for 17 years. He is also the owner of Clarity Wealth Management, LLC, a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of individual and institutional clients. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody/clearing services.

Gregory George is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Cincinnati, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Primerica Advisors since 2012 and has been associated with Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America since 2011. Outside of his primary roles, he is involved in insurance products beyond Guardian Life and engages in prospecting business owners for LS Benefits. Primerica Advisors operates as part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services. The firm implements investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports various account-level services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Nolan Kamerer is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently advising at Mariner. His prior roles include positions at RiverPoint Capital Management and Fifth Third Securities. He serves as a board member of the HealthPath Foundation of Ohio. Mariner provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, and offers integrated tax, accounting, and family office services.

Vicki Schapp is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. She has held various roles including trustee of a revocable trust and educator at the Heartland Institute of Financial Education. Her background also includes administrative work and involvement with estate document services. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, providing advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment models with both discretionary and non-discretionary options.

Brian Bolan is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He previously founded and led Bolan Capital Management for 15 years and worked at Fidelity for one year. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of investment strategies and integrates financial planning and tax services, managing $72.3 billion in assets as of May 2026.

John Stagg is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Cincinnati, OH. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 36 years of industry experience. John has been with Eagle Strategies since 2011 and has worked with New York Life and its affiliates since 1989. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the vast majority of its regulatory assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Spencer Ford is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at AE Wealth Management, LLC in West Chester, OH. He holds roles with several firms including Madison Avenue Securities, LLC and Harrison Tax & Accounting, and has been involved with Conservative Financial Solutions LLC since 2016 as Chief Operating Officer and Wealth Advisor. Outside of his advisory work, he is also an author, working on editing and potentially revising a current book or writing a new one. AE Wealth Management provides fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, trusts, and ERISA plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes model portfolio and direct asset management programs, utilizing a range of fundamental, technical, and cyclical strategies delivered through standardized models and platform services.

Teresa Graner is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 40 years of industry experience. She has been with Hornor, Townsend & Kent since 1985. In addition to her advisory role, Graner owns and operates a multi-line insurance brokerage, specializing in life and long-term care insurance as well as investment-related products. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines advisory and broker-dealer services and employs third-party asset manager relationships to provide tailored investment strategies.

William Bruns is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at John D. Dovich & Associates, LLC for nine years before joining MAI Capital Management in 2019. Bruns is also associated with Eden Park Financial Partners, LLC, which holds keyman and business transition insurance. MAI Capital Management provides investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of investment strategies and offers integrated financial planning and trust and insurance administration through affiliated entities.

Brett Roth is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience, currently serving at Guardian Life since 2022. He previously worked at W&S Brokerage Services from 2016 to 2022. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and is based in Cincinnati, OH. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities LLC, provides brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory relationships and incorporates proprietary and third-party investment models.

Matthew Hager is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott in Cincinnati, OH, holding a Series 66 designation with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James & Associates and Ipsos Insights. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory services.

William Sena Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2020, and previously spent time at Osborn Williams & Donohoe, LLC and Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. His current role is based in Cincinnati, OH. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse group of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach centers on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, employing both affiliated and third-party managers alongside proprietary research and various portfolio construction methods.

Karl Zimmerman is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Cincinnati, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fifth Third Securities, Fifth Third Bank, Wells Fargo Clearing, and CitiGroup. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account for employees that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and implements investments via approved models managed by PNC or third-party strategists.

Thomas Keller is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Kestra Advisory since 2016 and has worked at Kestra Investment Services, LLC since 2003. Keller holds a partner role at Kehoe Financial Advisors, providing advisory and accounting services. He is also involved with the Donauschwaben Society, a community organization. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers a range of services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education, and serves large institutional clients including sovereign wealth funds.

Bradley Curtsinger is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Securities, Inc. based in Cincinnati, OH. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Fifth Third Securities since 2006. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. offers brokerage and investment advisory services through its Passageway Managed Account Program to a range of clients including individuals, charitable organizations, and institutional investors. The firm combines its municipal-advisor registration with its affiliation to Fifth Third Bank, providing access to multiple managed-account programs and features such as direct indexing and tax-overlay services.