Patrick Strollo is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 32 years of industry experience and has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2021, alongside longstanding roles at New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities LLC dating back over three decades. He also operates Strollo & Associates, a separate business focused on brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm offers tailored advice across multiple program types and manages a substantial asset base primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Brian Gregorek is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Focus Partners Wealth since 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, Edward Jones, and Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a mix of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

De'andrea Johnson is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 11 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Schwab Wealth Advisory, Johnson worked at Charles Schwab & Co., Charles Schwab Bank, Edward Jones, and Wells Fargo NA. Outside of financial advising, Johnson occasionally assists with property management for rental properties held under a family LLC. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations supported by Schwab’s proprietary research tools. The firm delivers advice through standard asset allocation models and does not exercise discretionary trading authority over client accounts.

Diane Compardo is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She has been with Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC since 2005. Based in St. Louis, MO, she holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. 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 operates with partner-led teams supported by a centralized investment department, focusing on diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Seyda Holekamp is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with nine years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services since 2014. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection, multi-manager solutions, and access to both affiliated and third-party managers, with offerings spanning mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Joseph Buffa is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC. Wells Fargo Investment Institute provides institutional research, manager due diligence, model portfolio construction, and asset-allocation guidance to Wells Fargo wealth and fiduciary businesses as well as select external clients. The firm delivers specialized research and model guidance without exercising investment discretion or holding custody of client assets.

Adam Truebe is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Bayer. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside various portfolio tools.

Zachary Naert is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Oppenheimer since 2019, with a brief period at Ground Shark Coffee and time associated with the University of Missouri. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a broad range of investment programs and advisory services, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, consulting, and retirement planning.

John O’Shea is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and TIAA CREF. He serves as sole trustee for an unrelated incapacitated individual, a role he has held since 2015. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes customized, primarily long-term portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors.

Carla Munton is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and possessing 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Benjamin F. Edwards & Co since 2011. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a wide range of clients, including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers diversified investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary wrap programs and supports both employee and affiliated independent-contractor advisors.

Lindsay Taylor is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC. She has been with Moneta Group in various roles since 2014. Outside of her advisory work, she manages a rental property in Huntington, WV. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and institutional clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and concierge offerings. The firm uses a Partner-led Team model supported by a centralized Investment Department, emphasizing diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Cody Basala is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. He holds the Series 66 designation and has four years of industry experience, all with Benjamin F. Edwards. Prior to entering the financial industry, he spent ten years with The Fitness Edge. Basala serves as a Lifelong Wellness Adjunct Instructor at Delta College, where he teaches wellness classes. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers fee-based wrap programs, financial planning, and investment management consulting, utilizing both in-house and third-party managed strategies across various portfolio types.

Kirk Tebo is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 27 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Financial Services since 2016 and has been with Principal Life Insurance since 1999. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a broad client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel abroad. 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.

Matthew Romine is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in St. Louis, MO, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, GreenCourse Financial Advisors, and Cushman & Wakefield. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial and tax planning, family office and business management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Peter Mccarthy is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. in St. Louis, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Benjamin F. Edwards since 2010. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an alternate member of the City of Town and Country Board of Adjustment and is a trustee for the Fordyce Manor Drive subdivision. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other institutions. The firm offers a range of fee-based wrap programs and managed strategies, including mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and custom portfolios, supported by a comprehensive operational platform and an Investment Strategy Committee.

Michael Mattern is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth, he worked at OneDigital and Enterprise Mobility and spent four years at Purdue University. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive approach to portfolio construction, utilizing a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Krisha Kozlowski is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Creative Planning and has three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Paradigm Financial Advisors, Wipfli, Mueller Prost PC, and Brian Toennies & Associates. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $295.6 billion in client assets and employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies complemented by tax-loss harvesting and selective private market exposure.

Brooke Hunady is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently with Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO. She has been with Moneta Group since 2016, including its predecessor entities. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a partner-led team structure with a centralized investment department and an open-architecture process emphasizing asset allocation and manager due diligence.

Seth Hieken is a CFA® charterholder based in St. Louis, MO, with 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked primarily at The Colony Group, LLC, spanning over 28 years in total, with a brief tenure at Copeland Capital Management, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients, offering a wide range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Jada Diedrich is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Buckingham Asset Management, LLC since 2013 and The Colony Group, LLC since 2024. Focus Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a comprehensive range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.