Ann Miller is a financial advisor with Affinity Capital, L.P. in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. She has operated A. Miller Investment Advisors, L.P. since 1995. Miller serves as an NASD arbitrator, contributing to dispute resolution in securities matters. Affinity Capital provides portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income, with ongoing account monitoring and consolidated reporting.

Jennifer Migdal is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience and currently serves at Cove Wealth Management. She previously worked at Valued Retirements for four years and Forthright Financial Planning LLC for 15 years. Cove Wealth Management provides discretionary, fee-only investment management supported by financial planning and wealth coordination services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and select institutional clients. The firm serves a mix of high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, often successful professionals and business owners, using a diversified core of low-cost ETFs and mutual funds supplemented by individual securities and outside Independent Managers.

Liebe Miller is a financial advisor at Signature Financial Advisors with 39 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Miller previously worked at H. Beck, Inc., MassMutual Life, and Ostrow Financial Group. She is the founder of Senior Care Advisors of Texas, a consultation and referral service focused on health, social, and financial issues affecting seniors and their adult children. Signature Financial Advisors serves individual investors, closely held businesses, and pension and profit-sharing plans, providing investment supervisory services, manager-of-managers selection, pension consulting, and financial planning. The firm delivers advice on a non-discretionary basis and emphasizes manager selection and monitoring, as well as educational seminars and workshops.

Peter Ivanyi is a CFP® and ChFC® with 19 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Guided Capital Wealth Management, LLC and has previously worked at Valic Financial Advisors for 15 years. Ivanyi also holds an agent position at Agia, where he is involved in non-securities insurance products. Guided Capital Wealth Management provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, focusing on portfolio management through a wrap fee program. The firm uses an Investment Policy Statement and risk-tolerance models to manage discretionary accounts, blending index and actively managed ETFs, individual stocks, and specialty instruments.

John Hauser is an advisor at VIE INVEST, LLC based in Houston, TX, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with three years of industry experience. He has a diverse career background including roles at FireTron and Mansa Capital, and has operated his own practice, John B. Hauser, JD, since 1998. Outside of advisory work, he is involved with Guyana Global Development LLC, focusing on project development activities in Guyana. VIE Invest provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and investment consulting to high-net-worth individuals, families, and entities, managing over $50 million in client assets. The firm constructs customized portfolios using model strategies and third-party managers, employing active techniques such as margin and options, and offers private-equity introductions and ongoing project due diligence.

Luis Montero II is a financial advisor at Taursas Investments with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Deloitte LLP and White Star Real Estate. Taursas Investments provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and endowments. The firm emphasizes fundamental business and industry analysis combined with an observational economic outlook while avoiding speculation and predictive models.

Robert Rexford Jr. is a CFP® with 36 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Rexford Capital, where he has worked since 2003. His credentials also include Series 63 and Series 65 registrations. Rexford Capital is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $151 million for about 62 clients, including affluent individuals, retirees, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, behaviorally informed investment approach with a focus on equity exposure complemented by municipal bonds and occasional covered-option strategies, operating under a fiduciary standard.

Jason Shrieve is a financial advisor at RNS Wealth Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Park Avenue Securities LLC. In addition to his advisory role, Shrieve is involved with Guardian Wealth Design Group as an insurance agent. RNS Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, often acting as a co-advisor with third-party managers. The firm uses an American Funds mutual-fund platform and emphasizes tailored financial planning with quarterly account reviews.

Robert Heintz is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Planning Associates Wealth Management since 2020 and previously was self-employed for eight years, with earlier experience at Avalon Investment & Advisory. Planning Associates Wealth Management is a small, supported advisory firm serving primarily individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages portfolios using a variety of securities and analytic methods, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

William Hoover is a financial advisor with SCP Steward Capital Advisers LLC in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including Steward Securities Group LLC and Republic Consulting Group LLC. Outside of investment advising, he serves as chairman and CEO of Steward Capital Partners LLC and is a sole proprietor of Republic Consulting Group LLC, both non-investment-related business consulting ventures. SCP Steward Capital Advisers LLC provides discretionary investment management and general consulting services primarily for institutional clients and pooled vehicles, implementing strategies that incorporate fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across a wide range of securities. The firm operates on a fee-only basis and emphasizes tailored investment approaches aligned with client objectives and risk tolerances.

Will Oliver is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Founders Capital Management Inc in Houston, TX, where he has worked since 2018. He has seven years of industry experience and previously worked at Booz Allen Hamilton from 2011 to 2018. Founders Capital Management provides customized investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-based approach with diversified allocations and offers growth, balanced, or conservative investment profiles tailored to multi-quarter to multi-year horizons.

Sami Shbeeb is a financial advisor at Terraform Wealth, LLC in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. He has been with Terraform Wealth since 2023 and also owns and operates various small business entities. Outside of financial advising, Shbeeb is a licensed Texas real estate agent working with Meridian Real Estate, handling both residential and commercial transactions. Terraform Wealth, LLC provides portfolio management and advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, offering customized Investment Policy Statements and discretionary management across diversified holdings including mutual funds, ETFs, real estate funds, private equity, hedge funds, and other alternatives. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and investment strategies tailored to clients’ goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerance.

Isabella Ramon is a financial advisor with Axia Wealth Management Inc in Houston, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Vanguard and Worth Winning, LLC, along with several years dedicated to full-time education. Axia Wealth Management Inc is a small supported advisory firm managing approximately $148 million in assets for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, small businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm follows a long-term, evidence-based investment approach using no-load mutual funds and passively managed ETFs, and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, estate-planning coordination, and retirement-plan fiduciary services.

Michael Smurl is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with Integrity Financial Planning, LLC, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he held positions at Consilium Wealth Consulting, LLC, City National Rochdale, and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he provides WealthTech consulting through an affiliation with F2 Strategy and works as a specialist with Apple Inc. Integrity Financial Planning, LLC offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan clients. The firm uses a five-step process to build personalized, low-cost portfolios focusing on active tax and cost management, and incorporates a mix of analytical methods and a range of securities, including option overlays and structured products where suitable.

Justin Gunn is a financial advisor at Virtuevian Ventures in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Virtuevian, he worked in various roles including real estate and hospitality. Outside of advisory work, he is a licensed realtor with Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene and also works as a freelance bartender and cook. Virtuevian Ventures serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business accounts by providing discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement guidance. The firm’s investment approach combines long-term strategies with multiple research methods and may include tactical reallocations and the use of derivatives within separately managed accounts, supporting personalized portfolio management and client contact.

Samir Sinha is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Stavis Wealth Transfer Solutions, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he held positions at Franklin Templeton, Post Oak Private Wealth Advisors, and Sinsonte Capital Management. Stavis Wealth Transfer Solutions specializes in integrated wealth transfer, financial and estate planning, and asset management for high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, trusts, and foundations. The firm focuses on coordinating estate and trust services with other professional advisors and offers tailored, goals-based planning and supervisory oversight of investment subaccounts within various insurance structures.

Mohammad Hussaini is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Thales Investment Services, Inc. in Houston, TX, bringing six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Thales in 2019, he worked as a consultant and was self-employed. Outside of his advisory role, Hussaini holds leadership positions in several businesses, including serving as Chairman of Purity Foods Group, a protein-focused foodservice distributor, and Vice President of the American Halal Foundation, a halal consulting agency. Thales Investment Services provides discretionary portfolio management for individual clients and pension/profit-sharing plans, using a proprietary fundamental-value approach that integrates both fundamental and technical analysis and considers domestic and global macroeconomic and geopolitical factors.

John Geralt is a financial advisor at Ebquant, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at various firms including Tong Management Group, Juniper Networks, and Wolters Kluwer. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Geralt is an executive recruiter for Juniper Networks and provides bookkeeping and tax consulting services through Tong Management Group. Ebquant offers portfolio management and financial planning to institutional clients, high-net-worth individuals, and others, using a blended investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervisory services tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Samuel Goodfriend is a financial advisor at WealthValues, LLC in Houston, TX, with Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining WealthValues in 2021, he worked at Edward Jones from 2019 to 2021. WealthValues serves individual and high-net-worth clients with wealth management, portfolio management, and financial planning services primarily on a discretionary basis. The firm focuses on asset allocation, diversification, and tax-aware portfolio construction, combining passive and active strategies and selecting third-party managers based on philosophy, consistency, and track record.

Sebastian Eccles is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with two years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Factory Capital LLC and has held previous roles at Kayne Anderson Rudnick, Life Line Wealth Management LLC, BLISK Financial Group/Spire Investment Partners, and Morgan Stanley. Factory Capital LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO-style investment management to institutional and other clients. The firm utilizes a platform-centric model that incorporates both active and passive strategies, with a focus on outsourced managers and pooled investment vehicles.