Matthew Miller is a financial advisor with Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 65, Series 66, and Series 63 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Foreside Financial Services, Versant Capital Management, Continuum Capital Management, Calranch, and Rowland Carmichael Advisors. He also serves as Regional Director for Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, managing a small sales team that supports advisors. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors and their clients, offering model portfolios, operational support, and access to third-party cash-management and insurance solutions. The firm emphasizes diversified, systematically invested mutual fund and ETF portfolios alongside discretionary fixed-income management and retirement plan fiduciary services.

Brent Mcquiston is a CFP® professional with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Hightower Advisors. He has worked with Hightower since 2018 and held prior roles at Wealth Trust Arizona and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. His business activities include fixed insurance sales. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, employing a multi-manager approach that incorporates affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and diverse investment vehicles.

Michael Bowen is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Hightower in 2018, he worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and WealthTrust Arizona LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach includes discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers.

Erica Gargol is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked with LPL Financial since 2003 and has been with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd since 2016. Outside of her advisory work, she holds a notary commission. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a broad client base including individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and other institutional clients. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and diversified asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Linda Bradle is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America and holds a Series 63 designation. She has 28 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial and independent consulting. Outside of finance, she has been a consultant for Arbonne International, a skincare and nutrition company, since 2012. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base with advisory and brokerage services. The firm supports independent advisors through a limited-partnership ownership structure and provides a range of custodial and third-party investment solutions.

Barbara Marquis is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing before joining Stratos Wealth Partners and LPL Financial in 2020. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions through an open-architecture platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios.

William Stevens is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Scottsdale, AZ, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Foresters Financial Services, Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc, and Penn Mutual. Stevens is also the owner and chief strategist of Real Performance, LTD, a leadership and management consulting firm. Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies with various account-level features such as lending solutions and tax-harvesting.

Keyan Seyfnarimani is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Schwab, he held roles at HR Block, Lifetime Fitness, and the Arizona Cardinals. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, using Schwab’s standard asset allocation models and research tools. The firm recommends investments while leaving final trading decisions to clients and conducts at least annual account reviews.

Jennifer Berberich is a financial advisor at United Planners' Financial Services of America with 22 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has served as a CPA and shareholder at O'Malley & Berberich CPAs PC since 2003. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm offers advisory and brokerage services through independent investment adviser representatives and utilizes a mix of custodians, third-party money managers, and platform programs to implement client-directed investment strategies.

James Toddy is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. He has 30 years of industry experience and has worked at firms including Center Street Advisors, Inc. and Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC. In addition to his advisory roles, he is involved with Estate Documents Pro, licensing software for online estate document completion. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform utilizing multiple custodians and third-party money managers.

Jennifer Mason is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has worked at Charles Schwab and its affiliates since 2008, including a 15-year tenure at Charles Schwab Bank and a year at TD Ameritrade. Outside of her advisory role, she is a health coach with Optavia. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering annual financial reviews, retirement and planning discussions, and investment recommendations across various asset classes. The firm delivers advice using Schwab’s asset allocation models and research tools, with clients retaining final trading decisions.

Grant Wallace is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Phoenix, AZ. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Sunstate Equipment Co and held various positions in education and the food service industry. 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 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives, with the majority of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Diego Verdugo is a CFP® professional based in Phoenix, AZ, with 11 years of industry experience. He has held various roles within Principal Financial Services and its affiliates since 2012. Outside of his advisory work, Verdugo serves as Executive Vice President of Business Development for the Association of Latino Professionals of America and holds board positions with multiple nonprofit organizations focused on youth entrepreneurship, minority development, and community service. He is also a managing member of a construction company he co-founded with his wife. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions, with investment implementation typically managed on a discretionary basis by third-party advisors.

Daniel Bendheim is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Commonwealth Financial Network, Pillar Financial Group, Robinhood, The Vanguard Group, and Edward Jones. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as plan design, fiduciary consulting, employee education, and plan-level investment advice. The firm manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serves a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Michelle Petrowski is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, bringing seven years of industry experience. She is also the CEO and founder of New Direction Financial Strategies LLC, a firm specializing in divorce financial analysis and related educational services. Petrowski engages in public speaking and contributes as an editor for The Street: Retirement Daily, and she volunteers with Fresh Start Women's Foundation and Savvy Ladies. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice to clients enrolled in the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering financial reviews, planning discussions, and investment recommendations supported by Schwab’s research tools and standard asset allocation models.

Sean Mahoney is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 8 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Stonegate Capital Advisors and BMO Harris Bank. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individuals, corporations, pension plans, and other institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Matthew Armistead is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC since 2015. He also holds a role at Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC, where he is a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of life and accident/health insurance products. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to individual and institutional clients, utilizing a mix of discretionary wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions. The firm emphasizes manager selection from a proprietary “Focus List” and employs both active and passive asset allocation strategies supported by quantitative and qualitative due diligence.

Jacob Lucchese is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 credential and experience beginning in 2024. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, he worked at Northrop Grumman, Boeing, First International Bank and Trust, and BMO Harris Bank. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Christian Maracinaru is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Charles Schwab Bank and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for 11 years and spent two years at Apple, Inc. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm also advises a donor-advised fund and offers customized portfolio management through dedicated portfolio managers.

Andrew Smith is a financial advisor at Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations with 26 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. since 1999 and with Schwab Wealth Advisory since 2026. Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering services such as annual financial reviews, retirement planning, and investment recommendations using standard asset allocation models and Schwab research tools. The firm operates as an internal advisory unit within the Schwab ecosystem and does not directly charge clients fees, distinguishing its model from many enterprise wealth managers.