Antwone Harris is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Osaic Advisory Services, LLC and has previously worked at Triad Hybrid Solutions, Charles Schwab Bank, Charles Schwab, and Equitable Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he is the CEO of Platinum Bridge Wealth Strategies, a business that sells retirement planning books and digital products, and he founded The New Greenwood Ave, which provides investment education. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an enterprise SEC-registered advisory firm serving a broad client base that includes individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporate and charitable entities, retirement plan participants, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers a range of services including representative-managed programs, third-party manager and wrap programs, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and access to alternative investments, distinguished by its platform integrations and institutional client access.

Hsiu Ching Chiao is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She has worked with several firms throughout her career, including World Financial Group and multiple health insurance providers. Her other business activities involve sales of insurance and non-insurance products across various health and travel insurance companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutions, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment models with discretionary and non-discretionary options.

James Gnefkow is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has worked at Park Avenue Securities, LLC since 2018. His prior roles include positions at Jackson National Life Distributors and Guardian Life Insurance Co of America. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning and consulting services, combining advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and digital advisory solutions.

John Shevlin is a financial advisor with Guardian Life in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at Guardian Life since 1999 and also at Peachtree Planning Corporation since 1990. He serves on the board of the Cowart YMCA. Guardian Life’s Park Avenue® Wealth Management offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and provides access to proprietary programs, third-party advisory solutions, and insurance products.

Paul Scaglione is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include multiple positions at Wells Fargo Clearing and Truist Investment Services dating back to 2002. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary manager relationships, supported by AI-enabled research tools and inter-affiliate resources, to deliver its investment solutions.

Ray Avrett is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including New York Life, Northwestern Mutual, and National Life before joining Principal in 2019. Avrett also maintains an agent role for fixed insurance products such as fixed life, long-term care, disability insurance, annuities, and group health. 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 stationed abroad. The firm emphasizes financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs delivered through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Dara Davis is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with six years of industry experience, currently with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities. She has held roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, as well as prior experience at Mercedes-Benz USA LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she serves on the board of The Black Girls Breathing Foundation as Treasurer/CFO and participates on the advisory board for Cyber Safety Architects. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning and investment management solutions, including advisor-led discretionary management, model-based strategies, and access to proprietary and third-party advisory platforms.

William Coffey is a financial advisor at Guardian Life with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Guardian Life and its affiliates since 1984. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in pension marketing activities. Guardian Life, through its subsidiary Park Avenue Wealth Management, offers brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement plan sponsors and charitable organizations. The firm combines advisor-led discretionary management with model-based strategies and provides access to proprietary and third-party investment solutions.

Curtis Hearn is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors, having joined in 2023, and previously worked at Gratus Capital and JPH Advisory Group. Outside of advisory work, he oversees operations for a short-term rental property through Rivertree Hospitality LLC. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and centralized due diligence, along with technology tools to support advisors and clients.

Brian Harhai is a CFP® and CFA® affiliated with Truist Advisory Services, based in Atlanta, GA, with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Suntrust Advisory Services since 2019 and previously at Suntrust Bank and GenSpring Family Offices. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Robert Patti is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. He has held roles at LPL Financial, Zacks Investment Management, FSC Securities Corporation, and Raymond James Financial Services. Patti provides investment advisory services and insurance through Stratos Wealth Partners and LPL Financial. Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser with approximately 379 advisors and $18.6 billion in assets under management. The firm serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients, offering customized portfolio management and a range of financial planning and outsourced CIO solutions through an open-architecture platform integrating multiple third-party managers.

Rhonda Lamb is a Series 66 credentialed advisor at Hightower Advisors with 29 years of industry experience. She has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a notary without compensation. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, employing affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Scott Bechely is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently with Independent Financial Partners since 2016. He previously worked at LPL Financial from 2011 to 2019. Bechely is also involved with Horizon Planning Group, Inc., an insurance business. Independent Financial Partners provides investment advisory, financial planning, trust, and retirement-plan services through a network of independent advisors nationwide. The firm supports a multi-advisor platform serving individual, charitable, corporate, and high-net-worth clients and offers a decentralized advisory model with a notable focus on retirement-plan advisory and pension consulting.

William Francis is a Series 66-credentialed advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, based in Atlanta, GA. He has two years of industry experience, previously working with Ashford Advisors for four years and has been engaged in insurance business activities outside of Guardian. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of financial planning and consulting services, combining discretionary management with model-based strategies and access to proprietary and third-party advisory solutions.

Thomas Gordon Jr. is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at firms including Bank of America, Merrill, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, and J.P. Morgan. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management using model and customized portfolios within a fiduciary framework.

Charles Davidson Jr. is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Lumature Wealth Partners, Raymond James Financial Services, SunTrust Private Wealth, and Merrill. He serves as Treasurer and board member for the Holy Innocents Touchdown Club, a nonprofit booster organization. Concurrent Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered multi-team 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 affiliated sub-advisory arrangements and platform integrations.

Patrick Mcardle is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is involved in other ventures including online legal services with Net Law and real estate referral through the Dinsmore Group. Additionally, he serves on the finance committee at Our Lady of the Mountains Roman Catholic Church. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm operates through a large advisor network using model portfolios and third-party managers, delivering services via multiple program platforms including Transamerica ONE and TFA365.

Alexis Maafoh is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth, Alexis worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Nova Wealth Management Group, and Genspring/Sun Trust Private Wealth. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Robert Harris is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with NewEdge Advisors and previously operated Fort Harris Consulting, Inc., doing business as Harris Consulting. He serves as Vice President of Fort Harris Consulting while providing advisory services through NewEdge Advisors. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving a broad client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services, combining in-house manager selection with third-party models and advisory discretion, supported by centralized due diligence and technology tools.

Brian Sullivan is a CFP® professional at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Atlanta, GA, with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Mercer Global Advisors in various roles since 2016. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments by providing investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm’s investment approach uses Modern Portfolio Theory with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other strategies.