Andrew Barnhill is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. He also works with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and has a background as a commercial airline pilot for Spirit Airlines. Barnhill is an author of the book "Financial Flight Plan" and is involved in family investment activities and life insurance brokerage. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting through a network of advisers. The firm operates both advisory and broker-dealer services, providing custody, execution, and brokerage capabilities alongside tailored investment strategies.

Sherif Zaki is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Fahnestock & Co. Inc. since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, Zaki is the owner and president of Brightmind LLC, a single-person business unrelated to investment activities. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a wide range of investment and consulting services with both discretionary and non-discretionary management, maintaining custody of client assets while operating its broker-dealer and advisory businesses.

Courtney Crenshaw is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Houston, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Primerica and Guardian Life in 2024, Crenshaw worked at New York Life for 11 years. Outside of advisory work, Crenshaw owns Great Karma Learning, a business focused on paid public speaking events unrelated to investments. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial and business consulting. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party managers and supports a range of account-level services.

Nicole Campbell is a financial advisor at Corient with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Corient, she worked at Boston Consulting Group for five years and Deloitte for two years. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates internal strategies with third-party managers and uses risk management tools to align portfolios with client objectives.

Victoria Wolfson is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Stanford Group Company, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Prudential Equity Group. She also serves as a trustee managing the distribution of assets for her deceased mother’s trust. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a wide range of investment and consulting services across discretionary and non-discretionary platforms, maintaining custody of client assets while operating both advisory and broker-dealer businesses.

Gregory Kendall is a Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments, a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he works with clients to develop and implement financial plans tailored to their unique financial goals, utilizing the resources and expertise available at Fidelity Investments. Prior to joining Fidelity, he served as Vice President and Senior Advisor Consultant at Franklin Templeton Investments from 2010 to 2022. He began his financial career as a Personal Banker at Wells Fargo Bank from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Kendall holds an Arkansas Insurance License, which supports his work in providing comprehensive financial consulting services. His professional experience encompasses financial planning and client relationship management, particularly with high net worth individuals and families.

Michelle Hermann is a financial advisor with CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Houston, TX. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has 18 years of industry experience. Before joining CIBC, she worked at AT Investment Advisers Inc. for nine years and at Geneva Investment Management of Chicago, LLC for seven years. Michelle and her husband are owners of KCK Pack LLC, which manages two vacation homes used for short-term rentals in Northern Michigan. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm combines an internal investment team and governance committees to create customized portfolios and manages about $67.8 billion in assets with 175 advisors.

Kong Bun is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2007 and is also affiliated with Landry's Restaurants, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is an agent involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and managing approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

Daniel Ingram is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and 65 licenses and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Corebridge Capital Services, American General Life Insurance, JSC Federal Credit Union, LPL Financial, and Equitable Advisors. He also spent several years with Junhua Education Group and Hong En Education Group before entering the financial industry. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm utilizes discretionary unified managed accounts through Envestnet’s platform and offers tax-aware and impact/ESG overlay services, managing approximately $29.2 billion for close to 300,000 clients through a network of over 1,200 advisors.

Mark Ledson is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving at Empower Advisory Group. His prior roles include positions at Wealth Enhancement Group, GWFS Equities, and JCN Financial & Tax Advisory Group. He is also a self-published author of a book on practice management. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Matthew Wukitsch is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Houston, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Oppenheimer in two periods, from 2013 to 2024 and again starting in 2025, with prior roles at U.S. Coins & Jewelry and UBER Technologies in 2024–2025. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm offers a range of investment and consulting services across various asset classes, with both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Amanda Sadler is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and possessing 11 years of industry experience. She has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2015 and has additional experience as an agent for Agia, a provider of non-securities insurance products. Outside of her advisory role, she has been involved in owning rental property and operating a HTeaO franchise. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts using Envestnet’s platform, leveraging centralized technology and model solutions to serve a broad client base through its extensive network of advisors.

Caitlin Reynolds is a financial advisor with J. W. Cole Advisors, Inc. in Houston, TX. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has nine years of industry experience. Reynolds has been with J.W. Cole Advisors since 2020 and involved with J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. since 2017. Outside her advisory roles, she is a CPA as of 2024. J.W. Cole Advisors operates through a large network of independent Investment Adviser Representatives and offers fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and access to various third-party investment platforms for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients.

Alberto Francis is a financial advisor at Corient with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Bank of America, Lone Star National Bank, and Cypress Street Capital. Based in Houston, TX, he has been with Corient since 2026. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies with third-party managers and utilizes risk management tools to align portfolios with client objectives.

Lauren Smith is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC. She previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services for over a decade. Outside of her advisory role, Lauren owns and operates The Accessory Scout, a retail business focused on inventory management and online sales. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive wealth and investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, employing a primarily long-term, customized investment approach that incorporates ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, bonds, and alternative investments.

Carine Smith is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2006. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals with existing employer retirement plan relationships, as well as trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary portfolio management, with an advisory model that includes both model-based and customized portfolios.

Nicholas Eoff is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Houston, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 12 years of industry experience, all with his current firm. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and multiple wrap programs through a large network of advisors, utilizing discretionary unified managed accounts and technology-driven model solutions.

Brent Strawn is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Houston, TX, where he has worked since 2007. He has 23 years of industry experience, including longstanding involvement with Bayou City Tax Service since 2001. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations with a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment and consulting services. The firm offers diverse programs such as Fahnestock Asset Management and financial planning, and it maintains custody of client assets while managing a significant portion of advisory assets on a non-discretionary basis.

David Searls III is a financial advisor at Fayez Sarofim & Co. with 16 years of industry experience. He has held his current position at Fayez Sarofim & Co. since 2012 and holds a Series 66 designation. Fayez Sarofim & Co. provides discretionary investment management to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, endowments, foundations, and registered investment companies. The firm employs a predominantly bottom-up research process focused on large-cap, high-quality companies with multi-year investment horizons and offers a range of equity and fixed-income strategies while generally avoiding derivatives, leverage, short selling, and market timing.

Francisco Cordova is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and has previously worked at Human Interest Inc. and ADP Broker Dealer Inc. among other firms. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering long-term focused financial plans and optional managed account solutions.