Andrew Frank is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Thrivent Investment Management for 16 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a property owner involved in managing commercial and farm land holdings. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion for individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and municipal entities. The firm utilizes model portfolios and a range of wrap platforms and unaffiliated sub-advisors to deliver financial planning, asset management, and fiduciary services.

Michael Forster is a financial advisor at Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and 66 licenses and previously worked at Raymond James Financial, Securities America Advisors, and LPL Financial. Hilltop Securities serves individual and institutional clients through investment advisory and broker-dealer services, offering managed accounts, financial planning, retirement-plan advisory, and specialized municipal bond strategies. The firm combines custody, banking, and market-making capabilities within an open-architecture platform.

Anthony Kulhanek is an investment advisor at Realta Investment Advisors, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at Crescent Advisors Group, Coastal Investment Advisors, Realta Equities, and Titan Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he operates Kulhanek Investment Specialty Services, a business focused on asset protection from litigation. Realta Investment Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services. The firm emphasizes individualized advice and employs a range of strategies including asset allocation across various investment vehicles, supported by platforms such as NOVA and third-party manager programs.

Anna Hamilton is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with two years of industry experience. She currently works at True North Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX. Her prior roles include positions at UMB Bank and the University of Kansas. True North Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $5.4 billion in client assets. The firm serves very high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, foundations, and other business entities with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and wealth advisory services. Their investment approach emphasizes fundamental, bottom-up analysis with a value-oriented bias and broad diversification across equities, fixed income, diversifiers, and private investments.

Joy Kirsch is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 40 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked previously at LPL Financial and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of advisory roles, she is a limited partner in a partnership that owns a cell phone tower. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion for a diverse client base that includes individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach with customizable model portfolios overseen by a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Brian Deja is a financial advisor with USAA Investment Services Company, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fisher Investments, Morgan Stanley, and Allstate Insurance Company. USAA Investment Services Company provides retirement-focused advice and referral services primarily to USAA members and individual investors through phone and digital channels, offering a Retirement Income Strategy Report and facilitating referrals rather than managing client assets directly.

Steven Watkins is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience, currently with Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC since 2025. He previously worked at Merrill from 2020 to 2025 and spent 18 years at H.D. Vest Investment Services and H.D. Vest Advisory Services. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, operating as Fusion Investment Advisors, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm uses an open-architecture platform with internally and externally developed asset allocation models, employing both fundamental and technical analysis across a broad range of investment vehicles.

Manita Moran is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Meridian Wealth Management, LLC since 2022 and previously held positions at Southport Capital and Wealth Management Group. Outside of advisory services, she is the managing member of MOKA TX LLC, a CPA firm, and serves as treasurer for the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise. Meridian Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services, using a tailored investment approach that incorporates equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, and alternative investments.

Kevin Wilson is a financial advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and ID Solutions. Quotient Wealth Partners advises individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans across a broad wealth spectrum. The firm offers customized financial planning and investment management using diversified, factor-tilted allocations primarily implemented through ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers.

Robert Bachalo Jr. is a financial advisor at USAA Investment Services Company with eight years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His work history includes various roles within USAA entities dating back to 2014. USAA Investment Services Company provides retirement-focused advice and referral services primarily to USAA members and individual investors, delivering Retirement Income Strategy Reports and facilitating referrals to third-party broker-dealers or advisers rather than directly managing client assets.

Patsy Mandola is a financial advisor with Retirement Planners of America in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at MMWKM Advisors, LLC since 2013. In addition to her advisory role, she is an independent insurance agent for various insurance companies. Retirement Planners of America provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily through a wrap-fee investment program for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan participants. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and tactical rebalancing using model portfolios, maintaining discretionary trading authority and incorporating a mathematically-based long-term market signal.

James Ruberto is a financial advisor at Hilltop Securities Inc. based in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Robert W. Baird for 13 years before joining Hilltop Securities in 2024. Hilltop Securities Inc. provides brokerage, clearing, custody, investment advisory, and retirement-plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, nonprofit, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio management programs and retirement-plan fiduciary services through an open-architecture platform with approximately $2.25 billion in assets under management.

Cody Dyer is a financial advisor with Retirement Planners of America in Plano, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at NYLIFE Securities LLC and is also involved in management and insurance through MMWKM Management, Inc. and Moraif Insurance Group. Retirement Planners of America provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan participants primarily through a wrap-fee investment program. The firm emphasizes capital preservation and tactical rebalancing using model portfolios and a mathematically based long-term market signal while maintaining discretionary trading authority.

Gary Schmidt is a financial advisor with Level Four Advisory Services in Minnetonka, MN. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at LPL Financial from 2014 to 2021. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing over $5 billion across 115 advisors and a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm offers fee-only financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan advisory services, with an investment approach that utilizes model portfolios and a combination of internal and third-party management.

Laura Fleites Rodriguez is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with four years of industry experience, currently with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Plano, TX. She has previously worked at Munn Gray & Associates and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Hilltop Securities serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services on an open-architecture platform that combines third-party and firm-sponsored investment strategies.

John Rivera is a financial advisor with Hilltop Securities Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He previously worked for J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, each for 11 years, and managed The Finishing Touch Painting Co. for 20 years. Hilltop Securities Inc. serves individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients by providing brokerage, advisory, and retirement-plan consulting services. The firm uses an open-architecture platform offering multiple managed account programs and distinctive capabilities such as municipal bond strategies co-advised by Franklin Templeton and custody services uncommon among enterprise advisers.

Travis Doyle is a financial advisor with USAA Investment Services Company, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at USAA Life Insurance Company and USAA financial planning services. USAA Investment Services Company provides retirement-focused advice and referral services primarily to USAA members and the general public, delivering a Retirement Income Strategy Report and referring clients to Charles Schwab for investment products and account services.

Daniel Peters is a financial advisor at LEE Financial Company, LLC in Dallas, Texas, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has been with Lee Financial Corporation since 2009. LEE Financial Company provides fee-only financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs a team-based approach using its WholeVision™ planning framework and also serves as general partner and investment manager for several affiliated private partnerships and pooled investment vehicles.

Charles Bingham is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Sunbelt Securities, Inc. since 2010. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been involved in fixed life insurance sales on a limited basis outside of his advisory role. Sunbelt Securities manages approximately $2.0 billion across a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers through a network of independent advisory representatives.

Alan Tipton Jr. is a financial advisor with Level Four Advisory Services, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 33 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at LPL Financial and Level Four Financial, LLC. Outside of advising, he is a managing member of Tipton Restaurant, LLC, a food service business in Shreveport, LA. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing over $5 billion across 115 advisors. The firm serves a diverse client base with fee-only financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan advisory services, employing model portfolios and both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers.