Guy Wayman is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Frontier Investment Management Co, Steele Capital Management, TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Thrivent Investment Management. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, ranging from individual investors to institutional clients such as pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s advisory model focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research to construct portfolios that may include mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing strategies.

Luis Gurrusquieta is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Frisco, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between one-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management, offering model-based and customized managed account solutions.

Sergio Garcia is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2023. His prior roles include positions at BFS Advisory Group, DBT Wealth Consultants, and Quest Capital Management, among others. Garcia is a member of The Dallas Foundation's Professional Advisor Advisory Council. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, combining proprietary research with a range of investment vehicles and operational features tailored to complex mandates.

Corey Orthengren is a CFP® professional with experience at Corient and related entities since 2021, as well as prior roles at SFMG Wealth Advisors, Amarillo National Bank, and West Texas A&M University. He is based in Dallas, TX. 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 combining proprietary strategies and third-party managers, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and risk management.

Matthew Donahoe is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Frisco, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has eight years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, Kestra Investment Services, and Avantax Investment Services. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm serves clients often connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans and acts as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

Randi Howard is an advisor at Kestra Advisory with Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and eight years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Thrivent Financial, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Bank of America, and Merrill. She is also registered as a Client Service Specialist with CD Wealth Management. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a broad range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts, serving clients such as large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Jeffrey Grizzard is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Frisco, Texas, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2008. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm operates a fiduciary advisory model that distinguishes between point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management, utilizing both model and customized portfolios.

Collin Dufrane is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity and various non-financial businesses such as Revel Kitchen and Bar and Zachary's Chicago Pizza. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through employer retirement plans administered by TIAA. The firm combines point-in-time planning with ongoing portfolio management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund within a vertically integrated structure.

Jakub Kulenty is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His career includes two lengthy tenures at TIAA-CREF, from 2006 to 2020 and from 2022 to the present, with a brief period at Fisher Investment in 2021. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm provides planning services as well as ongoing portfolio management, applying a fiduciary standard to its advisory services while utilizing asset-based and wrap-fee structures.

Michael Beck is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors since 2021, following tenures at Wealthstreet Investment Advisors, LLC and Gerald L. Ray & Associates, Ltd. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Jared Kuzma is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Frisco, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at TIAA and Spirit of '76 Fireworks. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary management through model and customized portfolios, acting as adviser to a donor-advised fund and operating within an integrated group that utilizes affiliated funds.

Elizabeth Gonzales is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2016. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing management using model and customized portfolios, serving clients often connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans.

Mason Matos is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at SATX Pest Control and the Texas A&M Recreational Center. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals with existing retirement plan relationships, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm offers a range of advisory services including both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management using model and customized portfolios under a fiduciary standard.

Christopher Cervantes is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Sanctuary Advisors, LLC since 2022. His prior work includes roles at Bank of America and Merrill, where he spent over two decades combined. He is a member of the Baylor University Board of Advocates and serves on the advisory board for Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. Sanctuary Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporate and institutional investors, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm supports independent advisers with a range of portfolio management options and fiduciary services through a platform known for its strategic affiliations and innovative fee arrangements.

Samip Thaker is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2016. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with prior relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management, including customized portfolios managed under client-approved investment policies.

Mary Chastain is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously served as Chief Compliance Officer at Heritage Financial Planning. Her prior work includes five years at Barnett & Company. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a proprietary manager due-diligence process and offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced CIO solutions.

Sean Phillips is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently with Carson Wealth, where he has worked since 2019. Prior to that, he held roles at Chessman Wealth Strategies, 1st Global Advisors Inc, CPF Texas, LPL Financial, and UBS Financial Services. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser operating an enterprise platform with over 650 advisors managing approximately $50.6 billion in assets. The firm provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement plan management, utilizing an Investment Committee to construct and monitor model portfolios and offering customized solutions such as Orion Custom Indexing and access to alternative investments.

Bryan Jackson is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as a Senior Wealth Advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He has held advisory and insurance roles at Beacon Pointe and its affiliates since 2022 and owns Ellison Christopher, LLC, an employee benefits consulting firm he founded in 2004. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, financial planning, and outsourced CIO services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines proprietary asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers across active and passive strategies and manages proprietary private fund offerings alongside traditional portfolio management.

Kayla Samuel is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with five years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has prior experience at Goldman Sachs and AW Securities. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with a range of investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm utilizes a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach focusing on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other investment vehicles.

Richard Maus is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Eagle Strategies since 2006 and operates Maus and Associates alongside his advisory role. Maus is a board member of NYLARC Holding Company Inc. and participates on the investment committee of the Lovers Lane United Methodist Church Foundation. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes tailored advice through multiple program types and manages a significant portion of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within the integrated New York Life affiliate structure.