John Hercher is a financial advisor at Platte West Wealth Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been involved with Hercher & Co. PC since 1985. Platte West Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities, including corporate clients and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm offers fee-based financial planning and discretionary investment management, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and both fundamental and technical analysis in its strategies.

Hi, I’m Paul Staib, CFP®, MBA, RICP®, the founder of Staib Financial Planning, LLC. Staib Financial Planning, LLC provides comprehensive, tax-efficient retirement planning and investment management services on a FLAT FEE ONLY basis to help clients achieve their personal financial goals. Our financial advisors are independent fiduciary professionals that you can trust to offer unbiased advice in your best interest. Our offices are located throughout the south Denver metro area, enabling us to conveniently serve clients in Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree, Aurora, Parker, Denver Tech Center, Centennial, Castle Pines, Ken Caryl and surrounding communities. We also work with US based clients virtually. My wife, Jill, and I have 3 children and 2 dogs and reside in Highlands Ranch. When not at work, I enjoy training for and competing in triathlons and Spartan races and enjoying the great outdoor activities Colorado offers. Whether you're a few years from retiring, transitioning into retirement, or already retired, I welcome the opportunity to help you navigate your way to a comfortable and secure retirement.

Matthew Schlanger is the principal of Schlanger Financial in Littleton, Colorado. He holds the PFS™ designation and a Series 65 license, with prior experience including roles at the Archdiocese of Denver, KSL Capital Partners, and a personal CPA practice. He has maintained a CPA firm since 2019 alongside his work at Schlanger Financial. Schlanger Financial provides investment management and ongoing financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business owners. The firm employs a combination of passive and active strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory, with planning delivered on an ongoing basis and coordinated with affiliated tax-preparation services offered through a related accounting firm.

Michael Abbate is the principal of Dynamic Lifestyle Planning Group in Aurora, CO, with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations. Abbate has worked with several advisory firms, including Atlas Lifestyle Planning Group LLC and Dynamic Wealth Partners, LLC. Dynamic Lifestyle Planning Group is an independent registered investment adviser providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory in constructing portfolios and incorporates third-party managers alongside their in-house services.

Judy Mchale is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience and the principal advisor at Moneyfull, an independent firm based in Denver, CO. She has led Moneyfull since 2013. Outside of advising, she operates a licensed health insurance agency, Healthfull, LLC, enrolling clients in health insurance plans on a commission basis. Moneyfull serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, providing comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and implementation support. The firm employs a risk-first managed-volatility approach, using diversified allocations to mutual funds, ETFs, and selected third-party managers, and offers specialized programs such as budgeting services and a solopreneur training system.

Garrett Brookes is a CFA® charterholder and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses, with 16 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Slingshot Financial in Denver, CO, where he has worked since 2020, previously gaining experience at firms including OppenheimerFunds, GLOBALT Investments, and Guggenheim Investments. Slingshot Financial provides consulting and institutional sales services to asset managers and financial technology companies, alongside discretionary investment management for individual investors. The firm employs a hybrid model combining third-party promotion with retail portfolio management, using a blend of fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis guided by Modern Portfolio Theory.

George Sugden is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 15 years of industry experience. He has operated Sugden Wealth Management, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Denver, Colorado, since 2012. Sugden Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and advisory services for held-away retirement accounts. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory approach focused on long-term allocation and diversification, primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, and utilizes options strategies such as collars in separately managed accounts.

Wyatt O’Rourke is a financial advisor at Basilic LLC in Denver, CO, holding a Series 66 designation with two years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including OneAmerica Securities, American United Life, and Mission Peak Capital. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-founder and consultant for Meera Capital, a business strategy firm. Basilic provides portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and specialized Bitcoin financial services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs modern portfolio theory and quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis across traditional and alternative investments, and partners with third parties for digital-asset custody and trading services.

Andrew Davis is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Seamless Financial Planning in Littleton, CO. His prior roles include positions at The Baldwin Group, LLC and The Prestige Journal, LLC. Davis holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Seamless Financial Planning is an independent, single-advisor firm offering comprehensive and limited-scope financial planning along with discretionary portfolio management primarily for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and other advisers. The firm employs a passive, index-oriented investment approach, focusing on diversified portfolios constructed from low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs.

Gregory Anderson is a CFP® certificant with 39 years of experience in financial advisory. He has led GranderSon Wealth Management Group Inc, an independent firm based in Denver, CO, since 2005. GranderSon Wealth Management Group provides personalized financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm serves both retail clients and institutional plan sponsors, employing a combination of fundamental and technical investment analysis, risk tolerance assessments, and diversified model portfolios to manage assets primarily on a discretionary basis.

Katherine Lewis is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. She is the principal of Tonn Financial Planning, where she has worked since 2023. Her prior experience includes roles at Opus Financial Solutions, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, and Financial Security Management, Inc. Outside of her advisory work, she volunteers as a coach for Wings For Widows, providing pro-bono financial planning advice to recently widowed individuals. Tonn Financial Planning offers fee-only investment management and financial planning services to employer plan sponsors and individual clients, including non-high-net-worth households. The firm uses a combination of passive and active strategies guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and provides retirement plan consulting with an ERISA fiduciary role.

I’m Kevin Shuller, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Cedar Peak Wealth Advisors (CPWA). CPWA is a boutique investment manager and financial planning firm catering to the needs of families with small children and couples about to start their families. It’s easy to obsess over everything when you have young kids. You never really know if you are making the right decisions. You don’t even know if you are asking the right questions. How do I save for college? How am I supposed to operate on 4 hours of sleep? How will I ever be able to retire if I spend this much on organic berries? You are so afraid of doing the wrong thing that you end up doing nothing. Navigating your finances can be as easy as working with a financial advisor who understands you. That’s where CPWA can help. I am based in Denver but work with families all over the country. Many people are surprised by how collaborative good financial planning is. We will work together to figure out what you want your life to look like tomorrow, 10 years from now, and 40 years from now. After we build a comprehensive financial picture, we will make a map to get you to your goals. Your plan is just for you. I’ll be your guide, helping you stay on the path and avoid the quicksand. It's your journey. I’ll be with you every step of the way. Other than a brief period where I thought I would be a professional golfer, investing is all I’ve wanted to do with my career. I’ve picked stocks for massive mutual funds and small hedge funds. I’ve done portfolio construction and investment research at a $750m independent advisor. I’ve seen all angles of the financial system. I want to use that knowledge and understanding to guide you to your goals. I started by investing my Bar Mitzvah money. That’s how I’ve accumulated 25+ years of investing experience while still being young enough to guide you through the financial jungle for decades to come. I will help you focus on the long-term no matter what the headlines say. I have a BS with University Honors in Finance and Accountancy from Miami University. I have an MBA from Cornell University with a focus on Capital Markets and Asset Management. I am a CFA charterholder and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. My wife and I live in Denver with our two young kids and a dog. When I’m not investing or thinking about investing, you will find me burying my nose in a book, swinging kettlebells, or fondly remembering all of the hobbies I had before kids.

Christian Ravsten is a financial advisor with Foxstone Financial in Centennial, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at multiple firms including LPL Financial and currently serves as chief investment officer at Retirement Planning Resources. Ravsten is also a part owner of Vanir Tax and Capital LLC, which focuses on tax reduction planning. Foxstone Financial is an independent registered investment adviser offering discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and other advisory clients. The firm uses a four-quadrant allocation approach, combining fundamental analysis and third-party managers to customize portfolios based on client risk tolerance and income needs.

Troy Henington is the principal of Henington Group RIA LLC, an independent advisory firm, with 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at HaydenRock Portfolios LLC and SPC/Parkland Securities, LLC. Outside his advisory practice, he serves as trustee managing a private trust through H&S Pay, LLC. Henington Group RIA LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations, business entities, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-dedication approach dividing portfolios into conservative, growth, and aggressive buckets, applying multiple analytical techniques and typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Robert Typher is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience. He has operated Typher Financial Services since 1996 and currently serves clients through Alphamint Financial, an independent advisory firm based in Highlands Ranch, CO. Alphamint Financial provides fiduciary wealth management and financial planning services to individual clients across a range of net worths, offering both discretionary investment management and automated investing options. The firm integrates investment management with tax preparation, insurance placement, and retirement-plan consulting within a single advisory relationship.

Li Liu is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of experience in the financial industry. She has been with Highlands Asset Management, Inc. since 2003, where she operates as the sole advisor. Highlands Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio investment and management services to individuals, trusts, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental, bottom-up analysis to identify undervalued companies and builds customized portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and tax situations, serving both retail and institutional clients.

Will Brennan is the Founder and Principal Advisor of Park Hill Financial Planning & Investment Management. After participating in a stock market simulation in the first grade, Will was hooked on the world of investments. Graduating college during the Global Financial Crisis, Will found his calling in financial planning after stints in public accounting and commodities trading. Initially working for a large, trust company in his hometown of Chicago, Will learned firsthand that institutionalized, scaled planning & investment management was not for him. After a globe-trotting sabbatical led he and his wife to Denver, Will discovered the world of independent, fee-only, fiduciary financial planning and investment management. Despite working for well-run businesses over a five year period, Will constantly dreamt of creating a space to work with family, friends, neighbors, and community members on a deeper, more personal level. Throughout his career, Will has successfully guided countless individuals and families through various life stages, from young professionals seeking to build wealth to retirees aiming to preserve their livelihoods and enjoy a comfortable retirement on their terms. He enjoys being able to live vicariously through his clients’ experiences and, to that end, he internalizes and shares heavily in his clients’ defeats and losses but loves nothing more than being able celebrate his clients’ hard-earned triumphs and victories. Education, Credentials and Philanthropy: Will holds dual Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees in Accounting and Finance from the University of Dayton. He is a CFA® Charterholder and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. Will is a former board member of Economic Literacy Colorado, a Denver-based nonprofit focused on arming all Colorado students with the fundamental economic and financial decision-making skills necessary to be successful throughout life. He is an active member of the Colorado Chapter of the CFA Society. Family Information: Will lives in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood with his wife, Maria, and two children, John & Clare. As a family they love exploring Colorful Colorado along with their affable Bernese Mountain Dog, Bubba. Will is an avid golfer and can often be found enjoying a concert at one of Colorado’s iconic live music venues.

Brian Robbins is a financial advisor with Robbins Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been managing his own advisory firm since 2010 and is also employed by Thomson Reuters Healthcare in a non-investment role. Robbins Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment advisory and financial consulting services, specializing in options-based portfolio management and trading education. The firm emphasizes a research-driven, options-oriented investment approach focused on defined risk/reward strategies and tactical portfolio adjustments.

Charles Bernard is the sole advisor at White Peaks Asset Management, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm based in Denver, Colorado. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 21 years of industry experience, having led White Peaks since its founding in 2002. Outside of his advisory role, Bernard is also involved in real estate investment and manages partnerships focused on real estate development and acquisitions. White Peaks Asset Management provides personalized, discretionary portfolio management exclusively through individually managed accounts, serving clients with at least $500,000 in investable assets. The firm employs a research-driven, long-term investment approach and utilizes leverage and derivatives, including borrowing and stock options, which distinguishes its management style from many independent peers.

Julie Mcdaniel is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Impactfolio LLC since 2019 and previously worked at Sharkey, Howes & Javer Inc for six years. Based in Denver, CO, she is part of a three-advisor team at Impactfolio. Impactfolio LLC is a SEC-registered adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and other entities, managing approximately $289 million across about 126 relationships. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation model that integrates ESG factors with traditional financial analysis and offers discretionary investment management alongside comprehensive financial planning services.