Mark Cowdell is a CFP® professional with 28 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Cowdell Investments, LLC in Alpine, Utah, and has been affiliated with First Western Advisors since 2003. In addition to his advisory role, he works as an independent insurance agent. Cowdell Investments provides wealth management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW households. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and standalone planning, combining securities and insurance-based solutions tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Dallas Messenger is a financial advisor at Sandlot Private Wealth LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Orion Portfolio Solutions and JPMorgan Chase & Co, as well as work outside financial services at The Station Bar and Venue. Sandlot Private Wealth is a boutique investment adviser serving ultra-high-net-worth families, entrepreneurs, executives, family offices, and select institutional partners. The firm provides holistic wealth management, including comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and access to private investments across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Michael Sandos is a financial advisor at Sandos Financial with over 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Allegis Investment Advisors and Allegis Investment Services from 2016 to 2019. Outside of his advisory work, Sandos is the founder and chairman of the Koa Kajukenbo Ohana Association, a martial arts organization, and he is also an author of self-help books. Sandos Financial is a fee-based registered investment adviser serving primarily individual investors, with occasional small business and nonprofit clients. The firm employs a multi-faceted investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, quantitative, and cyclical analysis, managing approximately $17.25 million in assets for around 156 clients.

Gregory Oda is a financial advisor with AG Financial in Salt Lake City, UT, holding a Series 66 designation and over 20 years of industry experience. He has been with AG Financial since 2008 and also associated with United Planners' Financial Services since 2008. AG Financial provides fee-only investment supervisory and consulting services to individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified portfolios and a systematic investment approach tailored to each client’s risk tolerance, time horizon, tax considerations, and liquidity needs.

Clinton Cowdell is a financial advisor at Cowdell Investments, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at NetDocuments for three years. Outside of his advisory role, he is engaged in external public-facing activities including acting, public speaking, and authorship. Cowdell Investments primarily serves individual clients with retirement planning, financial planning, and wealth management, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm tailors portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon, using both fundamental and technical analysis, and offers a range of products including discretionary wealth management and insurance-based solutions.

Robert Shattuck is a financial advisor at Athos Private Wealth LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Iconiq Capital. Shattuck has been with Athos Private Wealth since 2020. Athos Private Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses, focusing particularly on technology founders, executives, and professionals. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management across public and private markets, family office consulting, and private fund advisory services, combining investment management with holistic wealth planning and customized family office services.

Benjamin Lyman is a financial advisor with LymanWealth LLC, holding a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining LymanWealth in 2025, he worked for IMFT, Micron, and Texas Instruments from 2013 to 2025. LymanWealth LLC provides discretionary portfolio management focused on high-risk capital growth through automated model portfolios composed exclusively of leveraged exchange-traded funds. The firm serves primarily retail investors and employs a quantitative algorithm that combines dollar-cost averaging, value-averaging, and other systematic rules to trade leveraged ETFs.

Joseph Olson is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with R.O.I., a family-managed advisory firm in Lindon, UT, since 2003. R.O.I. serves individual clients and couples, including both high-net-worth and non‑HNW households, offering active investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement planning. The firm manages client accounts on a discretionary basis using Fidelity’s Investment Adviser Network, focusing on no-load mutual funds and ETFs selected through a proprietary Best Funds List updated monthly with independent mutual-fund ratings.

Jessica French is a financial advisor with Gemini Wealth in Taylorsville, UT. She holds a Series 65 credential and has three years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Hogan French Financial Services, Inc. and Hogan Financial Services. Gemini Wealth primarily serves plan sponsors and clients seeking financial planning and education, offering limited-scope ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services, standalone financial plans, and public seminars. The firm uses academic investment models and introduces clients to third-party managers for portfolio implementation rather than managing assets directly.

Jessica Brian is a CFP® professional at Hanks Capital Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. Her prior positions include roles at Fidelity Investments and Strategic Advisers LLC. Hanks Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs both passive and active asset allocation strategies and serves approximately 24 client relationships with about $8.0 million in assets under management.

Kevin Calderon is a financial advisor at Stonebriar Wealth, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Vario Advisors and Vivint. Calderon also contributes monthly to Vario Fund, LP, a debt fund focused on alternative investments, where he assists with due diligence. Stonebriar Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm employs a structured planning process and combines fundamental, quantitative, and behavioral analysis to tailor asset-allocation strategies, often coordinating family office services and integrating third-party managers.

Jeffrey Jacobs is a financial advisor at Palisade Wealth Management with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been working at Jacobs Equity since 2009. In addition to financial advising, he occasionally provides tax-related legal services to individuals and businesses. Palisade Wealth Management offers customized discretionary investment management primarily to individual clients, including both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth households. The firm employs asset allocation strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and uses quantitative models to tailor medium- to long-term portfolios considering each client’s financial and tax circumstances.

Kyle Wilhelm is a financial advisor at Switchpoint Financial Planning LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Integris Wealth Management, RH Advisors, Rock House Financial, and United Planners Financial Services. Switchpoint Financial Planning LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and business entities. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs, managing approximately $281 million in assets across about 90 client relationships.

Alex Shigeta is a financial advisor at Athos Private Wealth LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Athos, he was involved with the University Growth Fund and held positions at Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University Idaho. Athos Private Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses by providing investment advisory, strategic planning, family office consulting, and private fund advisory services. The firm manages customized portfolios on a discretionary basis, integrating asset allocation, research, and holistic balance-sheet analysis, and acts as manager and sponsor to private pooled vehicles across various alternative strategies.

Gregory Tingey is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ with 10 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Tingey Financial Group Inc. in Salt Lake City, UT, and has worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC since 2015. Tingey Financial Group, founded in 2024, provides fee-based portfolio management to individuals and institutions, including trustees and 401(k) plans, using a fundamental, value-oriented investment approach with a focus on long-term growth, balanced, and income objectives. The firm emphasizes liquidity and investment-grade fixed income, offers regular client communications, and provides consulting on an hourly basis in addition to asset management.

Tyler Olson is a financial advisor at Ascend Investment Management, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including Lone Peak Advisers, Inc. and Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. He is also owner and partner at Ascend Management Holdings, LLC, a parent company related to life insurance operations, and serves as co-director at Ascend Life Insurance, LLC, where he evaluates and recommends life insurance strategies as part of overall financial planning. Ascend Investment Management, LLC provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning primarily to individual clients, along with services for trusts, estates, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis using fundamental and technical analysis, offers consulting and written financial plans, and supplements client services with public educational seminars and workshops.

Jordan Watts is a financial advisor at Stonebriar Wealth, LLC with four years of experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Vivint Solar, TMW, and Redman Van and Storage. Stonebriar Wealth, LLC provides financial planning, discretionary investment management, and family office–style services for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $100 million in client assets and emphasizes asset allocation through strategic and tactical model portfolios, with options for ESG fund selections and coordination of estate, tax, and trust services.

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Keaton Secretan is a financial advisor at JRS Wealth Management LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Pensionmark Financial Group and Thanksgiving Point, among other roles. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as an independent insurance agent. JRS Wealth Management provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment-management services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentals-driven investment approach using diversified portfolios of low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with occasional use of individual securities for tactical or tax purposes.

Joseph Ney is a financial advisor with Reliance Investing, Inc. and Ney Wealth Management, Inc., holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Reliance Investing since 2014 and is currently transitioning his practice to Ney Wealth Management. Reliance Investing provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management, retirement planning, and pension consulting to individuals, plan sponsors, and trusts, emphasizing coordinated retirement advice and ongoing portfolio monitoring. The firm manages diversified, systematic portfolios across global equities and fixed income, typically on a discretionary basis, and serves primarily non-high-net-worth clients.