Dana Merritt is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. She has been with SunTrust Advisory Services and its affiliated entities since 2016. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary solutions supported by third-party platforms and manager arrangements.

Robert Szymanski is a CFP® and ChFC® with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Horter Investment Management, LLC and is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC in Duluth, GA. His other business activities include insurance sales and Medicare back-office referrals. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser offering fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee programs. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charitable organizations, other RIAs, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions.

William Brand is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Triad Advisors since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, he owns a compliance consulting firm, Willful Compliance Partners, Inc., providing regulatory guidance to registered entities. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various portfolio management and consulting services through multiple program structures, emphasizing centralized due diligence and the integration of technology such as algorithmic model portfolios and held-away account platforms.

Eric Lapai is a financial advisor with FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, Inc. in Lawrenceville, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having seven years of industry experience. He has been with FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES since 2018 and also works with Fifth Third Bank since 2017. Prior to that, he spent a year at Southern New Hampshire University. FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through both advisory and brokerage services. The firm offers multiple investment programs on the Passageway platform, combining third-party portfolio management with advisor-guided selections, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank.

William Maynard is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Transamerica, he worked at Primerica Financial Services for a decade. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a model portfolio approach implemented through third-party managers and platform sub-advisors across multiple programs such as Transamerica ONE, TFA365, and Transamerica ALPHA, with regulatory assets under management reported at approximately $1.7 billion.

Richard Cooney is a financial advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd with 41 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Stratos Wealth Partners in 2019, he worked for Lincoln National Life Insurance Co and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation from 1998 to 2019. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and institutional clients through portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party advisory solutions. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and diversified asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Jason Connolly is a financial advisor at Prime Capital Financial with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at Sugarloaf Wealth Management, LLC, Triad Advisors, Inc., OSAIC, and Private Client Services. Prime Capital Financial is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and family office solutions, employing a variety of investment strategies and providing tax and financial administration services through an affiliated accounting subsidiary.

Alicia Bain is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Buford, GA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and having three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Empower, she worked at Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE Securities. Outside of finance, she owns and operates Elevated Opulence Black Car Service, a transportation business providing limousine and ride services outside of her advisory work hours. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management mainly to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, delivering services through an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and offers both point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Jason Clark is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 8 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked at firms including Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm uses an integrated service model aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering both point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

April Crews is a Series 65-licensed advisor with 16 years of industry experience. She has worked at Brookstone Capital Management since 2018 and concurrently serves as CEO of Reed Financial Group, where she provides life insurance, long-term care insurance, and fixed indexed annuity advice and sales. Prior to Brookstone, she was with Precision Capital Management from 2015 to 2019. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered firm offering fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charitable organizations, other RIAs, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions, delivering primarily discretionary investment management via model portfolios and separately managed accounts.

Rebecca Pryor is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Reed Financial Group and Ameriprise. Brookstone Capital Management provides fee-based asset management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and trusts. The firm employs strategic and dynamic asset-allocation models and offers discretionary portfolio management through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program.

Christopher Turner is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Lawrenceville, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with Reveal Wealth and NYLIFE Securities LLC, among other New York Life affiliates. Turner is also involved in insurance brokering for non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types to tailor recommendations to client objectives and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Jeffrey Park is a financial advisor at Merrill with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill and affiliated firms since 2011, including roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is a sole owner and co-owner of family rental properties in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary strategies for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional investors.

Jordan Brown is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Financial Services since 2011. His other business activities include management and operations related to investment products. Primerica Advisors offers discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, serving individual and high-net-worth clients with model-delivery strategies and separately managed accounts. The firm uses a tiered wrap-fee structure and curates third-party asset managers, delegating trading responsibilities to BNY Mellon Advisors.

Garrett Futch is a financial advisor at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at SFI Advisors, LLC, Dooley's, and several other companies. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors is a large SEC-registered firm serving a wide range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and trusts. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement advisory services through a network of independent Financial Professionals, utilizing various platform arrangements and both proprietary and third-party investment strategies.

Nhi Doan is a financial advisor at Ameriprise in Duluth, GA, with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has prior experience at Raymond James and Bank of America N.A. among other roles. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large, diversified advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients, offering a specialized Premier Retirement Income service that provides written recommendation reports and ongoing retirement planning advice focused on income sources and tax-aware withdrawal strategies. The firm’s approach includes a centralized service team that collaborates with advisors and uses proprietary investment research and third-party data within a defined investment universe influenced by its affiliated product ecosystem.

Frances Hamrick is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. She has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016 and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A. Outside of her advisory role, she has ownership in Snowden Place, LLC, a family home holding entity. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting for qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering services that include investment policy statement preparation, investment recommendations, performance reporting, participant education, and plan benchmarking. The firm’s advisory approach is IPS-driven and grounded in modern portfolio theory, with options for both non-discretionary and discretionary plan-level investment management.

Simone Sowell Odom is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. She has been with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016 and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC from 2009 to 2016. Outside of her advisory role, she consults for Odin Industries, a licensing company, focusing on business succession planning and strategic direction. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting services to qualified ERISA plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary options. The firm’s advisory process is IPS-driven and incorporates a broad range of financial products, including insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options.

Patrick Ulceus is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Dacula, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having seven years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors since 2019 and also has prior experience at PSEG Long Island. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates a food truck and catering business, Trick'n Sam LLC, and works as a part-time Lyft driver. Primerica Advisors manages a wrap-fee asset management program serving individual, corporate, and charitable clients, utilizing model-driven investment strategies and discretionary portfolio management supported by third-party asset managers and custodians.

Luke Tindall is a financial advisor at Fidelity with the Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, FormulaFolios, and Calvin College. Fidelity’s Strategic Advisers LLC provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional clients, including registered investment companies and an IRS-qualified Charitable Gift Fund. The firm employs a systematic investment approach combining proprietary fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction across a range of mutual funds, ETFs, and ETPs.