Chad Cunningham is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently with Truist Advisory Services in Alpharetta, GA. Prior to joining Truist in 2026, he worked at Merrill for 27 years. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation analysis, plan sponsor fiduciary support, and manager-selection programs, implementing advice through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary strategies supported by extensive inter-affiliate integration.

Yali Qin is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth, Qin worked at The Colony Group, Morgan Stanley, and E*Trade Securities. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive services such as investment management, financial counseling, family office support, and retirement plan fiduciary services, employing a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach with a focus on enhanced open architecture.

Stacie Nguyen is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2015 and is also involved in health insurance sales through her own agency since 2014. Additionally, she maintains a role with World Financial Group, Inc., where she has been active since 2010. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with access to proprietary and third-party model portfolios and manages approximately $2.1 billion in assets under management across discretionary and non-discretionary programs.

Cynthia Wilson is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is currently with HB Wealth and has previously worked at firms including Wealth Enhancement Group and Minnesota Life Insurance Company. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combined quantitative and qualitative investment approach across public and private strategies, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Melissa Beach is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. She is currently with Creative Planning and has previously worked at Wiser Wealth Management, Redwood Wealth Management, Modera Wealth Management, and Wipfli Financial Advisors. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $217 billion in assets and emphasizes a financial planning-led investment process with a focus on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure.

Tyler Glassman is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2018, following positions at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied, and Crowe Horwath LLP. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized financial planning and portfolio management, leveraging proprietary research, strategic allocation models, and a range of investment platforms within the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem.

Thomas Carroll is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at HB Wealth. His prior roles include positions at Homrich Berg and multiple divisions of SunTrust from 2014 to 2019. Carroll holds board and advisory roles with Emory University, Zoo Atlanta, the Ultra High Net Worth Institute, BYN Pershing Wealth, and Wake Forest University. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach combining quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private strategies and offers services including wealth management, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) solutions.

Robinson Mertilus is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience and is currently affiliated with Hightower Advisors. He previously worked at Facet Wealth and Diversified Trust Company. He is based in Alpharetta, GA. Hightower Advisors offers investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager investment approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and diverse portfolio construction techniques.

Chitra Patel is a CFP® with over 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is currently with NewEdge Advisors, where she has worked since 2022, having previously been employed at Wells Fargo Clearing and WELLS FARGO Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, Patel serves on the boards of TiE Atlanta, a nonprofit organization for entrepreneurs, and South Asian Working Moms, a nonprofit that organizes events for South Asian working mothers. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent advisers. The firm provides a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party managers, utilizing both in-house and model-based investment strategies supported by technology and centralized due diligence.

Douglas Fluke is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with CWM, LLC in Atlanta, GA. His prior roles include positions at Carson Wealth, Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, DSF Wealth Management, LLC, and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he serves on the board of YMCA Camp High Harbor, where he assists with fundraising events. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a large network of advisors. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and retirement-plan services, employing discretionary management with model portfolios and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Jonathon Lovingood is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Shell Capital Management LLC, Potomac, Trademark Capital Management INC, and Relativity Capital Advisors, as well as academic positions at the University of Georgia and University of North Georgia. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, alongside financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning and family office services. The firm follows a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through various investment vehicles and offers educational programming and integrated affiliated service lines.

Diego Rivadeneira is a financial advisor with HB Wealth in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at Kestra Investment Services, LLC and Element Wealth Advisors. Outside of finance, he has worked in manual labor and landscaping with Atlanta Treescapes. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combined quantitative and qualitative investment approach across diverse strategies and offers discretionary account management and institutional advisory services.

Robert Baxter is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and previously held roles at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and Westley Contract Services, LLC. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and offers tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support, integrating capabilities across its affiliated entities.

Todd Phelan is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked previously at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and SunTrust Equitable Securities. Phelan serves as treasurer for the Rotary Club of Auburn, Alabama. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services.

Walton Lee is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding a Series 63 designation and 37 years of industry experience. He has been with SunTrust Advisory Services since 2016 and has worked across several SunTrust affiliated entities since 2002. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in several real estate investments and LLC ventures related to property acquisition and management. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platform and manager arrangements, to deliver its services.

Mark Walter is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Truist Advisory Services since 2016 and with Truist Investment Services since 2013. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by AI-enabled research tools and a structured approach to manager selection and oversight.

Andrew Klepchick Jr. is a CFP® with over 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at HB Wealth Management, LLC since 2008. He holds the Series 63 designation and is based in Atlanta, GA. Outside of his financial advisory role, Andrew is the president of Secession Golf Club, a position he will begin in July 2025. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a discretionary investment approach that integrates quantitative and qualitative analysis across a range of public and private strategies.

James Tanksley is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. based in Atlanta, GA, holding the Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Merrill, Bank of America, and American Advisors Group, among others. He also serves as Vice President of Annuity Sales at Tarkenton Financial. TLG Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm focuses on manager selection and monitoring using fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to build diversified portfolios, offering both sub-advised accounts and a direct-to-consumer digital program called Starlight Portfolios.

Bradley Phillips is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc since 2019 and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC from 2015 to 2019. He holds a Series 66 license and is based in Suwanee, GA. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services such as discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, consulting, and retirement services. The firm utilizes strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and various investment strategies, with client objectives documented in investment policy statements and periodic account reviews.

Matthew Hooper is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 credential and 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021 and was previously employed at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied for 13 years. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized programs, utilizing both strategic and tactical investment models alongside proprietary research and analytics within the broader Goldman Sachs ecosystem.