John Hamlin is a financial advisor at IEQ Capital, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at EPIQ Capital Group, LLC and Columbia Capital, as well as work at the University of Virginia. IEQ Capital provides portfolio management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as trusts, foundations, endowments, and non-profit organizations. The firm’s investment process is based on centralized macroeconomic research and client-specific Investment Policy Statements, with portfolios constructed from a mix of liquid strategies, third-party independent managers, and private alternative investments.

Andrew Sawyer is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at Veterans United Home Loans and spent time in educational roles at the University of Missouri and Lafayette High School. Creative Planning is an enterprise firm managing approximately $217 billion in assets, providing investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning-led investment approach with a focus on low-cost indexing and offers a range of supplemental strategies alongside affiliated legal, trust, and recordkeeping services.

Timothy Parsley is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Hightower in 2025, he worked at Chessman Wealth Strategies, CWM, LLC, and Edward Jones. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes multi-manager solutions and manager selection, offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management strategies through affiliated and third-party managers.

Kevin Mc Devitt is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he worked for Morningstar, Inc. for twelve years. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm offers tailored investment strategies supported by proprietary research, alternative investment access, and integrated services across the broader Goldman Sachs network.

Matthew Sibley is a CFP® professional based in Dallas, TX, with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Corient and has previously worked at MPA Wealth, LLC, Raymond James Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach integrating in-house strategies with third-party managers and risk management tools.

Alexander Ladage is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc for 14 years before joining Rockefeller Financial in 2023. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves ultra-high and high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, charities, corporations, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers integrated services through affiliated trust and insurance entities, brokerage and placement capabilities, and access to alternative and private investments.

Thaland Logan is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has operated several entities including Logan & Associates, P.C., a full-service CPA and accounting firm, and is involved in beef cattle and hay production through 3L Land and Cattle LLC. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers across multiple platforms to deliver its services.

Curtis Woodard is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and possessing 12 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Soltis Investment Advisors LLC, Kyriba, Thryv, Copart, Lamar National Bank, and TD Ameritrade. Woodard is also a passive investor in residential real estate with family and friends. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through its network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and serves both individual and institutional investors, with a significant portion of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Daniel Foster is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 25 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Creative Planning since 2009, based in Fort Worth, TX. 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 employs a financial planning–led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by additional portfolio management techniques and comprehensive retirement plan services.

Andrew Sorenson is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, holding a Series 66 designation and having 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied since 2004. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a wide range of clients, including individual investors, corporate participants, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized wealth programs. The firm integrates extensive resources across the Goldman Sachs network, utilizing strategic allocation models and proprietary analytics to tailor investment solutions.

Robert Ahearn is a CFP® professional with 22 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) since 2017 and has held positions with NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2016. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients by offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm provides tailored advice across multiple program types, including financial plans, fee-based advice, retirement plan consulting, and co-advisory relationships, with an emphasis on meeting client objectives and plan sponsor criteria.

Brian Sayers is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Fahnestock & Co. Inc. since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as trustee of a personal trust. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of advisory and brokerage services, employing strategic and tactical asset allocation along with various investment vehicles to meet client objectives.

Matthew Krauss is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Corient, where he has worked since 2022, including time at Corient Services LLC and CIPW Service Company, LLC. Prior to joining Corient, Krauss was with RGT Wealth Advisors, LLC for 13 years. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that combines in-house strategies with third-party solutions and employs various risk management tools and alternative investment options.

Jacqueline Daniels is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. She is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Dallas, TX, where she has worked since 2021. Her prior experience includes roles at Quest Capital Management, Raymond James Financial Services, Fsc Securities Corp, and Brennan Wealth Advisors. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, focusing on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and private funds, supported by educational programs and an integrated platform of affiliated services.

James Aughenbaugh II is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC in Dallas, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 31 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial in 2025, he worked at Stephens Inc. from 2016 to 2025. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing a range of investment and placement services through a consolidated platform.

Steven Robinson is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Fidelity Investments, BOK Financial Securities, and Merrill prior to his current role. Outside of finance, he previously worked at Hank Haney Golf Ranch for two years. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering services such as asset allocation analysis, fiduciary support, and third-party manager selection through its AMC Advantage program. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by AI-enabled research and inter-affiliate integration.

Chelsey Yacos is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. She has worked in the investment industry since 2011, previously with Cushing Asset Management and CH Investment Partners before joining Cresset in 2024. Cresset Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $71.9 billion in client assets, serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation-driven approach combining active and passive strategies, supported by a structured due-diligence program and private-fund management across multiple asset classes.

Caleb Loud is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked with multiple firms, including Innovative Wealth Strategies LLC and Cloud Wealth Strategies LLC, where he serves as owner. Loud is a board member and Membership Chair for NAIFA Dallas and also serves as Secretary on the board of DFW Aviation Happy Hour, a commercial aviation networking organization that supports charity events. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives. The firm emphasizes tailored advice and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis, working with a broad range of client types including defined contribution plans and charitable organizations.

Michael Hutter is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 12 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at GWFS Equities, Inc. and Mutual of America Securities LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an associate at Manatech, Inc., where he sells healthcare products. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as certain IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Gregory Richesin is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services and holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. He has 21 years of industry experience, including roles at CitiGroup Global Markets, Merrill, and Bank of America prior to joining Truist. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches and utilizes third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools in its investment process.