Kimberly Gardner is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, with a focus on wealth management, financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan services. The firm offers tailored investment solutions incorporating equities, bonds, alternative investments, private markets, and digital assets, alongside a significant institutional retirement practice.

Joshua Rodriguez is a financial advisor with Bison Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Bison Wealth, he worked at Country Oaks Farm and Pet Supply and Camp Timberlake, and was a student until 2024. Bison Wealth serves individuals, high net worth clients, family offices, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, portfolio management, model portfolios, access to third-party managers, and ERISA retirement plan services. The firm’s investment approach includes multi-manager model portfolios that combine tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private-market strategies, alongside distinct tactical and individual-security strategies and an options-based overlay program.

Franklin Cochran is a financial advisor at Level Four Advisory Services with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has previously worked at Kestra Advisory and Kestra Investment Services. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales and consulting through Level Four Insurance and Veracor, LLC. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $6.5 billion and serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and governmental entities. The firm offers financial planning, asset and portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and fiduciary services, utilizing a range of model portfolios, wrap platforms, and sub-advisors.

Carlton Forrester is a financial advisor at Stephens with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and has previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, UBS Financial Services, Credit Suisse Securities, and Edge Advisors, LLC. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Stephens is a multi-team investment adviser with approximately 243 advisors and $18 billion in assets under management, serving individuals, retirement plans, foundations, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory, brokerage, investment banking, and custody services, combining bottom-up equity research with committee-driven asset allocation and also advising on private equity and alternative investments when appropriate.

Patrick Farren is a financial advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Merrill and other roles including sales representation for Vector Marketing. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients with a range of wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan services. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with capabilities across traditional and alternative investments, including private markets and digital assets, and maintains a notable institutional retirement practice.

John Doverspike Jr. is a financial advisor with Capital Investment Advisors, LLC in Atlanta, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Capital Investment Advisors, he worked at the Georgia Center for Opportunity and spent several years with Ronald Blue Trust and Ronald Blue & Co. Capital Investment Advisors serves individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, integrated financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a centralized investment platform featuring standardized asset-allocation models, actively managed sleeves, and ETF-based portfolios, supported by in-house specialists in estate and tax planning.

Kevin Walker is a financial advisor at BIP Wealth, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining BIP Wealth, he worked six years at Buckhead Home Loans. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals and families, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, utilizing tailored asset allocations across mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and private-market securities for qualified investors.

Nirvanna Silva Novelo is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. She has been with Nicholas Hoffman & Company, LLC since 2022. Nicholas Hoffman & Company provides financial planning, portfolio management, family office services, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth families, as well as trusts, foundations, private funds, and estates. The firm offers customized Financial Profiles and Investment Plans implemented through a range of investment vehicles and is notable for its use of performance-based fee arrangements and its role as lead investment sub-advisor to an affiliated private equity fund.

Andere Casanova Fuente is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at Cameron James, Ltd., the Central Bank of Spain, and Dubai World. Beacon Global Advisor Network, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services primarily to individual clients through a network of approximately 60 independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, modular financial planning, and retirement consulting, and maintains a specialized advisory capability for U.K. expatriates.

Taylor Holley is a financial advisor with OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining OpenArc in 2025, Holley worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Before entering the financial industry, Taylor spent five years at The Cheesecake Factory. OpenArc Corporate Advisory serves individual and institutional clients ranging from non-high-net-worth individuals to nonprofit endowments and retirement plans. The firm provides tailored wealth management and retirement plan services, employing a broad investment toolkit and emphasizing institutional research and manager due diligence in its substantial retirement practice.

John Ray is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience, currently with BIP Wealth, LLC where he has worked since 2014. He is based in Atlanta, GA. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and retirement plans with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm offers tailored asset allocations using mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, individual securities, and options-based strategies, and also provides advisory services for private pooled investment vehicles and private-market offerings.

Emile Babin is a CFP® and Series 63 licensed advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently with Gibbs Wealth Management, LLC and has prior experience at Eagle Strategies, LLC, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Co. Additionally, he operates Babin & Associates, LLC, an insurance business he has owned since 1998. Gibbs Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management and advisory services, utilizing third-party platforms and model portfolios guided by a combination of analytical approaches. The firm emphasizes risk management, tax efficiency, and guaranteed-income solutions where appropriate.

Jonathan Christiansen is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Crawford Investment Counsel Inc in Atlanta, GA since 2013. Crawford Investment Counsel provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, registered investment companies, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, municipalities, and corporations. The firm uses a bottom-up, value-oriented investment approach emphasizing dividend-paying, higher-quality equities and credit-focused fixed-income strategies.

Thomas Villalobos is a financial advisor with John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and less than one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Equity Services Inc and National Life Group, as well as diverse experiences outside finance such as working at Bath & Body Works and involvement with educational institutions. John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC provides financial planning and consultative services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses third-party software to generate written financial plans that advisors review and present, supporting a technology-assisted service model with a high client-to-advisor ratio.

Kendall Matrisian is affiliated with SEIA and holds a Series 66 designation. Although Matrisian has no industry experience listed, their background includes roles at several firms and organizations, including Cambridge Investment Research, The Ameriflex Group, and The University of Alabama. SEIA serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and other institutional and charitable clients through a multi-team advisory platform of approximately 140 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment consulting, with an investment process combining strategic asset allocation and tactical adjustments overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

David Paulukaitis is a financial advisor with Advisory Services Network who holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisory Services Network since 2007 and is also the owner and consultant of Mainstay Capital Markets Consultants, Inc., a role he has held since 2005. Advisory Services Network serves individuals, families, corporations, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans through a network of independent Investment Adviser Representatives. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, investment and retirement-plan consulting, and third-party manager selection, overseeing approximately $8.6 billion in client assets.

Matthew Kinser is a financial advisor at 49 Financial in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining 49 Financial in 2026, he spent four years at the University of Alabama and seven years combined at Beauregard High School and Samford Middle School. 49 Financial serves individual and institutional clients, including retail and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and investment management. The firm’s investment approach centers on disciplined, long-term diversified asset allocation, employing fundamental, cyclical, technical, and behavioral analysis, and provides tiered fractional family office services.

Jeremy Hermida is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with BIP Wealth, LLC, based in Alpharetta, GA. He has been with BIP Wealth since 2024 and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining BIP Wealth, he was not employed in the financial industry. BIP Wealth, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, including discretionary and non-discretionary accounts, pooled investment vehicles, and private funds, with a focus on tailored asset allocations and private-market securities for qualified investors.

Scott Barnas is a CFP® and ChFC® with 28 years of experience in financial advisory roles. He has worked at Aprio Wealth Management, LLC since 2021 and previously held positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Metlife Securities Inc. Aprio Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs asset allocation along with dollar-cost averaging, technical analysis, and trading strategies, and offers coordinated referrals with an affiliated CPA firm while maintaining separate accounting and advisory arrangements.

Mason King is a financial advisor with Arkadios Wealth Advisors in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Rockefeller Capital Management and Raymond James. Arkadios Wealth Advisors provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans through a combination of advisor-managed accounts, wrap programs, third-party money managers, and financial planning. The firm employs a team-based approach with an in-house portfolio management team that supports advisors using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and acts as a fiduciary in retirement plan consulting.