Philip Karre is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Chesterfield, MO, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network, Cardinal Wealth Planning, Triad Financial Group, Osaic Wealth, and Financial Legacy Associates. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement and plan consulting, and custody and clearing services.

Aaron Deterding is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently advising at Oppenheimer in St. Louis, MO. His prior work includes roles at Larson Financial Group, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. Oppenheimer serves a broad client base including high net worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and brokerage services. The firm provides diversified investment programs with both discretionary and non-discretionary management, maintaining custody of client assets while operating its multiple business lines.

Abby Shemeld is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Creative Planning and prior experience at Paradigm Financial Advisors and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. She is based in Des Peres, MO. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Andrew Gildehaus is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Raymond James & Associates and JP Morgan entities. 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 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and advanced technology tools.

Aaron Bock is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in St. Louis, MO, and previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC from 2006 to 2011. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within an “enhanced open architecture” framework, utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside specialized tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Robert Mitchell is a CFP® and CFA® credentialed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and previously worked for Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC from 2014 to 2024. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Alejandra Berra is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC. She has been with Steward Partners and affiliated firms since 2026. Prior to her current role, she worked at Commerce Bank for 16 years. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory and financial planning services.

Jennifer Burleson is a CFP® and ChFC® with two years of industry experience. She has worked at Creative Planning since 2022 and previously held roles at Paradigm Financial Advisors and State Farm. 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 process focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by options such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Nancy Georgen is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC since 2005. Based in St. Louis, MO, she also holds a Series 63 license. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and various institutional clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a Partner-led Team model supported by a centralized Investment Department, focusing on diversified, multi-asset allocations and ongoing monitoring.

Nolan Tran is a financial advisor with Focus Advisor Solutions, LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Busey Bank. Before entering the financial sector, he worked in several service industry roles including at Prairie INN Bar and Pizza Hut. Focus Advisor Solutions provides turnkey asset management and back-office services primarily to independent registered investment advisors and their clients. The firm offers diversified, systematically invested mutual fund and ETF model portfolios and discretionary fixed-income management, serving over 33,000 clients through approximately 42 advisors and managing about $41 billion in regulatory assets.

Melissa Yost is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with a Series 65 credential and seven years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Paradigm Financial Advisors and Argos Family Office, and she has also worked with the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm uses a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure while offering various specialized advisory and trust services.

Daniel Westlund is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and HM Capital Management, LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Bryan Sherwood is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. His prior work includes a decade at Cetera ADVISORS LLC and two years at Cetera. Sherwood is also the operations manager for Wealth Plan Advisors Group, a financial services business he has been involved with since 2016. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a broad mix of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, employee education, and manages assets for a range of clients including sovereign wealth funds.

Jonathon Polizzi is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, MO. His work history includes multiple roles at Moneta Group as well as positions at TD Ameritrade and Scottrade. Moneta Group Investment Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. The firm employs a partner-led team approach with a centralized investments department and uses an open-architecture, multi-criteria selection process for asset allocation and manager due diligence.

David Pisarkiewicz Jr. is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in St. Louis, MO, with 7 years of industry experience. He has worked with Private Wealth Advisors at CIBC Bank USA since 2012 and with Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company since 2004. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial and estate planning, philanthropic advisory services, and coordinated Family Office services, utilizing a combination of proprietary and external investment strategies.

Patrick Rowland is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at &PARTNERS since 2026. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing between 2016 and 2026. Outside of his advisory role, Rowland is involved in agricultural operations, including managing poultry and cattle farms, and he coaches golf at Morgan County R-1 School in Stover, Missouri. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and retirement plans, offering services such as investment management, financial and tax planning, and ERISA 3(21) consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary management on the Envestnet platform.

Devin Fraley is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently with MAI Capital Management, LLC since 2020. He previously worked at Greenway Family Office from 2015 to 2020. MAI Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages a broad range of strategies and integrates financial planning and tax services into client relationships.

Andrew Briggs is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC in St. Louis, MO. His prior experience includes roles at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. He is also a Development Board Member for St. Louis Children's Hospital. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an enterprise-scale, SEC-registered RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services.

Peter Mitrano is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in St. Louis, MO, with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and CFA® designations and has worked at The Colony Group, LLC for 14 years and Mintz Levin Financial Advisors LLC for six years. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Kerry Rogers is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with 27 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior roles include positions at PlanMember Securities Corporation, Clark Financial, and Cutter & Company, Inc. Rogers also engages in the sale of outside fixed insurance products, including life, long-term care, disability, and group insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and active-duty military personnel. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs, utilizing both adviser and promoter arrangements.