Wen Hui Ma is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with eight years of industry experience. Ma holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2018. Outside of financial advising, Ma is a manager of network services at Sage Software, where they have worked since 2002. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services, offering proprietary and third-party investment model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Evan Goldfuss is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He currently works at Savant Wealth Management and previously was with Capital Directions, LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. He also has a background working at the University of Alabama. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management and related services. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies and offers integrated accounting, legal, and trust services through affiliated entities.

Andrew Matthieson is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, Matthieson serves on the Board of Governors for The Manor Golf and Country Club and occasionally writes guest articles on topics including football, golf, finance, and menswear. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with brokerage and advisory services, offering proprietary and third-party investment programs alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm manages approximately $15 billion in regulatory assets under management and provides a range of investment strategies and account-level services.

Samuel Drake is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley, where he worked in both the Private Bank and Smith Barney divisions. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services encompassing investment management, consulting, retirement services, and financial planning, utilizing strategic asset allocation and a variety of investment vehicles.

Robert Jones III is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at Private Advisor Group, LLC since 2018. His prior experience includes seven years at INVEST Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Fairmont Woods Unit Owners Association Inc. Private Advisor Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing over $41 billion across more than 135,000 client relationships. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate and retirement plan clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset management programs.

Perry Neuman is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2013. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and trusts. The firm’s advisory approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research to construct portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and customized indexing.

Nicole Caron is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently advising at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Gratus Capital, Mercer Advisors, and Atlanta Financial Associates. Outside of financial advising, she owns and operates two small businesses: a sewing products company and a children’s book publishing venture. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering services such as investment management, financial counseling, and tax and business management. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach with a broad range of asset strategies and maintains an extensive network of affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Anupama Singh is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and five years of industry experience. She has been associated with Transamerica since 2020 and has worked at Redfin Corporation since 2022. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in estate planning services and wills and trusts through separate business activities. 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, delivering advice through proprietary and third-party model portfolios with discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Sharon Snyder is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at HB Wealth Management since 2015. She holds the Series 63 designation and is based in Atlanta, GA. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser offering 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 disciplined investment process that incorporates both quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a range of public and private investment strategies and provides discretionary portfolio management aligned with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Carolyn Burgin is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. (ESI Financial Advisors) in Sandy Springs, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. She has previously worked at TruOak Financial Partners LLC, Apogee Financial Partners, MML Investors Services LLC, MassMutual Life Insurance Co, and AXA Advisors LLC. Outside of advising, she is involved with CRT Legacy Treasures LLC, a venture focused on locating unclaimed assets in Georgia and surrounding states. Equity Services, Inc. provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms, frequently employs third-party asset managers and model portfolios, and features both discretionary and non-discretionary client programs.

Joshua Loud is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James and Associates for five years before joining Janney Montgomery Scott. Outside of his advisory role, Loud serves as an assistant golf coach at The Lovett School, chairs the Cobb Young Professionals group within the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, and is a board member of The Extension, an organization helping adults recovering from addiction. 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 with brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services, utilizing a combination of in-house portfolio management and third-party managers across multiple wrap programs and model portfolios.

Kisha Madison is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd and holds a Series 66 license. She has 18 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial and Invest Financial Corporation. In addition to her advisory work, she is employed as a registered respiratory therapist at Emory. Stratos Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charities, corporations, and retirement plans 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 asset allocation across multiple custodians.

Cardell Porter is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo and Suntrust Investment Services. Outside of finance, he owns PORTER WAY LLC, a business focused on photography, sneaker reselling, and travel vlogging. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by inter-affiliate integration and AI-enabled research tools.

Julian Koeneman is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Core States Inc. He also has experience in academic roles at the University of South Carolina. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm provides tailored financial planning and portfolio management supported by specialized services such as Private Family Office, Executive Wealth programs, and access to Alternative Investments, leveraging extensive resources within the broader Goldman Sachs network.

Paul Dean is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 38 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Equity Services, he worked at TruOak Financial Partners LLC, Apogee Financial Partners, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Metlife Securities Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Dean serves as the music director for the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church choir in Duluth, GA. Equity Services, Inc., also known as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms and frequently utilizes third-party asset managers and model portfolios, combining long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading and specialized instruments.

Michael Walls is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Dunwoody, GA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 14 years of industry experience, all with Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. since 2012. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a particular focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan advice, model portfolios, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs, managing approximately $22.9 billion in advisory assets.

Andrew Hill is a CFP® professional with 31 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Hightower Advisors. He has held roles at HighTower Securities, SunTrust Advisory Services, and Suntrust Investment Services, with nearly two decades at the latter. Outside of his advisory practice, he is involved in the periodic maintenance of a personal second home. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles.

Dillon Pollack is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and having seven years of industry experience. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in 2026, he worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2019 to 2026. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management, employing model portfolios or customized strategies managed by dedicated portfolio managers.

Victor Martinez is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with six years of industry experience. Before joining Empower Advisory Group, he worked at J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank for four years. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as an independent contractor driver for a rideshare service. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as certain retail brokerage clients. The firm offers integrated services linked to Empower’s recordkeeping platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing.

Stacy Lewis is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning since 2020. Prior to joining Creative Planning, she worked at Truewealth, LLC (FNA Windham Brannon) from 2014 to 2020. She is a board member of Catholic Education of North Georgia, Inc. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a financial planning–led investment process with an emphasis on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by tax-loss harvesting and other techniques, and offers integrated retirement plan services and affiliated legal and trust businesses.