Hayden Stone is a financial advisor at Culbreth Wealth Management with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Culbreth Wealth Management, he held various positions in education and property management. Culbreth Wealth Management provides fee-based asset management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes asset-allocation strategies aimed at optimizing risk-adjusted returns, using a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, private placements, and securitized real estate interests.

Clinton Galyean is a financial advisor with Capital Investment Partners LLC in Gainesville, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at International Assets Advisory, LLC and ProEquities, Inc. Outside of advisory services, he owns Galyean Investment Properties, LLC. Capital Investment Partners LLC provides investment management and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses, managing approximately $49 million on a discretionary basis. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold asset-class diversification primarily through passively managed mutual funds and model portfolios, incorporating tax, estate, and retirement planning consultations as part of its services.

Ronaldo Bastos is a financial advisor at Weston Capital Insights with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked exclusively at RDL Capital LLC dba Weston Capital Insights since 2018. Outside of advising, he is the owner of LOCANDA MIA INVESTMENTS, LLC. Weston Capital Insights serves high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and non-U.S. persons, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses and utilizes a range of strategies, including options and margin trading.

Sam Evans is a CFA® charterholder based in Duluth, GA, with 15 years of industry experience. He currently operates Evans Wealth Management and has been affiliated with Legacy Planning Group, Inc. and Golden Years Advisory, LLC. In addition to his advisory work, Evans teaches accounting and finance on a part-time basis. Evans Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small business owners, generally those with at least $1 million in investable assets. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary asset management, employing both fundamental and technical analysis, and incorporates tax considerations and a mix of public and private market strategies.

Desmond Blue is a Wealth Management Advisor with eight years of experience in financial advising. Prior to his career in finance, he played professional basketball across five continents, an experience that informs his disciplined and long-term approach to wealth management. He specializes in addressing the complexities that arise as clients' income and financial situations grow, particularly for business owners, athletes, and high-achieving individuals. His expertise includes investment strategy, tax-aware planning, business exit and liquidity events, and estate and legacy planning services. Desmond holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lee University and an MBA from Liberty University. His professional designations include Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA), and Sports & Entertainment Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (SE-AWMA). He is affiliated with the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce. Outside of his professional work, Desmond resides in Canton, GA with his wife, Jill. He is involved in community organizations such as City Takers, City of Refuge, and Heartbound Ministries. In his personal time, he enjoys baseball, football, music, reading, traveling, watching movies, training youth in basketball, and attending Crossover ATL church.

Gavin Borzello is a financial advisor at American Wealth Management, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA, with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with American Wealth Management since 1998. Outside of advising, he works part-time as an insurance agent. American Wealth Management, Inc. is a team of ten advisors managing approximately $310 million for individuals, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers asset and portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services, employing a range of investment strategies based on economic analysis and research.

James Francis IV is a financial advisor with ALTA Capital Management LLC in Alpharetta, GA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 24 years of industry experience, including 23 years at Montag & Caldwell and 2 years at ALTA Capital Management. ALTA Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning for individual and institutional clients, using a quality-growth, bottom-up investment process that incorporates quantitative models and Investment Committee oversight. The firm serves a range of clients with strategies that include equity, fixed income, balanced mandates, and employs sub-advisers, derivatives, and AI-assisted models in certain portfolios.

Valeri Bishop is a financial advisor with Wellspring Wealth Management LLC in Alpharetta, GA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 31 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Wellspring, Bishop worked at E*TRADE Capital Management LLC and E*TRADE Securities LLC. Outside of financial advising, Bishop owns a short-term vacation rental property in Cleveland, GA. Wellspring Wealth Management provides investment advisory, financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and related entities, including high-net-worth clients. The firm employs individualized strategic asset allocations overseen by an internal Investment Policy Committee and offers access to multiple investment platforms and third-party managers.

Colby James is a financial advisor with JT Stratford, LLC in Gainesville, GA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. JT Stratford provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies and incorporates third-party models and emerging technology to support client portfolios.

Robert Miller is a financial advisor with MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC in Alpharetta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked with LPL Financial since 2008 and has been with MPWM Advisory Solutions since 2020. MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm uses a long-term, diversified investment approach based on fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, offering multiple implementation pathways including in-house models and oversight of independent managers.

Bryan Hogan is a financial advisor with JT Stratford, LLC in Gainesville, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has worked with JT Stratford since 2010 and has prior experience at J.T. Stratford Advisors, Triad Advisors, and Stratford Consumer Services, where he also serves as Assistant Vice President in insurance sales. JT Stratford provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a diverse investment approach, including both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and integrates fundamental, technical, and charting analysis with access to alternative investments and emerging technologies.

Travis Echols is a financial advisor at JT Stratford, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously operated Echols Financial Services for 18 years before joining JT Stratford in 2022. JT Stratford, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $815 million for over 1,150 clients through a 14-person team, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and access to third-party model portfolios and sub-advisory strategies.

Mark Lloyd is a financial advisor at The Lloyd Advisory Group in Suwanee, GA, with 2 years of industry experience and a Series 65 designation. He has worked at Lloyd Advisory Services, LLC since 2011. Lloyd also serves as Client Relations Manager at The Lloyd Group, Inc., an insurance agency where he manages client service operations and assists with account applications and rollovers. The Lloyd Advisory Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual clients and personal trusts, utilizing third-party model portfolios and ongoing rebalancing. The firm’s investment approach incorporates a three-bucket framework emphasizing growth, income, and fixed insurance-based assets, and it integrates commissionable insurance sales as a key component of its advisory process.

James Loftin is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He is the principal at Loftin Wealth Partners in Johns Creek, GA, and has held roles at multiple financial and insurance firms since 2009. He serves as president of the Financial Planning Association of Georgia as of 2023. Loftin Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $292 million in discretionary assets for individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning services, employing strategies that may include hedging, leverage, and options, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Connor Jones is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Wealth Science Advisors LLC since 2022 and previously held roles with Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co and related entities from 2019 to 2022. Outside of advising, he is the owner of Wealth Science Analytics, a psychological analytics and consulting firm, and serves on the finance committee for Northlands Church. Wealth Science Advisors primarily serves individuals and families, including high-net-worth households, through discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm integrates a proprietary psychological profiling tool and a Money Happiness™ framework with asset-allocation principles, managing approximately $558.7 million across nine offices.

Evelyn Perez is a financial advisor at MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at MPWM Advisory Solutions and LPL Financial, LLC among other firms. MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC provides investment advisory and related services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, diversified approach using fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, managing approximately $320.5 million in client assets.

Ginette Mayer is a financial advisor with MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. She has three years of industry experience, including roles at LPL Financial and Mayer Private Wealth. Outside of advisory work, she operates a DBA related to her LPL business under Mayer Private Wealth Management. MPWM Advisory Solutions LLC provides investment advisory and related services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, managing portfolios through both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies across multiple platforms.

Mark Winston is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wellspring Wealth Management LLC since 2017 and previously at Planmark Capital Management and LPL Financial. He provides investment advisory services primarily through Wellspring Wealth Management, an independent registered investment advisor firm. Wellspring Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, and certain business or retirement entities with tailored wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment process includes strategic asset allocation overseen by an internal Investment Policy Committee, with access to a range of mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and third-party wrap programs.

Amanda Bruner is a financial advisor at JT Stratford, LLC in Gainesville, GA, holding a Series 65 designation with 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Fiduciary Capital Stratford, LLC since 2014. JT Stratford provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a range of strategies from long-term buy-and-hold to active trading, incorporating fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, and also offers access to alternative and private investment vehicles.

Timothy McGannon is a financial advisor at Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Truist Securities, Inc. and Suntrust Capital Markets Inc. from 2006 to 2022. Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, and corporate accounts, providing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and outsourced chief investment officer services. The firm manages approximately $1.3 billion across 19 advisors and employs a range of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to create diversified portfolios.