Taylor Cox III is a financial advisor at City Center Advisors, LLC in Troy, Michigan, holding a Series 66 designation with seven years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and Benzinga. Outside of his advisory work, he also works as a delivery driver for Doordash. City Center Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment management, limited-scope financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as businesses and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach and offers a unified managed account program that incorporates model portfolios, third-party managers, and sub-advisors.

Martin Schmidt is a CFP® and ChFC® with 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Carrera Capital Advisors, joining in 2024 after a long career at Northwestern Mutual and related entities from 1984 to 2024. Outside of his advisory work, he is a part owner of a family LLC that owns two boats. Carrera Capital Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and other institutions with financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a combination of macroeconomic, fundamental, and behavioral analysis along with proprietary quantitative tools and AI techniques to construct diversified, tax-aware portfolios tailored to client objectives.

John Dankovich is a financial advisor at MKD Wealth with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. Prior to his current role, he worked at Cumberland Trust and has been involved with MKD Wealth Coaches, LLC and its predecessor firm since 2007. Outside of advising, he is also an attorney and an independent insurance agent licensed to sell life, disability, long-term care insurance, and annuities. MKD Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $425 million in assets and employs a diversified investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, independent managers, and alternative investments.

Brett Quayle is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Quayle Financial Group, LLC in Grand Blanc, MI. He has worked at Taylor & Morgan Asset Management since 2016 and has been associated with Quayle & Co. Securities since 2005. Quayle Financial Group primarily serves individual clients, families, and small- to medium-sized businesses, offering discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental buy-and-hold investment approach tailored to client risk tolerance and time horizon, utilizing no-load mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, and annuities.

Viorica Fuchs is a financial advisor at Jay A. Fishman, Ltd with 13 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Jay A. Fishman, Ltd since 2002. Jay A. Fishman, Ltd provides fee-based, discretionary portfolio management and investment counseling for high-net-worth individuals, families, corporations, charitable institutions, and select institutional clients. The firm emphasizes independent fundamental research and a long-term, conservative investment approach, focusing on mid-to-large-cap growth-at-a-reasonable-price equities and quality fixed income, with concentrated portfolios managed for low turnover.

Emily Pehlis is a financial advisor at Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, Inc. with three years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at MassMutual Great Lakes and Dynamic BDC. Strategic Wealth Advisors Group serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, through financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management. The firm primarily allocates client assets to independent registered managers and offers ERISA plan services along with public educational seminars on investment topics.

Kyle Zammit is a financial advisor with StraightLine, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He has been with StraightLine and Straightline Group LLC since 2023. Prior to that, he worked at Mercury and spent nine years in Washington Township. StraightLine serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement-plan sponsors by providing investment management, financial planning, cash management, and retirement education services. The firm utilizes institutional research and proprietary model portfolios, applying modern portfolio theory and quantitative analysis, and supports client engagement through structured educational programs.

Angelo D’orazio is a financial advisor with Stoney Creek Advisors LLC in Rochester Hills, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services, Smith and Associates, and JPMorgan Chase Bank. He serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation, where he helps organize cultural events and scholarship efforts. Stoney Creek Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm uses a documented Investment Policy Statement, model portfolios, and various analytical methods to manage accounts, offering services such as third-party money manager selection and held-away 401(k) account management.

William Caton is a financial advisor at William Mack & Associates Inc with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC and several other companies outside the financial sector, including Door Dash and United Wholesale Mortgage. William Mack & Associates is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $820 million for about 957 clients through a team of ten advisers, focusing on diversified, tax-efficient, and low-cost investment strategies using no-load mutual funds and ETFs across multiple model portfolios.

Michael Maley is a financial advisor with VIMA, LLC in Troy, Michigan, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 46 years of industry experience. He has been with VIMA since 2014 and operates an additional business under the name Maley Investment Group. VIMA serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and 401(k) consulting. The firm employs a top-down, sector-focused investment approach and manages approximately $150 million in assets across a 12-advisor team.

Brian Swinney is a financial advisor with FSA Advisors, Inc. in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. He has worked at FSA Advisors since 2017 and previously spent three years at Independence Capital Co Inc. Outside of his advisory role, Swinney serves as Vice President at Financial Services of America, where he sells life insurance and annuities, and is CEO of Core Four Services Inc, which also sells insurance products. FSA Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business clients. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading horizon, employing a mix of mutual funds, fixed income, ETFs, REITs, annuities, and third-party managers.

Devin Ellis is a financial advisor at Carrera Capital Advisors with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining Carrera Capital Advisors in 2025, Devin worked at Bank of America, Merrill, JPMorgan Chase Bank, JPMorgan Securities, and Quicken Loans. Carrera Capital Advisors serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and institutional entities through discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a multifaceted investment process incorporating quantitative tools, fundamental analysis, technical patterns, and artificial intelligence to build diversified, tax-aware portfolios.

Jonathan Furest is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has been with First Financial Coaching, Inc. since 2014 and is also involved with Furest Furest Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Macomb Optimist Foundation and participates in the NextGen Macomb networking group. First Financial Coaching, Inc. provides investment advisory services, retirement plan consulting, and financial education to individuals, families, business owners, and corporations. The firm delivers non-discretionary investment recommendations and partners with a third-party asset manager for discretionary portfolio management, emphasizing financial education and written analysis as part of its service offering.

Adam Simon is a financial advisor with CPR Investments Inc. in Rochester, MI, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked with multiple related firms since 2010 and serves as a firefighter and paramedic for the Clinton Township Fire Department, a role he has held for over 20 years. Additionally, he preaches occasionally at Woodside Bible Church. CPR Investments Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services to individuals, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm uses multi-manager portfolios combining in-house tactical models and third-party sub-advisors to pursue defensive, tactical, and absolute-return strategies on a discretionary basis.

Mark Kersten is an advisor at FSA Advisors, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been affiliated with Financial Services Of America Advisors since 2020. He also maintains a long-standing association with Usallianz Securities Inc. and Financial Services Of America dating back to the early 1990s. FSA Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business clients. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and typically implements allocations using mutual funds, fixed income, ETFs, REITs, annuities, and similar products.

Steven Husovsky is a financial advisor at Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC in Rochester, MI, holding a Series 65 designation with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Managed Asset Portfolios since 2015. Managed Asset Portfolios provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, government plans, trusts, estates, and investment companies. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes fundamental, value-oriented equity analysis and detailed fixed-income research, incorporating tools such as the Bloomberg MAC-3 risk model and using derivatives and income-oriented allocations where appropriate.

Michael Spica is an investment advisor representative at FSA Advisors, Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at FSA Advisors since 2017, with prior experience at Independence Capital Co Inc and AE Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales and serves as president of MVS Incorporated, which receives commissions for insurance products. FSA Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth, and business clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and a long-term investment horizon, typically utilizing mutual funds, fixed income, ETFs, REITs, and annuities in client portfolios.

Deanna K Inney is a Series 65-licensed advisor with William Mack & Associates Inc, where she has been working since 2004. She is based in Troy, MI, and is part of a team of ten advisors. William Mack & Associates is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $820 million for around 957 clients, including individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on diversified, tax-efficient, low-cost investment strategies using no-load mutual funds and ETFs across six model portfolios with a long-term orientation and periodic rebalancing.

Nicolas Vilotti is a financial advisor with Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC, holding a Series 65 license and three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Verde Capital Management and Oakland University. Managed Asset Portfolios provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and government plans, trusts, and investment companies. The firm employs a fundamental, value-oriented equity analysis combined with detailed fixed-income research and manages separately managed accounts, mutual fund sub-advisory services, and retirement plan consulting.

Steven Lane is a CFP® and ChFC® with 24 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Carrera Capital Advisors since 2024 and previously held roles at Keith Nichol and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Lane serves as treasurer for the Creekside Village of Orion Homeowners Association. Carrera Capital Advisors, established in 2024 by three former private-client professionals, provides financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and institutions. The firm uses a blend of macroeconomic, fundamental, and behavioral analysis along with proprietary quantitative tools and AI techniques to create diversified, tax-aware portfolios tailored to client objectives.