Evan Mcdaniel is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Eastlake Planning LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to this, he held roles at MML Investors Services, LLC and Spectrum Financial Group. He is also an independent licensed insurance agent. Eastlake Planning LLC is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $44.6 million in assets for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement-plan fiduciary advice, and financial planning services, utilizing an investment approach focused on asset allocation and modern portfolio theory.

Atul Sethi is a financial advisor with Mooring Bay Capital Management in Dallas, TX, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Estrada Hinojosa & Company Inc. and Orix Corp USA. Mooring Bay Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, portfolio analysis, and financial planning primarily for high-net-worth individuals, estates, corporations, pension plans, and endowments. The firm specializes in fixed income with an emphasis on municipal and infrastructure debt, offering actively managed portfolios tailored to client objectives and restrictions.

Gregory Schmitz is a financial advisor with Copiam Wealth Management, LLC in The Colony, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Copiam Wealth Management since 2014. Outside of advising, he works as an independent insurance agent. Copiam Wealth Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth households, and institutional clients. The firm employs an evidence-based, multifactor investment approach using low-cost, globally diversified funds and offers additional services such as financial planning, pension consulting, and educational workshops.

Johnny Kang is a financial advisor at Prestonwood Capital Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been associated with NFPSI since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Kang is involved in commercial real estate brokerage in Denver. Prestonwood Capital Management, LLC is an independent, state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial advisory services, emphasizing customized asset allocation and fundamental security analysis tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Robert Wood is a financial advisor with Wood Wealth Management LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Questar Asset Management and Woodbury Financial Services. Wood is also a licensed insurance agent offering fixed annuities and life and annuity sales. Wood Wealth Management LLC provides portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis with a long-term trading orientation. The firm manages client assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and performs regular portfolio reviews and reporting.

Keith Chapman is the principal of Think818, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Dallas, TX. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include time at Cetera Advisor Networks and Summit Financial Group. Outside of financial advising, Chapman is involved in insurance sales and training through Chapman Wealth Management and Leap Systems, focusing on life insurance and advanced financial planning. Think818 serves individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plan sponsors by providing retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and investment advisory services. The firm connects clients with third-party money managers using a quantitative and qualitative selection process and offers educational workshops and newsletters at no additional cost.

Shannon Carson is the president and sole owner of Alliance Wealth Management, LLC in Dallas, TX, with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC and has served as president of Capital Security Financial Services LLC since 1999, where he markets fixed and fixed indexed annuities to 403b and 457 plan participants. Outside of financial services, he is involved in roofing sales through a business in Plano, TX. Alliance Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and 403b retirement plan participants. The firm employs proprietary tactical asset allocation portfolios driven by a rules-based quantitative algorithm, combining quantitative, technical, and fundamental analysis to manage risk and tailor portfolios to different risk profiles.

Jason Edgerton is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Certified Financial Strategies Corporation, where he has worked since 2016. Prior to that, he held positions at Citigroup Global Markets, Citicorp Investment Services, and Banc of America Investment Services. Certified Financial Strategies Corporation provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm uses a blend of strategic and tactical asset allocation across passive and active investment vehicles and manages portfolios on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Jaime Sanchez is a financial advisor at Partner Wealth Management, LLC in Rockwall, TX, holding a Series 63 designation with 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Partner Wealth Management since 2014. Partner Wealth Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a range of analytical methods and trading strategies. The firm manages both wrap and non-wrap accounts, maintains a small client roster, and requires clients to use a single custodian, Charles Schwab.

John Booth IV is a financial advisor at Bancroft Booth Capital Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at MWA Financial Services Inc. and Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a licensed insurance agent, offering life insurance products to advisory clients as a sole proprietor. Bancroft Booth Capital Advisors provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and public seminars on investment topics. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, emphasizing fundamental analysis, ongoing portfolio monitoring, and a fiduciary standard.

Ben Jackson is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Street Light Wealth Management, LLC in Dallas, TX. Prior to founding his firm, Jackson worked at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank for seven and six years, respectively. Street Light Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm emphasizes fundamental equity analysis and options strategies within a long-term investment approach and also offers business valuation and specialized service tiers.

Cort Hoffman is a financial advisor at Hoffman Wealth Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding his independent advisory firm in 2025, he worked in operational logistics and staff management at UPS from 2019 onward. Outside of his advisory role, he continues to manage operations at UPS as a full-time manager. Hoffman Wealth Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, and small business owners with integrated financial planning and investment management. The firm emphasizes diversified, low-cost index fund and ETF portfolios using long-term, passive, tax-efficient strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

James Clemensen is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as CEO and CCO of BFI Wealth Solutions, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, Avantax, and Wells Fargo Investments. Clemensen also works as an insurance agent with the Borden Hamman Agency. BFI Wealth Solutions provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services to individual and business clients, employing model portfolios primarily composed of ETFs and mutual funds. The firm integrates fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to tailor investment allocations and also coordinates referrals to an affiliated accounting firm for tax and accounting services.

Nan Zhang is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with NAX Capital LLC, with industry experience spanning several years through prior roles at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, Ixios Asset Management, and GaiaMine Limited. She has an outside business activity in fintech. NAX Capital LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that offers discretionary portfolio management, investment policy statement development, and ongoing portfolio monitoring for individuals, trusts and estates, and corporations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and macroeconomic analysis to manage accounts with full discretionary authority tailored to client goals and restrictions.

Shaun Dowling is a CFP® and Series 65 designated advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Sendera Wealth Advisors, which he joined in 2024 after a 17-year tenure at Howard Financial Services. Dowling manages Hunting Oak Investments, LLC, a passive investment vehicle holding interests in various private entities. Sendera Wealth Advisors is a state-registered investment manager that provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to pooled investment vehicles, institutional-type accounts, trusts, and charities. The firm focuses on customized investment programs based on client goals and risk tolerance, offering due diligence and performance reporting on private funds and managing held-away retirement and education accounts through third-party platforms.

Ronald Hodges is a financial advisor at Crestway Advisory Group in Plano, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Crestway Advisory Group since 2020 and is also involved full-time with Crestway Insurance Group, LLC, an insurance brokerage specializing in life, health, property, and casualty insurance. Crestway Advisory Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and retirement-planning services tailored to professionals, executives, and business owners. The firm integrates income-planning recommendations through its affiliated insurance business and offers educational content, group workshops, and hourly financial planning.

William Larson is the sole advisor at William B. Larson, CPA, LLC, an independent firm based in Dallas, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 12 years of industry experience. Since 2011, he has operated his CPA firm, integrating accounting and tax expertise into his financial advisory services. The firm provides personal financial reviews and planning primarily for young professionals, middle-income workers, and retirees, as well as consulting services for businesses on transactions and cash flow matters. Its investment approach emphasizes asset allocation and diversification using a top-down macroeconomic framework and Modern Portfolio Theory, favoring passive index funds with limited tactical allocations, and delivers non-discretionary advice without managing client investment accounts.

Jacob Wade is a financial advisor at Shepherd Advisory LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. before founding Shepherd Advisory. Shepherd Advisory provides fractional family office and personal CFO services, comprehensive financial planning, and non-discretionary portfolio recommendations to high-net-worth individuals, families, and single-family offices. The firm uses a goals-based, holistic investment approach and coordinates with clients' broader advisory networks to deliver tailored financial solutions.

Michael Sepulveda is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license. He is the principal advisor at Meraki Advisors LLC in Dallas, TX, where he has worked since 2016, accumulating nine years of industry experience. Meraki Advisors serves individual and high net worth clients, offering discretionary portfolio management with a long-only equity strategy, financial planning, and investment policy development. The firm focuses on concentrated positions in equities, preferred equities, ETFs, and closed-end funds, and incorporates options and derivative strategies within a strategic portfolio framework.

Geoffrey Collette is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at Aeon Capital Partners, LLC in Dallas, TX, with six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Aeon Capital Partners in 2020, he worked at Bares Capital Management, Inc. and Citi Employee Private Equity Management. Aeon Capital Partners provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and foundations, employing a bottom-up, fundamental equity strategy focused on a concentrated portfolio of long positions without market-capitalization constraints.