Caleb Lennon is a financial advisor with Tandem Investment Partners, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He worked at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation from 2006 to 2022 before joining Tandem Investment Partners, where he has been since 2022. Tandem Investment Partners is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, small institutions, and retirement plans with discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary retirement plan advisory services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis, a proprietary quantitative model, and modern portfolio theory to guide personalized investment strategies, including the limited use of derivatives for certain high net worth clients.

Geoffrey White is a CFP® and ChFC® with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Strategies Group, LLC since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in life and health insurance products. Capital Strategies Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as small businesses, charities, trusts, and estates, offering discretionary asset management and financial planning tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its investment approach and provides both managed accounts with discretionary trading authority and consultative services for held-away assets.

Jonathan Vest is a financial advisor at Watts Gwilliam & Company, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been self-employed since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, Vest maintains an active residential real estate license but does not actively pursue real estate sales. Watts Gwilliam & Company is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation with a long-term horizon while using tactical strategies such as option overlays and collars when appropriate, and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to private placement funds.

Joshua Robinson is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor with West Ridge Advisors, where he has worked since 2021. He has four years of industry experience, including prior roles at Ace Workforce Technologies and Findlay Middle School. West Ridge Advisors serves individual clients ranging from non-high-net-worth to high-net-worth households, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers personalized direct indexing strategies through a sub-advisory arrangement with Vanguard.

Rydan Case is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-registered advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he directs an event planning club and serves on the Past Presidents' Council of EO Orange County, a nonprofit focused on small business growth and education. Ironwood Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charities. The firm offers tiered service programs with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, emphasizing client-specific asset allocation, periodic rebalancing, and cost-conscious share-class selection.

Timothy Travis is a financial advisor with T&T Capital Management in Gilbert, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with T&T Capital Management since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Travis contributes investment research articles to SeekingAlpha.com on a periodic basis. T&T Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management mainly to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as corporate accounts, focusing on portfolio construction and ongoing supervision rather than comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a long-term, deep-value investment approach supplemented by tactical actions, including the use of margin, options, and short positions, with continuous account monitoring to align with client objectives and risk tolerance.

Jill Baumes is a financial advisor with Seros Wealth Partners in Gilbert, AZ, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 15 years of industry experience. She has been associated with Seros Financial LLC and United Planners' Financial Services for over a decade and is also involved in ownership roles at Opulence Fund, LLC and Lala's Bay LLC. Seros Wealth Partners provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, managing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios with a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside proprietary core models and tactical overlays.

Ashlee Merkley is a financial advisor at Seros Wealth Partners with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Seros Financial since 2019. Prior to her career in finance, she worked in the retail and service industries. Merkley is also an independent insurance agent. Seros Wealth Partners offers investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, utilizing proprietary core models with tactical overlays to tailor portfolios according to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Laurie Simons is a CFP® professional with over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has worked at Strategic Income Group LLC since 2019 and previously held roles at LPL Financial, LLC and Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC. Laurie is based in Chandler, Arizona, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Strategic Income Group LLC advises individuals, high-net-worth households, business owners, executives, and fiduciaries, providing discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and coordinated estate and tax strategy services. The firm utilizes integrated, tax-aware, and income-oriented investment strategies across multiple asset classes and manages private funds alongside third-party money managers.

Victor Tassone is a financial advisor at API Financial Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked with several firms including Edward Jones, Equity Services Inc, and Prime Trading. In addition to his advisory role, Tassone is also an insurance producer with Symmetry Financial. API Financial Advisors, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and participant account management. The firm manages approximately $84.65 million in discretionary assets and implements investment strategies primarily through model portfolios maintained by a sub-adviser and a third-party manager.

Ethan Bell is a financial advisor at Martinsen Wealth Management in Tempe, AZ, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Martinsen Wealth Management, he worked at Adams Wealth Advisors for two years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in local youth soccer training. Martinsen Wealth Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and related advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages most client accounts on a discretionary, wrap-fee basis and employs a variety of investment strategies, including direct and strategic indexing, options overlays, and tactical allocations.

Mitchell Monson is a financial advisor at MBE Wealth Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at multiple firms including LifePro Asset Management and Benchmark Electronics. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance-related activities as an Independent Agent with Secure Income Management, focusing on life and accident insurance products. MBE Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and maintains affiliations with an accounting firm and a licensed insurance agency.

Jonathan Moore is a CFP® and ChFC® with eight years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC since 2016 and previously worked at Cmoore Enterprises LLC for eleven years. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Chandler, AZ. Ironwood Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charities. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with written financial planning, using a client-specific investment approach that includes asset allocation, rebalancing, and cost-conscious share-class selection.

Christopher Puplava is a financial advisor with Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. in Gilbert, AZ, holding a Series 66 designation and over 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Puplava Securities, Inc. since 2016 and at Puplava Financial Services, Inc. since 2005. Puplava also participates in podcasts and writes occasional articles for FinancialSense.com. Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $836 million for nearly 600 clients, including individuals, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to implement client-directed strategies, offering a range of portfolio approaches from conservative fixed income to aggressive equity, along with retirement-plan consulting and participant account management.

Shelby Newell is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently working at Ironwood Wealth Management, LLC since 2026. Prior to that, Shelby held roles at Forvis Mazars Wealth Advisors, FORVIS Wealth Advisors, BKD Wealth Advisors, Morgan Stanley, and Charles Schwab. Ironwood Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses mutual funds and ETFs, applies asset allocation and rebalancing strategies tailored to client risk profiles, and offers tiered client programs with certain non-standard service features such as tax return preparation and fixed-fee arrangements.

Charles Manberg is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience, currently serving at Strategic Income Group LLC since 2013. He holds the Series 66 designation and is based in Peoria, AZ. Outside of his advisory work, Manberg is involved in several investment-related business ventures, including holding companies focused on real estate and income pass-through entities. Strategic Income Group advises individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, estate planning support, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies across various asset classes and manages private funds alongside third-party money managers.

Martha Cortez is a financial advisor at Strategic Income Group LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Strategic Income Group since 2013. Strategic Income Group LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth households, business owners, executives, and fiduciaries by providing discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and coordinated estate and tax strategy services. The firm manages private funds and employs integrated, tax-aware, income-oriented investment strategies utilizing multi-asset allocations, including public securities, structured products, and private market exposures.

Jeffrey Wilcock is a financial advisor at Seros Financial, LLC in Tempe, Arizona, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 36 years of industry experience. He has worked with United Planners' Financial Services and operates Wilcock Financial LLC. Seros Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $301 million for over 500 clients, including individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment process incorporating fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and ERISA-focused services.

Thomas Udall is a financial advisor with West Ridge Advisors and holds a Series 65 designation. He has nine years of industry experience and has been with West Ridge Advisors since 2017. In addition to his advisory role, he is a certified public accountant and operates Udall CPA Group, PLLC, an accounting firm he has managed since 2011. West Ridge Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, managing diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Kenneth Holmes is a financial advisor at Martinsen Wealth Management with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at First Advisors National, LLC, and FSC Securities Corporation. Outside of advising, he volunteers with Wish For Our Heroes, helping build relationships with military commands to raise awareness of the charity’s support for active duty families, and also presents financial education workshops through a nonprofit organization. Martinsen Wealth Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and related advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities. The firm uses discretionary, wrap-fee management with a variety of investment strategies and also offers fee-based estate-planning coordination, credit and identity monitoring, and Medicare-related assistance.