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.

Brian Johnston is a CFP® with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with Forthright Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2015, and previously held roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Truist Investment Services, and Ameriprise. Johnston serves as treasurer for the Alpharetta Elementary PTO. Forthright Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses by providing wealth management, discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm manages over $773 million in assets for approximately 567 clients and constructs customized portfolios primarily focused on long-term investments.

John Mctyre is a financial advisor at Financial Consultants Group Inc. with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Before joining Financial Consultants Group Inc., he worked briefly at Scott Curry State Farm and has experience from roles at the Ramsey Student Center and Camp All-American. Financial Consultants Group Inc. serves individuals, families—including high-net-worth clients—corporations, and trusts, offering discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a long-term, discretionary trading approach using fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis.

Stephen Amason is a CFP® professional with one year of experience in financial advising. He currently works at Forthright Wealth Management, LLC and previously held roles at HB Wealth Management, LLC and Frazier & Deeter, LLC. Forthright Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses by providing wealth management, investment management, and financial planning. The firm manages over $773 million in assets across a seven-advisor team and focuses on customized, long-term portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, with discretionary oversight and detailed performance reporting for its clients.

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.

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 six years of industry experience, currently serving at Wealth Science Advisors LLC since 2022. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC from 2019 to 2022. Outside of his advisory role, Jones owns Wealth Science Analytics, a psychological analytics and consulting business, and serves on the finance committee of Northlands Church. Wealth Science Advisors primarily serves individuals and families, including high-net-worth households, offering discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm integrates proprietary psychological profiling and a Money Happiness™ framework with modern portfolio theory to manage client portfolios across multiple offices, overseeing approximately $558.7 million in assets.

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.

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.

Lee Hollingsworth is a CFA charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Raymond James Financial Services since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, he operates as a part-time non-securities insurance agent, is an author of non-securities material, and provides administrative consulting to a fishing lodge excursion company. His firm provides discretionary investment management and strategic financial consulting primarily for pension and profit-sharing plans, nonprofit organizations, 401(k)/403(b) plans, and small businesses, while also working with trusts and individuals. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach, using both active and passive strategies across multiple asset classes, and manages assets on a discretionary basis with a risk-tolerance driven allocation process.

Matthew Lambert is a financial advisor at Power Wealth Management in Alpharetta, GA, with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Fidelity Investments. Since 2015, he has been licensed as an independent insurance agent and is associated with Power Protection Strategies, LLC, an insurance agency. Power Wealth Management serves individuals, estates, and trusts with holistic wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning. The firm manages roughly $430 million in discretionary assets across about 250 client relationships and employs a team of seven advisors.

Matthew Stack is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience. He currently serves as an advisor at Diversified, LLC and previously worked for SEI Investment Distribution Co and SEI Investment Management Corporation for 13 years. Diversified, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a comprehensive planning process combined with ongoing asset management, utilizing third-party managers and platforms, and operates private limited partnerships, wrap programs, and pooled vehicles.