Stuart Mcdermott is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Defender Asset Management LLC in Evanston, IL, with six years of industry experience. He previously worked as a self-employed advisor and spent sixteen years at Holland Capital Management. Defender Asset Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, closely held businesses, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm coordinates with third-party investment managers who execute client strategies, focusing on diversified manager allocations and ongoing performance monitoring rather than discretionary trading.

Ginger Gorden is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience, currently serving as president and accountant at GD Group, Inc. in Chicago, IL. She provides outsourced chief financial officer and accounting services alongside her advisory role. GGCFO Advisors operates as a solo independent advisory practice offering financial planning, investment supervisory services, and access to third-party investment managers for individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a market-based, diversified investment approach that integrates both active and passive strategies and combines accounting and CFO services with investment advisory relationships.

David Raub is a financial advisor at Outlook Capital Management, LLC in Arlington Heights, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Outlook Capital Management since 2004. Outlook Capital Management is a small, discretionary advisory firm managing portfolios primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-based, concentrated long-term equity strategy focused on financially strong, large-cap U.S. companies, with portfolios managed on a discretionary basis and tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Robert Rowe Jr. is the founder of Rowe Consulting Group, LLC in Elmhurst, Illinois, with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been involved with Enhanced Investment Partners, LLC and Rowe Decision Analytics LLC since the mid-1980s. Rowe is also the founder and sole owner of Rowpyn Investment Partners LLC, which owns the intellectual property for the proprietary Enhanced Dynamic® domestic equity rotation methodology. Rowe Consulting Group provides investment consulting and advisory services to mid-market retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and individual clients. The firm uses a fee-only, fiduciary approach with a focus on investment policy development, manager selection, and quantitative rotation strategies licensed through affiliated entities.

David Maley is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at 1102 Partners, LLC. Prior to founding 1102 Partners in 2021, he worked for 12 years at Ariel Investments, LLC. He serves on the board of the Joseph Maley Foundation and is a board member of ClearSign Technologies Corporation, a publicly traded company providing energy-efficient solutions. Additionally, he participates on the investment and finance committee of Thresholds, a nonprofit organization. 1102 Partners provides wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement advice primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm offers a family office approach integrating estate, tax, philanthropy, and cash-flow planning, with an investment process focused on fundamental analysis and long-term strategies using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and options.

William Griffioen is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 17 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Elite Focus Private Wealth, LLC, where he has worked since 2014. Griffioen is also a licensed insurance professional, maintaining a side activity as an independent insurance broker. Elite Focus Private Wealth provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and a primarily long-term investment approach, offering customized portfolios that may include equities, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and third-party managed accounts.

Scott Scherrer is a financial advisor at Scherrer Financial Services with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has operated his independent practice since 2004. Scherrer Financial Services provides investment management and financial planning primarily for individual clients. The firm employs a bottom-up, buy-and-hold investment approach tailored to client-specific objectives, incorporating portfolio construction with stocks, bonds, annuities, and CDs, alongside retirement, tax, and estate planning advice.

John Cox is a financial advisor with Cox Financial Group, Ltd. in Schaumburg, IL, holding a Series 63 designation and over 36 years of industry experience. He has been involved with multiple firms, including Equity Property Management, LLC since 1997, Cox, Oakes & Associates, Ltd. since 1990, and Financial Equity Associates, Inc. since 1988. Outside of advisory services, he is engaged in real estate-related entities that sponsor and manage real estate limited partnerships and provide property management and brokerage services. Cox Financial Group, Ltd. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and limited partnerships. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management across various asset classes, estate and retirement planning, and tax-related services, basing recommendations on comprehensive financial reviews and typically delegating public market portfolio management to sub-advisers while maintaining oversight.

Christopher Long is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Long & Associates LLC since 2002 and currently operates as the sole advisor at Long Financial Planning in Chicago, IL. Long Financial Planning provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and passive investment strategies within globally diversified portfolios and offers specialized retirement plan advisory services alongside individual financial planning.

John Maguire is the sole advisor at Maguire Asset Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Oak Brook, IL. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 24 years of industry experience. Maguire has been with Maguire Asset Management since 2004, overseeing both portfolio management and pension consulting services. Maguire Asset Management provides portfolio management for individual clients and pension consulting for plan sponsors, including 401(k), profit-sharing, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm combines fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis with asset allocation, trading strategies, and specialized pension consulting services such as Investment Policy Statement preparation and participant educational workshops.

Michael Trekas is a financial advisor with The Meridian Business Group, Ltd, where he has worked for 24 years. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and operates as an independent insurance agent in addition to his advisory role. The Meridian Business Group provides services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary financial planning. The firm emphasizes customized advice based on each client’s financial situation and employs a disciplined investment approach focusing on strategic asset allocation and periodic rebalancing.

Aron Routman is a financial advisor at Foresight Strategic Partners, LLC in Evanston, IL, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Foresight Strategic Partners since 2017 and has also operated Routman Asset Management since 2001. Foresight Strategic Partners primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, managing approximately $10.5 million across 32 client relationships. The firm employs proprietary research focused on large-cap equities and utilizes option strategies, including longer-dated options and multi-leg spreads, alongside cash equity positions. Its performance-based fee arrangements and concentrated client base distinguish its investment approach.

William Dippell is a financial advisor at Milestone Money in Chicago, IL, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Mariner Platform Solutions, AdvicePeriod, LLC, and LakeStar Wealth Management, LLC. Milestone Money provides wealth management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, including trusts and estates, combining discretionary investment management with ongoing financial planning. The firm builds portfolios primarily using mutual funds and ETFs, following frameworks based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis, and emphasizes Liability-Driven Investing for clients nearing or in retirement.

Todt Marks is the sole advisor at Todt Investment Management LLC in Chicago, IL, holding CFP® and Series 65 credentials with 16 years of industry experience. He has also practiced law in Illinois for over 15 years through his independent legal practice. Todt integrates his legal background with financial advising, spending under 15% of his professional time practicing law alongside his advisory work. Todt Investment Management LLC serves individual investors by providing both investment supervisory services and consulting without active portfolio control. The firm combines economic and industry analysis to create customized portfolios with a focus on low trading frequency, offering ongoing monitoring, regular reviews, and personalized client engagement.

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Matthew Baldwin is a financial advisor at Wallace with a Series 65 designation and one year of experience in the industry. His prior roles include positions at Muddy Waters Capital and several law firms, as well as a service period in the United States Navy. He also spent three years affiliated with Chicago-Kent College of Law. Wallace is an SEC-registered firm operating a mobile platform that enables individual retail investors to construct and purchase fractional-share modified direct-indexing strategies. The platform is self-directed, using proprietary algorithms and AI tools to generate investment structuring and rebalancing recommendations without providing personalized advice or discretionary trading.

Daniel Henry is a financial advisor at Endeavor Capital Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities from 2007 to 2019 before joining IHT Wealth Management LLC in 2020. Outside of investment management, he is involved in training and onboarding new hires at Vedder Price, PC. Endeavor Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and sub-advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, legal entities, corporations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a combination of fundamental valuation, technical analysis, and dividend-growth assessments to manage concentrated, long-term equity portfolios alongside passive asset allocation strategies.

Jerry Sjostrom is the principal of Sjostrom Financial Planning Inc. in Oak Park, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Sjostrom Financial Planning since 2002 and also has a long tenure at THE O.N. Equity Sales Company beginning in 1995. Sjostrom Financial Planning Inc. offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, charities, estates, and trusts. The firm follows a client-specific planning process emphasizing diversified asset allocation and incorporates pension consulting alongside individual wealth management.

Christine Everett Frantonius is the principal of Everett Wealth Solutions, Inc., an independent advisory firm. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to her current role, she has been affiliated with Abraham & Co., Inc. since 2020 and has managed Everett & Associates, Inc., an insurance brokerage, since 1998. She serves as president and independent insurance agent of Everett & Associates, offering life, disability, long-term care insurance, and fixed annuities. Everett Wealth Solutions provides retirement, financial, estate, and college planning along with discretionary portfolio management for a diverse client base including retirees, professionals, families, and small businesses. The firm follows a documented four-step review process to develop individualized financial plans and model portfolios, managing client accounts primarily through securities available on the client’s custodian platform.

David Rosenblatt is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is currently with Amplio Wealth LLC, having previously worked at Columbia Threadneedle Investments and BMO Global Asset Management. Amplio Wealth LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities such as endowments and foundations. The firm employs a range of investment analysis techniques and offers access to complex and alternative investments, including cryptocurrencies and private equity, while maintaining fiduciary standards and governance oversight.