Ryan Barcena is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Rockefeller Capital Management, Bank of America, and Merrill. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as an investor in several family and partner-run real estate ventures. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services within a Private Advisor model, alongside broker-dealer capabilities and access to alternative investment vehicles.

Charles Mccahill is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at JP Morgan Chase Bank and JP Morgan Securities, and he is a partial owner of Short and Sweet Nutrition LLC, a company that provides custom nutrition advice. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains significant institutional scale with in-house research, derivatives capabilities, and bespoke discretionary solutions.

Roberto Martinez is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC based in Dallas, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 26 years of industry experience. Martinez has worked with multiple Steward Partners entities since 2021 and has prior experience at Raymond James Financial Services, Prospera Financial Services, Cobra Trading, and Lincoln Financial Advisors. He serves on the advisory board of Reparto Familiar S.A. de C.V., a family-owned real estate business in Honduras. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering comprehensive investment advisory, financial planning, and managed account programs.

Megan Miles is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 15 years of industry experience. She has worked with Merrill from 2007 to 2019 before joining Rockefeller Financial LLC in 2019 and continuing with Rockefeller Capital Management from 2024 onward. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform.

Wayne Mc Cullough is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and has held roles at Innovation Partners LLC and Benchmark Private Wealth Management. Outside of advisory work, he has been involved with Crossfit Katy Trail. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a manager-focused approach using proprietary due diligence and third-party platforms, and sponsors proprietary investment vehicles as well as private funds.

Robert Gecker is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 29 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked for Retirement Advisors of America from 2008 to 2020. Gecker has been with Allworth Financial since 2020. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using various strategies, employs third-party sub-advisers, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary engagements, with specialized services including an Airline division and management of privately offered funds.

Kevin Motley is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Ameriprise, Comerica Securities, Bank of America, and Merrill. In addition to his advisory role, he is appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for Agia. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Darios Powers II is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC based in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation. He has experience working at Morgan Stanley and has been with Rockefeller Financial since 2025. Outside of his financial career, he has been involved with Jo's Famous Pizza since 2021. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm operates a broker-dealer and provides a consolidated investment platform with discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple asset classes.

Grantham Akerly is a CFP® with six years of industry experience currently advising at Allworth Financial, L.P. He previously worked at Ausdal Financial Partners and CFO4Life, and has held roles at EY and Baylor University. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios using a mix of model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts without client login information.

Katherine Robertson is a Series 66-credentialed advisor at Corient with 23 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Smith, Frank & Partners and Kestra Advisory, with a longstanding connection to Kestra Investment Services, LLC. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, employing a goals-based, team investment approach with continual portfolio monitoring and risk management tools. The firm offers specialized services through affiliates, including private fund capabilities and corporate trustee services.

Scot Jackson is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2020. Prior to joining Hightower, he worked five years at Frontier Investment Management Co. He is also a 50% owner of Barefeet Photography and Design LLC, a family-owned business in Richardson, Texas, and serves as the Track and Field Commissioner for the Home School Athletic Association. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers with a range of portfolio strategies.

James Maher is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Calamos Wealth Management, Mai Capital Management, Fisher Investments, Ameriprise Financial Services, and Edward Jones. He also served in the United States Air Force Reserve for 21 years. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering multi-manager solutions and a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm’s approach includes the use of proprietary research and a variety of investment vehicles, serving both domestic and international clients with an emphasis on manager selection and customized portfolio construction.

John Bazan is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill. Bazan is based in Dallas, TX. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and also operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services.

William Bowling is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Hightower Advisors and previously held roles at THE Vanguard Group, Charles Schwab, and USAA, among others. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach includes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, with a focus on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting.

David Catron is a CFA® charterholder and Series 66 registrant with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Hightower Advisors, where he has worked since 2020. Prior to joining Hightower, he held roles at Frontier Investment Management Co and USAA Financial Advisors. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm emphasizes a multi-manager approach with manager selection, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management and consulting services.

Trevor Dinh is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Goldman Sachs Ayco Personal Financial Management and Wells Fargo. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base ranging from non‑high-net-worth individuals to institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized services such as Private Family Office and Executive Wealth programs. The firm employs strategic and tactical allocation models, manager selections, and a range of platforms and fee arrangements, leveraging proprietary analytics and integration across Goldman Sachs affiliates.

Jason Abbamonte is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with PNC Wealth Management and has previously worked at Charles Schwab and other firms. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an online discretionary model account for employees that relies on algorithmic risk assessment and uses mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Jesse Hill is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Mesquite, TX, holding a Series 66 credential and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining GWN Securities in 2020, he worked at Axcent Networks and held academic positions at Tarleton State University and Florida Atlantic University. Hill also engages in life insurance sales and financial services through a separate business activity. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, with a distinctive history of incorporating market-timing and momentum-based strategies within its program suite.

Allison Patella is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors since 2023. Prior to joining Hightower, she worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors for seven years. Outside of her advisory role, she has been involved with the Lone Star Field Hockey Club for over a decade. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes multi-manager solutions, manager selection, and offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management strategies supported by proprietary research.

Kylee Whitton is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Empower, Kylee worked at Chase Bank for four years and has experience in retail and hospitality sectors. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients, delivering services through an integrated model aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.