Jason Hemsley is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. He previously worked at Gratus Capital, Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Wells Fargo Bank, BB&T, and BB&T Asset Management. Outside of finance, he is a part owner of Whispers of Winder, LLC, a business that offers historic walking tours in Winder, Georgia. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Kathleen Griffis is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at HB Wealth Management since 2017. Prior to that, she was affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors and Jaeger Financial Group. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser providing wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and combines quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private strategies, including registered investment companies and affiliated private funds.

Erika Horn is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services based in Atlanta, GA. She holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Ayco in 2025, she worked at Advantage xPO and held various roles at Central Michigan University and other organizations. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm integrates centralized investment resources with a range of tailored offerings, delivering services through both direct and partner channels.

Darryl Knox Sr. is a CFP® with 35 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Allstate Insurance, among others. He also works as an instructor for Securities Training Corporation, providing licensing exam preparation and tutoring on a part-time basis. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm uses Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios and manages approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

Darryl Hicks is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including TruOak Financial Partners LLC and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on multiple nonprofit boards, including chairing the Fayette County Development Authority and participating in community organizations focused on education and criminal justice. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms with a blend of long-term strategies and options for shorter-term trading, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management approaches.

Bryan Strike is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding the CFP®, CFA®, and PFS™ designations with 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Mercer, he worked at Kays Financial Advisory Corp. He is also the owner of Castlemark Designs, LLC, where he creates and sells woodworking products. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments with investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using ETFs, index funds, and other investment vehicles, and offers specialized services including retirement plan consulting and charitable advisory.

Adam Abramson is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently with Rockefeller Financial LLC and Rock & Co LLC, where he has worked since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Adam is also a licensed insurance agent with an affiliate of his firm. 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 portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services while operating as a registered broker-dealer that provides securities transactions, variable insurance products, and placement and investment banking services.

Harvey Maclin is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Equity Services, Inc. since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Aegis Capital Corp, Investacorp Advisory Services, National Life Group, LPL Financial, and Wealthspan Financial Group. Outside of his advisory duties, Maclin is involved with nonprofit organizations focused on physician support and suicide awareness and holds leadership positions in several business ventures. Equity Services, Inc., doing business as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm combines multiple advisory platforms and third-party asset managers, offering a mix of long-term strategies and specialized instruments, with a business model that includes both advisory and brokerage activities.

Timothy Migliaccio is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup since 2019 and previously held positions at First Republic Securities Company, First Republic Bank, Unionbanc Investment Services, and Union Bank. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, custody services, and derivatives and futures services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains large institutional scale alongside unique market roles.

Zuhaib Lassi is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at KPMG and Bank of New York Mellon. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm combines discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by AI-enabled research tools and inter-affiliate integration with Truist’s broker-dealer and bank services.

Brian Horner is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Ayco/Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following a 16-year tenure at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services offers financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth households, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and combines discretionary and non-discretionary management to deliver tailored wealth solutions across various client needs.

Nisha Musani is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Truist Advisory Services, TRUIST Investment Services, and BB&T-affiliated firms dating back to 2006. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate entities, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered retirement plans. The firm provides both point-in-time planning and ongoing portfolio management, operating within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds and donor-advised fund advisory services.

Landon Weeks is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Truist Advisory Services, Truist Investment Services, BB&T Securities, and BB&T Investment Services. He serves as Vice President of his local homeowners association, participating in board meetings and overseeing bylaw enforcement. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse clientele including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs supported by in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Jonathan Dimarco is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera and 52 Weeks Financial. He serves as Secretary on the board of the Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, coordinating board correspondence and chairing the nominating committee. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Hung Lai is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Atlanta, GA, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. He has 27 years of industry experience, including longstanding roles with New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities LLC since 1998, and has been with Eagle Strategies since 2014. Outside of finance, he is involved with Arbys-RTM. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs tailored to client objectives, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis and a focus on fiduciary responsibilities to retirement investors.

John Donohue III is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently with HB Wealth in Atlanta, GA, and has previously worked at Homrich Berg since 2014. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a range of public and private investment strategies and offers discretionary portfolio management aligned with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Laura Dawson is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with 22 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill and Bank of America prior to joining Rockefeller in 2019. 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 provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and operates as a registered broker-dealer offering a range of investment and placement services.

Sabrina Bowens Richard is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Truist Advisory Services and its predecessor firms since 2016, and at SunTrust Bank prior to that. She is based in Atlanta, GA. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program, utilizing a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary solutions supported by AI-enabled research tools and inter-affiliate integration.

Chase Kulczak is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Atlanta, GA, bringing 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2015 and holds a concurrent position with Agia involving non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-based individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm utilizes Envestnet's UMA models for portfolio construction and manages approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets across a large advisor network.

Andrew Cameron is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Atlanta, GA. He holds the Series 66 credential and has one year of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Valic Financial Advisors, he worked in logistics and freight services for several years. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a large network of advisors and utilizes centralized technology and unified managed account platforms to support its clients.