Samantha Hoover is a CFP® professional with experience at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2024 and prior roles including positions at AGIS Network and Northwestern Mutual. She is based in Dallas, TX. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, providing investment advisory services along with financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios using low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other strategies.

Erick Dahl is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Smith Anglin Financial, LLC and Mulvihill Asset Management, LLC prior to joining Hightower Advisors in 2025. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s advisory model focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

Sean Ryan is a financial advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. in Addison, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Allworth Financial and AW Securities in 2025, he worked at Goldman Sachs Ayco and Charles Schwab. His background also includes military service in the United States Marine Corps and involvement with Geomet Recycling LLC. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management utilizing a range of model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts without requiring client login credentials.

Daniel Youngblood is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Private Advisor Group, LLC and has held roles at Youngblood Wealth Management and LPL Financial, among others. His work encompasses both advisory and management capacities within these firms. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to various managed account solutions. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and utilizes technology platforms alongside a range of investment strategies implemented through third-party managers and programs.

Ted Snow is a Certified Financial Planner® with 39 years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at Kestra Advisory since 2016. He also leads Snow Financial Group, which he founded in 2006. Outside of his advisory work, Snow is co-owner of Snow Educational Resources Associates, LLC, which provides biblically based learning materials internationally, and he is an author. Kestra Advisory Services offers investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients. The firm provides fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients that include large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Madelyn Murphy is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Goldman Sachs, Chick-fil-A, Edge Realty Partners, and Baylor University. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients, offering comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm integrates resources across the Goldman Sachs ecosystem and employs strategic allocation models, tax-aware techniques, and proprietary analytics to tailor investment solutions.

Kevin Tehan is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at WhiteRock Wealth Management for eight years before joining Beacon Pointe in 2024. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Pepe Perea is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked for TIAA and TIAA-CREF for 10 years. Outside of advising, he is a member of COLLAB BUILDERS LLC, involved in managing inventory for a home buying and flipping business. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary planning methodologies with recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term returns and client savings rates.

Matthew Cashel is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2021, he worked at Fidelity Investments, Equitable Advisors, and AXA Advisors. His career background also includes roles outside finance such as positions at Mama's Pizzeria and Lexus of Northborough. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a variety of wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with specialized market roles, including in-house research, swap dealing, and futures commission merchant services.

Kristopher Cawthon is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and J.P. Morgan Securities for 11 years. Mr. Cawthon founded Fortis Wealth Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor based in Dallas, where he is involved in operations, finance, and investment management. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides a range of services, including portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, and offers multiple program structures that combine in-house and third-party manager strategies with technology-supported tools.

Kathryn Banis is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at Creative Planning with nine years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Adviser Investments LLC and Goldman Sachs, as well as a teaching role at The Carroll School at Boston College. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse clientele, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by tailored active management and access to private market investments.

Natalie Harwell is a financial advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services with 18 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2021, following 14 years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Based in Dallas, TX, she provides advisory services within a large integrated financial firm. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services offers financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes centralized investment resources and a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary managers to deliver tailored wealth solutions.

James Norman is a financial advisor with Oppenheimer in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and four years of industry experience. He joined Oppenheimer in 2026 following an 18-year retirement period. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and IRAs. The firm offers a wide range of programs with both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services, covering equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios alongside consulting and retirement planning.

James Justus is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in Dallas, TX. His prior roles include positions at INDESOVI de PR and Objective Planning, LLC. He is involved as a general partner and co-owner in a real estate investment company, The Madison Project, LLC. Mercer Global Advisors serves a broad client base including individuals, families, small business owners, and non-profits, providing investment advisory and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm employs a globally diversified, risk-appropriate investment approach utilizing low-cost ETFs, index funds, and specialized portfolios, alongside various advisory and client education offerings.

Kevin Konkal is a financial advisor with VALIC Financial Advisors in Addison, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with VALIC Financial Advisors since 2000 and has also been associated with Agia since 2022. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a mentor with Dallas Fellows, a program focused on developing leadership skills in college students through faith-based apprenticeships. 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, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models and operating at a large scale with over 1,200 advisors.

Case Lawhon is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Principal, Lawhon worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC, and has held various roles outside the financial services industry, including four years at DoorDash. He also holds a position as an insurance agent involved in the sales and service of fixed insurance products such as life, annuities, disability income, long-term care, health, and group insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty military personnel stationed abroad. The firm’s advisory services include financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs offered under both adviser and promoter arrangements.

Mary Kathryn Fitzpatrick is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Raymond James & Associates, Iberia Bank, and spent 15 years at Louise S. McGehee School. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm operates as a registered broker-dealer and provides access to a consolidated investment platform that includes discretionary and non-discretionary solutions across multiple asset classes.

Matthew Fuller is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fuller Holbrook Investments, XO Wealth Management, and Cabot Lodge Securities LLC. He is also an author and participates in nonprofit activities with organizations such as the Dallas Stars Foundation, A Light in Dark Places, and the National Kidney Foundation Texas. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise firm serving individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a large network of advisors. The firm employs a strategic investment process combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee, and offers a range of financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting services.

Adam Sheer is a financial advisor at Corient with five years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. His prior work includes roles at Roosevelt Investments and CIPW Service Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an advisor to Memoria, a company that guides families through funeral planning, and as a director on the board of Cedar Park Cemetery. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, and corporate entities. The firm employs a goals-based, team investment approach combining in-house strategies with third-party managers and specialized offerings through affiliates, focusing on continuous portfolio monitoring and risk management.

Richard Sowden Jr. is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Hightower Advisors since 2020 and previously worked at Frontier Investment Management Co. for 23 years. Based in Dallas, TX, his career spans a combination of advisory and investment management roles. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions through both affiliated and third-party managers, delivering services that include discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and specialized strategies such as tax-managed investments and international exposure.