David Michaux IV is a CFP® professional with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with Valic Financial Advisors and has been there since 2008. Additionally, he serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm utilizes discretionary unified managed accounts and centralized technology to manage a large client base through its extensive network of advisors.

Matthew Ward is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently a Wealth Advisor at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he held roles at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied and HSBC Bank USA, N.A., including HSBC Securities (USA) INC. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning, investment management, and advisory support to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, corporate participants, and institutional clients. The firm uses centralized investment resources and model portfolios, offering tailored services such as Executive Wealth and Private Family Office support within a large integrated financial group.

Eddie Patton Gooch IV is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has worked with SunTrust entities in various roles since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner of a rental property in Austell, Georgia. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, employing a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary approaches supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Kaitlyn Greco is a financial advisor with Cresset Asset Management, LLC in Atlanta, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Equitable Advisors, LLC, First Citizens Bank, and Truist Investment Services, Inc. Outside of finance, she has worked in the hospitality and entertainment sectors, including at a restaurant and an indoor trampoline park. Cresset Asset Management is a multi-disciplinary investment adviser managing approximately $78.9 billion in assets, serving a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and corporations. The firm employs a disciplined, risk-aware approach combining strategic asset allocation with both active and passive management across various asset classes and uses tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning for research and analysis.

Nicolas Caradonna is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Focused Financial Group and has been affiliated with Principal Securities Inc and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2019. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and business entities. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under different advisory and promoter arrangements.

Hussain Hassan is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at The Vanguard Group, Inc. and its affiliated entities. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, providing a range of investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, estate planning, and family office services. The firm’s investment approach utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory with globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and private fund platforms.

Tula Burch is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Sandy Springs, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 40 years of industry experience. She has been with Principal Financial Services since 2008. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in selling long-term care, fixed life insurance, and annuities through Principal Product Network and collaborates on health insurance commissions with a partner. 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 solutions through various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Charles Wellborn is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and possessing 38 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Truist Advisory Services and its predecessor entities, such as SunTrust Capital Markets, spanning over two decades. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, with a focus on integrated, inter-affiliate service arrangements.

Robert Jackson is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2001. Outside of his advisory role, he has invested in freight services and serves as vice president of a health insurance sales company. Centaurus Financial, Inc. serves a wide range of clients including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through its CLASSIC Plus platform, with both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, employing a combination of fundamental, technical, bottom-up, and top-down analysis.

Landon Rogers is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. He previously worked at Gratus Capital LLC and Wells Fargo. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, corporations, and institutions, offering a range of investment management and wealth services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture and maintains an extensive network of affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Rachel Walsh is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. She has worked at Goldman Sachs since 2019, following roles at The Ayco Company and Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, and institutional clients. The firm leverages integrated resources across Goldman Sachs affiliates and employs strategic allocation models, tax-aware techniques, and proprietary analytics to tailor investment solutions.

Richard Warren is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with six years at First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. and First Citizens Bank combined, and five years of industry experience overall. Prior to joining First Citizens in 2020, he worked at Branch Banking and Trust Co. from 2015 to 2020. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of a family-owned LLC that manages personal family assets. First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers portfolio management, wrap programs, model portfolios, automated Guided Investing, tax-aware services, and financial planning, utilizing a client process focused on assessments of financial needs and risk tolerance.

Kevin Mccall is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Corient, where he has worked since 2022, following prior roles at Valic Financial Advisors and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. He is based in Atlanta, GA. Corient provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm uses a goals-based, team investment approach that integrates in-house strategies and third-party managers, employing risk management tools and potentially incorporating alternative investments and private funds.

Robert Null is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked with Truist Investment Services, BB&T Securities, and SunTrust Advisory Services throughout his career. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, supported by third-party platform arrangements and AI-enabled research tools to assist in manager selection and investment oversight.

Bruce Hermann II is a financial advisor at Osaic Advisory Services, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Triad Advisors, Inc. and American Financial Management Group. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Membership Chairperson for the Milford Lions Club. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, and public entities. The firm offers a range of advisory services including investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and third-party manager oversight through multiple program models and a combination of proprietary and third-party platforms.

Alexandra Emma is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors. Her prior roles include positions at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and JPMorgan Distribution Services. She also spent four years at the University of Alabama. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that combines affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a variety of investment vehicles.

Galen Mayo is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc. and has previously worked at firms including Fidelity Brokerage Services and Advisory Services Network. Mayo is also appointed as an agent to sell non-securities insurance products for AGIA. VALIC Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and retirement participants, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors.

Nadine Virani is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Atlanta, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC since 2019 and previously spent eight years at The AYCO Company, L.P./Mercer Allied. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base, including individual investors, executives, plan sponsors, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized programs such as Private Family Office and Executive Wealth services. The firm leverages integrated resources across the Goldman Sachs ecosystem to tailor strategic investment solutions supported by proprietary analytics and various fee arrangements.

Michael Meshad is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC in Atlanta, GA, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial, he worked for two years with the U.S. House of Representatives and has a background that includes roles in education at the University of Georgia and North Atlanta High School. 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 through a Private Advisor model and a consolidated investment platform that includes equities, fixed income, and alternatives, while also operating as a registered broker-dealer.

Ashaunda Davis is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Atlanta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Northwestern Mutual, and State Farm. She is also the author of "Wealth Over Riches." Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base with brokerage and advisory services, offering a range of investment programs and financial planning solutions supported by proprietary and third-party strategies.