Mark Corbin is a financial advisor at Raymond James & Associates with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Raymond James & Associates since 2015. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, providing financial planning, non-discretionary investment consulting, and institutional fiduciary services.

Ryan Robertson is a financial advisor at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked with firms including Securities America, Inc. and Securities Service Network. Robertson is also a partner at The Dickerson Group, a business he has been involved with for over two decades. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors serves a diverse clientele including individual investors, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and wrap-fee programs. The firm manages a multi-billion dollar asset base through thousands of financial professionals utilizing multiple platforms and proprietary investment models.

Daryl Severson is a CFP® with 44 years of industry experience, currently serving at Robert Baird & Co. since 2019. Prior to this, he spent 22 years with J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. He is based in Birmingham, MI. The DDK Group, part of Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management department, serves individuals, corporate and business clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage services, employing both manager-traded and model-traded strategies and leveraging internal research and tools, including artificial intelligence, in client advice.

Kylie Davis is a financial advisor at OSAIC with one year of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining OSAIC in 2025, she worked at Tanglewood Golf Club and Central Michigan University. OSAIC serves a diverse range of retail and institutional clients using a multi-advisor platform that offers brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning, managed portfolios, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a model-based investment process emphasizing asset allocation and portfolio optimization, supported by various tools and third-party manager options.

David Smolarek is a CFP® professional with 39 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2009 and previously was with Center for Wealth Planning Advisors, Inc. from 2015 to 2017. Smolarek has also engaged in marketing term insurance through Insource Inc. and selling fixed annuities and term insurance policies with Producers Choice. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and institutions. The firm offers various advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, model portfolios, third-party asset management, and institutional platforms.

Paul Youngblood is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He specializes in institutional investment consulting, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, and retirement income. Paul holds the professional designation of Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) and earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Detroit Mercy.

Brooks Black is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with LPL Enterprise and has previously worked at Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. His outside activities include managing a real estate rental business. LPL Enterprise provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse clientele, including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, banks, and charitable entities. The firm’s investment approach is model-driven, utilizing portfolios developed by LPL’s Research Department and third-party strategists, and it offers financial planning, access to third-party asset managers, and insurance product sales through affiliated entities.

Paul Skomial is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and has 30 years of industry experience. His prior work includes two decades at Cantella & Co., Inc. He is also an independent insurance agent for various agencies. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. serves individual and institutional clients, including pension and charitable organizations, by offering financial planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and wrap-fee programs. The firm manages a multi-billion dollar asset base and provides services through multiple platforms and custodians, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Peter Molesa is a financial advisor with OSAIC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Woodbury Financial Services and Sii Investments. Outside of financial advising, he is the owner of Happy Plant Stand, a business specializing in bonsai and related products. OSAIC Wealth serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients through a multi-advisor platform offering brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes model-based asset allocation and portfolio optimization, supported by various analytical tools and discretionary management options.

Lucy Palms is a financial advisor at Raymond James & Associates with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Raymond James since 2016. Outside of her advisory role, she teaches group fitness classes at Life Time Fitness. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities. The firm offers a range of financial planning and consulting services supported by comprehensive research and multiple portfolio management styles.

Michelle Lively is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Birmingham, MI, with 24 years of industry experience. She has been with Morgan Stanley since 2016. Outside of her advisory role, she has been an independent representative for Silpada Designs Jewelry, conducting home shows, though she currently does not plan to continue this activity. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and institutional clients with a range of advisory programs and tailored financial planning services. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers planning supported by firm-approved tools and structured processes.

Nicholas Kozak is a Private Wealth Advisor and founding member of MK Private Wealth at Merrill, where he serves as Managing Partner. In this role, he focuses on ensuring that the advisory team consistently delivers service aligned with their vision and mission for the families they advise. He acts as the primary advisor to many of the firm's families as well as to athlete and entertainer clients. Growing up working in his family's businesses, Nicholas gained firsthand insight into the challenges business owners and their families face. This experience has informed his work in helping clients navigate business succession and sale, family dynamics, and legacy planning. He earned the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® designation to provide financial guidance in complex divorce cases, working with families and their legal and tax advisors to achieve favorable outcomes in high-asset divorce situations. Nicholas holds a Bachelor's degree from Portland State University. He is involved in several professional organizations including Brother Rice High School Alumni Association, Cranbrook Schools, Detroit Athletic Club, Michigan State University Alumni Association, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, and The Hundred Club of Detroit. Additionally, he is engaged in community activities such as the Pope Francis Center. His personal interests include adventure sports, boating, fishing, hiking, skydiving, spending time with family, and traveling.

Patrick Lane is a Series 66-credentialed advisor with Equitable Advisors, bringing five years of industry experience. His background includes roles at KPMG LLP and Stout Risius Ross, LLC, as well as academic positions at Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business. He serves as an administrator or executor of estates and trustee of trusts for family and non-family members. Equitable Advisors provides financial planning, retirement consulting, and asset management services to individual and institutional clients, employing a range of third-party and proprietary advisory programs tailored to client risk profiles and objectives.

Nourin El Hamalawi is a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and bringing one year of industry experience. Prior to her current role, she was involved in various businesses including Escova Salon and Dairy Freezzz. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. provides financial planning, investment consulting, and advisory services to a diverse client base, ranging from individuals to institutional clients. The firm employs fact-finding, risk profiling, and modeling tools to tailor non-discretionary planning and encourages implementation through its advisory programs or other providers.

David Mitter Sr. is a financial advisor with LPL Enterprise who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 18 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities, LLC, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and MetLife Securities Inc. He is also involved in property and casualty insurance through his activities with St. Mitter Financial Services Inc. and NuStar Insurance Agency. LPL Enterprise provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and corporate and charitable entities. The firm uses model-driven investment implementation and offers financial planning, access to third-party asset managers, and insurance product facilitation through affiliated entities.

David Bultynck is a financial advisor with Cetera who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera Advisors LLC since 2013 and is involved with multiple business ventures, including serving as a partner at Bultynck & Co., which provides accounting and tax services. Outside of his advisory role, he is also engaged in business consulting and facilitates business management through several related entities. Cetera Investment Advisers is a nationwide SEC-registered firm serving individual, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients with a range of portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm operates a multi-manager platform allowing advisors to use affiliated and unaffiliated third-party managers or customized strategies across various program structures and custodial relationships.

Michael Karfis is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Novi, Michigan, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise and its affiliated entities since 2009. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service focused on individuals approaching or in retirement who meet specific asset thresholds, providing non-discretionary, research-driven recommendations on income sources, Social Security claiming, and tax-smart withdrawal strategies. The firm combines algorithmic tools with advisor oversight and emphasizes managed accounts within its planning approach.

Andrea Dabrowski is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, she worked in various roles including at RPM Freight Systems and United Wholesale Mortgage. She also has ongoing involvement with NestMate Real Estate LLC. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a broad range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning services supported by structured discovery processes and firm-approved tools.

Nicholas Litton is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Equitable Advisors since 2018 and previously held roles at AXA Advisors, Gale A Cengage Company, J. Crew, and Michigan State University. Equitable Advisors serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and various asset-management programs through a network of Investment Adviser Representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory models implemented by third-party managers and does not sponsor its own wrap fee program, relying instead on affiliated and third-party solutions.

Richard El Khoury is a financial advisor at Ameriprise in Troy, MI, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Ameriprise in 2023, he worked at Hantz Group and gained experience outside finance with roles at Jimmy Johns and Fogo De Chao. He was also a full-time student for several years before beginning his advisory career. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service focused on individuals approaching or in retirement with significant investable assets, providing written Recommendation Reports that address income sources, Social Security options, and tax-smart withdrawal strategies. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to deliver tailored advice through a centralized consulting team.