Christopher Young is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Mercer Global Advisors since 2021 and previously spent over 25 years with Quest Capital Management and Raymond James Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, he has maintained an independent insurance agency since 1997. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, offering investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios utilizing a range of low-cost investment vehicles and specialized service offerings.

Justin Williams is a financial advisor at AE Wealth Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has prior experience with Strategic Estate Planning Services and Hillwood, a Perot Company. Williams served five years in the United States Marine Corps. He also assists agents in retirement planning through his role at Strategic Estate Planning Services. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and plan services, operating a platform that integrates various managed models and supports advisor customization.

Allen Abney is a financial advisor at William Blair with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is a director of a family partnership involved in real estate and oil and gas investments. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division provides investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and offers proprietary models and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Zachary Etoch is a financial advisor at Farther in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 65 designation. He has experience working at MDD Forensic Accountants for six years and joined Farther in 2025. Prior to his professional career, he attended the University of Arkansas. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios, focusing primarily on ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Joshua Stelzer is a financial advisor with Goldman Sachs Wealth Services in Dallas, TX, holding a Series 66 license and 17 years of industry experience. His career includes prior roles at The Ayco Company, L.P./Mercer Allied, Snider Advisors, and Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized wealth programs. The firm integrates a range of strategic allocation models, proprietary research tools, and affiliated capabilities across the Goldman Sachs ecosystem to tailor solutions for its clients.

Debra Selvidge is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in Dallas, TX. She holds the Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Smith Anglin Financial. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a multi-manager approach that includes affiliated and third-party managers, as well as access to alternative investments and custom indexing.

Michael Bailey is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 41 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Raymond James & Associates and MGB Wealth Management, LLC prior to joining Beacon Pointe. Bailey is also a manager and member of B.B.W.M. Lease Partners, LLC, a non-investment-related entity. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan platform services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base including 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.

David Duque is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2008, with additional roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Agia. Outside of his advisory work, Duque serves as Sergeant of Arms on the Board of Directors for the Champions Rotary Club of Justin, TX. 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.

William Morris Wallrapp is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Fisher Investments and OneDigital, as well as a five-year period at Benedictine College. 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 a range of portfolio management and financial planning services within a Private Advisor model and maintains a registered broker-dealer status, allowing it to offer securities transactions, variable insurance products, and investment banking services.

Theodore Trottman is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked previously with firms including Private Client Services, RFG Advisory, Prospera Financial Services, Raa, and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers along with proprietary research and operational support.

John Winslow is a financial advisor at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Dallas, TX, holding the CFA® designation and a Series 63 license with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at CIBC Private Wealth Advisors since 2015. CIBC Private Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, employee benefit plans, corporations, and investment companies. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial and estate planning, philanthropic planning, and coordinated Family Office services, utilizing a combination of proprietary and external investment strategies with oversight from dedicated investment committees.

Patrick Kimbrough is a financial advisor at Mariner with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation as well as Series 66 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work experience includes roles at Mariner Wealth Advisors, Avantax Advisory Services, LPL Financial, and Edward Jones. Mariner serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax services. The firm provides customized discretionary portfolios supported by an internal team and third-party managers, with integrated tax and accounting capabilities that are notable among large advisory enterprises.

Timothy Mayben is a financial advisor at United Planners Financial Services of America with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with United Planners since 2003. He is also the president of The Mayben Company, a marketing entity, and is a licensed agent for non-variable insurance. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm operates both as a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, offering an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers, and provides a mix of fee-based and commission-based solutions.

Erica Puent is a CFP® professional at Creative Planning with six years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Robert Walters Japan, Military OneSource, Fisher Investments, BKD Wealth Advisors, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Old Fisherman's Grotto. She is based in Dallas, TX. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that incorporates low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets across more than 1,100 advisors and 151 offices.

Brittani Kutschke is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with a Series 66 designation and over a decade of experience that includes roles at Citigroup and Barclays. She is based in Dallas, TX. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing a broad range of investment advisory programs and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs and is notable for its large institutional scale and unique market roles, including operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

James Yoo is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer since 1998 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, and IRAs. The firm offers a broad range of programs and advisory services that include strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

William Wilkinson is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services in Dallas, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Cetera, Wells Fargo, and BB&T, where he gained extensive experience in investment services. Truist Advisory Services offers investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by AI-enabled research tools and interaffiliate operating arrangements.

Clement Woo is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Plano, TX. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Transamerica since 2026. Outside of his advisory role, he has longstanding involvement with Dallas Theological Seminary and volunteer work spanning over two decades. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm combines advisory and broker-dealer services, offering proprietary model portfolios and access to third-party money managers with both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Fah Leong is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. Based in Dallas, TX, Leong has been with Transamerica since 2026 and has prior experience at World System Builders, World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Shorecliffs Golf Management, Texas Radiology Associates, and Mesa Radiology. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios. The firm operates as both a registered broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, providing a range of discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Catherine Matthews is a financial advisor at Cresset Asset Management, LLC in Dallas, TX. She holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at Bank of Texas and Sidley Austin. Cresset Asset Management is a multi-disciplinary investment adviser managing approximately $78.9 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles, employing a disciplined, risk-aware approach that integrates strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and a combination of active and passive strategies across various asset classes.