I’m Zach Thomas, founder and steward of Growth Horizons Wealth Management, based in Georgetown, TX. As a fee‑only, fiduciary advisor, our team empowers small business owners, high-net-worth individuals, and retirees to build purposeful lives through thoughtful, technology-forward wealth planning—because financial success should fuel what matters, not distract from it. My journey began after witnessing my grandfather’s financial struggles following his business exit. That experience—combined with the values of my parents (a teacher and postal worker)—shaped my mission to prevent others from suffering the same. I launched my career at Wells Fargo, built a wealth-management department at Cadence Bank, and refined my approach at Heritage Family Offices before launching my practice in July 2023. Outside of work, I’m a devoted husband, proud father to Roman, CrossFit enthusiast, triathlon finisher, aspiring author, lifelong student of the humanities, and active Christian. I believe wealth is about time, freedom, and legacy—not just dollars.

Kirti Bhanushali is the sole advisor at Dversify Advisors LLC, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding Dversify Advisors, Kirti was employed at Oracle Corp for 18 years. Kirti is also involved with Dversify AI LLC, a technology affiliate related to the advisory platform. Dversify Advisors provides automated, non-discretionary investment advice and financial planning services to individual clients through an interactive digital platform. The firm focuses on delivering analyses such as retirement-income planning, Social Security strategy, and tax-related modeling without managing client assets or executing trades.

Brandon Perry is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Perry Investment Management, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2009 in Round Rock, TX. Perry Investment Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $27 million in discretionary assets. The firm serves individuals, nonprofits, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, and endowments, using an IPS-driven approach focused on risk control and loss limitation through diversified portfolios comprising stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and bonds.

Mustafa Ismail is the principal of Ismail, Mustafa, an investment management firm based in Cedar Park, TX. He holds a Series 65 designation and has industry experience beginning in 2024. Prior to founding his firm, he worked for nine years at Intel Corporation in technology roles including cloud architect and software engineer. Ismail, Mustafa provides fee-only financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on tailored recommendations in investing, asset allocation, retirement rollovers, insurance, and taxes. The firm emphasizes long-term diversified strategies and detailed risk disclosures, operating on an hourly billing basis without accepting custody or discretionary authority over client accounts.

Donald Rudy III is a financial advisor with Lakeline Financial in Cedar Park, TX, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to founding Lakeline Financial, he spent over a decade at Blizzard Entertainment and two years at Momentum Private Wealth Management. Lakeline Financial provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning for individual and high-net-worth clients, offering a range of services including ongoing planning and limited-scope hourly engagements. The firm employs both passive and active strategies grounded in modern portfolio theory and focuses on traditional asset classes while excluding Alternative Investments and Cryptocurrency.

Gary May is a ChFC® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with nine years at May Tree Financial Planning LLC and eight years of industry experience. He also manages Nora's Book Niche LLC, a non-financial retail business. May previously worked for Collective Goods (formerly Books Are Fun) for 23 years. May Tree Financial Planning LLC is an independent advisory firm managing approximately $5.3 million for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm provides tailored investment management and financial planning services, emphasizing client-specific investment policies and primarily using a passive approach with index funds and ETFs. It also offers educational seminars and serves institutional-type clients alongside individuals.

Brock Erwin is a financial advisor at CleverInvesting LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with CleverInvesting since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he works as a Software Development Engineer for Amazon. CleverInvesting LLC provides discretionary portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a concentrated, fundamentals-based value investing approach. The firm focuses on tailored investment policies and occasionally uses derivatives such as cash-secured put options.

Abhay Srivastava is a CFA charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of AS Investment Partners LLC, an independent advisory firm he founded in 2024. His prior experience includes roles at Hutchinson Capital Management, Finchwood Capital Partners, University of California Berkeley, and Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners. AS Investment Partners LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals and institutional clients, employing a business-oriented investment approach that emphasizes fundamental analysis and intrinsic value. The firm offers customized portfolio management across various securities and uses performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Thomas Fortenberry is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Sovereign Asset Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2020. He has five years of experience in financial advising and also maintains a law practice as an attorney since 2009. Additionally, he is a licensed real estate agent and serves as a trustee for private trusts. Sovereign Asset Advisors LLC is a small independent firm managing approximately $2.5 million for individual investors, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm uses an active, value-oriented investment approach combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create diversified portfolios and offers comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan advisory services.

Jeffrey Kikel is the principal advisor at Freedom Day Wealth Management LLC in Cedar Park, TX, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. He has 30 years of industry experience with prior roles at Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Edward Jones, and other firms. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in several entrepreneurial ventures including owning a solar energy company, a media publishing and marketing consulting business, and founding a coworking facility. Freedom Day Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals and corporate plan sponsors. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis in a long-term investment approach tailored to each client’s needs and offers fiduciary retirement-plan consulting services.

Manuel Ramirez Jr. is a financial advisor with Versai Wealth Management LLC in Cedar Park, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 22 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Versai Wealth Management in 2018, he worked at B.B. Graham & Co. and Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC. He is also an independent licensed insurance agent. Versai Wealth Management LLC is an independent advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and offers discretionary account management that can include the use of derivatives and options strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Richard Brady is a financial advisor at Helios Financial Services, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Foundations Investment Advisors, Vital Retirement, Portside Wealth Group, Townsquare Capital, and Insurance Network, Inc. Outside of advising, he is also a licensed insurance agent. Helios Financial Services, LLC provides asset management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on managing custodial accounts. The firm combines technical charting, fundamental analysis, and modern portfolio theory to tailor strategies that include long- and short-term, income, and hedging approaches.

Richard Betts is the sole advisor at Barton Creek Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Round Rock, TX. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 22 years of industry experience, having been with Barton Creek Advisors since 2004. Outside of his advisory role, Betts is the founding principal of R. Mark Betts Financial, where he provides education and services related to life insurance, fixed annuities, and life insurance settlements. Barton Creek Advisors offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and estates, focusing on customized portfolio construction and ongoing financial consultations. The firm typically oversees third-party money managers who handle day-to-day trading and custody while maintaining a non-discretionary advisory role.

Douglas Kirkpatrick is the sole advisor at Alphaglider LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Georgetown, TX. He holds the CFA® designation and has 13 years of industry experience, including prior institutional equity roles before founding Alphaglider in 2012. Alphaglider LLC serves individuals, families, trusts, and retirement plan sponsors, managing approximately $48 million across about 30 clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, fiduciary consulting, and 3(38) investment-manager services, with a focus on diversified, risk-managed, tax-aware strategies that rely heavily on exchange-traded funds and are delivered primarily through its website and mobile applications.

Gregory Alves is a financial advisor with Synergy Capital Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at AIM Investment Center and The MBA Investment Fund, LLC, both affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also employed for 12 years. Alves has been with Synergy Capital Advisors since 2006. Synergy Capital Advisors provides discretionary investment supervisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis to manage portfolios. The firm offers both long-only and long-short strategies and incorporates client-directed restrictions when requested.

At Ridley Wealth Management, our mission is to help clients enjoy their wealth with gratitude, wisdom, and generosity. I founded the firm after more than a decade in financial services, driven by a desire to integrate wise stewardship and faith into every financial decision. As a fee-only fiduciary, my role is simple: to provide clear advice, manage investments with discipline, and design financial plans that give families peace of mind. Outside the office, my wife Lauren and I are raising two great kids, Georgia and David, along with Molly, our Springer Spaniel who lives for bird season. We serve families in Round Rock, TX; Cedar Park, TX; Leander, TX, and the Greater Austin area — and virtually across the country.

Michael Knipstein is a financial advisor at OnPoint Financial Advice, LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to entering the financial advisory field, he worked with Williamson County EMS in Texas for nine years. OnPoint Financial Advice, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting services to individual clients. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to develop long-term investment strategies but does not manage client assets, instead offering advice on a project or hourly basis without ongoing account management.

Helping Widowed Women Find Financial Peace _____ My name is Elliott Weir, the owner of III Financial. I’ve been working with clients like you since 2004. Come to think of it, it has been longer – before I officially started as a financial planner! Let me explain… I started my career as a technology geek, having earned a Computer Science degree from Southern Methodist University (Go Ponies!). Once I graduated I secured a great job with Ernst & Young LLP as a technology consultant to Fortune 500 companies. Then on August 20th, 1997 my life changed forever. After a brief battle with cancer, my father passed away at the age of 50. I suddenly found myself helping my mother with insurance, investments, attorneys, CPAs, and more, because my father was the one in charge of these things for the family. Why I Share This With You _____ This formative event explains a lot about who I am, about III Financial, and about what you can expect from me. I choose to work with widowed women because I want to have a meaningful and direct impact on their lives, as I did for my mother. It took me years to piece it all together into my true calling. In that time, I continued with Ernst & Young, left to earn my Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business, and spent a short while at IBM Tivoli. Then the light bulb went off and I became a financial adviser in 2004.

Jason Self is a CFP® and CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He has been the principal of Resonance Financial, LLC since 2014. Resonance Financial provides asset management, financial planning, and consulting services focused on retirement planning for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and other charitable or institutional clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis to create customized portfolios and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management while coordinating with clients’ other advisors on tax and estate matters.

Javier Maravi is the sole advisor at Maravi Capital Management in Round Rock, TX, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He is also vice president of training at TACALA, LLC, a restaurant franchise, a role he has held since 2009. Maravi Capital Management provides fee-based discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach combines tactical asset allocation with fundamental analysis and includes a financial education seminar program.