Jacob Gardner is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Defining Wealth in Franklin, TN. He has held multiple roles within Defining Wealth’s affiliated entities since 2023 and previously worked at Silver Oak Securities, Inc., Tfo Tdc, LLC, Washington Avenue Advisors, and Jackson National Life Distributors LLC. Gardner is also a co-founder and managing member of two insurance agencies affiliated with Defining Wealth. Defining Wealth Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients and small businesses, providing financial planning, retirement-plan advice, and portfolio management. The firm employs an evidence-based, broadly diversified buy-and-hold investment approach with an emphasis on low-cost, tax-aware implementation using ETFs, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and institutional sub-advisers.

Joel Busboom is a financial advisor at Joel Busboom Financial, LLC in Franklin, TN, with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Raymond James & Associates and Southport Capital. Outside of advising, he serves as a small group leader in the Army Reserves and owns The Inspired Workplace, a consulting and financial education business. Joel Busboom Financial provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and develops personalized investment policies, managing most accounts on a non-discretionary basis while also offering educational seminars and access to third-party managers.

Tyler Beaudoin is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Dirigo Private Wealth. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Dirigo Private Wealth is an independent advisory firm that offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm customizes portfolios using client-specific asset allocation and combines fundamental and technical analysis, generally favoring longer-term holdings while allowing shorter-term trades for rebalancing or client needs. It also hosts educational seminars and events for clients and the public.

Peter Shea is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 15 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Quantitative Solutions, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Franklin, Tennessee. Prior to founding his firm, he held roles at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he is also involved in commercial real estate brokerage with NAI Nashville. Quantitative Solutions, LLC serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and small pension and profit-sharing plans by providing financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm emphasizes quantitative analysis and portfolio optimization, implementing strategies primarily through mutual funds and fee-only variable annuities, and uses third-party platforms to facilitate automated rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting.

Blair Garner is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) with 14 years of experience in financial advisory. He has operated Garner Financial Management, an independent firm based in Franklin, TN, since 2012. Garner Financial Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals and business entities, including high-net-worth clients. The firm offers personalized portfolio management and consulting services, utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis along with a mix of long-term and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Hiroshi Goto is a CFA® charterholder and founder of Goto Financial Advisory LLC with two years of industry experience. He previously worked for eight years at AllianceBernstein L.P. Hiroshi Goto is a Registered Social Security Analyst and provides Social Security Claiming Consulting, including educational material development for the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts. Goto Financial Advisory LLC offers fee-only financial planning primarily to Japanese individuals living in the U.S. The firm focuses on comprehensive financial plans with an emphasis on a long-term, passive investment approach and operates on an advice-only model without portfolio management or asset custody.

Jon Pinkston is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of experience in the financial industry. He founded and has operated Blue Kayak Partners in Franklin, TN, since 2008. His work focuses on investment supervisory and consulting services. Blue Kayak Partners serves high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm employs a model-based, behavioral finance-informed investment approach that emphasizes managing market risk through discretionary portfolio management and institutional consulting.

Steven Nelson is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience and the sole advisor at Steven C. Nelson, CFP in Franklin, TN. He has owned and operated his firm since 2002. Outside of advisory services, he is licensed to sell insurance products and continues to act as an insurance agent. His firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, focusing on taxable accounts, IRAs, 403(b)s, education accounts, and trust accounts. The investment approach uses a rules-based, tactical strategy incorporating historical norms, momentum, and mean-reversion analyses across a curated selection of mutual funds, with portfolios managed on a discretionary basis and reviewed regularly.

Belinda Leslie is the sole advisor at Belinda Leslie A Registered Investment Adviser, Inc. in Franklin, TN, with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has operated her independent advisory firm since 2000. Outside of her financial advisory work, she performs as a mezzo soprano with the Nashville Opera Association once a year. Her firm provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-income clients, as well as certain pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to tailor investment advice and manages accounts predominantly on a non-discretionary basis.

Toby Green is a financial advisor with Tennessee Wealth Management, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Tennessee Wealth Management since 2008 and has also worked as a general business consultant since 2020. Tennessee Wealth Management is an independent firm providing discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment approach informed by Modern Portfolio Theory and serves both individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, while integrating financial planning within its advisory services.

Brock Love is a financial advisor at Southern Capital Partners, LLC in Franklin, TN, with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities for six years. Outside of advisory services, he owns and operates Multiply Insurance Group, LLC, where he sells insurance products. Southern Capital Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management along with financial planning and consultative services. The firm employs a client-specific investment approach, utilizing multiple analytical methods and may include third-party sub-advisors, with ongoing portfolio management tailored to client goals and risk tolerances.

Tim brings over 15 years of industry experience. He graduated from Miami University with a Finance Degree from the Business Honors Program. He spent most of his first 9 years in the industry directly supporting individuals as a financial advisor with Fidelity Investments where he grew his practice to over $500 million. He transitioned to Charles Schwab where he spent the last few years leading a team of advisors where he was responsible for the retail branches for most of Tennessee. He helped grow his team from 17 to over 30 representatives with responsibility for over 80,000 families and households. Tim has always been interested in the FIRE movement (Financial Independence/Retire Early). However, as he reached the mid-point of his career he decided that he really enjoys working, helping people achieve their goals, and that he could have the most valuable impact working with a small group of people. He left Charles Schwab to found Nashville Finacial Planning in August of 2023 as it would be the perfect time to bring his 15+ years of experience to helping people for the next 15-20 years. Given his experience at two of the largest firms in the industry he has seen how much money people can pay in fees, and how a lot of advisors are incentivized to continue growing while neglecting a portion of their clients. Nashville Financial Planning was not only founded to help solve these two challenges (fixed fee and limited client base), but the true independent model gives a lot more flexibility to help people in areas of their financial life where they need it most in an unbiased way.

Claude Carmichael is a CFA® charterholder with 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Carmichael Capital, Inc. since 1993 and is a principal at Carmichael Creel Investments in Franklin, TN. Carmichael Creel Investments provides portfolio management services to individuals, corporate pensions, retirement accounts, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and incorporates exchange-traded options within separately managed accounts, a practice used by only a minority of similar firms.

Michael Taylor is the sole advisor at Taylor Financial Management, LLC in Franklin, TN, holding a Series 65 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He founded Taylor Financial Management in 2012 and maintains an inactive CPA license, though he does not practice as an accountant or provide accounting services to clients. Taylor Financial Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and business entities, focusing on growth equity securities and diversification through mutual funds, ETFs, and inflation-protected bonds. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a long-term trading orientation and manages portfolios under written investment policy statements.

Darren Capeloto is a financial advisor at DCapital Wealth LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Wellington Management Company for five years and Payden & Rygel for seventeen years. DCapital Wealth LLC is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an opportunistic, total-return investment approach incorporating fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis, combined with third-party AI tools and human oversight.

David Strnad is a financial advisor at Rowe Consulting Group, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Chapwood Capital Investment Management and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CEO of Ranch View Consulting, Inc., a consulting business based in Franklin, TN. Rowe Consulting Group provides investment consulting and advisory services to mid-market retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and individual clients, utilizing a proprietary domestic equity rotation methodology and a fee-only, fiduciary approach.

Joshua Self is a CFP® and ChFC® with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Ridgeline Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2016 and has worked with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he manages credit card processing services for businesses as a relationship manager and is involved in fixed insurance product sales. Ridgeline Wealth Advisors provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and IRA rollover advice to individuals and plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term diversification and efficient capital markets, serving approximately 200 clients with a focus on high-net-worth individuals.

Jackson Calvin is a financial advisor at Sage Investment Counsel with six years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. His prior work includes roles at Mabry-Calvin and the University of Tennessee. He is also a passive member of Gunn Land Management LLC, a family farm holding company. Sage Investment Counsel offers ongoing portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, businesses, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a long-term, concentrated equity strategy supplemented by mutual funds, ETFs, and cash, and provides services including performance-based fee programs and ERISA-oriented SIMPLE IRA consulting.

Jonathan Henderson is a financial advisor at Sage Investment Counsel with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Royal Alliance Associates and Sii. In addition to his advisory role, Henderson is also licensed as an insurance broker and practices as an attorney. Sage Investment Counsel provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charities, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, concentrated portfolio approach with the use of mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and derivatives, and offers a performance-based fee program for qualified portfolios.

Isabel Biondi is a CFP® with five years of industry experience and currently serves as an advisor at Greatdane Investment LLC. Her prior experience includes roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Morton Capital. Greatdane Investment LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers customized portfolio construction and develops written investment policy statements tailored to each client’s goals, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.