I'm Aaron Sloan, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and Chartered Financial Consultant® with an MBA. I help business owners answer two big questions: how do we build this, and who takes it from here? Family business isn't just my specialty. It's my family. I'm the third generation of the Sloan family behind Sherwood Community Bank, founded in 1902, where I still serve as an owner and board member. I've learned firsthand that the hardest parts of a transition aren't always on the balance sheet. Sometimes they're at the dinner table. My work centers on business planning and family business succession. That means building a plan to grow and protect the business, preparing the next generation or the right buyer to take over, and making sure the owner's retirement doesn't depend on a perfect exit. Along the way, I coordinate with your CPA and attorney so every piece actually fits together. I also provide comprehensive financial planning covering retirement, investments, and insurance. I'm based in Harrisonville, Missouri, where I serve as president of the Harrisonville Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and I work with clients virtually nationwide. If you're running a business you hope will outlast you, let's talk.

Neil Porter is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 16 years of industry experience. He has held various roles at The Resource Center since 2001, serving as CEO, and is also the owner of Mr. Fix-It Services of the Ozarks. Porter is an author of the book "Finding The Courage To Retire" and serves on the board of the SWI Foundation, which employs adult handicapped individuals. 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 a range of services such as model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, utilizing a platform-centered approach that combines internally managed and third-party models.

Brian Coleman is the sole advisor at 80/20 Financial Services in Ozark, Missouri, holding a Series 65 license with six years of industry experience. Prior to founding his independent advisory firm in 2019, he worked for 12 years at White River Valley Electric Cooperative. He is also a licensed independent insurance agent, selling life, health, annuities, and disability insurance. 80/20 Financial Services provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm builds personalized portfolios based on model allocations tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, combining fundamental and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation.

John Gill is the sole advisor at Greystone Investment Advisors, Inc. in Springfield, Missouri, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 41 years of industry experience. He has led Greystone Investment Advisors since 1996. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Gill is a co-member of Suiter and Gill Enterprises, L.L.C., a business involved in property management. Greystone Investment Advisors is an independent, single-advisor firm providing discretionary investment management to individuals, families, small business owners, retirement plan trustees, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, macro-oriented investment approach across three management styles—Aggressive, Growth over Income, and Income over Growth—using mutual funds, ETFs, and listed equities custodied at Charles Schwab.

I’m John Davis, and I founded JKD Financial to bridge the gap between two worlds that should never have been separated: financial planning and proactive tax strategy. Springfield, Missouri is my home, I'm a dad to two boys, and a firm believer that financial advice should be honest, transparent, and easy to understand. I’ve spent my career—since 2016—learning this industry from the ground up. I started in the back office of an independent firm, eventually moving into a lead advisor role before spent time at a large CPA firm. Along the way, I noticed a problem: most "wealth management" is missing a microscope. Advisors look at the big picture, and tax preparers look at the past, but very few people sit in the middle to look at the future impact of every dollar. As both a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and an IRS Enrolled Agent (EA), I provide that missing link. I don’t just build a portfolio; I audit the plan for tax efficiency—managing IRMAA thresholds, executing Roth conversions, and ensuring your retirement "buckets" are optimized for what you actually keep. I’ve built an intentionally small practice. I’m not interested in scaling a giant empire or managing a call center. I limit the number of families I serve so that I can provide the deep-dive service my clients deserve. I took the leap to start my own firm because I wanted to build something I’d be proud to show my sons. I wanted to prove that you can provide elite-level financial advice without hidden fees, confusing jargon, or the conflicts of interest found in traditional AUM models. How I Work: Flat-Fee: My pricing is transparent and based on the complexity of your life, not the size of your portfolio. Tax-Forward: We plan for April 15th all year long, not just in the spring. High-Touch: When you have a question, you get a direct line to me—not an associate or a generic inbox. If you’re a diligent saver looking for a proactive partner to navigate the transition into retirement, I’d love to see if we’re a good fit. Learn more at jkdfinancial.com

Shuyang Balazi is a financial advisor with Capital360Financial in Springfield, MO, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Capital360Financial, Balazi worked at Merrill and Bank of America. Outside of finance, Balazi is a managing member and occasional office manager of Springfield Tint Company LLC, a family-owned window tinting business. Capital360Financial is an independent advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients with fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach with discretionary, customized portfolios drawing on a broad range of securities and analytical methods.

Troy Kennedy is a financial advisor with ITI Financial Management in Springfield, MO, holding a Series 65 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with ITI Financial Management since 2009. In addition to his work at ITI, he is an investment adviser representative with SignalPoint Asset Management LLC, occasionally offering clients advice or products through that affiliation. ITI Financial Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as select corporations and business entities. The firm follows a long-term, modern portfolio theory-based investment approach, primarily using passive mutual funds and index ETFs, and manages client assets on a discretionary basis within a wrap fee program.

I live in the Ozarks with my wife Heather and I work with Latter-day Saint families. I started Pinkston Wealth to be the practice I would have wanted to hire. I have built retirement plans for hundreds of families, and the lesson that stuck with me is that no two of them are truly the same. The financial industry does not plan that way. It hands two couples with the same account balance the same plan, the same models, the same allocations, the same glossy reports, as if the number on the statement were the whole story. It never is. A financial report is not a plan. Yours should be built around your life, not printed from a template with your name typed on the cover. So I work the opposite way. Before I look at a single account, I want to know what you are actually retiring toward. I have sat with couples who have plenty and are quietly terrified to spend a dollar of it, and couples with less who sleep fine because they know exactly what their money is for. The number on the statement told me almost nothing about which was which. That is the part the industry skips, and it is the part I start with. It is also why I specialize instead of trying to serve everyone. The clearest example is a season most advisors have never planned for: a couple leaving on a full-time senior mission. That one decision quietly touches everything, what the mission costs, what happens to the house and the income and the portfolio while you are gone, how to hand off eighteen months of your financial life and actually be present where you are serving. I went looking for someone who had mapped this out and could not find them, so I became that person. I am not going anywhere, and neither is this practice. I stay small on purpose, because I would rather know a hundred families well than manage a thousand I never really meet. These are relationships I expect to keep for decades, through retirement and the seasons of change that come with a life well lived. If that is the kind of advisor you have been hoping to find, I would be glad to talk.

Kelly Clift is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Trend Management, Inc. in Springfield, MO since 2007. Trend Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management services for individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, and small business retirement plans, serving both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients. The firm employs a high-conviction investment approach focused on concentrated equity positions and tactical fixed income allocations, emphasizing fundamental research and tailored portfolios.

William Bryan Jr. is a financial advisor with DB Advisors in Springfield, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Douglas Bagwell & Co. since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as an independent insurance agent providing life and health insurance products on a limited basis. DB Advisors serves individual clients, retirement plan participants, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other institutional entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and business consulting. The firm uses customized asset allocation strategies incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, and both quantitative and fundamental analysis, and offers multiple service models tailored to client needs.

Christopher Lewis is a financial advisor at DB Advisors with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Douglas Bagwell & Co., LLC since 2008, as well as Scottrade, Inc. from 2008 to 2018. DB Advisors is a state-registered investment adviser managing approximately $45.4 million in discretionary assets for about 136 clients. The firm offers wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and employer-sponsored plan advice, utilizing diversified portfolios constructed with mutual funds, ETFs, and quantitative screening supported by third-party research.

Ridge Mc Bride is a financial advisor at Prosperity Financial Group in Springfield, MO. He holds a Series 65 designation and has experience working with Portfolio Services Group, LLC and Menards. Outside of finance, he has worked in retail and manufacturing sectors. Prosperity Financial Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm combines fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis with a long-term trading approach and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Jacob Floyd is a financial advisor at Floyd Financial Group LLC in Springfield, MO, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has been with Floyd Financial Group in various capacities since 2007. Outside of advisory services, he writes life insurance and fixed indexed annuities, receiving commissions from the issuing companies. Floyd Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and institutional retirement advisory services. The firm manages approximately $146.3 million in discretionary assets across 617 client relationships, using a process that begins with a written financial plan and incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to guide investment decisions.

Robert Baltzell Sr. is a financial advisor at RLB Financial in Springfield, MO, holding a Series 66 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with RLB Financial since 2009 and is also president of an affiliated insurance services business. RLB Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $174 million in assets across three advisors. The firm customizes investment policy statements and asset allocations for each client, utilizing third-party money managers and model portfolios as part of its service approach.

Brent Weisenborn is a financial advisor at Fiduciary Trust Private Wealth Counsel LLC with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Infinex Investments, BKS Investment Services, and Cambridge Investment Research. Outside of his advisory role, he is a pilot with Proav Aviation and is active as a real estate agent. Fiduciary Trust Private Wealth Counsel LLC provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pensions, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates. The firm manages portfolios using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, with ongoing oversight including rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting, and coordinates clients’ broader wealth teams and specialized providers.

Douglas Bagwell is a financial advisor with DB Advisors in Springfield, MO, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and 21 years of industry experience. He has led Douglasbagwell Corp. since 2005. DB Advisors is a state-registered investment adviser managing approximately $45.4 million in discretionary assets for about 136 clients. The firm offers wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, and employer-sponsored plan advice, utilizing diversified portfolios constructed with mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party research.

David Compere is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Prosperity Financial Group. Prior to joining Prosperity Financial Group in 2025, he spent ten years at UMB Bank. He is also an independent licensed insurance agent. Prosperity Financial Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans, including 401(k)s. The firm combines fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis within a long-term trading approach, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Tanner Greer is a financial advisor at Hickory Wealth Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Woodbury Financial Services and LPL Financial. Greer is also a licensed insurance agent involved in fixed and life insurance sales under Hickory Wealth Management. Hickory Wealth Management serves individual, high-net-worth, institutional, and business clients, providing investment advisory and portfolio management services with a focus on discretionary, individualized asset allocation and both fundamental and technical analysis. The firm offers wrap asset management through a sponsored wrap fee program and emphasizes fiduciary duties and internal controls.

Brandon Robinson is a financial advisor at Trend Management, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been associated with both Trend Management and Marshfield Family Clinic since 2008. Robinson is a part owner of a computer service and programming company, E Automation Systems LLC. Trend Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, and small business retirement plans, serving both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients. The firm employs a high-conviction investment approach focused on concentrated equity positions combined with tactical fixed income and cash allocations based on economic analysis.

Mark Brueggemann is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience, currently with Trend Management, Inc. in Springfield, MO. He has been associated with Trend Management since 1991, totaling 35 years with the firm. He serves on the board of directors of International Division Springfield Missouri, a nonprofit organization outside the finance industry. Trend Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, and small business plans, serving both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients. The firm’s investment approach relies on fundamental research and concentrated equity positions combined with tactical fixed income and cash allocations, often resulting in portfolios that differ significantly from market indexes.