Michael Hunter is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He currently works at Retire Right Planning, LLC and has prior experience at Motley Fool Wealth Management and Personal Capital Advisors. Retire Right Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, written financial plans, and one-time or hourly financial planning engagements. The firm employs a diversified investment approach combining value, safety, quality, momentum, volatility, and economic-indicator strategies, with a focus on risk control and regular account reviews.

Stephanie is a Wealth Advisor and Principal of Aspen Wealth Planning, an independently-owned financial planning and tax-focused firm partnered with Aspen Wealth Strategies for investment management. A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with over 15 years of experience, she is passionate about identifying opportunities and delivering comprehensive strategies for individuals and businesses. As a Chartered Special Needs Consultant™, Enrolled Agent, Capital Markets & Securities Analyst®, Psychology of Financial Planning Specialist™, and Certified Financial Counselor™, her expertise includes special needs planning, tax strategies, and financial counseling. Stephanie is a proud member of NAPFA and the FeeOnly network. She also serves in a pro bono advisory capacity, offering financial literacy and planning services to seniors, veterans, individuals with cancer diagnoses, and underprivileged families.

Victor Guettlein is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Blueprint Financial Services in Arvada, Colorado. He has worked extensively with Blueprint Financial Services since 1996, with a two-year period at Wealthsource Partners. In addition to his advisory role, he operates a separate insurance practice. Blueprint Financial Services offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes risk-aware, downside-focused portfolios and utilizes structured notes and other instruments to reduce volatility and protect capital, while providing both ERISA 3(21) advisory and ERISA 3(38) discretionary investment manager services for retirement plans.

Joseph Brady is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in financial services. He is the sole advisor at Rock Financial Planning, an independent firm he has been with since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Transitions Wealth Management, Centennial State Financial, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Rock Financial Planning provides discretionary investment management and various financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm focuses on individualized investment policy statements and primarily uses passive portfolios with index mutual funds and ETFs, conducting quarterly account reviews and managing client relationships through custodian statements and trade confirmations.

Ronald Manning II is a financial advisor at Manning Financial Advisors in Evergreen, CO, with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Eggert Financial Management, Inc. and Colorado Financial Service Corp. Manning Financial Advisors serves high-net-worth accredited investors, trusts, and business entities with concentrated real-estate investments, focusing on specialized financial planning and tax-deferred exchange reporting. The firm emphasizes an asset-allocation approach aimed at reducing concentration risk and increasing income through conservative, long-term net-leased real estate portfolios.

Steven Fossel is the sole advisor at Fossel Capital Management LLC in Evergreen, Colorado. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2003. Fossel Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, their trusts, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm uses a relative-value investment approach with bottom-up fundamental analysis, offering customized, broadly diversified, and tax-aware portfolios.

Perry Vasquez is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Vascorp Wealth Advisors in Arvada, CO. He has worked at Genesee Wealth Strategists since 2003 and has been associated with Financial Planning Centers of America, Inc. since 1991. Vascorp Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, and family trusts, focusing on retirement and estate planning, investment management, insurance planning, and tax preparation. The firm works primarily with professionals, farmers, ranchers, and business owners transitioning into retirement or restructuring business assets for multigenerational estate purposes, offering tailored planning and discretionary portfolio management that incorporates a variety of investment vehicles and strategies.

Michelle Francis is a financial advisor with Life Story Financial in Arvada, CO, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Western Wealth Management, LPL Financial, PBS Wealth Management Consultants, Royal Alliance, and a 12-year tenure at PR Unscripted. Life Story Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients by offering discretionary investment management and various financial planning services, utilizing the AssetMark platform and third-party managers. The firm combines passive and active investment strategies guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and integrates ESG considerations when requested.

Nestor Vargas is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) at AlignPoint Wealth with 15 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC, Green Mountain Planning, and Origin Financial. Vargas is the owner of Green Mountain Planning, a registered investment advisor based in Lakewood, CO. AlignPoint Wealth is an independent firm that provides financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily for individual and high-net-worth households. The firm employs diversified ETF and mutual fund portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory, offering both comprehensive planning and project-based services, with features such as flat-fee planning and sub-advisor usage for direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Devika Kamboh is a financial advisor at Sohum Financial Planning, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® and Series 66 designations. Outside of advising, she is the owner and CEO of Sohum Mountain Ranch LLC, a non-investment related business. Sohum Financial Planning LLC provides discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers customized investment programs and quarterly subscription services, using fundamental and technical analysis alongside Monte Carlo planning, with accounts custodied at Charles Schwab and reviewed at least quarterly.

Mark Mogle is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Mogle Financial Solutions, an independent firm he founded in 2026. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked at Paller Financial Services, Virtue Capital Management, Legacy Financial, and Jack Nadel International. Mogle Financial Solutions serves high-net-worth families with investable assets above $500,000, offering discretionary asset management and financial planning contingent on investment management engagement. The firm uses a blended active and passive investment approach tailored to client objectives and employs proprietary and third-party model portfolios while providing portfolio monitoring and investor behavior coaching.

Keith Sprincz is the principal of Sprincz Advisory Group, LLC in Littleton, Colorado, holding the ChFC® designation and a Series 65 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Sprincz Financial Group, LLC since 2013 and has over 29 years of experience with Sprincz & Associates, Inc., where he also serves as president. In addition to his advisory work, he operates as a licensed insurance broker. Sprincz Advisory Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios and employs custodial platforms, model marketplaces, and third-party money managers, including strategies that incorporate options overlays.

John Freemire is a CFP® professional based in Arvada, Colorado, with 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently serves at Briardale Wealth LLC and has previously worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc., TMF Investments, Motley Fool Wealth Management, and Fidelity in various roles. Briardale Wealth LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a planning-first approach centered on client-specific Investment Policy Statements and implements investment strategies primarily through model portfolios and passive, Modern Portfolio Theory-based allocations.

Christopher Bahnsen is a financial advisor with Montgomery Financial Planning LLC in Arvada, CO. He holds a Series 65 designation and has recent financial planning credentials from the College for Financial Planning. His prior work experience includes roles at Anthem, Hitachi Digital Services, and Apple & Arrow Sales. Montgomery Financial Planning, LLC provides fee-only financial planning services to individuals and families, offering tiered engagements from basic plans to complex pre-retirement and business succession coordination. The firm emphasizes diversified, long-term investment approaches and operates with flat-fee and hourly billing structures rather than asset-based fees.

Glenn Edwards is a financial advisor at Alpine Financial Advisers, LLC in Golden, Colorado, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Alpine Financial Advisers since 2007, operating as the sole advisor at the firm. Alpine Financial Advisers serves individual clients by providing comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management focused on retirement, education, and estate goals. The firm uses a documented six-step planning process supported by a licensed, internet-accessible platform, applying Modern Portfolio Theory combined with tactical asset allocation across diversified global asset classes.

Gregory Watson is the sole principal of Watson Capital Management, Inc., an independent advisory firm he founded in 1995. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 30 years of industry experience. Watson Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis with a growth-at-a-reasonable-price approach, diversification, and tailored portfolio management that includes equity, fixed-income, and balanced strategies.

I help people nearing retirement and living in retirement make sense of the financial decisions that all start to come together at once. Investments are part of that, but so are taxes, retirement income, Social Security, Medicare, insurance, and the trade-offs that come with each decision. I work with clients who want advice that is thoughtful, coordinated, and grounded in the realities of retirement rather than generic rules of thumb. My firm uses a flat-fee fiduciary model because I want the relationship to be transparent and aligned from the start. I provide ongoing financial planning and investment management, with a strong focus on tax efficiency and practical decision-making. Much of the value comes from helping clients think through things like withdrawal strategies, Roth conversions, Social Security timing, Medicare-related tax issues, and how to fit all of that into a sustainable long-term plan. Tax preparation is also available for a separate fee through my separate tax firm under common ownership, which can help create a more coordinated planning process where appropriate. As a person, I tend to bring a calm, straightforward style to my work. I am not interested in making things sound more complicated than they need to be. I want clients to feel informed, organized, and confident that their plan is being looked after with care and attention.

Scott Gorham is a financial advisor at Gorham Wealth Management, LLC in Golden, CO, holding a ChFC® designation and a Series 65 license with 18 years of industry experience. He has led his own firms since 2007 and has worked as an airline pilot for United Airlines since 1990. Outside of advisory services, he maintains a significant career as a pilot and volunteers as a committee chair. Gorham Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs third-party managers through the Envestnet platform and combines fundamental analysis with technical reviews in its client strategies.

John Stefanich Jr. is a financial advisor at Advantage Financial Services, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has operated Stefanich & Associates, PC since 1985. Advantage Financial Services is an independent firm that provides investment advice primarily to individual clients through separately managed accounts and also serves trusts, estates, corporations, and self-directed retirement, pension, and profit-sharing plan accounts. The firm employs asset allocation, fundamental, and technical analysis to construct portfolios tailored to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Daniel Orourke is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at O'Rourke Financial and also owns a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation, where he devotes the majority of his professional time. Prior to founding his firms, he worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for four years. O'Rourke Financial provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, and businesses, focusing on a primarily passive, asset-class driven investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs. The firm manages approximately $14.7 million in discretionary assets and integrates financial planning with tax and insurance services through the principal’s dual roles as a CPA and licensed insurance agent.