Top advisors focused on founder/business owner in Kansas

Kristin Manna is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds a Series 66 designation. She has one year of industry experience, including roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Consolidated Planning Holdings, Inc. Prior to entering the financial industry, she worked in education for eight years. Outside of advising, Kristin is an author and publisher of a basketball coaching notebook and works as a math tutor for high school students. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types and investment vehicles.

April Emeola is a financial advisor with RBC Capital Markets in Leawood, KS, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with seven years of industry experience. She began her career at UBS Financial Services, where she worked for five years before joining RBC Capital Markets in 2017. Outside of finance, she is employed selling personal care products at Bath and Body Works. RBC Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory programs that provide discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, custody, and brokerage services. The firm utilizes a blend of in-house and third-party investment managers and emphasizes tailored strategies based on clients’ risk profiles.

Justin Scicluna is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Prairie Village, KS, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Edward Jones since 2013. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients, including a range of household types, pension plans, corporate clients, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers various advisory programs, discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, and affiliated investment products through a nationwide network of over 23,700 financial advisors.

Norman Grant is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones for seven years and is the owner of Grant Capital, LLC, a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Grant also engages in fixed insurance sales as part of his professional activities. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients by providing operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management services. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and discretionary model portfolios, serving both retail and institutional clients.

David Wentz is a financial advisor with TFB Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked with Ameritas entities for over 20 years and is involved in several related businesses, including serving as CEO of Tax Favored Benefits, a firm specializing in retirement plan administration. TFB Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio and wealth management, and specialized retirement plan consulting, managing approximately $859.6 million in client assets across a multi-advisor team.

Jared Fruth is a financial advisor at Northwest Asset Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Securities America, Inc., KMS Financial Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Funds, and John Paul Mitchell Systems. Northwest Asset Management is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $3.6 billion for nearly 3,000 clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, and corporations. The firm employs a customized, fiduciary approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and strategic asset allocation, combining fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios with periodic rebalancing.

Edwina Martin is a financial advisor at Waverly Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at 9258 Wealth Management for five years and Teradata Corp for eleven years. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as assistant director of tax planning at 9258 Tax and Planning. Waverly Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services, employing a combination of centralized and customized investment strategies across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Jeffrey Park is a financial advisor with Merrill, holding a Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Merrill in multiple capacities since 2011, with brief stints at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities in 2022. Merrill serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients, offering managed account programs, discretionary portfolio management, and brokerage services. The firm employs a range of program strategies and manager-constructed portfolios, with oversight from its CIO and platform management, and leverages its affiliation with Bank of America to support trading, lending, and capital markets activities.

Craig Mcdaniel Jr. is a financial advisor with Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC in Columbia, SC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Investment Group, Inc. and The McDaniel Corporation since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance sales and serves as an independent agent for annuities and related products. Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and supervisory services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized investment management through discretionary mandates, third-party managers, and private-label model portfolios, using a blend of analytical methods with ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Elizabeth Brown is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities in New York, NY, where she has worked since 2012. She has 26 years of industry experience. J.P. Morgan Securities provides institutional consulting services to clients such as corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager and fund searches, and customized performance reporting through a select group of Wealth Advisors. The firm combines large institutional advisory operations with brokerage, distribution, and investment management capabilities.