Aaron Locker is the sole advisor at Ellis Financial Solutions LLC in Longmont, Colorado. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Prior to founding Ellis Financial Solutions in 2025, he worked at Summit Financial Planning and Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory role, he manages Ellis Bottom Line Bookkeeping, a tax management and preparation business. Ellis Financial Solutions provides investment management and retirement plan services primarily to employer plan sponsors, pooled vehicles, and other institutional clients. The firm’s investment approach combines passive and active strategies focused on asset allocation and long-term portfolio construction, with additional services including investment policy statement drafting, investment and fee reviews, vendor searches, participant education, and discretionary ERISA 3(38) investment management.

Derek Wolff is a CFP® with 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been the sole advisor at Wolff Financial Advisors, LLC since 2005. Wolff Financial Advisors, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a combination of equity and fixed income securities, mutual funds, ETFs, and employs both fundamental and technical analysis alongside long- and short-term trading strategies, including the active use of options and leveraged ETFs.

Bruce Fleet is the sole advisor at Fleet Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Boulder, CO. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 37 years of industry experience. Fleet has led his firm since 2006. Fleet Capital Management, LLC is a fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, foundations, and charitable institutions. The firm focuses on discretionary portfolio management with an emphasis on downside protection and risk management, utilizing quantitative techniques grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory.

Joseph Michalski is a financial advisor with Fortified Wealth Strategies, Inc. in Northglenn, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Kestra Financial Services, and Nfp Securities. Outside of advisory work, he serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado, teaching a business school course. Fortified Wealth Strategies serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, providing financial planning and investment advisory services. The firm manages client portfolios on a non-discretionary basis, utilizing custom allocation models and third-party managers, with an emphasis on strategic asset allocation and periodic rebalancing.

Kyle Sothers is the sole advisor at Kyso Financial, a state-registered independent investment advisory firm based in Superior, Colorado. He holds a Series 65 designation and has eight years of industry experience, having managed investments privately before founding Kyso Financial in 2016. Kyso Financial provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, and businesses, offering three actively managed model portfolios and a customized ETF-based option. The firm employs a fundamentally driven approach combining growth and value strategies with a long-term orientation, alongside the explicit use of hedging techniques and derivatives for tactical downside protection in certain accounts.

Craig Thompson is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Asset Solutions since 2003. Asset Solutions is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $13.5 million for around 76 clients, mainly individual investors and small-business retirement accounts. The firm employs an active, market-timing investment approach using technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis to rotate among sectors and asset classes, with portfolios that may be concentrated or moved fully to cash depending on market conditions.

James Kirk is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Rocky Mountain Financial Solutions Inc. in Erie, CO, where he has worked since 2018, following prior roles at IFC and Marketforce Information. Kirk is also a licensed insurance agent involved in selling insurance products. Rocky Mountain Financial Solutions Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and financial consultation to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, and qualified retirement plans. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies using individual stocks and ETFs, supplemented by tactical solutions and covered-call option strategies, and offers ERISA 3(38) fiduciary plan management alongside limited insurance product sales.

Adam Barnai is the sole advisor at Barnai Asset Management in Boulder, CO, holding a Series 65 credential with 10 years of industry experience. He has managed Barnai Asset Management since 2014 and concurrently owns and operates a small construction company as a general contractor and builder. Barnai Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equity and ETF-based strategies. The firm uses a top-down approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory with an emphasis on long-term market cycles, employing ETF-centric portfolios that include ESG options and, for suitable clients, tactical use of triple-leveraged ETFs with active monitoring and rebalancing.

Meera Meyer is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. She currently operates at Life.Money.Balance., an independent firm she has been with since 2017, following earlier roles at Dunston Financial Group and BSW Wealth Partners. Life.Money.Balance. provides holistic financial planning and coaching to individuals, families, and high-net-worth clients, including trusts and charitable accounts. The firm emphasizes long-term, asset-allocation strategies using ETFs and mutual funds, integrates behavioral and somatic decision-making tools into client meetings, and offers educational resources such as newsletters, group courses, and a membership platform.

Fernando Guardia Virreira is a financial advisor at Guardian Brothers Capital LLC in Boulder, CO, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Finequities and Send Mammogram, as well as academic involvement at the University of Colorado Boulder. Guardian Brothers Capital LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services, developing Investment Policy Statements and tailoring portfolios to clients’ goals and risk tolerances. The firm employs a range of analytical methods and offers both standard management and performance-based fee structures, including the use of higher-risk strategies in certain accounts.

Katherine Macauley is a financial advisor with Holos Consulting Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and seven years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Ares Management. Holos Consulting Group is an independent consultancy specializing in ESG and impact investing advisory services for asset owners, private-market fund managers, and companies. The firm focuses on project-based consulting related to impact investing strategy, ESG integration, and impact diligence, without managing client assets or providing ongoing portfolio management.

Jimmy Burton is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience at Business Financial Strategies, Ltd., an independent advisory firm based in Boulder, CO. He has been with the firm since 1993. Outside of his advisory role, Burton serves as CEO, director, and shareholder of GBS Partners, Inc., a small food manufacturing company. Business Financial Strategies, Ltd. provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services primarily to small businesses, business owners, and individual clients. The firm emphasizes a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach with a non-discretionary portfolio oversight model.

Steven Zakelj is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Flatirons Wealth Management since 2018 and previously held roles at Chrome Asset Management and various insurance carriers. Flatirons Wealth Management offers investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and employee benefit plan services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and pension plan sponsors. The firm uses a passive investment approach complemented by fundamental and technical analysis, incorporates derivatives strategies in managed accounts, and provides a subscription-based ongoing planning service without a firm-wide account minimum.

Theodore Van Rooy is a financial advisor at AEOM Investments, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has a background in technology, having worked at Amazon Inc. and The Trade Desk Inc. prior to his current role. In addition to advising, he works as a software engineer and data scientist. AEOM Investments, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a blended investment approach combining passive and active strategies, with portfolios tailored to client goals and risk profiles.

Jai Singh is a financial advisor at Arroit Services Inc with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background working at Opentext Inc and Infosys Inc. In addition to his advisory role, Singh is a licensed real estate agent in Colorado. Arroit Services Inc provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm’s approach focuses on asset allocation driven by macroeconomic analysis combined with client-specific factors, implementing strategies across various asset classes including mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, options, REITs, and cryptocurrency exposures.

Filipe Delvaux is the founder of Delvaux Wealth Management and holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations with nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Athos Private Wealth, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Merrill, and J.P. Morgan. Outside of financial advising, he founded Delvaux, LLC, a company that sells personal care products. Delvaux Wealth Management is a fee-only advisory firm serving affluent individuals, families, and various entities. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with a combination of passive and active investment vehicles and offers services including discretionary wealth management, comprehensive financial planning, and consulting.

Steven Buxbaum is a financial advisor at Portsea Investments, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at Stonebridge Capital Management. Outside of his advisory role, Buxbaum manages Ysidro Capital Partners, a real estate investment vehicle, and serves on the investment committee of the nonprofit Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles. Portsea Investments provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice primarily to individuals, high-net-worth families, and institutional clients. The firm employs a value-oriented core-and-satellite investment approach using globally diversified portfolios of ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and bonds.

Tom Nelson is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience and operates as the sole advisor at Tom C. Nelson, PhD, CFP® Personal Financial Consultant in Broomfield, Colorado. He has been a senior instructor of finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1999. Nelson holds a doctoral academic background in finance. His firm provides fee-only, hourly financial planning and investment advice primarily to individual clients, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The practice operates on a consultative basis without managing or trading client assets, focusing on educational, project-based engagements with investment recommendations typically limited to low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs.

Christopher Swales is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Swales Financial LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2020. Prior to establishing his firm, Swales worked for Citigroup Global Markets Inc. for seven years and has held roles with State Farm VP Management Corp. and Paul Little Insurance Agency. Swales Financial LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm follows a goals-driven investment process that combines fundamental analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and technical analysis, and is noted for its explicit use of options and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Leah Copertino is a financial advisor at Go Fish Finance, LLC in Louisville, Colorado, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding her advisory firm, she worked at Pinterest and Twitter and currently serves as an Enterprise Account Lead at Airbnb, where she spends approximately thirty hours per week. Go Fish Finance is a single-advisor independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and investment management. The firm offers defined planning engagements, project-based sessions, estate-planning referrals, and educational seminars, using Modern Portfolio Theory to build customized investment plans focused on mutual funds and ETFs.