Branden Vernon is a financial advisor at Steward Financial Services, LLC in Salt Lake City, UT, with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Steward Financial Services since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, Vernon is a licensed insurance agent involved in insurance product sales. Steward Financial Services serves individuals, trusts, charities, business entities, and pension plans with fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a mix of tactical allocation and passive strategies across a broad range of instruments and offers an active pension consulting practice that includes benchmarking, monitoring third-party providers, and participant education under the Pension Protection Act.

Jaron Poulson is a CFP® professional with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the principal of JHP Planning, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. His prior experience includes roles at Commonwealth Financial Network and MML Investor Services. Poulson is also a licensed insurance agent conducting fixed insurance sales under his firm’s name. JHP Planning, LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm customizes investment policy statements and employs a combination of modern portfolio theory, fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis through the AssetMark platform.

Joseph Toronto is a financial advisor at Affiliated Investment Advisors, Inc. in Draper, Utah, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Affiliated Investment Advisors since 1993. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the general manager of the American Towers Owners Association, a nonprofit condominium management organization in Salt Lake City. Affiliated Investment Advisors, Inc. is an independent, fee-only firm providing discretionary portfolio management primarily to trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a top-down investment approach focused on macroeconomic and interest-rate analysis to guide asset allocation across various liquid, investment-grade securities, maintaining a boutique scale with institutional-style account management.

Chad Butler is a financial advisor at Harvest Lane Investment Partners, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Global Retirement Partners, Transamerica Capital, Voya Investment Management, John Hancock, and Fidelity Investments. In addition to his advisory role, he is a commissioned Notary Public. Harvest Lane Investment Partners provides investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, ranging from individuals and families to institutions and charitable organizations. The firm employs a contrarian, valuation-focused investment philosophy emphasizing risk management and capital preservation, utilizing a broad range of public and private instruments supported by AI-driven analytics subject to human review.

Trevor Phibbs is the sole advisor at Phibbs Financial, an independent firm based in Draper, Utah. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to founding Phibbs Financial Services LLC in 2022, he worked at several firms including Arrowhead Retirement, AE Wealth Management, and Hornor Townsend & Kent. In addition to his advisory role, he operates Phibbs Insurance Services LLC, focusing on life insurance and annuity sales. Phibbs Financial provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and estate-planning support to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers educational seminars and uses model portfolios from the Altruist Model Marketplace to tailor investment programs implemented on a discretionary basis with ongoing due diligence and account monitoring.

Jessica Lanning is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, serving as the principal and sole advisor at Lanning Financial Inc. since 2006. In addition to her advisory role, she is president of a mortgage brokerage business and holds a life insurance license, through which she brokers life insurance and annuities when appropriate for clients. Lanning Financial Inc. primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on comprehensive financial planning and advisory services rather than direct portfolio management. The firm selects and monitors third-party money managers, emphasizing client education and recorded meeting content, and uses flat fees for financial planning engagements.

Christopher Cheney is a CFP® and ChFC® with 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Twin Peaks Wealth Management LLC since 2013 and also has work experience with Alterra Mountain Company. Twin Peaks Wealth Management serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and implementation services. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation framework with a tactical overlay and uses a variety of investment vehicles and outsourced trading and model services to meet client objectives.

Ronald Mills is the principal of Planned Security Advisors LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 31 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LifePro Asset Management, Ameriprise Financial Services, and LPL Financial. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains an active insurance practice as a licensed agent. Planned Security Advisors LLC offers discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm provides ERISA 3(38) investment management and employs a combination of analytical methods to tailor investment advice to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Todd Niemann is a CFA® charterholder and principal advisor at Niemann Investments LLC with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Varo Bank, SMBC Manubank, and Green Dot Bank, and provides consulting services in financial forecasting and strategic business recommendations on a project basis. Since December 2024, he has also served as Treasurer at Varo Bank, focusing on financial forecasting and risk analysis. Niemann Investments LLC is a single-advisor independent firm managing approximately $5.6 million primarily for individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a long-term investment approach and utilizes strategies such as margin borrowing and derivatives, offering performance-based fee arrangements to eligible clients.

Andrew Mitchell is a financial advisor at Affinity Financial, LLC in Millcreek, Utah, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at the Legal Aid Society, Utah Attorney General’s office, Clarior Law, the Utah Supreme Court, and Mitchell & Associates. He maintains a small legal practice alongside his advisory work. Affinity Financial primarily serves business and pooled or institutional clients, including retirement and profit-sharing plans. The firm provides portfolio management, retirement plan setup and record-keeping, comprehensive financial planning, and tax/accounting consulting, often leaving trade authority with clients and employing both fundamental and technical analysis in its investment approach.

Troy Knighton is a CFP®, PFS™, and Series 65-licensed advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Veritas Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Salt Lake City, UT, and has been a partner at Knighton, Erb & Company, LLC, an accounting firm, since 2012. Veritas Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, small businesses, and qualified retirement plans, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and employee benefit advisory services. The firm employs a long-term investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing broadly diversified, primarily passive allocations with no-load mutual funds and ETFs.

Mark Quayle is the sole advisor at Quayle Asset Management, Inc. in Salt Lake City, UT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 31 years of industry experience. He has led Quayle Asset Management since its founding in 1995. The firm provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning to individuals and a diverse range of institutional clients, including corporate pension plans, charitable institutions, and sovereign funds. Its investment approach uses an asset-class, multi-factor framework based on Fama–French dimensions, employing broadly diversified portfolios mainly through low-cost mutual funds and ETFs with regular rebalancing.

Steven Casull is the principal of Casull Financial Advisory, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in South Jordan, Utah. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 14 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes work with Private Client Services LLC. Casull is also licensed as an independent insurance agent in Utah and may recommend insurance products as part of his financial planning services. Casull Financial Advisory, LLC serves primarily individual clients along with a limited number of pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, using a combination of Modern and Post-Modern Portfolio Theory alongside fundamental and technical analysis to manage diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Thomas Henderson is a financial advisor at Abacus Investment Advisors in Salt Lake City, UT, with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has operated S R Henderson and Associates, Inc., an accounting and tax services firm, since 2008, where he assists with tax preparation and accounting. Abacus Investment Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm offers retirement and financial planning, discretionary investment management through model portfolios, and pension consulting, utilizing a mix of third-party research, fundamental and technical analysis, and continuous portfolio monitoring.

Troy Wilson is a CFP® professional with 42 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Wilson Wealth Management, Inc. in Salt Lake City, UT. Prior to founding his firm in 2008, he worked at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp for 28 years. In addition to his financial advisory role, Wilson operates a legal practice as a licensed attorney. Wilson Wealth Management, Inc. manages approximately $66 million for around 78 clients, primarily individual and high-net-worth households, along with some pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm provides tailored investment programs emphasizing long-term asset allocation and periodic rebalancing, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management as well as financial planning and consulting services.

Ryan Cooper is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He has worked at Verticus Advisors Inc. since 2024 and previously held roles at Archer Investment Corp and Nagel CPAs, LLC. Ryan combines financial advising with accounting expertise. Verticus Advisors Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and integrated accounting and tax preparation services. The firm’s investment process incorporates fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to build long-term portfolios, and it uniquely integrates tax preparation and accounting within its advisory practice.

Mark Lund is a financial advisor with Stonecreek Wealth Advisors in South Jordan, Utah, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and over 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Stonecreek Wealth Advisors since 2010. Lund also serves as president of Financial Educators of Utah, which provides financial education to employees of businesses and members of various groups. Stonecreek Wealth Advisors offers investment advisory and retirement-planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a fiduciary approach based on the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing third-party investment managers and delivering portfolio analyses and retirement-planning engagements.

Charan Singh is the sole advisor at Skylid Capital Management, Inc., an independent registered investment adviser based in Sandy, Utah. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 10 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, Singh teaches accredited options courses and a marketing class through Options Animal. Skylid Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, employing a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis. The firm utilizes options and other derivatives in client accounts and emphasizes transparency by publishing historical performance results and disclosing ancillary teaching activities.

Joan Sharp is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at River Family Advisors LLC in Salt Lake City, UT. She previously worked at Glenayr Family Advisors LLC and has been president of Life Strategies, LLC since 2003, where she provides coaching to other life coaches. Joan also serves as an unpaid member of a family office committee managing a family property. River Family Advisors serves high-income individuals, professionals, business owners, and multi-generational families, focusing on financial life and transition planning, family wealth planning, and financial education. The firm uses a values- and vision-driven approach and facilitates third-party asset management relationships rather than providing discretionary portfolio management directly.

Reginald Maxfield is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Olympus Peaks Financial, LLC since 2016 and previously spent nine years at LPL Financial. Maxfield assists individuals with the organization and management of defined contribution and defined benefit plans. Olympus Peaks Financial provides portfolio management, pension consulting, and fee-based financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory and technical strategies, and maintains a notable pension consulting practice for plan sponsors.