John Bishop is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Bishop Financial Services LLC in Naperville, IL, with four years of industry experience. He has been self-employed since 2008 and has served on the Tom Russell Charitable Foundation since 2001. Bishop Financial Services LLC is an independent advisory firm managing discretionary portfolios for individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses both fundamental and quantitative analysis, focusing primarily on equities, ETFs, and certain non-U.S. securities, and provides individualized Investment Policy Statements to guide asset allocation and ongoing monitoring.

Patrick Keedy is the principal advisor at Patrick Capital Management in Geneva, Illinois, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has led Patrick Capital Management since 2004. The firm provides personalized financial planning and discretionary and non-discretionary investment management for individuals, institutions, and business clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. Its investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with macroeconomic and bottom-up security analysis, utilizing global diversification across multiple asset classes.

Simon Granner is a financial advisor with PCFO Capital holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials. He is based in St Charles, Illinois. PCFO Capital, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading orientation, tailoring portfolios to clients’ goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerances.

Gary Rychtanek is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at GCR Financial Services, LLC in Naperville, IL. He has worked with Chauner Securities, Inc. since 2003 and Clune & Associates since 1996. In addition to his advisory role, he provides fee-based tax preparation services as a CPA, focusing on corporate, individual, and partnership tax returns during the tax season. GCR Financial Services primarily serves individual clients and their associated trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering comprehensive financial planning and investment supervisory services. The firm employs a non-discretionary investment approach with diversified portfolios and integrates tax, cash-flow, and estate considerations into its planning.

Mohit Aggarwal is a financial advisor at Century Trace Investment Advisors LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience with NTT Data and Infosys BPO Ltd. Century Trace Investment Advisors LLC provides personalized investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individuals and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach with diversified portfolios and offers both custom and model strategies, delivering services on a non-discretionary basis with client trade approval.

Christopher Delarme is a financial advisor at First Wealth Advisory, Inc. in St. Charles, IL, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Red Oak Capital Management, Hayden Royal, and Great Lakes Wealth Management and Advisory Partners. He is also a licensed insurance agent. First Wealth Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis to build portfolios with ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and option strategies.

Robert Harbour is a financial advisor with EBH Financial, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at EBH Financial since 2010, with prior roles at LPL Financial and Infinity Financial Services Advisory. EBH Financial provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on client-specific objectives and risk tolerance, using fundamental analysis and a preference for long-term investments, while maintaining a single custodian relationship with Charles Schwab.

Lang Nguyen is a financial advisor at Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Edward Jones & Co. and Serenity Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, Nguyen serves as a board member for three nonprofit charitable organizations and works as a Live Tax Expert for Intuit TurboTax during tax season. Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC manages approximately $16.45 million for around 60 clients, providing discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a multi-method investment process combining charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory, with both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

I launched my firm in July of 2024 to continue working with my clients on my own terms. I work with a wide range of types of clients. However, most of my clients tend to fit into a few archetypes; wealth accumulators, wealth distributors, and business owners. The clients I work with benefit when we take a comprehensive approach to their financial picture. Each client receives assistance with retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, insurance/estate planning, and behavioral finance. Does your situation feel familiar? - Accumulator - These clients come to me after some early career success or receiving a windfall (i.e inheritance or large cash distribution). I help clients navigate their financial life from now until retirement and beyond. In many cases this can be 25+ years in the future. I help ensure that you are doing the correct actions each year to build your wealth and enjoy your time and money now... - Distributor - Clients in this stage of their life have regularly saved in their employers retirement plan or independently over their working career. Now that retirement is looming or in motion, you need a plan to distribute your assets and pay your bills. We work together to prepare a distribution plan that coordinates social security, pensions, and distributions from retirement accounts to be the most tax efficient as possible. You've saved all this time, now it is time to enjoy! - Business Owners - My business owner clients fit into a combination of accumulation and distribution. Wherever your business is, we will navigate growing, preserving, and distributing the assets through the lifetime of your business. I am proud to be a fee-only, fiduciary, Certified Financial Planner™️ practitioner in my day-to-day working life. Outside of work you can find me spending time with my wife and kids, playing golf/basketball, and enjoying the Fox River Valley where we have set our roots. I can be reached directly at tim@rhodowealth.com or at www.rhodowealth.com for more information. Thanks!

Sean Rhodes is a financial advisor with Rhodes Capital Management, Inc. in Batavia, Illinois, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC and Elite Investment Team LLC, alongside his role at Rhodes Capital Management since 2012. Rhodes Capital Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive index-tracking core positions with active satellite holdings, utilizing various investment strategies including option writing, futures, short sales, and margin transactions tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Noah York is the sole advisor at York Wealth Management, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in West Chicago, IL. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2024, he worked at West Chicago Bible Church for five years. Outside of financial advising, Noah coaches youth sports through Official Finders, LLC, a role he has held since 2014. York Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and tiered financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm utilizes model portfolios from the Altruist Model Marketplace and applies tactical and strategic asset allocation with ongoing monitoring and tax-management tools.

Michael Alexenko is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience, serving as the sole advisor at Royal Asset Managers in St. Charles, IL since 2003. He holds the Series 63 designation and has authored numerous articles and periodic commentary. Alexenko also runs targeted programs for smaller and military clients and coordinates plan recordkeeping through selected custody arrangements. Royal Asset Managers provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, investment consulting, and business advisory services to moderate- to high-net-worth individuals, small businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes diversification and client-specific investment policy statements, using index funds and ETFs to manage portfolios with equity allocations ranging from 0% to about 85%, and is notable for its pension consulting and retirement-plan management services.

Alexander Koynoff is a financial advisor at ATK Financial Prosperity with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Zurich North America, Northwestern University, and Northern Trust. ATK Financial Prosperity is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes Modern Portfolio Theory and primarily passive portfolios constructed with index mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis.

John Stanton is the sole advisor at Stanton Group Wealth Partners, Inc. in Naperville, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He previously spent 11 years at Seacrest Wealth Management, LLC. Stanton is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, long-term care, and fixed annuities. Stanton Group Wealth Partners, Inc. is a newly formed investment adviser providing wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advice to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to construct tailored strategy portfolios and offers a range of planning services including pension consulting and 401(k) reviews.

David Toellen is the principal of Toellen Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Elburn, Illinois. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has over ten years of industry experience, including a decade at First Trust Portfolios L.P. prior to founding his current firm. Toellen Capital Management provides discretionary managed-account services and investment advice to individuals and high-net-worth clients, with a focus on customized investment strategies that consider client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon. The firm employs various techniques such as asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and technical analysis, and it uses third-party service providers incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Kyle Long is the principal of Long Planning, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Geneva, Illinois. He holds a Series 66 designation and has eight years of industry experience. Prior to founding Long Planning, Kyle worked at Inspire Advisors, LLC and D.L. Purvine, PLLC, where he is also employed as a CPA. He owns a public accounting firm, Kyle Long, CPA, and occasionally refers clients between his advisory and accounting practices without compensation. Long Planning provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to both individual and institutional clients, including pension plans and charitable organizations. The firm combines passive and active investment strategies, employs fundamental and technical analysis, and offers discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting services. Its operational affiliation with a public accounting practice distinguishes it within the independent advisory community.

Kristopher Kalish is a financial advisor at The Kalish Group with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. The Kalish Group provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, estate planning, and consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a proprietary asset-allocation methodology and offers a broad range of investment tools, including options and leveraged ETFs, while maintaining an explicit margin policy and a focus on customized portfolio management.

Michael Cantlon is a financial advisor with Cantlon Financial Planning LLC in St. Charles, IL, holding a Series 63 designation and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Cantlon Financial Planning since 2012 and has worked as a self-employed financial planner since 1983. Cantlon is licensed to sell life, accident, fire, and casualty insurance. Cantlon Financial Planning LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses client-specific investment programs with fundamental analysis and offers strategies including option writing and derivatives, managing approximately $125 million as of the end of 2025.

David Bankston is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with RWC for Life and has held roles at Simplicity Wealth, LLC, FSC Securities Corp, and has operated Bankston Wealth Management, Inc. since 1999. In addition to his advisory work, he manages an accounting firm, David A Bankston CPA, LLC. RWC for Life provides comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm offers customized and model portfolios with regular reviews, serving about 97 client relationships and managing approximately $30.2 million in assets.

Michael Green is a CFP® with 25 years of experience at Capital Management Group, Inc. and over 45 years with Green Plagge & Associates, a separate accounting and financial planning business he co-founded. He provides accounting, tax, and financial planning services outside of his advisory role. Capital Management Group, Inc. offers discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, businesses, and employee benefit plans. The firm employs a buy-and-hold investment approach with an emphasis on conservative fixed-income management and conducts ongoing portfolio reviews and semiannual rebalancing.