Soirée Presents: Meet Your Financial Planner 2026

For many of life’s dreams and goals, managing finances is key to achieving them. A certified financial planner (CFP) licensee can help make the most of your resources and investments, navigating the barriers that arise in every stage of life. Not every financial advisor can say that.

The Soirée team worked with the CFP Board and internal research efforts to compile a list of financial planning firms in the city who have CFPs on staff. What you see here is that list to the best of our abilities. This list may not be exhaustive, although every effort was taken to make it so.


Below, you’ll meet some of these firms and individuals through paid promotional content. Whether they choose to advertise in the magazine has no bearing on this list.


Adams Brown Wealth Consultants
Don Rodgers

Alliant
David Jason Feilke

Ameriprise Financial Services
Robin Gann
Lester Matlock

Aptus Financial
Sarah Catherine Gutierrez

The Arkansas Financial Group
Rick Adkins
Kristina Bolhouse
Dr. Ralph Broadwater
Mary McCraw
Jake Spradlin

Bank of America
Matthew McDaniel

Bank OZK
Christopher Henry

Bass & Bell
Chris Bell

Brown Capital Management
Johnny Brown

Capital Rock Wealth Management
Brad Smith

ClientFirst Wealth Management
Edward Mahaffy

Community First Trust
Chelsy Shields

Corkern & Company
Barry Corkern

CrossCurrent WealthManagement
Roy Stephens

Edward Jones
Jeremy Booe
James Griffin
Robert Jackson
Kelly Journey
April Pollard
Joel Rice Jr.

Ethos Capital Group
Jay Michael Frederick
Stephen Northington

Fiduciary Wealth Management
Rocklin Senavinin

Financial Decisions
Nick Heinrich
Jon Lohr
Steve Osterink Jr.
Karron E. Wages

Financial Legacy Management
John W. Kelley
Alvin Rogers

Financial Management
John B. Robinson

First Command
Jason Jenkins

Forvis
Matt Wahl

Frink Family Financial
Kim D. Frink
Erin E. Homsy

G. Stephen White & Associates
G. Stephen White

Good Life Wealth Management
Scott Stratton

Gutierrez Wealth Advisory
David Gutierrez

Hartford Funds
Mike Monk

Hollar Wealth
Abigail Hollar

Ifrah Financial Services
Micah Brown
Stephen DeSalvo
Robert Harris
Frank Kelly
John Kelly
Kyle Pitts
Doug Spencer

Independent Financial Group
Al Deininger

Ipsen Advisor Group
Marshall Ipsen
Nick Merriweather

IQONIC Wealth Management
Mac Barnes
Todd Boswell
Nathan Kinard

Landmark Financial
Drew Holland
Breck Hopkins
Travis Teague

Legacy Capital Wealth Partners
Kevin Clark
Matt Jones
Jay Strickland

LifeSmart Financial
William Woodyard Jr.

Lighthouse Planning
David Kopittke

LPL Financial
William Gorman
John Strange

MAI Capital Management
Josh Danforth

Mendel Capital Management
Maureen Ruggiero

Meridian Investment Advisors
Jeff Mccoy
Marshall Moon

Merrill Lynch – Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Emily Bemberg
Matthew Black
Melissa Bradley
Edmond T. Burkett
Ross Burnett
Larry Chance
Andrea Dockery
David Dudley
James Kenny Gibbs
Gordon Hartley III
Trevor Holbert
Douglas Jackson
Michael Marquez
Douglas Menz
Justin Mitchell
Pledger Monk III
Sylas Robinson
Hatim Smouni
Chris Vincent
Kimberly Williams

Morgan Stanley
Jason Chacko
Derek Cisne
Joe Locke
Jeremy McDade
Scott McLeod

Mutual Group
Thomas Knight

Naviter Wealth
Blake Abston
Jordan Bauer
Bentley Blackmon
John Kornet
Caitlin M. McDaniel

Olympus Wealth Strategies
John Sidery

Petite Roche Wealth Management
Eric Ashburn
Larry Root

Piercy Whitt Group of Conservant Financial
Debi Piercy

Pinnacle Advisors
Victor Werley

Prime Capital Financial
Jason Gerber

Regions Private Wealth Management
Daniel Blair
Cynthia “Nikki” Reynolds
Christopher Ritchie

RetirePath Wealth
Dale Colclasure

Rivertree Wealth
Jacob Duke
Sean Hilliard
Justin Hobbs

Sagebridge Wealth Management
Sydney O’Quin Gilbert
Roger O’Quin

Simmons Investment Services
Chad Carlson
Sarah Hogue
Lisa Rabatin

Small Wealth Management
Ryan Bartholomew
Tara Cobb
Matthew Johnson
Madeline Orbin
Kymberlie Reed

Sound Capital
William Hoofman

Stephens
Phillip Butterfield
Cory Grummer
Richard Leeper
James Mitchell
Briant Noland

Thrivent Financial
Hector Felix

Transitions Wealth Management
Andrew Crone
James Martin

Trek Wealth Solutions
Justin Travis

UBS Financial Services
Hardy Winburn

United Capital Financial Advisors
Eric Hutchinson
Tim Long

Wells Fargo Advisors
Morgan Keyes

Wisdom Wealth Financial
Brandon Grable

Why a CFP?

CFP practitioners are licensed and regulated by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. By virtue of their CFP license, granted by the board, CFP professionals are held accountable to the board’s code of ethics for their financial planning activities.

Most CFP professionals are dedicated to using the financial planning process to serve the financial needs of individuals, families and businesses. All CFP professionals earn at least a four-year college degree and have completed a course of study in financial planning approved by the board. All CFPs are also required to have 30 hours of continuing education credit every two years, with at least two of those hours being an approved ethics course.

Learn the Lingo

  • AEP: Accredited Estate Planner
  • AIF: Accredited Investment Fiduciary
  • CASL: Chartered Advisor in Senior Living
  • CDFA: Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
  • CFE: Certified Fraud Examiner
  • CFP: Certified Financial Planner
  • ChFC: Chartered Financial Consultant
  • CLU: Chartered Life Underwriter
  • CPA: Certified Public Accountant
  • CVA: Certified Valuation Analyst
  • MAFF: Master Analyst in Financial Forensics
  • MBA: Master of Business Administration
  • PFS: Personal Financial Specialist
  • QPFC: Qualified Plan Financial Consultant
  • RICP: Retirement Income Certified Professional

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