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Jamie Hopkins, Carson Group transitioned nearly all its clients, and earnings doubled after it
Hopkins recently led Carson Wealth and its completed three acquisitions in January 2023. Throughout its
growth and operating strategy, including all inaugural year, Choreo introduced Pontera to manage 401(k)s,
M&A initiatives. With his leadership, the firm Canvas marketing and communications support, EncorEstates
strengthened its M&A strategy and perfor- estate planning, Plumb bill pay, Spring Street tax preparation
mance, onboarding some $2.2 billion in advisory assets from and BlackDiamond rebalancing services for its advisors and their
five full acquisitions, plus $5 billion in 401(k) assets. The clients. These services help to streamline the client experience
advisory assets alone account for more than 10% of the firm’s and support Choreo’s vision to digitally integrate the disparate
total assets. Hopkins is also co-founder and serves as president services clients want.
of the FinServ Foundation, a nonprofit set to influence the
next generation of financial advisors through access, coach- Kristian Mtetwa, 49 Financial
ing and community. (Hopkins completed his tenure at Carson Mtetwa has the distinction of being the only
Group in late September.) individual at 49 Financial to have been a part of
the local leadership while launching two new
Kay Lynn Mayhue, Merit Financial Advisors locations. He joined the firm in 2020 to help initi-
Mayhue has been a significant driver of Merit’s ate the firm’s national expansion to Atlanta from Texas. In 2022,
growth over the past year, during which the firm Atlanta finished as the highest producing geography across the
acquired 12 firms, resulting in some $2.7 billion in entire firm in its second calendar year, in part because of Mtetwa’s
additional revenue, and opened 15 offices across leadership. Earlier this year, he received a promotion and moved
the country. She works with Merit’s chief executive Rick Kent in to Los Angeles to help the firm open yet another new office.
identifying and acquiring the right firms and hiring and provid-
ing direction to the executive leadership team. Mayhue played a shirl Penney, dynasty Financial Partners
significant role in Merit’s $4 million investment in the firm’s tech Penney has expanded Dynasty’s partnership
platform and infrastructure. She is also involved in Merit’s entry with SmartRIA, a compliance platform that is
into CPA Connect, a revenue share program that offers a new part- creating enterprise-level functionality for inde-
nership and revenue stream for CPAs. pendent RIAs, and has led the firm into part-
nerships with Allocate, BridgeFT and Boulevard Insurance
Larry Miles, Choreo Strategies, and in the acquisition TruClarity. In 2023, Penney
Miles is responsible for redefining Choreo’s role advocated for the board of directors to make all 108 employees
in the advisory landscape since it separated from at Dynasty equity owners in the firm. He also empowered the
a large tax advisory firm and became indepen- Dynasty Women’s Network to host its first offsite event in 2023,
dent in February 2022. The firm successfully in which 100 participated.

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