SBJ unveils 2025 Trusted Advisers

 Every business owner or executive has a team of professionals who help make the organization a success. They are accountants, attorneys, bankers, financial professionals, logistics managers, human resources professionals, marketers, real estate agents, construction and design professionals, insurance agents, business consultants and technology professionals.

Springfield Business Journal’s 2025 Trusted Advisers event honors 14 businesspeople, including the Legacy Adviser, a pinnacle award for industry veterans with over 20 years of experience, and an Up-and-Comer Adviser, for an individual with fewer than five years of experience. This year marks the program’s 12th year.

Chosen by an independent panel of judges, here are the honorees by category and in alphabetical order:

Legacy Adviser: Robert J. Helm, partner at Elliott, Robinson & Co. LLP

Advisers: Kami Bailey, partner at The Whitlock Co. LLP; Richard Baker, CEO and executive wealth adviser at Fervent Wealth Management LLC; Andrea Battaglia, chief excellence officer at Abacus; Krystal Creach, partner at Forvis Mazars LLP; Andy Drennen, vice president and senior portfolio manager at Simmons Bank Private Wealth; Rob Haik, senior principal at H Design Group LLC; Matthew Henderson, owner of Henderson Media LLC; Jonathan Hodges, vice president of technology at Classy Llama Studios LLC; Stephanie Ireland, owner of Ireland Architects Inc.; Todd Larsen, senior vice president and senior wealth management officer at Guaranty Bank; Kimberlee Nevins, benefits adviser with Employee Benefit Design LLC; and Michael Wehrenberg, founder and president of Wehrenberg Design Co.

Up-and-Comer Adviser: Regan Fish, senior accountant with Elliott, Robinson & Co. LLP

More information on the Sept. 26 Trusted Advisers event is at SBJ.net/trusted.