Cat Auer is the managing editor for Financial Planning magazine, an Arizent title.

Brian has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in journalism and marketing, from covering Illinois government and politics and the largest casinos in the world, to the halls of higher education and agricultural science. He has earned awards for an in-depth series on homelessness in Connecticut and for a series of events that engaged communities in conversations about science, among others. He is currently guiding a staff in developing advisor-centered content for Financial Planning at Arizent.

Tobias Salinger is the chief correspondent of <i>Financial Planning</i>.

Nathan Place is the retirement reporter at Financial Planning. A native of New York City, he has worked for more than a decade in both print and video journalism. He got his start in Beijing, where he worked as a copy editor and reporter for China Daily. He then returned to New York, where he earned his master's degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Since then he's worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News and The Independent, as well as a video producer for the Daily Mail, the Daily Beast and Men's Journal. At FP, he covers the world of retirement, with a focus on those groups left behind by America's complex systems — and how advisors can help them.

Dan is a business journalist who previously worked for various local newspapers and industry publications. He also worked for two years in Beijing as an editor at China Daily. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, he has written about banking, local governments and the legal profession, among other subjects. He now covers how politics, policy and regulation affect the financial planning industry.

Rachel Witkowski is the tech/AI reporter at Financial Planning. She was previously a lead editor at Forbes Advisor, overseeing their loans and housing verticals. During her career, she reported on financial regulation and fintech at American Banker and The Wall Street Journal.