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Steven Hoffman is the sole advisor at Hoffman Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Centerton, Arkansas. He holds a Series 65 designation and has seven years of industry experience, including nine years at Walmart prior to founding his firm in 2017. Hoffman Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and customized investment portfolios primarily to individual investors, as well as a range of institutional and organizational clients. The firm employs a value-oriented, long-term investment approach based on fundamental analysis and utilizes options strategies to generate additional income.

Gerald Donner is the sole advisor at Auxarc Asset Management Company in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 37 years of industry experience. He has worked at Auxarc since 2010 and has been associated with Linsco/Private Ledger since 2000. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in selling antiques and serves on a local housing authority board. Auxarc Asset Management primarily serves individual investors and may also manage trust and retirement plan accounts, offering discretionary portfolio management and asset-based advisory services. The firm’s investment approach focuses on longer-term, multi-cycle strategies with an emphasis on flexibility and risk management rather than short-term market tracking.

Matthew Bessette is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and The Vanguard Group. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s services integrate with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasize long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and client savings rates over short-term forecasts.

Harold Jones is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors in Bentonville, AR, holding the ChFC® and Series 66 designations with 14 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes nearly a decade at Axa Advisors and ongoing involvement with WealthWave and WFGIA. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trustee of the Petra Jones Family Trust and manages a small ranch with longhorn cattle. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a model portfolio approach with third-party managers and platform sub-advisors, supported by multiple program platforms such as Transamerica ONE and the TFA365 Advisory Program.

Eric Crawford is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Investment Services and Investors Capital Corp. Outside of his advisory work, he also works part-time as an event parking attendant. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors as well as institutional and individual clients, offering services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education. The firm serves a diverse client base including large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds, managing approximately $79.8 billion in assets.

Jeremy Harp is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and has been with Edward Jones since 2002. He is based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. In addition to his advisory work, Harp serves as an adjunct professor at John Brown University, where he teaches a course titled Personal Finance. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary managed solutions, and operates under a fiduciary standard.