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Michael O'Keeffe is a financial advisor at MOK Financial Planning & Tax, Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS™) designation and a Series 65 license. Prior to founding his current firm in 2017, he worked at Oakdale Wealth Management for 12 years. He is also a CPA registered in Maryland and provides tax preparation and bookkeeping services. MOK Financial Planning & Tax, Inc. offers discretionary portfolio management primarily for individuals, trusts, and estates, with additional consulting services including bookkeeping and investment analysis. The firm combines tax preparation with financial planning and constructs customized portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, utilizing a range of investment instruments and strategies.

Stacie Skryz is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Lechner Associates since 2014. She is based in North Attleboro, MA, and focuses on comprehensive financial planning and wealth management. Lechner Associates is an independent, fee-only firm that serves approximately 125 clients with $94 million in assets under management. The firm provides non-discretionary portfolio management tailored through fundamental analysis and retirement modeling, offering both ongoing wealth management and hourly financial consultation services.

Abel Pizarro Jr. is the founder of Pizarro Advisors, a state-registered investment advisory firm established in 2024. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has experience with firms including New Leaf and Primerica Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he has a minority private-equity stake in a cannabis dispensary. Pizarro Advisors provides financial planning, business consulting, and wealth management services to individuals, companies, investment companies, and other advisers. The firm’s investment approach focuses on asset allocation guided by fundamental analysis and macroeconomic factors, with portfolios tailored to client preferences and reviewed periodically.

Jan Hilfer is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Edward Jones for nine years before founding Eisenhilfer Capital LLC, where he has been practicing since 2022. Eisenhilfer Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual investors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm customizes investment strategies based on client objectives and risk tolerance, utilizing approaches such as fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, and offers educational seminars upon request.

Robert Shuman is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Encore Investment Advisors, LLC, with four years of industry experience. Prior to founding Encore, he worked at Butterfield Asset Management for six years and had brief tenures at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and Civic Financial Services in 2021. Encore Investment Advisors is a single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates both domestically and internationally. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation driven investment approach using a mix of ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income, and provides both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside financial planning services.

James Carlson is a financial advisor at Carlson Planning Company with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Gannet Wealth Advisors and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of advising, he is involved with Entropy Mining, focusing on consulting and deployment of data center infrastructure for energy demand response, and also conducts financial education presentations. Carlson Planning Company serves individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors, offering comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory approach with diversified, cost-efficient investments and provides both discretionary and nondiscretionary management alongside flexible planning engagements.