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Roy Beyer is the sole advisor at Priority Financial Advisors, LLC in Frederick, MD, with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been involved with Capwest since 2007 and the Wycoff Stock Market Institute since 1992. Outside of advisory work, he owns a music performance business providing live music at private events. Priority Financial Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with ongoing investment supervisory services and hourly financial planning. The firm uses a defined Investment Policy Statement tailored to each client and employs a mix of charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to build diverse portfolios, while offering complimentary educational seminars and maintaining a very small client roster managed solely by the principal advisor.

Patricia Bush is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with six years of industry experience. She is the principal of AAA Advisory LLC and also serves as a tax consultant at Bestgate Tax & Accounting Advisors, LLC, where she is involved in tax review and income tax preparation. Her prior work includes roles at Squire, Lemkin + Company, LLP and Bestgate Wealth Advisors, LLC. AAA Advisory LLC provides fee-only comprehensive and project-based financial planning and tax preparation services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, through virtual meetings. The firm offers non-discretionary investment recommendations based on Modern Portfolio Theory and a long-term, passive investment approach focused on asset allocation.

Jeyamariappan Ganapathy is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license with 10 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Samatva Wealth Management LLC since 2015 and previously worked at Senaissance Software. Samatva Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm operates on a fee-only basis and focuses on a long-term investment horizon using fundamental analysis and discounted cash flow techniques, with portfolios diversified primarily through actively managed mutual funds.

Christopher Ruspi is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Applied Financial Wisdom since 2012 and also maintains an affiliation with LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he owns a travel blog. Applied Financial Wisdom provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan allocation services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary top-down forecast that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, utilizing sector rotation, ETFs, individual equities, fixed income, and, when appropriate, options and margin strategies.

Brian Wee is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as Managing Member and Chief Compliance Officer at Homewood Capital Management East LLC since 2017. He previously worked at Homewood Capital Management, Inc. from 2013 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Brian is a licensed insurance agent and real estate agent in Woodbine, MD, and provides marketing and client acquisition consulting to business owners. Homewood Capital Management East LLC offers portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual clients, focusing on a long-term investment approach grounded in modern portfolio theory. The firm prepares customized Investment Policy Statements and manages client portfolios using mutual funds, equities, ETFs, fixed-income securities, annuities, and Treasury inflation-protected bonds.

Christopher Shematek is a CFP® and ChFC® with 26 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal of Cobalt Financial Partners LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2005. Shematek also serves as the Business and Economics Department Chair and instructor at Glenelg Country School, where he teaches economic and business courses and supervises student-run business projects. Cobalt Financial Partners provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach based on modern portfolio theory, using tailored investment policy statements and model portfolios, with virtually all assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.