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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.

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 founder of Encore Investment Advisors, LLC, with four years of industry experience. Prior to establishing Encore, he held roles at Butterfield Asset Management, Civic Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Encore Investment Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, trusts, and estates across the U.S. and internationally. The firm offers customized wealth management with a primarily long-term, low-turnover investment approach that incorporates fundamental and technical analysis and uses a diversified mix of ETFs, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and alternative investments.

Gabriel Alvarez is a financial advisor at Alvarez & Associates Financial with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Fidelity Investments for three years. Outside of advising, he spends part of his time driving for a rideshare service. Alvarez & Associates Financial is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers both comprehensive and project-based financial planning and uses a blend of active and passive strategies with fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage client portfolios.

Vache Astarjian is a financial advisor at Waterstone Advisors LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Waterstone Advisors since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an unpaid volunteer member of the investment sub-committee for the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research's endowment fund. Waterstone Advisors serves individuals, families, non-profits, small businesses, and other advisory firms, providing discretionary portfolio management, securities research, and consulting. The firm primarily focuses on equity management using fundamental analysis and employs a fiduciary approach while avoiding derivatives and other complex products.