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Susan Kroger is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. She has worked at Intentional Finance, LLC since 2017 and previously spent 14 years at Waddell & Reed, Inc. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with the Rotary Club of Albuquerque and the ABQ Chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association. Intentional Finance provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual clients and a smaller number of institutional clients, including retirement plans and pension funds. The firm offers customized portfolio construction using a range of asset classes and employs multiple asset allocation strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Larry Blades is a financial advisor at Retirement Solutions with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Redwood Private Wealth LLC and Senior Income Solutions. Outside of his advisory role, he operates Oakwood Summit, LLC, providing tax advice and insurance services. Retirement and Investment Solutions offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services to individuals and retirement plans. The firm employs client-specific strategies using fundamental and technical analysis and collaborates with Gradient Investments, LLC to provide model portfolios and advisory services.

Catherine Kipling is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience. She founded and has operated Kipling & Co. since 2015, serving clients from Hamilton, MT. Kipling & Co. is an independent, fee-only firm serving individual households and small businesses with financial planning and portfolio management focused on retirement, insurance, tax planning, and estate considerations. The firm emphasizes tailored advice through client conversations, minimal trading, and low-cost securities, and it does not accept commissions or sell investment products.

Shawn Loddy is the sole advisor at SML Advisory in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. He has operated SML Advisory since 2015 and concurrently maintains a life and health insurance practice as a sole proprietor since 2002. Outside of financial advising, Loddy works part-time as a technician for Breakout AV. SML Advisory provides comprehensive investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its investment process and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, including ERISA plan services and qualified plan consulting.

David Drucker is the principal of Sunset Financial Management, an independent advisory practice based in Albuquerque, NM. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 license, with 21 years of industry experience. Drucker has led Sunset Financial Management since 1997. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as editor of Virtual Office News and is a principal at Practice Merger Consultants. Sunset Financial Management is a solo, fee-only firm serving a small number of high-net-worth clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm focuses on asset-allocation strategies and a diversified, long-term investment approach, providing quarterly reviews and reports alongside annual plan evaluations.

Scott Floersheim is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 19 years of experience at Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC and over 35 years as owner of Scott Floersheim, Ltd., an accounting firm. He has served as the sole advisor at Meridian Wealth Advisors since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he dedicates time weekly to managing his accounting practice. Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and trusts. The firm employs a long-term, consultative asset allocation strategy emphasizing passive mutual funds and ETFs, managing approximately $145 million across 257 accounts with a focus on non-discretionary management.