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Jason Tate is the principal of Jason Tate Financial Consulting, LLC, an independent firm based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 12 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a personal financial counselor for servicemembers and their families through a government contractor, providing financial education. Jason Tate Financial Consulting primarily offers portfolio management and financial planning services to individual clients, including some high-net-worth individuals and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $22 million across about 120 accounts, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to build portfolios mainly consisting of exchange-listed stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed income without employing margin or leverage.

Larry Crocker is a financial advisor at Retirement Capital Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been involved with several firms, including Fiduciary Compliance Corporation and Fiduciary Consulting Group, Inc., where he has ownership roles. He is also president of Harvest Capital Management Company, a management consulting business currently inactive. Retirement Capital Management provides investment management, wealth advisory, and consulting services primarily focused on retirement planning, risk management, and portfolio supervision for individuals, families, and institutional clients. The firm employs a diversified, long-term investment approach using strategies such as Modern Portfolio Theory and combines active and passive management across various asset types.

Paul Brown is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently the sole advisor at Clearstone Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. His prior experience includes roles at IPI Wealth Management, Inc. and Eagle Peak Capital, Inc. Clearstone Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering comprehensive wealth planning, financial consulting, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses a tactical asset allocation strategy focused on ETFs and selected alternative investments, with specialized services for pension and profit-sharing plan clients.

Jonathan Gillett is the sole advisor at Wilco Financial, LLC, an independent firm based in College Grove, TN. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of industry experience. Outside of his advisory role, Gillett is involved in commercial real estate through Gillett Properties, Ltd., serves as CFO of a startup technology company, profer, Inc., and co-owns a cigar shop called Cigar Station TN, LLC. Wilco Financial, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses a multi-method asset-allocation framework and manages accounts under discretionary authority while allowing client-imposed restrictions.

Blake Cate is the sole advisor at SMEAC Financial, LLC in Nolensville, Tennessee, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 45 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. SMEAC Financial, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and family office services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and employs a range of investment strategies while maintaining ongoing monitoring and annual reviews.

William Mcdonald is a financial advisor at Retirement Planning Solutions, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been affiliated with HD Vest Advisory Services and Retirement Planning Solutions since 2003. Retirement Planning Solutions provides discretionary investment management and consulting services to individual and institutional clients, including trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs fundamental and cyclical security analysis and typically recommends custody with Schwab while managing portfolios on a discretionary basis or through consulting arrangements.