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Kathleen Gallagher is the sole advisor at Gallagher Capital Corp., an independent firm based in Bainbridge Island, WA. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience, having led Gallagher Capital Corp. since 2004. Gallagher Capital Corp. specializes in discretionary fixed-income portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement accounts, focusing on income generation and capital preservation. The firm employs an active, risk-aware investment approach with an emphasis on holding bonds to maturity and uses independent credit research to guide investment selection.

Shai Weinbaum is the sole advisor at Shai Weinbaum Investment Management in Poulsbo, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has operated his independent firm since 2013. The firm provides discretionary investment management services primarily to individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, and small businesses. It customizes portfolios based on bottom-up fundamental analysis focused on intrinsic value and long-term outperformance, avoiding margin, debt, derivatives, and technical or cyclical analysis.

Gary Harris is the sole advisor at Bedfield Asset Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Bainbridge Island, WA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, with over 20 years managing the firm since its founding in 2006. Harris has a background in aviation and technology entrepreneurship. Bedfield Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, businesses, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a blended active/passive investment approach across six asset classes, using fundamental and technical analysis methods focused on index and sector rotation for capital appreciation.

Edward Labanara Jr. is the sole advisor at Seattle Asset Management, Inc., where he has worked since 1993, bringing 32 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation. Seattle Asset Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities, managing approximately $25.9 million. The firm employs a proprietary seven-principle fundamental analysis model and maintains a long-established, solo practice with a very small client base and regular portfolio reviews.

Michael Lizon is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Provident Living Advisors LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2018. Prior to this, he worked at H.D. Vest Advisory Services and H.D. Vest Investment Services from 2014 to 2017. Outside of advisory work, he operates a tax preparation and accounting business. Provident Living Advisors LLC provides fee-based discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis within a multi-role structure, offering quarterly account reviews and ERISA-focused fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans.

Jeremy Despain is a financial advisor at Advent Capital Strategies, LLC, with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Key Investment Services and Key Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he is actively involved with Bible Baptist Church. Advent Capital Strategies provides discretionary investment management and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, employer-sponsored plans, and various institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes passive, asset-class-based portfolios primarily using index mutual funds and ETFs, tailoring asset allocation to client objectives and risk tolerances while also offering plan-level services like investment menu design and participant education.