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Shaun Mathena is the founder and CEO of Fiduciary First Advisors in Clearwater, Florida, helping retirees and pre-retirees across Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay area keep more of what they’ve saved. He is an investment adviser representative with compliance oversight through AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC. He holds the Series 65 license and a Florida 2-15 license (life, variable annuity, and health insurance) held since 2018, and he started in the financial industry with Northwestern Mutual in 2018. Shaun is a Power of Zero advisor, and his approach starts with tax efficiency. He looks at how a client’s investments, retirement accounts, and income sources work together, and how the tax consequences of each decision affect what they keep in retirement. That includes planning around Social Security taxation and Medicare IRMAA surcharges, and building a long-term plan to reduce the impact of taxes over time. On the investment side, Shaun works with clients to align their portfolios with their goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance, with an emphasis on tax-aware investing and the balance between growth and protection. His licenses also allow him to offer annuities, life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance when they fit a client’s plan. He also helps clients prepare for long-term care costs and pass assets to beneficiaries efficiently, working alongside independent estate planning attorneys and tax professionals. Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area, Shaun lives in St. Petersburg and enjoys fishing and camping at Florida’s springs with his daughters. Brokerage services through Alphastar (registered broker-dealer); investment advisory services through Fiduciary First Advisors (SEC registered investment advisor). Shaun can speak to the tax consequences of investments but does not provide tax or legal advice.

Jack works as a Wealth Advisor with Csenge Advisory Group, helping families and business owners create and implement financial strategies. From retirement planning for individuals to designing benefits strategies for small businesses, Jack’s goal is to help his clients plan their financial future. He also helps our clients with their investment, social security, insurance, and estate planning needs.

Priscilla Nunez is a financial advisor at Integrity Alliance, LLC with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation, (Series 63/65 combined), Series 7, and has worked at Brokers International Financial Services since 2018. Integrity Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of 164 independent advisers. The firm offers comprehensive asset management, financial planning, and consulting services using a variety of portfolio management approaches and custodial platforms.

Enzo Cespedes-Correa is an Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Tampa, FL. He is a Certified Private Wealth Advisor® professional with experience in financial services since 2017 across five major banks & investment firms. Academic background includes an MBA and Bachelor’s in Finance from Florida International University and a CPWA® from the Yale School of Management. His expertise includes tax minimization strategies, portfolio management, wealth transfer, banking integration, and lending services.

Dwight Edwards is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates in Wesley Chapel, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Raymond James & Associates, INC since 2016 and also worked at Raymond James & Associates from 2017 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in rental property ownership. Raymond James & Associates offers financial planning and investment consulting services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, corporate and charitable entities, and government clients. The firm provides tailored financial plans and investment recommendations through its Wealth Advisory Services Program and supports institutional consulting via its Institutional Fiduciary Solutions division.

Dean Hershkowitz is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked for the Development Corporation for Israel for five years and founded Herdury Creations LLC, operating it for eight years. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.