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Richard Stebbins is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience, operating as the sole advisor at Richard A. Stebbins CPA CFP CMFC in The Villages, FL. He holds a CPA background but is not currently an active licensed public accountant. His firm provides discretionary investment management primarily for individual clients and trusts, focusing on income and indexed equity exposure through various instruments such as preferred stocks, closed-end funds, and index ETFs. The firm manages approximately $12.3 million across 20 accounts and offers separate tax-planning and limited-scope hourly planning services, maintaining a small and selective client roster.

Michael Barber is the principal of Barber & Associates in The Villages, FL, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with 41 years of industry experience. He is also the principal of Wealth Management Network, a training firm for financial advisors, and owns Concierge Tax Preparation, LLC, which prepares income tax returns. Additionally, he is involved with an estate documentation firm, Estate Docs PMO. Barber & Associates provides advisory services to individual clients without account minimums, managing approximately $37.3 million across about 183 clients. The firm focuses on setting investment objectives and referring clients to third-party managed account programs while offering insurance and retirement-planning services through an affiliated insurance business.

Ryan Egbert is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Elevation Haven Financial, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at Scott Marsh Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches finance courses. Elevation Haven Financial is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual investors, high-net-worth clients, companies, and trusts. The firm provides portfolio management, tax services including individual tax return preparation, real estate advice, and financial planning, employing a disciplined investment process focused on asset allocation and downside risk analysis.

Riley Kiefer is the principal of Kiefer Financial Advising LLC in Ocala, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with approximately one year of experience in financial advising. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Great American Insurance Group for six years. He is also active as a licensed health and life insurance agent through a separate agency. Kiefer Financial Advising provides non-discretionary investment advice and financial planning to individual investors, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a goal-based, long-term approach focused on diversification, cost efficiency, and education, offering services through fixed fees rather than asset-based charges.

Michael Osborne is a financial advisor at New Millennium Asset Management, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with New Millennium Asset Management since 2007. New Millennium Asset Management primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing discretionary portfolios with a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. The firm offers a range of financial planning and business consulting services, and is notable for its use of leverage and derivatives within client accounts.

Jonathan Davis is a CFP®, CFA®, and ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Vanguard and The Vanguard Group for 11 years before founding One Day Wealth Management in Ocala, FL. One Day Wealth Management is an independent firm that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs. The firm integrates tax preparation services with investment advice and structures portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory, operating as a fiduciary for retirement accounts.