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Joshua W. Tschirgi, CFP®, is the Principal and Lead Wealth Advisor at True Path Capital Strategies, LLC, which he founded in 2016 after five years in the industry. Josh works with people approaching retirement or already in it, using a structured process that coordinates retirement income, investments, tax considerations, and risk management into a single plan. Much of that work happens across disciplines. Retirement decisions rarely stay in one lane — a Roth conversion is a tax question, a beneficiary designation is a legal one, and a withdrawal strategy touches both. Josh coordinates directly with clients’ CPAs and estate attorneys so the pieces get decided together rather than in sequence, and so nobody is working from a partial picture. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification, FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 registrations, and an Oregon life and health insurance license. Common areas of work include retirement income planning, Social Security timing, Roth conversion analysis, estate and charitable giving coordination, and long-term care planning. Clients meet with Josh by video, at their homes, or at a professional meeting space, whichever fits. His practice is based in the Portland metro area and serves clients across seventeen states. He and his wife, Melissa, are raising two children in West Linn. Outside the office he golfs, hikes, and follows the Ducks. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers advisory programs through its AccessPoint platform and third-party asset managers, serving a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

Jan Schalkwijk is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at JPS Global Investments, LLC since 2007 and was previously with Orion Capital Management LLC from 2014 to 2016. JPS Global Investments provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other advisers. The firm employs thematic, ESG-oriented equity strategies alongside diversified multi-asset portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management and serving as a sub-advisor in wrap-fee programs.

Jantz Hoffman is a financial advisor at CSLA Financial Inc with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Fosterus since 2022. Outside of advising, Hoffman serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Certified Student Loan Advisor Board of Standards and is a board member for Fosterus, a nonprofit supporting student loan repayment assistance programs. CSLA Financial Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored programs, and retirement plans. The firm employs proprietary asset-allocation models and offers services including discretionary portfolio management, education planning, and student loan repayment assistance.

Ryan Hart is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Hart Investment Management, LLC, with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at Coquest Advisors from 2015 to 2021. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Hart serves as Treasurer for a local homeowners association in Camas, Washington. Hart Investment Management, LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation using ETFs and common stocks, combining fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis to guide investment decisions.

Lyle Remington is the sole advisor at Oregon Financial Products & Services, LLC, an independent firm based in Portland, OR. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he operates as a licensed life and health insurance agent and an income tax preparer under the same business name. Oregon Financial Products & Services provides portfolio management for individual clients using designated Charles Schwab accounts, with an emphasis on diversification and trend-based sector timing. The firm serves approximately 75 clients and manages about $14.2 million in assets, offering annual performance reports and ongoing client access.

Karsten Jeske is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Short Put Yield with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Mellon Capital Management for ten years and has been involved with the Early Retirement Now Blog since 2016. Jeske also holds an academic role at the University of California, Berkeley. Short Put Yield is a boutique registered investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individual investors. The firm focuses on options trading strategies within separately managed accounts, combining portfolio management with retirement and tax planning services.