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Patrick Scherer is a CFP® and ChFC® with six years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Compound Planning, Inc., where he has worked since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at CW Advisors, LLC, Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc., and Wilmington Trust. Compound Planning serves individuals, high-net-worth families, businesses, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and institutional advisory services. The firm employs risk-based model allocations that integrate long-term buy-and-hold strategies with tactical tools such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Stephen Uzonyi is a financial advisor with \u0026Partners in Oil City, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Raymond James & Associates and Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc. \u0026Partners serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, foundations, universities, trusts, private businesses, and corporations. The firm offers investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Howard Gierling is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Secretary of the Masonic Hall Association in Oil City, PA. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a broad client base and offers brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs, combining in-house portfolio management with third-party managers.

Joseph Shields is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He is currently with United Planners Financial Services of America, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he held positions at OneAmerica Securities and American United Life and has a background that includes education roles. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm operates as both a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan services, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform utilizing multiple custodians and third-party money managers.

Reese Stiller is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and five years of industry experience. He previously worked at OneAmerica Securities and American United Life and is president of several non-investment and consulting businesses, including Group Management LLC and Excellence Accounting LLC. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a broad client base that includes individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm supports independent Investment Adviser Representatives through a limited-partnership ownership structure, offering both advisory and brokerage services with a predominance of non-discretionary account management.

Alyssa Prettyman Ion is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Oil City, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. She has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plans, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.