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Joy Liu is a financial advisor with Connective Wealth Partners, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at FG Advisory Services, LLC, The Financial Gym, and Burns Group. She has also worked as a freelancer. Connective Wealth Partners provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a fundamentally based investment approach with a long-term orientation, constructing portfolios with ETFs, equities, bonds, and alternative investments while offering both full-service and stand-alone planning options.

Joshua Mudse is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Atlas. His prior roles include positions at OneAscent Financial Services, FF Advisors, Running Point Capital Advisors, Carnegie Investment Counsel, and Munn Wealth Management. He is also Associate Vice President of Client Services at Synergy Private, where he manages family office services such as accounting, tax preparation, and coordination of professional advisors. Atlas (ATFS Advisers LLC) provides wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a longer-term, index-based investment approach supplemented by concentrated strategies, ETFs, and direct equities, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios alongside a private credit fund.

Caleb Rich is a Series 65-licensed advisor with PracticeCFO Investments in Swansboro, North Carolina. He is part of a ten-advisor team at the firm. PracticeCFO Investments provides investment management, strategic personal and business financial planning, retirement plan advisory, insurance placement, and tax and accounting services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm uses a hybrid investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining low-cost passive ETFs with tactical asset allocation and formal Investment Policy Statements to guide portfolio management.

Laura Connors is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. She has held roles at Members Trust Company, SECU Life Insurance Company, SECU Brokerage Services, and State Employees' Credit Union. She is also a manager of Connacht, LLC, a family business. Credit Union Investment Services serves individual investors and trust clients in North Carolina, providing non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning with a focus on low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs. The firm’s advisers are salaried employees of the parent credit union, and clients retain final decision-making authority over their accounts.

Perry Aycock is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He has held roles at Members Trust Company and SECU Life Insurance Company, among others, and serves as a Financial Advisory Services District Manager at State Employees' Credit Union. Outside of finance, he previously operated Old Siam Thai Restaurant for seven years. Credit Union Investment Services serves primarily individual investors in North Carolina, offering non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, with salaried advisors who provide recommendations while clients retain final decision authority.

Casey Simpson is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services in Jacksonville, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Credit Union Investment Services since 2018 and has held roles with Members Trust Company, SECU Life Insurance Company, SECU Brokerage Services, and State Employees' Credit Union since 2013. Credit Union Investment Services serves primarily individual investors in North Carolina, providing non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm focuses on low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, fixed-income products, and a goals-based, long-term planning approach, with advisory representatives employed on a salaried basis.