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Brian Lodermeier is the principal advisor at Elevated Finance in Willard, Ohio, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He has a background in accounting, having worked at Johnson & Dolesch CPAs and Schonebarger Beale Miller & Associates CPAs before founding Elevated Finance and Lodermeier CPA LLC, where he provides accounting services. Elevated Finance offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and retirement plan services to individuals and business entities. The firm’s approach includes tailored investment programs and fiduciary consulting for qualified plans, with a notable affiliation to Lodermeier’s accounting practice, which supports its pension consulting capabilities and plan management services.

Bradley Hostetler is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He is the principal of HD Pinnacle Advisors, Ltd., where he has worked since 1999. In addition to his advisory role, Hostetler is a CPA with Riester, Lump & Burton, a separate accounting firm. HD Pinnacle Advisors serves retirement plan sponsors, trusts, corporations, and private clients by providing wealth management and financial planning services as a co-adviser. The firm offers investment advisory input, client coordination, and independent manager selection without directly managing client assets.

Maureen O'hara Ganz is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 25 years of industry experience. She is a partner at Robert J. Lehew & Associates, Inc., a CPA and accounting services firm where she has worked since 1984, and she has been with R & M Consultants, Ltd. since 2016. Outside of her advisory roles, Ganz owns and operates Ganz Farms Percherons, where she raises, trains, and shows horses. R & M Consultants, Ltd. functions primarily as a co-advisor supporting institutional and pooled-account clients, offering wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm’s approach includes household-level allocation, tax-loss harvesting, and independent manager selection, with asset management and custody handled by its co-adviser partner.

David Shealy is a financial advisor at Shealy/Pinnacle Advisors, Ltd. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and concurrently works full-time as a CPA with Citrin Cooperman, a non-investment related accounting firm. His career includes roles at HW&Co. CPAs and Advisors and the Shealy Group. Shealy/Pinnacle Advisors Ltd. serves institutional and private clients through co-advisory arrangements and retirement plan consulting, providing wealth management, financial planning, and trustee-focused trust services. The firm emphasizes retirement plan consulting and offers ongoing monitoring and oversight of independent investment managers while partnering with an SEC-registered adviser for day-to-day portfolio management.

Derek Fike is a financial advisor at KM&M PINNACLE, Ltd. with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with KM&M CPAs since 2005. Outside of advising, he is a partner in a payroll processing company. KM&M Pinnacle serves individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and corporate clients by combining wealth management, financial planning, and trust services. The firm delivers portfolio management through co-advisory relationships with SEC-registered advisers and integrates tax, accounting, and trust capabilities through its affiliations with CPA firms and related business interests.

Lawrence Morrison is a financial advisor with KM&M Pinnacle, Ltd. holding a Series 65 credential and over 26 years of industry experience. His background includes a wide range of business interests dating back to 1981, including roles in CPA firms, consulting, insurance, and various operating companies. KM&M Pinnacle operates as a state-registered co-advisor serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and corporate clients with wealth management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and trust services. The firm integrates tax, accounting, and trust capabilities through affiliations with CPA firms and related businesses, delivering investment management primarily via its relationship with an SEC-registered adviser.