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Austin Taylor is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with seven years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Bow Stream Investments LLC since 2015. The firm manages approximately $8.63 million in discretionary assets for a limited client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and certain institutional clients. Bow Stream Investments focuses on deep fundamental research in microcap and small-cap U.S. stocks, maintaining concentrated portfolios typically holding ten or fewer positions and employing strategies such as options and short sales as part of its investment approach.

Edward Rainford is the sole advisor at GlacierWealth, an independent investment advisory firm based in Whitefish, MT. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 23 years of industry experience, including 22 years with GlacierWealth. GlacierWealth provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning primarily for individual clients, while also serving charitable organizations, corporate clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a Risk Tolerance Assessment to guide investment policy and applies a combination of asset allocation, fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis in managing client portfolios.

Kristin Hetzer is a CFP® with 42 years of industry experience and is the principal advisor at Royal Palms Capital, LLC, where she has worked since 2005. She is also licensed as an insurance agent. Royal Palms Capital offers customized investment supervisory and consulting services to a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis across multiple investment strategies tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

David Wigginton is a CFP® and CFA® with 18 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Glacier Investment Management, where he has worked since 2017. Prior to that, he was a managing director at DISCERN Analytics, a data visualization and analytics firm, where he assists with due diligence and corporate transactions on a limited basis. Glacier Investment Management is an independent registered investment advisor offering wealth management, financial planning, tax and estate planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes risk management, diversification, and a long-term investment approach, with specialized pension consulting and group retirement plan advisory services for public and private plan sponsors.

John Knopik is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Ascent Wealth Management PLLC since 2019 and previously spent 11 years with Jordahl & Sliter Wealth Management Group, LLC. Ascent Wealth Management is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, using a blend of Modern Portfolio Theory and active management across various asset classes.

Parker Lenz is a financial advisor at Pinecrest Advisors in Kalispell, MT, holding a Series 65 license and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at US Bank, Fox River Capital, and Saputo Dairy Products. Outside of advising, Parker works as a Senior Data Consultant at Snow Fox Data, focusing on analytics development, AI/ML, and data engineering. Pinecrest Advisors offers discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolio construction using a range of investment vehicles and employs both strategic and tactical allocation approaches.