Chayne M Riggs

Jennifer Gordon is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with Edward Jones, based in Sanford, NC, and has eleven years of industry experience. She has been with Edward Jones since 2015. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment strategies, with a large nationwide network of advisors and branch offices.

Jonathan Goossen is a financial advisor at Prudent Harbor Advisors with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at UNC Healthcare and held positions with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections. He also works part-time as a pharmacist. Prudent Harbor Advisors provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored Three-Bucket Architecture incorporating global equities, debasement protection through real assets, and defensive liquidity, with portfolio management conducted on a discretionary basis using custody and trade execution centralized at Charles Schwab.

Gary Smith is the sole advisor at Wealth Creation Advisory in Carthage, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 36 years of industry experience. His career includes operating his own advisory practices before and after periods of retirement. Wealth Creation Advisory provides portfolio management and related advisory services to individual clients, employing a combination of charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management across various investment vehicles, including mutual funds, equities, fixed income, annuities, and ETFs.

Michael Kelly is a financial advisor at Canopy Financial Solutions with six years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 66 designations. Prior to his advisory career, he served 15 years in the U.S. Army. Kelly also provides financial consulting services for legal clients through his work with Brick City Law. Canopy Financial Solutions offers portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines cyclical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and quantitative methods, employing both long- and short-term trading strategies that may include higher-risk instruments.

Milton West is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with West Financial Strategies, Inc. since 1998 and also serves as the president and sole owner of M. Lee West, CPA, P.A., a CPA firm he founded in 1986. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing partner in a company that holds title to a motorboat and boat slip. West Financial Strategies provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach using passive index funds and ETFs as the core, complemented by selective active funds and securities, managing approximately $106 million in discretionary assets.

Charles Von Canon is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with West Financial Strategies, Inc. since 1998 and is also vice-president and manager at M. Lee West, CPA, a CPA firm. West Financial Strategies provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive index funds and ETFs with selective active funds and securities, managing approximately $106 million in discretionary assets.