Christopher Close

Beth Dandrea is a Certified Financial Planner® with 12 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Plumtree Financial Planning and has operated her own financial planning practice since 2007. Plumtree Financial Planning provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals and families, focusing on long-term, tailored strategies that incorporate budgeting, tax planning, life insurance, and estate planning. The firm offers both ongoing and project-based advice, maintaining a fee-only model without custody of client assets.

Li Ma is a financial advisor at Annova LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Annova since 2020. Prior to that, he was employed at Axalta Coating Systems LLC for six years. Li is also a licensed independent life insurance agent in California, Delaware, Florida, and Pennsylvania and may recommend annuities or life insurance as part of financial planning. Annova LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual, institutional, and corporate clients through its Portfolio Management Account wrap-fee program. The firm uses risk-based and outcomes-based asset-allocation models and delegates trading and model implementation to selected investment managers, offering quarterly performance reporting and employing strategies that may include derivatives and alternative investments.

John Neal is a financial advisor at Stone Loft Wealth Management LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at The Vanguard Group and UBS Financial Services. Stone Loft Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary wealth management and financial planning, focusing on portfolio construction with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, combining fundamental and technical analysis within a long-term investment framework.

Ben is the founder of Ketwich Capital LLC ("Ket-Cap") which serves the financial and investment needs of professionals and families. Ben is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Certified Kingdom Advisor®. Prior to founding Ket-Cap in 2017, Ben spent a decade working on Wall Street at UBS and Neuberger Berman. As an equity analyst in 2008, he had a front-row seat to the housing bubble burst and the collapse of the global economy. This experience taught him the dangers of financial salesmanship (mortgages in this case) and the pitfall wealth can bring when there is no plan or purpose. Ben is passionate about helping others become secure, content, and generous in their wealth. Ben has facilitated financial courses including Financial Peace University, Charting Your Legacy, and the Journey of Generosity (Generous Giving). In his personal time, Ben can be found either outside with his wife and two young children or building something around the house. He is an avid reader of books related to money, history, and theology.

Paul Kobilka is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of Altruistic Advisor LLC, an independent firm he joined in 2024 after five years at Brookstone Wealth Advisors and prior roles at Mercer Global Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a rental property business. Altruistic Advisor LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm focuses on diversified, low-cost portfolios managed with a long-term orientation, and it is notable for offering retirement plan advisory and pension consulting services.

Damon Gray is the sole advisor at Jura Investments, LLC, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has served as an Instructor of Management and Finance at Montgomery County Community College since 2015, including a term as Diversity Fellow of Finance. Jura Investments primarily serves pooled and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporate or charitable entities, while also offering services to high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting, combining formal pension consulting with public educational workshops and employing a multifaceted asset allocation approach.