Damon Ridley

Raymond Gazelle Jr. is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience, operating as the sole advisor at his independent firm, Raymond L. Gazelle Jr., since 2005. His background includes providing consulting services to small banks on internal operations and data processing. The firm offers comprehensive financial and investment planning services to individuals as well as corporate and nonprofit clients, frequently collaborating with financial officers or committees. It uses a long-term, strategic portfolio allocation approach focused on asset allocation, diversification, and mutual fund and ETF selection, delivering advice on a consultative, non-discretionary basis without managing client assets.

Kathleen McQuade is a Certified Financial Planner® with three years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at her independent firm in Laurel, MD. She has been managing her practice since 2010 and holds a Series 65 license. Her firm provides fee-only financial planning and consulting services to individual clients, focusing on investment, retirement, insurance, education, and estate planning. The practice employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach, primarily recommending no-load, low-cost, tax-efficient mutual funds with asset allocation as the key factor in portfolio returns.

Katrina Riddick is the sole advisor at People First Financial Advisors in Landover, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. She has served as a financial advisor consultant to state and local governments on debt issuances and leads a related minority business advisory effort. Riddick previously worked at Percival Financial Partners, Ltd and has longstanding ties to Faim Group Strategic Solutions Center, LLC. People First Financial Advisors is an independent firm specializing in municipal financial advisory services, primarily for Maryland state and local government issuers. The firm focuses on structuring bond transactions, reviewing documentation, and acting as a bidding agent for bond proceeds investments, typically providing non-discretionary advisory support rather than primary asset management.

Robert Clark is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He founded Clark Company in 2017 after 12 years at National Planning Corporation. Clark also provides tax preparation and fixed insurance services as part of his practice. Clark Company advises individual clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, offering portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm primarily manages client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on client-approved strategies, and combines advisory and insurance brokerage services.

Christopher Oland is a financial advisor at Harmony Wealth Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 designations. He has worked at Harmony Group, Inc. since 2015 and at Harmony Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2021. Outside of advising, he is a passive owner of Preserve, a restaurant in Annapolis, MD, and serves as President of the Southern Maryland Little League. Harmony Wealth Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $22 million in assets and employs a non-discretionary, long-term investment approach informed by cyclical and fundamental analysis along with modern portfolio theory.

Jacolyn Wetmore is the principal advisor at JWC Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Annapolis, MD. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience, including prior roles at United Income, Inc. and Calvert Investment Counsel. JWC Capital Management provides fee-based, individually tailored portfolio management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis and manager-level evaluation primarily with exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, exchange-listed securities, and corporate debt, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management.