Daniel Mark Steinberg

Jean Alden is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with 18 years of experience, serving clients through Liberated Investor Advisors, LLC since 2008. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW investors. Liberated Investor Advisors utilizes model portfolios and third-party money managers to implement investment strategies focused on diversification and long-term purchase approaches across ETFs, mutual funds, and individual stocks. The firm operates as a small, single-advisor practice, with Jean Alden directly managing client relationships.

Douglas Alden is a financial advisor with Liberated Investor Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked with Winning Point Advisors, L.L.C. and Efficient Advisors, LLC, and serves as president of Alden Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency specializing in life and disability insurance sales. Liberated Investor Advisors primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm employs model portfolios and third-party money managers across various asset classes and strategies, combining investment advisory services with licensed insurance offerings and solicitor arrangements.

Dustin Poteat is a financial advisor with Gradient Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and a background that includes roles at Crane Resistoflex and Premier Insurance Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a consultant in operations and analytics for a manufacturing firm. Gradient Advisors, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm operates primarily through third-party money managers and Investment Advisor Representatives, utilizing a largely non-discretionary model and multiple analytical approaches to support client portfolios.

Catherine Zieman is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience. She has worked at firms including Advisory Services Network, Field Point Private, Dominari Securities LLC, Neuberger Berman BD LLC, and Northern Trust Securities. Outside of her advisory work, she is the managing partner of High Pointe International Equestrian Tours, a travel agency operated as a hobby. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a network of independent advisers. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing various securities and third-party managers to tailor strategies to client objectives.

Douglas Beam is a financial advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. in Morganton, NC, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC. Beam is also involved in independent insurance sales. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of investment management and financial planning services, employing asset-class model allocations and multiple risk objectives supported by an Executive Investment Committee.

Boyd Phillips II is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Marion, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2007 and has maintained concurrent roles with Nylife Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Co, and Phillips Financial Group, LLC since 2006. Outside of advisory work, Phillips owns and operates a seedling plant business and participates in several local boards, including the McDowell County Schools board and the Mission Hospital McDowell oversight board. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and emphasizes non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.