David Charles Slupe

David Setia, AIF, CMFC, is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in McLean, Virginia, holding Series 7, Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and over 10 years of industry experience. He has been with LPL Financial since 2016. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, financial institutions, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of financial planning and advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing both proprietary and third-party research and model portfolios.

Girish Gupte is a financial advisor at Magnus Financials LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. He has prior business experience spanning various ventures including insurance and real estate companies that he has been involved with since 2008. Magnus Financials LLC serves individual investors and small businesses by providing financial planning, non-discretionary portfolio advisory, and targeted consulting such as small-business valuations. The firm’s investment approach focuses on strategic asset allocation informed by top-down and fundamental analysis, with advice delivered on a non-discretionary basis and tailored to client preferences.

Kevin Lozer is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Oakton Financial, LLC. He previously worked for ten years at CLEARLOGIC FINANCIAL, INC., formerly known as Ticknor Atherton & Associates. Oakton Financial serves high-net-worth individuals and small businesses with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm emphasizes a strategic asset-allocation approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, tax-aware investments, and a boutique, limited-client model without charging percentage-of-assets-under-management fees.

Kartik Patel is a financial advisor at Simplify Investments with eight years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He is also the president of Data Express Inc., an information technology consulting firm where he provides IT consulting and business strategy analysis, including work with a client in the financial sector. Simplify Investments offers portfolio management services to private individuals, families, and small businesses, focusing on fundamental, value-oriented analysis using a concentrated portfolio of stocks, ETFs, and bonds. The firm serves a notable number of non-U.S. clients and emphasizes addressing currency risk and overseas investment considerations.

David Hainsworth is the sole advisor at David N. Hainsworth, C.P.A., P.C. in Fairfax, VA, with 9 years of industry experience and credentials including CFP® and Series 63. He has been operating his firm since 1989, which functions as both a CPA practice and an independent advisory firm. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and pension or profit-sharing plans, employing modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading approach. It combines CPA services with investment advice and works with third-party managers while offering non-discretionary advice and documented investment policies.

Justin Zakia is a financial advisor at Solution Factory, LLC with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He has held positions at OrthoVirginia, Inc. and The GW Medical Faculty Associates before founding Solution Factory in 2022. Outside of financial advising, Zakia serves as Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Radiology, LLC, a medical screening and diagnostic testing company. Solution Factory provides customized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small businesses, emphasizing an asset-allocation approach informed by economic analysis and client-specific factors. The firm typically manages portfolios on a discretionary basis and offers periodic portfolio reviews and educational workshops for clients.