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Mark Redmond is a financial advisor at The Investment Engineer with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been the owner of Hendon & Redmond, Inc., an engineering and architectural firm, since 2000. The Investment Engineer provides investment supervisory services and portfolio management, focusing on asset allocation and long-term trading strategies primarily using ETFs. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, and manages portfolios with discretionary trading authority.

Jing Chen is a financial advisor at UIS Investment Management LLC in Mason, Ohio, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Chen has been with UIS since 2015 and previously retired from professional work between 2006 and 2020. UIS Investment Management LLC provides discretionary asset management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and sentiment analysis to guide investment decisions. The firm operates as a solo practitioner entity focusing on tailored portfolio management without external compensation, proxy voting, or wrap fee programs.

Brian Rigby is a Wealth Management Advisor with the Murphy Wealth Management Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) designation from the Investments and Wealth Institute™ and has over 20 years of experience in the investment industry. Brian works with individuals and families to provide personalized guidance focused on investment management, retirement planning, college savings, retirement income, and wealth growth strategies. He also assists clients in developing net worth statements and provides expertise on maximizing Social Security benefits. In addition to serving personal clients, Brian and his team offer retirement plan consulting services to corporate clients, helping employers with fiduciary responsibilities through services such as Investment Policy Statement development, plan investment menu design, performance reviews, and employee education. His specialty areas include 401(k) and deferred compensation plans, executive stock option planning, and college savings analysis. Brian earned his bachelor’s degree from Westminster College and holds additional professional designations including Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). He is involved in the community through organizations such as Junior Achievement and St. Columban Church. Brian resides in Loveland, Ohio, with his family.

James Connell II is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of Retirement Planning Group, LLC and previously worked at VanWeelden Wealth Management, LLC and WKRC-TV. Connell is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of various insurance products. Retirement Planning Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, pooled, and institutional clients. The firm employs diversified asset-allocation strategies tailored to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances and often delegates portfolio management to third-party sub-advisors under its supervision.

Ryan Tishy is a CFP® and Series 63-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He is the principal of Tishy Financial LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2023. His prior experience includes roles at U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., U.S. Bank, Advisory Services Network, LLC, and Calton & Associates, Inc. Tishy Financial provides fee-only investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate sponsors. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory with a focus on passive investment strategies and serves as an ERISA fiduciary for retirement plan sponsors, offering services such as investment review and participant education.

Bethany Huffman is a Certified Financial Planner™ with 16 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Huffman Wealth Management, where she has worked since 2022. Prior to that, she was with Bohmer Kilcoyne Wealth Management LLC for nine years and LPL Financial Corporation for 15 years. She is also a licensed notary public in Ohio. Huffman Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses proprietary, model-based strategies focused on risk management and tailors allocations to client risk profiles, while also offering client-only tax preparation services and insurance product sales through licensed advisors.