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Jay Boekeloo is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at High Note Financial LLC since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Timepiece Financial Planning, Inc., Middleton & Company, and work outside the financial sector in music and academia. Boekeloo holds a master’s degree in personal finance and financial therapy and conducts analytical work for an unaffiliated advisory firm in a non-client-facing capacity. High Note Financial LLC provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm employs modern portfolio theory and long-term strategies with a focus on tax-aware implementation and behavioral finance, and offers participant education and group enrollment meetings for retirement-plan clients.

Anthony Diplacido is a financial advisor at Anova Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and serves as president and CEO of Life Design Construction, Inc., a home remodeling company. Diplacido has worked at Anova Management since 2022 and has prior experience with Nextgen Emp, LLC and World Light Tech, Inc. Anova Management provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm’s approach focuses on portfolio management using exchange-traded funds and periodic rebalancing, centered on its Efficient Market Portfolio Plus strategy that applies quantitative algorithms to adjust allocations for risk management.

Kimberly Mamaril is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Illumination Wealth Management. Her prior roles include positions at T. Rowe Price, CIC Wealth, Kestra Advisory Services, and Las Olas Capital Advisors. She also holds an operational leadership role as COO at 7RCC Global, focusing on financial product development and business operations. Illumination Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans with comprehensive Financial Life Management, combining financial planning and investment management. The firm employs client-specific investment policy statements and strategic asset allocation models, emphasizing long-term allocation and offering additional services such as pension consulting and employee education.

Charles Brown is a financial advisor with Momentum Independent Network Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 51 years of industry experience. Brown has been with Momentum Independent Network since 1996. Momentum Independent Network serves individual, high-net-worth, charitable, corporate, institutional, and banking/thrift clients through advisory and brokerage relationships. The firm offers investment advisory programs, managed accounts, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage, execution, clearing, and custody services, utilizing a platform model with third-party managers and integration with Hilltop affiliates.

Derek Thorp is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Wells Fargo Advisors. Thorp is the owner of MFG Wealth, LLC, a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and support services, including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Paula Smith is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Principal Securities Inc. since 2003 and also maintains a longstanding role with Principal Life Insurance Company dating back to 1995. Outside her advisory work, she is the owner of a farm in New Ulm, TX, managed by her husband. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel abroad. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various arrangements.