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Michael Hunter is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He currently works at Retire Right Planning, LLC and has prior experience at Motley Fool Wealth Management and Personal Capital Advisors. Retire Right Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, written financial plans, and one-time or hourly financial planning engagements. The firm employs a diversified investment approach combining value, safety, quality, momentum, volatility, and economic-indicator strategies, with a focus on risk control and regular account reviews.

Jonathan Fecko is a CFP® professional at Elevate Wealth Management with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Frontier Asset Management, Potomac Fund Management Inc., and The Vanguard Group, Inc. He is based in Littleton, CO and Pittsburgh, PA. Elevate Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, retirement plans, and select institutional entities. The firm employs diversified strategic and tactical asset allocation, integrating equities, fixed income, mutual funds/ETFs, and alternatives, and offers impact/ESG options including Biblically Responsible Investing.

William Kowalski Jr. is a financial advisor at Brightward Financial LLC in Denver, CO, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with six years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at The Millstone Evans Group, Atomos Nuclear and Space Corporation, and Raymond James & Associates. Brightward Financial LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals and business entities. The firm employs a multi-asset investment approach using proprietary models focused on diversification and tax-aware total-return strategies.

Justin Apt is a CFA® charterholder with over 20 years of industry experience. He is the Founder and President at Owl Creek Wealth Partners in Denver, CO. Owl Creek Wealth Partners provides discretionary investment management and wealth advisory services to high-net-worth families. The firm employs a top-down, macro-economic approach to asset allocation and incorporates a range of investment vehicles, including alternative and structured instruments, tailoring portfolios to client-specific objectives. Owl Creek Wealth Partners excels at finding solutions to wealth complexity problems faced by many ultra high net worth families.

Benjamin Batiste is the Founder and Principle Advisor of Crestmark Wealth Group. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Eagle Strategies (NY Life), NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Batiste serves as a board member of the Buckley Spouses Group, a nonprofit providing meals and education to military families facing food scarcity. Crestmark Wealth Group serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory services primarily through third-party asset manager platforms. The firm emphasizes client-directed implementation and oversight, managing a majority of client assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Tanner Windholz is a financial advisor at Fidelity with a Series 66 designation and one year of experience in the industry. His prior work experience includes roles at Bank Midwest/NBH Bank and service in the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. Fidelity’s Strategic Advisers LLC provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional clients, including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, fund advisory, and model portfolio delivery. The firm combines fundamental research with quantitative analysis and algorithmic portfolio construction, and it serves multiple registered investment companies and fund-of-funds.