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Brian Schmidt is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Hudson Delaware Planning LLC. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. Outside of financial advising, he is involved with Redbud Farms LLC. Hudson Delaware Planning provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities through both ongoing and project-based engagements. The firm focuses on a planning-only model without discretionary portfolio management or custody, offering services that include retirement, tax, and estate planning, while clients retain full discretion over their implementation.

Mark Stern is a financial advisor at Stone Ridge Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Laurel Wealth Advisors and Integrated Wealth Concepts, LLC. Stone Ridge Advisors is an independent, SEC-registered solo-practitioner firm managing approximately $36.5 million for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing proprietary blended investment models that integrate multiple analytical approaches and emphasize diversification, rebalancing, and a long-term investment horizon.

John Duval is a financial advisor at Bantam Inc. in Staatsburg, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Bantam Inc. since 2017 and also manages a securities litigation consulting firm where he serves as an expert witness without providing investment advice. Bantam Inc. serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and select institutional clients, offering asset management, financial planning, and pension consulting with a focus on documented client objectives and discretionary strategies that include equity, fixed income, and alternative investments.

John Morgan is a financial advisor at Mountain View Strategic Wealth, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Sowell Management and Marshall & Sterling Wealth Advisors, Inc. before joining his current firm in 2018. Morgan holds a Series 65 designation. Mountain View Strategic Wealth provides wealth management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm uses a range of analysis methods and offers discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning based on clients’ investment objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance.

Michael Vanikiotis is a CFP® and ChFC® with one year of experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Vanik Capital LLC. His prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual and Wells Fargo Clearing, along with experience in the restaurant ownership and operations sector. Vanik Capital LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to employer plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and individual clients. The firm employs asset-allocation driven portfolios combining passive and active strategies and offers services including ERISA investment management for employer plans.

David Sterman is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Huguenot Financial Planning in New Paltz, NY, and has worked at LPL Financial and Prime Technology LLC. He contributes external writing to industry publications. Huguenot Financial Planning provides fee-only financial planning and investment consultations to individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, pension, and charitable clients. The firm emphasizes diversified, long-term investment strategies using low-cost indexed funds and offers a range of engagement options including hourly, fixed-project, and subscription-based services without ongoing asset management or discretionary trading authority.