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Shawn Armstrong is the sole advisor at Structured Investment Advisors, LLC in Sandusky, OH, with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has led his independent firm since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, Armstrong is a partner and lessor involved in building upkeep and related management duties. Structured Investment Advisors, LLC manages approximately $90.8 million across more than 300 client relationships, offering discretionary portfolio management, model-portfolio and asset-allocation services, as well as portfolio and pension consulting. The firm serves individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans using a structured investment process that includes fundamental analysis, model portfolios, and documented investment policies.

James Ruthsatz is the principal of James Ruthsatz Pinnacle Advisors LLC and holds a Series 63 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He is also actively involved full time as a CPA with James L. Ruthsatz, Inc., a separate certified public accounting firm he has operated since 1990. He has led his advisory firm since 2004. James Ruthsatz Pinnacle Advisors provides advisory services primarily to retirement plan sponsors, trustees, and high-net-worth clients through co-advisory wealth and trust programs. The firm focuses on manager selection, monitoring, performance reporting, and coordination with other professional advisors, leveraging its formal affiliation with an accounting practice to offer integrated tax, bookkeeping, and trustee administration services alongside investment management.

Eliot Parker is a financial advisor at Parkmont Wealth Advisors LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Parkmont since 2017. Prior to that, he was with Horter Investment Management, LLC, and he also serves as president of Retirement Solutions Plus, a financial planning firm focused on marketing health fixed annuities to seniors. Parkmont Wealth Advisors provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a variety of analytical methods and employing both long-term and short-term trading strategies. The firm constructs portfolios from a broad range of investment vehicles and offers discretionary management tailored to client goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerance.

Charles Corthell is a financial advisor at Parkmont Wealth Advisors LLC with a Series 65 designation. He has experience working at Retirement Solutions Plus LLC, PNC Bank, TW3 Lawn & Snow, and Fremont Ross City Schools. Corthell has no prior industry experience as a financial advisor. Parkmont Wealth Advisors provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a variety of analytical methods and a mix of investment vehicles. The firm offers discretionary management with a focus on individualized Investment Policy Statements and utilizes Schwab Institutional for custody and trading services.

Anthony Messina is a financial advisor at Parkmont Wealth Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience with Sandusky County DJFS and Allstate Risk Management Business Center. Parkmont Wealth Advisors provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a mix of analytical methods and employing both long- and short-term trading strategies. The firm builds portfolios from a variety of asset classes and uses Schwab Institutional for custody and technology services.

Robert Parker is a financial advisor with Parkmont Wealth Advisors LLC in Fremont, Ohio, holding a Series 63 designation and 22 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Parkmont in 2018, he worked at Horter Investment Management, LLC and Sigma Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, Parker owns and operates Parker Investment & Insurance Services, an insurance and investment business he has managed since 1985. Parkmont Wealth Advisors provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a combination of analytical methods and both long- and short-term trading strategies to build diversified portfolios. The firm emphasizes individualized investment policy statements and utilizes Schwab Institutional for custody and technology support.