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Kenneth Ehinger is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc., holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has worked with ValMark Advisers since 2022 and previously operated KRE Strategies, LLC, a business consulting firm. Ehinger is also a managing partner of Katken Ventures, LLC, a personal venture capital investing business, and serves on the Board of Trustees at Trine University. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional clients through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm uses diversified, goal-based model portfolios primarily composed of mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, and offers a range of proprietary and third-party investment platforms and services.

Chad Keim is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 31 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera, Summit Financial Group, Raymond James Financial Services, and Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. Keim serves as treasurer and board member of Branch County Bloom, a nonprofit organization. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including institutional and individual investors. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets, serving clients that include sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

James Morrison is a financial advisor with AE Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 52 years of industry experience. He has been with AE Wealth Management since 2017 and previously worked at Global Financial Private Capital, LLC and GF Investment Services, LLC. Morrison also operates James J. Morrison & Associates dba Morrison Financial Group, where he serves as Vice President and is involved in insurance sales and services. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of services such as model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, utilizing a platform-centered approach that integrates both internal and third-party investment models.

Tammi Schorfhaar is a financial advisor at AE Wealth Management, LLC with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at AE Wealth Management since 2018. Additionally, she is the Director of Operations at James J. Morrison & Associates Dba Morrison Financial Group, where she has been involved in insurance sales since 1991. Tammi also serves as the secretary of the Ovid Township Planning Commission. AE Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of services such as model portfolio solutions, discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services through a platform that combines internal and third-party managed models with advisor customization.

Ashley King is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at firms including Cetera, Keim Financial Group, Raymond James Financial Services, and Sturgis Bank & Trust. King also maintains a notary role outside of her advisory work. Kestra Advisory provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting services to institutional and individual clients. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and utilizes multiple management platforms to serve a broad range of investors, including large institutional clients.

April Rose is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Coldwater, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Lincoln Financial Group, Voya Financial Partners, and Valic Financial Advisors. She serves as Finance Chair for the United Methodist Church, assisting with budgeting, financial oversight, and audits. TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm offers both model-based and customized portfolio management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund, operating within a vertically integrated group that discloses potential conflicts and applies a fiduciary standard across its services.