Donald Eugene Oates

Daryan Lenz is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Lenz Integrity Financial, an independent firm he has been affiliated with since 2016. Lenz Integrity Financial serves individual, high-net-worth, and charitable organization clients, offering discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning. The firm’s investment approach combines modern portfolio theory with other strategies such as technical analysis, model allocations, and option strategies, typically using exchange-traded funds and model portfolios.

Shaun Blakeslee is a financial advisor at Alton Point Advisors, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and PNC Investments. Outside of advising, he hosts an educational and entertainment podcast covering topics such as money, business, entrepreneurship, and finance. Alton Point Advisors, LLC is a small, independent firm founded in 2022 that provides discretionary asset management and hourly financial planning primarily for individual clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to develop tailored investment strategies and conducts quarterly reviews for rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting.

My path to founding Groff Wealth Management began during the most difficult chapter of my life. Watching my father battle brain cancer was a profound lesson in how quickly circumstances can change. In the wake of his passing, I saw the need for the families I serve to live life now instead of one day. Over and over I see families with the means but lacking the permission to spend and enjoy their lives. Most firms are built to scale, often at the expense of the client experience. I chose a different path. I intentionally serve a limited number of families. By staying small, I can provide a concierge-level service that larger firms have a hard time matching. For the widow/ widower: I carry the mental load. Whether it’s navigating complex employer benefits, handling the paperwork of loss, or ensuring your legacy is secure, I am in the trenches with you so you have the space to heal. For the Retiree: You’ve worked hard to build your resources. I ensure those resources are aligned with your values, allowing you to stop worrying about the "what-ifs" and start living your life to the fullest. A Personal Commitment: When you call, I answer. Whether I’m in the office or coaching my kids’ sports teams, my clients have a direct line to me. You aren't a line item on a balance sheet, you are a family I have committed to protect. My mission is to provide the clarity you need to move forward with confidence. If you’re looking for a partner to help carry the weight of your financial life so you can focus on what truly matters, I’d be honored to talk.

Philip Weiss is the principal of Apprise Wealth Management LLC in Phoenix, MD, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and has worked at firms including Foundation Wealth & Tax Advisors, Bestgate Wealth Advisors, and American Century Investment Services. In addition to his advisory role, he is a co-presiding partner of Hay Weiss CPA, LLC, an accounting and payroll services firm he helped found in 2002, and he occasionally reviews industry guides for the CFA Institute. Apprise Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers. The firm uses a bottom-up, fundamentally driven investment process with a value-oriented approach, managing portfolios that include equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options, and also serves as a sub-advisor to other registered investment advisers.

John Amos is a financial advisor with McClelland Wesley Wealth Management in Parkton, MD. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience. He has been with McClelland Wesley Wealth Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he plans to establish an insurance agency separate from his RIA. McClelland Wesley Wealth Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of charting, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework and serves both retail and institutional clients, including pension consulting.

George Noon is a CFA charterholder and principal of Noon Investment Management LLC with three years of experience as an independent advisor and over 30 years of prior experience at LaSalle Investment Management. Based in Phoenix, MD, he leads his firm which offers discretionary wealth management and financial planning services. Noon Investment Management LLC serves individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, participant-directed retirement plans, and other registered investment advisers. The firm uses a fundamental analysis-driven investment approach supplemented by technical analysis and combines consulting services to RIAs with institutional plan offerings.