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William Warnke is a CFA charterholder with 37 years of industry experience. He has been with Warnke/Nichols Ltd. since 1993, where he serves as a principal. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, families, corporate retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations. Warnke/Nichols Ltd. manages a concentrated client base using a value-oriented investment process focused on fundamental analysis and margin of safety, typically maintaining diversified portfolios of 12–20 stocks with long holding periods and conservative fixed income allocations.

Richard Schiller is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently an advisor at Pavlic Investment Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2021. His prior roles include positions at VP Distributors LLC, Duff & Phelps Investment Management LLC, and Robert W. Baird. Schiller serves as a board member of the Rogers Behavior Health Foundation. Pavlic Investment Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a buy-and-hold, diversified strategy, focusing on individual equities, ETFs, and fixed-income securities, and manages accounts according to client-specific investment policy guidelines.

Ronald Larson is the sole advisor at Larson Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in West Bend, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2013, he coached high school basketball during the 2013–2014 season. Larson Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs multiple analysis methods in its investment decisions and integrates insurance analysis and product placement into its services.

Diane Esser is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently operating as the sole advisor at Direction Financial Management, LLC since 2012. Her background includes integrating financial planning with tax services through her CPA credential and affiliation with an in-house tax practice. Direction Financial Management is an independent, fee-only firm serving individuals, families, trusts, retirees, professionals, and small business owners. The firm provides consultative financial planning and investment advice based on a long-term, passive approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and broad index fund exposure, focusing largely on non-securities planning areas such as tax, estate, and risk management.

Jennifer Hipkiss is a financial advisor at FiduciaOne with 10 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Her prior experience includes roles at Tax Management, Harbour Investments, Thrivent Investment Management, and running her own firm, Hipkiss Financial. She serves as a volunteer board director for Adeline Montessori School, a nonprofit organization. FiduciaOne provides discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to guide investment decisions, offering services on hourly, fixed-fee, or ongoing bases.

Kevin Chapman is the sole advisor at Crossover Capital Trading LLC in Germantown, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of self-employment experience in the financial industry. Crossover Capital Trading LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual clients using a proprietary price-momentum trading model focused on exchange-traded funds. The firm manages approximately $1.1 million across ten client accounts and employs a short-term momentum strategy with daily trade monitoring and performance-based compensation.