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Andrew Kangas is a financial advisor and owner of Columbia Wealth Advisors LLC in Scappoose, Oregon. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, including prior roles at KMS Financial Services, Inc. and Realta Equities, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is also a musician who performs at events. Columbia Wealth Advisors LLC is a fee-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial advice using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and cyclical analysis, with ongoing account monitoring and coordination of estate-planning services.

Joseph Eberhardt is a financial advisor at Ravensview Capital Management, LLC in Portland, OR, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Ravensview since 2016. Prior to that, he was employed at EDF Renewable Energy from 2014 to 2017. Ravensview Capital Management provides discretionary investment counsel and special-project advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, non-profits, and family offices. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that includes multiple analysis methods and offers both ongoing management and defined-scope advisory engagements.

David Gratke is the sole advisor at Gratke Wealth, LLC in Hillsboro, OR, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He has led his independent advisory firm since 2000. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the University of Oregon Alumni Association Board of Directors, is involved in fundraising for the Parry Center for Children, chairs the athletic committee at the Multnomah Athletic Club, and participates in several local nonprofit initiatives including the Chalkboard Project and children’s diabetes support networks. Gratke Wealth, LLC provides tailored advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, banking institutions, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers financial planning, investment asset management, retirement-plan advisory, and insurance-related recommendations, operating primarily on a non-discretionary basis with a fiduciary approach.

Karsten Jeske is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Short Put Yield with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Mellon Capital Management for ten years and has been involved with the Early Retirement Now Blog since 2016. Jeske also holds an academic role at the University of California, Berkeley. Short Put Yield is a boutique registered investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individual investors. The firm focuses on options trading strategies within separately managed accounts, combining portfolio management with retirement and tax planning services.

Dylan Stewart Walker is the sole advisor at Walker Legacy Investments and holds a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at Professional Security Consultants and TFI-Telemark. Walker Legacy Investments provides financial planning and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a combined approach of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, with clients retaining implementation authority.

Aaron Saunders is a financial advisor at Comus Investment, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Comus Investment since 2016. Prior to this, he worked at United Parcel Service for three years. Comus Investment provides discretionary equity portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, focusing exclusively on direct stock investing with an international, deep-value approach centered on small-cap and microcap companies in developed foreign markets. The firm manages concentrated, fully invested portfolios without leverage and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.