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Ethan Layne is the sole advisor at Layne Financial Group, an independent registered investment adviser based in Barboursville, WV. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in financial and accounting roles since 2020, including running his own tax and accounting firm, Layne Tax Solutions. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in a printing company and was previously associated with a video advertising business. Layne Financial Group provides discretionary asset management and wealth planning for individual clients and institutional sponsors, including corporate retirement plans and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a factor-based, academic evidence approach to dynamic asset allocation and offers pension and nonprofit consulting alongside standalone financial planning.

Joseph Spano is the President and CEO of The Spano Group Wealth Managers with 30 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at multiple firms including Freedom Financial Advisors and Potter & Spano Financial Group. The Spano Group Wealth Managers provides financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and charities. The firm uses fundamental analysis to construct portfolios and offers ERISA-related retirement plan consulting and co-advisory services.

James Mckee is a financial advisor with McKee Wealth Management in Hurricane, WV, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Southeast Investments, N.C. Inc., First Summit Financial, and has been involved with McKee & Associates, LLC since 2007. Mckee serves as a board member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Charleston. McKee Wealth Management provides financial planning, investment management, and wealth management services to individuals, families, and institutional clients including corporate pension and retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and uses a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and third-party platforms.

John Arthur is the sole advisor at JA Investment Management, LLC in Hurricane, WV. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 12 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2005, he worked at Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. He is also the owner and head instructor of Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu of WV and operates a lifestyle brand called Abstrakt Lifestyle. JA Investment Management serves individual investors and 401(k) plans by offering private asset management, plan management, and investment education. The firm uses both fundamental and technical analysis to tailor strategies to clients, maintaining most accounts on a non-discretionary basis and providing services that include institutional retirement and pension plan management.

Steven Smith is a financial advisor with Creative Financial Solutions, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Financial Solutions since 2008 and also maintains dual registrations with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Smith is a part owner of Esquire Country Club in Barboursville, WV. Creative Financial Solutions provides customized financial planning and advisory services for individuals, families, small businesses, and trusts. The firm focuses on individualized planning supported by third-party research and does not take custody of client assets, with investment activities managed through dual-registered advisors and custodial platforms.

Megan Watterson is a financial advisor at Ironwood Wealth Management, Inc. with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Kanawha County Courthouse, Ohio Valley Bank, Workforce West Virginia, and Marshall University. Outside of her advisory role, she spent two years engaged in extended travel. Ironwood Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm utilizes a range of asset-allocation strategies supported by fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, focusing on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, and offers ongoing portfolio management and financial planning services.