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Antonio Batiste is a financial advisor at Avadim: Financial, Limited Liability Company with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over one year of experience in the financial services industry. His prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management and JD Power via Kforce Staffing. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with A Healthy Peace of Mind LLC, a business he has been associated with since 2024. Avadim: Financial provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, families, and small-to-medium sized businesses, using a three-phase planning process combined with risk assessment to guide investment recommendations. The firm offers both non-discretionary advice and discretionary portfolio management only after clients complete its planning intake and serves working-class clients with a variety of payment options.

Dean Phass is a financial advisor with Jade Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. He previously worked at Truist Advisory Services and Truist Investment Services from 2016 to 2024 before joining Jade Financial in 2024. Phass is also a licensed insurance agent, although he does not currently engage in insurance activities. Jade Financial LLC is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser that provides ongoing portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a variety of analytic approaches across multiple investment instruments, managing most client assets on a non-discretionary basis and offers both advisory and fixed-fee financial planning services.

Christine Parker is a CFP® professional and the sole advisor at Parker Financial, LLC, an independent firm she has led since 2007, with a total of 19 years in the industry. She holds the Series 66 designation and is based in La Plata, MD. Parker Financial, LLC provides investment advisory and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, one-owner small businesses, charitable organizations, and select institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax-efficient investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, primarily using low-cost passive ETFs, equities, and investment-grade fixed income.

Andrea Brashears Sampson is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in financial planning. She is the principal of Wise Financial Counsel, LLC and has previously worked at West Financial Services, Inc., Wealthcare Financial Group, Inc., and Omega Wealth Management. Outside of financial advising, she serves as president of GIGS Music Productions, LLC, which promotes songwriting and music distribution, and WE R WISE, Inc., a nonprofit focused on networking and professional development. Wise Financial Counsel, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, counseling, and strategic business planning services to individuals, families, small-business owners, and corporations. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing counseling rather than asset management or specific securities recommendations, and it offers public seminars and workshops as part of its client services.

Brian Hoyle is a financial advisor at The Fintel Group LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in various roles including Senior Instructional Designer at General Dynamics Information Technology since 2018. His prior experience includes positions at ManTech International, Cummings & Carroll, P.C., and Prince William County Schools. The Fintel Group LLC provides comprehensive and modular financial planning services to individuals, couples, and small businesses. The firm focuses on fee-only planning projects with long-term, buy-and-hold investment strategies emphasizing diversified asset allocation and low-cost mutual funds, without offering ongoing asset management or custody of client assets.

Frank Simpson Jr. is a financial advisor with The Simpson Firm LLC in White Plains, MD. He holds the Series 66 designation and has nine years of industry experience, including prior roles at Merrill and Bank of America. He has been with The Simpson Firm since 2018. The Simpson Firm provides fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services to small and mid-size groups and individual clients. The firm emphasizes customized strategies aligned with client risk tolerance and objectives, employing long-term investment approaches supplemented by selective short-term trading and hedging techniques.