Gerald Denney Jr.

John Couric is the principal of Couric Financial and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Providence Asset Management and Cetera Advisor Networks, and he currently serves as a director for the Organization of Indigenous Missions, a nonprofit. He is also an Enrolled Agent providing tax preparation and IRS representation through his separate businesses. Couric Financial Partners is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, endowments, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning with a fundamental, long-term investment approach, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and other securities, alongside an automated portfolio option through Schwab Institutional Intelligent Portfolios.

Ashley Owens is a financial advisor at 11 Financial with 13 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at CapFinancial Securities LLC, Benchmark Bank, Infinex Investments, and Securities America. Outside of her advisory role, Owens is a loan officer at Neighbors Bank. 11 Financial provides portfolio management, financial planning, and education services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory, offering tailored strategies that include both long-term allocations and more active approaches.

Jon Dabareiner is a financial advisor at Lombard Advisers Incorporated with 36 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has been with Lombard Advisers since 2017. Dabareiner serves on the board of the Smith Mountain Lake Boating Association, which focuses on boating safety and boater rights. Lombard Advisers provides personalized investment management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management programs, employing fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to construct and monitor client portfolios.

James Martin is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with four years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies and affiliated firms since 2021 and operates Country & Lake Life Financial Strategies, LLC, where he brokers insurance products. Martin serves as president of the SML Rotary Club for 2025-2026, a local organization supporting nonprofits and community initiatives in Bedford and Franklin County, VA. Eagle Strategies LLC provides financial planning, investment advisory, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes client-directed solutions using third-party managers and model portfolios and operates as an indirect subsidiary of New York Life, integrating advisory services with affiliated insurance and broker-dealer capabilities.

Angeles Atkinson is a financial advisor at First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with First Citizens Investor Services since 2005, having also worked at First Citizens Bank and Trust since 1999. She serves as Board President of the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region through 2025. First Citizens Investor Services provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and pension plans. The firm combines risk- and outcomes-based asset allocation with discretionary management and third-party managers, leveraging its affiliation with a bank holding company to offer integrated banking resources alongside portfolio management and tax-aware services.

Tiffany Fath is a financial advisor at LPL Financial in Altavista, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations. She has worked at LPL Financial since 2016, with a break from 2020 to 2025 during which she was unemployed, and also has experience at First National Bank and Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, charities, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a variety of investment solutions supported by an in-house research team and combines large-scale advisory operations with non-advisory product activities such as insurance and lending services.