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Mark Provost is a financial advisor at D & P Investment Advisors, Ltd. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 65 license. He has been with D & P Investment Advisors since 2002 and is also a principal at Desista & Provost, LLP, a certified public accounting firm where he allocates a portion of his professional time. D & P Investment Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to individual investors and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages assets on a non-discretionary basis, employing a process that combines fundamental and technical analysis to recommend diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Susan Gardiner is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at South County Wealth Planning and has previously worked at Forbes Financial Planning, Inc., Rhode Island Housing, and the Rhode Island Senate President’s office. She also provides financial planning services on a contract basis for Origin Financial. South County Wealth Planning serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment strategy emphasizing strategic asset allocation, diversification, and tax efficiency, and offers both discretionary investment management and various financial planning services, including retirement and estate planning.

Michael Bronson is the principal of MB Financial Planning LLC in Richmond, RI, holding a Series 65 credential with eight years of industry experience. He has served at the South Kingstown Police Department since 2007 and teaches courses on Financial Crimes and Pensions at Roger Williams University School of Justice Studies. MB Financial Planning LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and tax preparation services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes passive, low-cost portfolios with supplemental analytical techniques and offers both ongoing discretionary management and one-time financial plans.

Joseph Kolb is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Wickford Wealth Management, LLC since 2012, previously known as Kolb & Company, LLC, and also maintains a role at Strategicpoint Investment Advisors since 2008. Wickford Wealth Management is an independent, single-advisor firm providing discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients on a fee-only basis. The firm utilizes a core-and-satellite portfolio construction approach with diversified allocations across seven asset classes, combining strategic and tactical management to address client needs.

Jeremy Sylvester is the principal advisor at Quahog Investments LLC in Richmond, Rhode Island. He holds a Series 66 designation and has four years of industry experience, including roles at Edward Jones and Sonalysts Inc., as well as service with the US Department of Defense. Sylvester has a technical background with doctoral training in physics and a master’s degree in finance, alongside prior naval service and ongoing part-time academic and reserve roles. Quahog Investments is an independent, fee-only advisory firm serving primarily individual, middle-class clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, focusing on low-cost, buy-and-hold strategies diversified across sectors, while incorporating limited derivative techniques and advising on private equity or real estate investment trusts when appropriate.

William Dwyer is a financial advisor with Seaport Financial Education LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at TIAA-CREF and TIAA since 2016. Seaport Financial Education LLC provides financial education, guidance, and consulting to retirement-plan sponsors, charitable and educational organizations, and individual clients. The firm offers non-discretionary recommendations based on investment principles like Modern Portfolio Theory and long-term planning, using third-party analytics and Monte Carlo modeling, and emphasizes group education and coordination with other advisers.