Hugh Mergan

I’m Delaware’s only professional futurist and the founder of StratFI, a boutique investment advisory firm built around a simple question: “What happens next?” Before launching StratFI, I served as lead portfolio manager for a multi-family office working with inherited wealth families. At the start of my career, I worked as a financial planner for what is now Ameriprise. Today, StratFI provides active investment management for active people — particularly professionals and retirees focused on building, preserving, and navigating long-term wealth. I intentionally work with a limited number of clients to maintain meaningful relationships and deliver a highly personalized experience. Clients receive direct access to their portfolio manager, customized investment strategies, and thoughtful guidance grounded in experience. All client assets are custodied with Charles Schwab. StratFI operates as a fee-only fiduciary, meaning no commissions and no conflicts of interest. To maintain a high standard of service and customization, we typically work with clients who have $500,000 or more in investable assets.

Michael Carey is a CFA charterholder and the sole advisor at Carey Investment Solutions LLC, an independent firm based in Philadelphia, PA. He has 13 years of industry experience and has led his firm since 2012. Carey Investment Solutions provides wealth management and discretionary portfolio management services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis with a long-term investment horizon while employing active management and the occasional use of margin borrowing to optimize portfolio timing and allocations.

Beth Dandrea is a Certified Financial Planner® with 12 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Plumtree Financial Planning and has operated her own financial planning practice since 2007. Plumtree Financial Planning provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals and families, focusing on long-term, tailored strategies that incorporate budgeting, tax planning, life insurance, and estate planning. The firm offers both ongoing and project-based advice, maintaining a fee-only model without custody of client assets.

John Neal is a financial advisor at Stone Loft Wealth Management LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at The Vanguard Group and UBS Financial Services. Stone Loft Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary wealth management and financial planning, focusing on portfolio construction with low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, combining fundamental and technical analysis within a long-term investment framework.

Ben is the founder of Ketwich Capital LLC ("Ket-Cap") which serves the financial and investment needs of professionals and families. Ben is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Certified Kingdom Advisor®. Prior to founding Ket-Cap in 2017, Ben spent a decade working on Wall Street at UBS and Neuberger Berman. As an equity analyst in 2008, he had a front-row seat to the housing bubble burst and the collapse of the global economy. This experience taught him the dangers of financial salesmanship (mortgages in this case) and the pitfall wealth can bring when there is no plan or purpose. Ben is passionate about helping others become secure, content, and generous in their wealth. Ben has facilitated financial courses including Financial Peace University, Charting Your Legacy, and the Journey of Generosity (Generous Giving). In his personal time, Ben can be found either outside with his wife and two young children or building something around the house. He is an avid reader of books related to money, history, and theology.

Brody Rosenfeld is a financial advisor with Foundation Financial Planning, LLC in Philadelphia, PA, holding a Series 65 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Twams Financial Planning, LLC and Green Mountain Energy. Foundation Financial Planning, LLC provides outsourced financial planning and modeling services exclusively to other advisory firms, focusing on data review, cash-flow and Monte Carlo modeling, and goals-based planning. The firm operates on a business-to-business model, offering fixed-fee and hourly engagements without managing assets or exercising investment discretion.