James E. Ellis

Ryan Flynn is a financial advisor and business planning strategist helping business owners, executives, and high-earning professionals create clarity, structure, and long-term confidence in their financial lives. He navigates personal financial planning with the realities of running and scaling a business. His approach is simplifying complexity. Clients come to him because they’re navigating growth, life transitions, rising income, or retirement and want a financial plan that ties together everything from cash flow and tax strategy to retirement income and business succession. Ryan focuses on aligning personal and business goals, identifying blind spots, and developing plans that help clients use their money intentionally. His work includes business evaluations, benefit and retirement plan analysis, cash flow structuring, tax-efficient income planning, legacy considerations, and coordinated strategies that blend financial, business, and personal priorities. Ryan is known for his clear communication, level-headed guidance, and ability to explain financial decisions in a way that feels actionable rather than overwhelming. Rooted in collaboration, partnering with CPAs, attorneys, and other advisors he ensures clients have a complete, coordinated support team. Ryan’s priority is giving clients financial confidence, developing a financial plan for their specific needs, no matter the stage of life or business. Baystate Financial does not provide qualified business valuations. For a qualified or certified business valuation, consult a properly credentialed appraiser. Neither MML Investors Services, LLC nor any of its subsidiaries, employees or representatives are authorized to give legal or tax advice. Consult your own personal attorney legal or tax counsel for advice on specific legal and tax matters. Ryan is a registered representative of and offers securities and investment advisory services through MML Investors Services, LLC. Member SIPC (www.SIPC.org). Supervisory address: Baystate Financial One Marina Park Drive, 16th Floor Boston, MA. Phone number: 617‐585‐4500. Ryan is licensed to sell Insurance products in the following jurisdictions: CA, CO, CT, KY, MA, ME, NC, NH, NY, NC, SC, TX, UT, VT Ryan is licensed to sell securities products in the following jurisdictions: CA, CT, KY, MA, NH, NJ, NY, SC, VT Ryan cannot communicate with, nor respond to requests from users who reside in jurisdictions where we are not licensed to conduct insurance and/or securities business. CA Insurance LIC#: 4371139 | State of Domicile: NH

David Hunt Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Applied Capital Management, LLC. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2020 and has been affiliated with Applied Capital Management, Inc. since 2015. Applied Capital Management provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing consulting, supporting a large client base with customized plans developed through detailed client engagement and fundamental analysis.

Bradley Kayton is a financial advisor with Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Studio Ventures since 2014 and also consults with start-up companies, providing executive management, board governance, CEO mentoring, and strategic consulting through a separate consulting firm. Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors, LLC serves family offices, high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and business entities by creating and managing custom private-market equity and debt funds. The firm focuses on bespoke investment programs tailored to client objectives, often emphasizing private placements and early-stage companies, and uses performance-based compensation arrangements for qualified pooled investors.

Alicia Donahue is the sole advisor at Nashua Capital Management LLC, an independent firm based in Nashua, NH. She holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience, having led her firm since 2012. Nashua Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and incidental financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a long-term investment approach focused on dividend-paying growth and value companies, supplemented by ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed income for diversification.

Jeremy Gassman is the principal of Gassman Financial LLC in Salem, NH, with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Madison Avenue Securities, LLC for 13 years before focusing on his own firm. Gassman is also a licensed insurance professional involved in the sale of insurance and annuities. Gassman Financial LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm manages approximately $112.6 million in assets under management, employing a long-term, diversified asset-allocation strategy using ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed income, with discretionary portfolio management and periodic rebalancing.

Anthony Chen is an independent financial advisor at Honorable Financial Services, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked concurrently at ClearCost Health since 2014, where he serves as a quality assurance manager developing healthcare software. Prior to and during this time, he has also been associated with Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. and World Financial Group, Inc. Honorable Financial Services is a small, state-registered independent advisory firm serving primarily individual clients, especially lower- to middle-income individuals and families. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning focused on retirement and life transitions, utilizing a long-term, passive ETF asset-allocation strategy implemented through the Betterment platform.