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Darla East is a financial advisor at D Squared Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Oro Valley, AZ. She holds a Series 65 designation and has 22 years of industry experience, including 16 years at her current firm. D Squared Capital Management provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages portfolios using a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, offering both wrap fee and non-wrap advisory arrangements, and employs a range of strategies including active trading, option-based stock replacements, and limited short-sale transactions.

Ronald Knapp is the sole advisor at RH Knapp & Co. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 27 years of industry experience. His career has been focused entirely at RH Knapp & Co., where he has worked since 1989. RH Knapp & Co. is an independent firm providing discretionary investment management primarily to individuals, trusts, small corporations, and various institutional clients. The firm emphasizes individual securities selection through fundamental and technical analysis, generally recommending equity investments for clients with a minimum five-year horizon and operating under limited trading discretion.

Brooks Larson is a financial advisor with Wealth Planning Advisors LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 13 years of industry experience. He has operated his own firm, Brooks Larson, LLC, since 1994 and has been self-employed in financial planning since 1991. Larson is involved in a family estate planning LLC unrelated to real estate transactions. Wealth Planning Advisors LLC is a small, fee-only advisory practice serving individual investors and employer plan sponsors. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and educational seminars, with additional tax, bookkeeping, and payroll services offered through an affiliated accounting entity.

Joseph Von Unschuld is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience, currently with Royal Fund Management, LLC. He has been involved with The American Society of Fiduciary Education since 2016 as its founder and chairman, where he develops and trains adult financial planning courses. In addition to his advisory role, he is engaged in insurance sales through Peak Advisors and owns Fractal Profile Investment Management. Royal Fund Management serves individual investors, corporations, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm constructs customized portfolios based on documented risk tolerance using various analytical methods and strategies, while also providing held-away advice and participant account management through multiple platforms.

Scarlett Vogel Ham is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and totaling 17 years of industry experience. Her background includes roles at Eagle Strategies, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. She is the owner of Full Moon Financial LLC, where she runs group business and life insurance activities. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and businesses. The firm emphasizes direct advisory programs, financial planning, and access to third-party money manager solutions through both adviser and promoter arrangements.

Estel Freese is a financial advisor at Cetera with 25 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. Prior to joining Cetera in 2025, she spent six years at Avantax Investment Services and 17 years with 1ST Global Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she consults on tax issues and retirement planning for employee benefit plans as an outside consultant for WEST & COMPANY, LLC, CPAs. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving a broad client base including individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers a multi-manager platform with a wide range of portfolio management and financial planning services, managing over $256 billion in assets through more than 10,000 advisors nationwide.