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James Kennon is the principal of Kennon Wealth Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Goodyear, AZ. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Kennon Wealth Management in 2012, he established the Jim Kennon Financial Network in 2011, through which he also operates as a licensed insurance agent. Kennon Wealth Management serves a select group of individual clients by coordinating investment services with third-party money managers rather than managing assets directly. The firm provides ongoing liaison, reporting support, and client reviews, operating on a referral and revenue-sharing model that includes licensed insurance activities and incentive arrangements with third-party managers.

Patrick Church is the sole advisor at Church Capital, an independent investment advisory firm based in Buckeye, Arizona. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience. Church has operated Church Capital since 2013. Church Capital serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and a limited number of pension and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $23 million in discretionary assets. The firm provides ongoing discretionary portfolio management, directs clients to third-party money managers when appropriate, and acts as an ERISA 3(38) fiduciary offering retirement plan model management and consulting.

John Welch is the principal advisor at Welch Private Wealth in Litchfield Park, AZ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 0 years of industry experience. Prior to founding the firm, he served 16 years in the United States Air Force and currently serves in the Air Force Reserves as an F-35 instructor pilot. Welch Private Wealth provides comprehensive financial planning, project-based planning, and discretionary investment management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to develop customized investment strategies and offers educational seminars and workshops to groups and the public.

Edwin Ashton is an investment advisor at Arete Financial Solutions, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is also a licensed attorney since 2011, focusing his legal practice on estate planning, probate, and business transactional law through his firm, Ashton Law, PLLC. Arete Financial Solutions provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and corporate clients, utilizing a documented investment process that includes fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory. The firm integrates in-house legal and accounting expertise alongside traditional investment management, offering a distinctive range of services including a wrap-fee program and managed-model solutions.

Todd Thompson is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Rogue Advisors, LLC since 2013. Rogue Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable institutions, corporations, and other business entities. The firm primarily uses passive, diversified model portfolios and offers both discretionary portfolio management and fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans.

Blake Welch is a financial advisor with Arete Financial Solutions, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has four years of industry experience, including previous roles at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company and Securities America, Inc. Outside of finance, he works as a bouncer at The Womack in Phoenix. Arete Financial Solutions provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and business entity clients. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to develop tailored investment allocations and offers both non-wrap advisory services and a wrap-fee program.