Jerome Wayne Matecun Jr.

My job is to make personal finances boring. I'm not in the game of the newest and greatest ideas. I target results and proven time tested ways of doing it. My job is to be your personal trainer for finances. Not only giving guidance but behavioral help on how to truly make lasting impacts.

Derrin Leigh is the sole advisor at Derrin Leigh LLC, an independent firm based in Pierson, MI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 16 years of industry experience, including 17 years at Financial Architechs prior to founding his current firm in 2018. Derrin Leigh LLC provides comprehensive investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and small business owners. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis in managing discretionary portfolios that include ETFs, equities, mutual funds, bonds, and REITs, and routinely employs short-term trading and covered-call option strategies.

Andrew Wentworth is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor at Wentworth Wealth Group with nine years of industry experience. Before founding his independent firm, he worked at Northwestern Mutual, Empower, and TD Ameritrade. Wentworth Wealth Group serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing ongoing portfolio management guided by fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods. The firm employs a long-term trading approach tailored to each client’s goals and typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and select non-U.S. securities.

Andrew Howard is the principal of Howard Fiduciary Investments in Rockford, MI, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked for Fiduciary Financial Advisors for ten years and held a position at Van Andel Research Institute for five years. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in a separate equity investment entity and operates a business coaching venture. Howard Fiduciary Investments offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, business entities, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a multi-method analysis framework and manages portfolios using diversified ETF and rules-based trend-following strategies, tailoring allocations to each client’s objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and tax situation.

Mitchell Lyons is the sole advisor at Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including Global Financial Private Capital, LLC and Lyons Kitzrow Wealth Management. Lyons is also an independent licensed insurance agent and owner of Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC. Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC provides portfolio management services for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing multiple analysis methods such as fundamental, technical, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory. The firm implements long-term strategies alongside options trading and utilizes third-party model portfolios through AE Wealth Management.

James Louwerse is a financial advisor at GPS Financial Group, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI, holding CFP® and Series 63 designations with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with GPS Financial Group since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Louwerse serves as Treasurer for the Thrive Learning Center Foundation, a private school, where he oversees budgets and financial statements. GPS Financial Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $64 million in assets in-house using a long-term, discretionary approach based on modern portfolio theory.