Jessica Kay Hoffman

Alexandre Ducharme is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Woodlands Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2014. He has 10 years of industry experience. Woodlands Capital Management is an independent registered investment adviser serving a small client base, including high-net-worth individuals, with approximately $5.8 million in discretionary assets under management. The firm offers long-only and long/short equity strategies based on fundamental analysis, emphasizing risk control and client objectives, and employs a performance-based fee structure for its long/short strategy with qualified clients.

Joseph Hart is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He founded Hart Wealth Management in 2025 after seven years with West Financial Advisors, L.L.C. and nine years at RSM US LLP. Hart Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and investment-related tax planning to individuals, families, and businesses. The firm uses a long-term, multi-asset class approach with written investment policy statements and integrates tax-sensitive strategies such as tax-loss harvesting into its portfolio management.

Michael Banasiak is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 21 years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at Omni Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2020. His prior experience includes positions at Iron Horse Wealth Management, Legacy Financial Group, and Merrill. Omni Wealth Management is an independent firm providing fee-only financial planning and personalized investment management to individuals and institutional clients such as retirement and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages discretionary, tailored portfolios using a combination of in-house advisers and outside portfolio managers, and sponsors a wrap fee program noted as uncommon among peers.

Michael Moller is the principal of DSM Financial L.L.C. in Urbandale, IA, with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has worked in various capacities within the financial services industry since 1984. In addition to his advisory role, Moller maintains a life insurance practice focusing on term and whole life insurance. DSM Financial L.L.C. serves approximately 200 client relationships, including high-net-worth individuals, plan sponsors, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, educational seminars, retirement-plan consulting, and refers clients to registered third-party investment managers, acting as a liaison and providing non-discretionary ERISA services for retirement plans.

Lucas Speltz is the principal of Ashland Advisors PLLC, an independent investment advisory firm, with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior work history at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and Wellmark BCBS. Outside of advisory work, he serves as Chief Financial Officer for two small businesses in the coffee and hospitality sectors. Ashland Advisors PLLC provides non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals and families, alongside accounting and tax-preparation services. The firm focuses on long-term, diversified, income-preferred investment strategies and uses an hourly fee model, with clients directing implementation and selecting their own custodians.

Brian Weckman is a financial advisor at Actis Wealth Management with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at LPL Financial, LLC as well as other financial and business ventures. Outside of advising, he owns and operates Central Iowa Resellers, a business focused on purchasing and reselling estate sale items. Actis Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses model frameworks with client customization and employs strategies including option writing and active trading, offering services such as ERISA 3(38) investment-manager oversight and managing approximately $70 million for about 64 clients.