Joel David Heinlein

Larry Fitzpatrick is the sole advisor at Fitzpatrick Financial Solutions, LLC, an independent firm based in Lansing, MI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience, having founded his firm in 2009. Fitzpatrick Financial Solutions provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, and small-business pension arrangements. The firm emphasizes primarily non-discretionary account management, utilizing technical, fundamental, and statistical analysis with a focus on ETFs, stocks, and bonds for cost efficiency and liquidity.

Work history In December of 2007 Rich created IAM Financial to serve clients seeking objective, affordable, independent advice. Prior to this, Mr. Feight was an investment advisor representative of Creative Financial Design, where he was responsible for the selection of securities used in, and management of, asset allocation portfolios for numerous client accounts. His career began as a registered representative of Vestax Securities Corp. where he was a fee-based advisor. Rich was also licensed in the state of Michigan with Jackson National Life to advise and sell life insurance. Education Rich is a graduate of Michigan State University where he received a degree in Finance. Rich earned the Certificate of Financial Planning from The College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado that was comprised of intense graduate-level classes grounding him in the various foundations of financial planning. He is a CFP® (Certified Financial Planner®) since 2001, meeting the experience, education requirements and passing the two-day, 10-hour exam, making him one of the few in the country who hold the designation. Rich became an Enrolled Agent (EA) with the Internal Revenue Service in January 2011. An EA is a federally-authorized tax practitioner with technical expertise in the field of taxation. EAs are empowered by the Department of Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service for audits, collections, and appeals. Only Enrolled Agents, attorneys, and CPAs may represent taxpayers before the IRS. Since 2004, Rich has subscribed to the stringent and mandatory annual educational hours, experience, and code of ethics to meet the requirements to be a NAPFA Registered Financial Advisor. Out of the 800,000 individuals in the country who claim they are financial advisors/planners, fewer than 5,000 in the country qualify for the membership; Rich is one of them. Rich is also a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals, Tax Professionals.com and the Greater Lansing Estate Planning Counsel. Volunteering Rich served on the National Board of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors as membership director. He served on the Small Business Association of Michigan's Strategic Communications Committee and is a past President and Chairman of the Board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) of Michigan, one of the largest and most influential of the FPA chapters in the country. Rich is also a past President for Transportation Toastmasters Club 4776 downtown Lansing where he enjoyed enhancing his speaking skills.

Gary Wedge is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Newage Advisors LLC since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he works as an independent insurance agent specializing in life and health insurance and annuities. Newage Advisors LLC serves a select group of individual and institutional clients, including federal employees and high-net-worth individuals, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and participant account management for held-away retirement assets. The firm employs a Lifestyle Select buy-and-hold investment approach with strategic rebalancing and tactical adjustments, using mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally alternative investments tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Richard Minaya is a financial advisor with Rich Michaels Investments, LLC in Potterville, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Voya Financial Advisors for seven years and has been involved in insurance sales, including fixed, life, and health insurance products. Rich Michaels Investments primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $9.3 million across 41 accounts. The firm provides non-discretionary investment management using a combination of computer models, fundamental and technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory to develop and monitor targeted model portfolios.

Richard Diaz Jr. is the principal advisor at MD Advice Financial in Holt, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Principal Securities Inc., Washington Avenue Advisors, The Centennial Group, and Principal Life Insurance Company. MD Advice Financial provides investment advice, comprehensive financial planning, and insurance solutions primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a mix of tactical and strategic asset allocation models and may implement portfolios through separately managed accounts or external managers.

Nathan Pesch is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience and currently serves as the sole advisor at DrivenWealth, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Aspire Wealth, CG Advisory Services, and Plante Moran Financial Advisors. Outside of finance, he is a 50% owner of Hometown Childcare Center in Lansing, MI, though he does not materially participate in its operations. DrivenWealth, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and estate-planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, charities, and retirement plans. The firm uses proprietary model portfolios and third-party signal providers to guide investment decisions, employing tactical asset allocation, fundamental and technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory.