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Diana Palmer is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Family Financial Planning, LLC in Cortland, Ohio. She has been with Family Financial Planning since 2006 and also maintains roles at Walnut Street Securities Inc and her own CPA firm, Diana L Palmer CPA Inc. Family Financial Planning, LLC is an independent, fee-only practice offering holistic financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses. The firm emphasizes asset-class selection, diversified and tax-aware allocation, and generally employs a non-discretionary portfolio management approach integrated with ongoing tax considerations.

Cody Dye is a financial advisor at Dye Family Office in Canfield, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with two years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including Iron Gate Wealth Advisors and CarNation Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, Dye is employed full-time as an accountant at Hill, Barth, and King. Dye Family Office provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for high-net-worth individual clients. The firm employs a generally conservative, long-term investment approach tailored to each client’s financial situation, incorporating tax considerations through its principal’s affiliation with an accounting firm.

Scott Duko is the principal of Scott S. Duko, Registered Investment Advisor, Ltd. in Canfield, Ohio, with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Fortune Financial Services, Inc. and his own firm since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed attorney and an independent insurance agent offering fixed annuities and equity-indexed products. His firm provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. It manages client portfolios using no-load or low-load mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, with an emphasis on ongoing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management.

Mark Kollar is a financial advisor at HDA Wealth Management, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at StoneX Securities Inc and Hovanic, Dunham & Associates. HDA Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing portfolio management, pension and employee benefit plan consulting, and financial planning. The firm uses written Investment Policy Statements and a combination of model allocations and individualized guidance, employing both long-term strategies and options trading.

Donald Samuels is a CFP® with 50 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with OSAIC and has previously worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, he owns Samuels Financial Service, Inc., where he provides life and annuity products as well as tax and accounting services for various client entities. OSAIC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and employs a technology-driven investment process that incorporates risk tolerance, asset allocation, and portfolio optimization.

Samuel Fries is a CFP® professional with six years of experience currently serving as the sole advisor at SSB Managed Wealth, LLC. He has worked at SSB Managed Wealth since 2019 and concurrently holds a tax manager position at SSB CPAs, a CPA firm where he provides tax planning and business consulting. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Payne Nickles & Co. SSB Managed Wealth offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporations, including retirement plan consulting for employer-sponsored plans. The firm customizes advice based on client objectives and risk tolerance, employs various investment strategies, and integrates portfolio oversight with tax considerations, supported by an affiliation with SSB CPAs for coordinated tax and business advice.