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Heinrich Brandt is the sole advisor at Brandt Wealth Advisors, LLC in Centreville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 25 years of industry experience. He has led Brandt Wealth Advisors since its founding in 2012. Outside of his advisory work, Brandt is involved in local community organizations including the Choptank Puritan Club and serves on the advisory board for Healthy Families Queen Annes/Talbot, focusing on early childhood and young parent education. Brandt Wealth Advisors provides fee-based investment advisory and portfolio management services to a range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, incorporating higher-risk instruments and trading strategies, and manages assets on a discretionary basis without imposing account minimums.

Nicholas Lumpp is a financial advisor at RCN Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Stevensville, MD, holding a Series 66 designation with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with RCN Wealth Advisors since 2012. RCN Wealth Advisors is an independent firm providing fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and an exchange-traded fund. The firm combines long-term, value-oriented portfolio construction with tactical, rules-based allocations and serves as sub-adviser and co-sponsor of the RCN Pareto Strategic Allocation ETF, which employs a systematic trend-following strategy across multiple asset classes including digital assets such as bitcoin.

William Maxwell is a CFA® charterholder with 31 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Maxwell Family Office, LLC, an independent firm based in Rock Hall, MD. Maxwell has been associated with R.H. Crows Nest, LLC and its d/b/a Maxwell Family Office since 2015. Maxwell Family Office is a fee-only investment advisor serving individuals, family-related clients, and a small number of selected relationships, including small charitable organizations. The firm manages balanced, customized portfolios using fundamental analysis and a range of investment vehicles, with a client base focused on modest assets and specialized services such as pension and rollover matters.

Kevin Caldwell is a financial advisor at Islands East Advisors with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked at WR Grace & Co since 2014 as a Demand Planner and Financial Analyst in the specialty chemicals sector, focusing on forecasting demand for catalysts used in oil refineries. Islands East Advisors serves individual households, nonprofit organizations, and employer plan sponsors with financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs modern portfolio theory alongside fundamental and cyclical analysis, offering discretionary investment management and retirement plan services with an emphasis on educational seminars and nonprofit clients.

David May is the sole advisor at Osprey Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Rock Hall, MD. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 15 years of industry experience, leading Osprey Capital since its founding in 2010. Osprey Capital Management is a fee-only investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and select institutional clients. The firm employs a fundamental, sector-focused investment approach, emphasizing companies with low debt, strong operating margins, and reasonable valuations, and utilizes strategies ranging from long-term holdings to shorter-term trading and options within a discretionary model.

Joseph Wehr is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license, with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Maryland Capital Advisors, Inc. since 2024 and previously held roles at Dimensional Fund Advisors, PayPal, Visa Inc., and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Maryland Capital Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, families, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, favoring passively managed funds and ETFs across global, multi-asset allocations, and emphasizes customized fixed-income strategies alongside institutional-class passive funds.