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Bradley Ducoat is the principal advisor at The Ducoat Financial Group, an independent firm based in Gainesville, FL. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 29 years of industry experience, including 28 years with his current firm. Outside of advisory services, he is the owner and general agent of B.Ducoat Enterprises Inc., where he is involved in life insurance and fixed annuity sales. The Ducoat Financial Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses a range of investment methods tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance and manages approximately $71.25 million for about 152 clients.

Holly Donaldson is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience, currently operating Holly Donaldson Financial Planning, LLC in Gainesville, FL. She previously worked at Holly P Thomas LLC from 2014 to 2017. Outside of financial advising, she is president of Porchview Publishing, LLC, which produces books, workshops, and newsletters on financial psychology. Holly Donaldson Financial Planning, LLC is a fee-only, advice-only firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses through consultation-based financial planning. The firm provides written recommendations and modeling of various financial scenarios but does not manage client portfolios directly or accept discretionary trading authority.

Jonathan Heise is a financial advisor at Forecast Financial LLC in Newberry, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Forecast Financial LLC since 2016. Forecast Financial LLC is an independent investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, households, and small businesses. The firm includes general financial planning and consultation with ongoing investment management and applies a strategic asset allocation approach utilizing various investment vehicles, with periodic rebalancing and limited tactical adjustments.

Tyler Chacon is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Chacon Diaz & Di Virgilio Wealth Management, LLC since 2018. His prior experience includes roles at Tapfin/EY, Cetera Investment Services, and Gte Federal Credit Union. Chacon Diaz & Di Virgilio Wealth Management, LLC serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and also provides subadvisory services to other investment advisers. The firm employs a rules-based, total-return momentum and trend investment approach primarily using U.S.-listed ETFs and manages held-away retirement plan participant accounts through a third-party platform.

Franklin Lentz III is a financial advisor at Lentz Advisors in Gainesville, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.W. Cole Financial, Inc., Lentz Wealth Advisors, LLC, and Lentz Networks, LLC, where he serves as president of an IT and software sales and support business. Lentz Advisors provides fee-based investment management and qualified retirement plan consulting primarily to institutional clients such as plan sponsors, pension and profit-sharing plans, and trusts, while also offering standalone financial planning to individuals. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across a diverse range of investment instruments and offers specialized retirement plan services including acting as a Section 3(38) fiduciary.

Joseph Lowry Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been a co-owner and principal at Lowry & Lowry, Inc. since 2008. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including investment management, compliance, and technology services, enabling advisors to construct client portfolios from a broad selection of securities and insurance products.