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Janet Pack is a financial advisor at Advisors Asset Management, Inc. in Tacoma, WA, with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with Federal Retirement Resources and Senior Care Alliance, where she is also the owner and spends a significant portion of her time involved in the sale of insurance products. Advisors Asset Management primarily serves individual and retirement-age clients by providing financial planning and consulting services and referring investment management to third-party money managers. The firm facilitates insurance and annuity products through an affiliated insurance practice and offers client support without directly managing or trading client assets.

Troy Sapp is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial planning and wealth management. He has been with Commencement Financial Planning LLC since 2010 and is based in Lakewood, WA. Commencement Financial Planning LLC provides fee-only comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services primarily to individuals and families. The firm emphasizes a collaborative, consultative process and manages client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on low-cost passive mutual funds and ETFs, periodic rebalancing, and tax-loss harvesting.

Julie Wurst is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 11 years of industry experience. She founded Julie A. Wurst, CFP, LLC in 2017 after working for Seneschal Advisors, LLC from 2014 to 2016. The firm serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as small businesses and trusts, providing investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. It emphasizes a globally diversified, low-cost investment approach focused on index mutual funds and ETFs, with portfolios constructed and monitored according to client risk tolerance.

Gregory Merrill is the sole advisor at Strategic Asset Management in Tacoma, WA, holding a Series 65 designation with 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Strategic Asset Management since 1995. Strategic Asset Management serves individual investors across various account types, offering discretionary portfolio management and investment advice. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to guide investment decisions and incorporates private limited partnerships for accredited clients, along with operational practices aimed at fairness in trade execution.

Jacy Hixon is the president and chief compliance officer of Crossroads Advisor Network LLC and has 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He is also president and co-owner of Advisor Systems Inc., a technology company serving financial advisers. Prior to his current roles, he has been self-employed as a business consultant since 2015. Crossroads Advisor Network LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services for pooled vehicles, institutional retirement accounts, businesses, trusts, and individual clients. The firm’s investment approach incorporates technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis and may include options strategies, margin, and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Laurence Elvins is the sole advisor at Tacoma Investment Group in Tacoma, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 31 years of industry experience. He has led Tacoma Investment Group since its founding in 1995. Tacoma Investment Group provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental and qualitative analysis, asset allocation, and long-term investment strategies tailored to client-specific considerations, and it uniquely serves both individual and institutional clients as an independent solo advisor.