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Daniel Heth is a financial advisor at Preserve Wealth Management in Weaverville, NC, with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc for 11 years before joining Preserve Wealth Management in 2019. He is involved with the Heth Family Foundation, serving on a committee responsible for grant making and investment allocation. Preserve Wealth Management offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting for individual, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm uses a risk-focused investment approach supported by the Riskalyze tool and delivers financial planning through an Agile Planning process with a dynamic client portal.

Anne McFarland is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with 10 years of industry experience. She is the principal of Integrated Financial Coaching and Planning and previously worked at Davis Financial Planning. In addition to her advisory role, she provides business and life coaching through a separate entity, Anne L McFarland Coaching. Integrated Financial Coaching and Planning serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, offering financial planning, investment management, and focused Financial Fitness Review engagements. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with an emphasis on periodic rebalancing and factor tilts, operating under a fee-only, fixed annual fee structure.

Elmer Wessel is the principal advisor at Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C. in Asheville, NC, holding CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Wessel Investment Counsel since 2003. Wessel Investment Counsel provides personalized asset management and financial planning services to both high-net-worth and non-HNW individual clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis supported by third-party research, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning tailored to client needs.

Jacques Fogel is the principal of Fogel Investment Advisory Group, Inc. in Fletcher, NC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Fogel Investment Advisory Group since 2007 and also has a concurrent affiliation with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Fogel Investment Advisory Group provides investment management and retirement services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and sponsors of employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes customized, long-term diversified portfolios with a predominantly non-discretionary asset base and offers participant education and workshop-style services for retirement plans.

John Coleman is a CFP® and ChFC® with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of Coleman Advisory, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2016 after a brief tenure at Questar Asset Management. Coleman is also a licensed insurance agent, providing life, long-term care, and annuity products alongside his advisory services. Coleman Advisory, LLC offers financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, diversified investment approach, utilizing third-party managers and both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, while also integrating insurance products as part of its service model.

I founded Carrington Financial Planning, LLC, for the single purpose of helping my clients achieve financial success.  I feel a deep sense of responsibility when entrusted with this important aspect of people’s lives.  I also believe that good financial planning must be collaborative in order to be successful.  I work with clients through every step of the process on the way to achieving financial peace of mind.  As a fiduciary advisor, I always put the interests of my clients first and ensure that I meet their needs in a holistic fashion.  That means that I view investment portfolios as just one component of a client’s financial picture.  Good comprehensive financial planning should bring together all aspects of your financial life.  With a well-constructed financial plan, composed of clearly defined goals, combined with a solid investment strategy, we will work together to put you on the pathway to financial success.