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Matthew Will is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently the sole advisor at Wealth Accel, an independent firm where he has worked since 2015, including a four-year period at Birchcreek Wealth Management. Wealth Accel provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, integrating investment management with personalized financial planning. The firm uses an evidence-based, rules-based investment approach that emphasizes diversification, cost and tax awareness, and systematic rebalancing, with portfolios that may include ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, alternative investments, and private opportunities.

Micah Mc Collum is the sole advisor at McCollum Investment Advisors in Dayton, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with six years in the industry. His prior experience includes four years at Carnegie Investment Counsel. McCollum Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, nonprofits, and business entities. The firm employs a predominantly tactical investment approach combining technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis, with an emphasis on mitigating tail risks and using strategies such as margin and options consistent with client risk tolerance.

Jing Chen is a financial advisor at UIS Investment Management LLC in Mason, Ohio, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Chen has been with UIS since 2015 and previously retired from professional work between 2006 and 2020. UIS Investment Management LLC provides discretionary asset management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and sentiment analysis to guide investment decisions. The firm operates as a solo practitioner entity focusing on tailored portfolio management without external compensation, proxy voting, or wrap fee programs.

Elizabeth Li is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and serves as the principal and managing member of EHMLI Investment Advisors LLC. She has been affiliated with Royal Alliance Associates, INC. since 2003. In addition to her advisory role, Li is an adjunct instructor in economics and finance at Northern Kentucky University and provides tax preparation, estate planning, and insurance services through related business activities. EHMLI Investment Advisors LLC offers fee-based financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm integrates investment management with an affiliated CPA practice, emphasizing tax-efficient strategies and income needs while coordinating investment decisions with broader tax and estate planning considerations.

James Connell II is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of Retirement Planning Group, LLC and previously worked at VanWeelden Wealth Management, LLC and WKRC-TV. Connell is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of various insurance products. Retirement Planning Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, pooled, and institutional clients. The firm employs diversified asset-allocation strategies tailored to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances and often delegates portfolio management to third-party sub-advisors under its supervision.

Gary Downie is the sole advisor at Wealth Pinnacle, Inc. in Centerville, Ohio, holding the CFA® designation and Series 66 license with 21 years of industry experience. He has led Wealth Pinnacle since 2007. Wealth Pinnacle provides investment supervisory services, financial planning, and consultations to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs an individualized approach to asset allocation and portfolio management, incorporating fundamental, economic, technical, credit, and yield-curve analysis, and serves a boutique client base including corporate and business clients.