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Charles Kares is the principal advisor at C.T. Kares Advisory Group, Inc. in Abingdon, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 11 years of industry experience. He has led his independent advisory firm since 1999. C.T. Kares Advisory Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold strategies using predominantly no-load and load-waived mutual funds tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

Joseph Baczkowski is a financial advisor at Baczkowski & Company, an independent firm where he has served as the sole adviser since 1998. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Sargent & Lundy LLC for 11 years. Baczkowski & Company provides portfolio management and financial advisory services to individual clients, focusing on discretionary management of a small client roster without minimum account balances. The firm uses publicly available research and a mix of securities, mutual funds, and ETFs to tailor diversified portfolios, with investment decisions monitored daily and trades timed using in-house forecasts.

Stephen Olah is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 29 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Towson Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains a CPA practice focused on tax return preparation and consulting. Towson Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, applying modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading approach and managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Walter Hoffman is the sole advisor at Hoffman Financial Consultants in Belcamp, MD, with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Osaic Wealth, Inc. and SagePoint Financial, Inc. Hoffman also sells term life insurance as an independent contractor. Hoffman Financial Consultants provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm offers non-discretionary advice with a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach, incorporating both fundamental and technical analysis, and emphasizes personal client contact.

Gregory Bowser is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Safe Harbor Retirement Planners and Safe Harbor Financial Group LLC. He has worked at Safe Harbor Financial Group since 2007 and at Asset Management Services, Inc. since 1997. Outside of advisory work, he also acts as an insurance agent with Safe Harbor Financial Group. Safe Harbor Retirement Planners provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and administrative services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as advisory services to retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes global diversification using low-cost index ETFs and selected individual stocks, with portfolios managed primarily on a discretionary basis.

Jakob Kelly is a financial advisor at Chesapeake Capital Management, LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Chesapeake Capital Management, he worked in various roles including at Ram Landscaping and State Farm. Outside of advisory work, he has worked as a restaurant waiter at Liberatore's Ristorante & Catering since 2020. Chesapeake Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing portfolio management and financial planning through a team of seven advisors. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory solutions, client education programs, and a wrap-fee management option.