Karen Ann Clayton

Patrick Burke Jr. is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of 133 Legacy, an independent firm based in Campobello, SC. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved with Redemption Solar & Roofing as a roofing contractor and holds an insurance license through which he sells insurance products. 133 Legacy provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and ERISA plan advisory services to individual investors, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm offers limited-scope ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services and employs a tailored investment approach that includes Monte Carlo planning, fundamental and technical analysis, periodic rebalancing, and the use of options and derivatives.

Daryl Shankland is a financial advisor at Shankland Financial Advisors, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Shankland Financial Advisors in various capacities since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of life insurance and annuities. Shankland Financial Advisors provides financial and retirement planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, employing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term investment approach that includes tactical flexibility and periodic rebalancing.

Lenward Jones III is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with three years of experience at Envision Planning, LLC. He also operates Wesley Jones CPA PLLC, a tax preparation and consulting firm he founded in 1998. Envision Planning, LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including smaller, non-high-net-worth clients, as well as select institutional clients. The firm employs a primarily long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach using diversified mutual funds and ETFs, integrating financial planning and educational services into its advisory work.

Michael Dickey is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He currently works at Intellivest Wealth Management Corporation and previously held roles at Capital Investment Group Inc and Edward Jones. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a real estate appraisal business providing single-family home valuations in the Boiling Springs, SC area. Intellivest Wealth Management Corporation offers comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and qualified plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a proprietary strategic asset-allocation approach integrating various analytical methods and includes digital estate-planning services as part of its offering.

Germaine brings to the Inspired Financial mix her considerable experience as a financial planner, investment advisor and wealth manager — along with a keen sense of humor, honed by her life’s rich experience. Germaine has ridden out not just one hurricane, but two. In 1969 she lost her childhood Pass Christian home to Hurricane Camille then Hurricane Katrina destroyed their Ocean Springs home in 2005! Hurricane forces are nothing compared to Germaine’s. Having “flunked Retirement 101” (her words) she leaped at the opportunity to co-found Inspired Financial Planners with Tricia Kollath, CFP(r), CPA, in 2019. Their combined talents pair well with their shared passion for helping people navigate a complex financial world. Germaine has a master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. She is a CPA with a Personal Financial Specialist™ credential (MS certificate 5504 and NC certificate 43722), as well as a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner. Germaine founded and continues to chair the North Carolina CPA Association’s Financial Planning Networking Group to help her fellow CPAs understand the complex financial planning issues their clients face. Outside of her career, Germaine is an enthusiastic advocate for the arts. She is a life member of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, having served various roles including its board since the early 1990s. She and her husband John (a physician) stay young by hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains that surround their North Carolina home. These days, Germaine and John divide their time between western North Carolina and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where Germaine enjoys kayaking … when the waters are calm.

Logan Dickey is a financial advisor at IntelliVest Wealth Management with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Thornburg Securities Corp and Edward Jones. IntelliVest Wealth Management provides comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and qualified plan consulting to a broad client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm integrates financial planning into portfolio construction using a proprietary strategic asset-allocation methodology and employs a mix of analytical approaches to build diversified portfolios aligned with client goals.