Karen Ames Garner

Samuel Resultan is a financial advisor with Voyage Wealth Management, LLC in Diberville, MS, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. He previously worked with Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. Outside of advising, he has experience in the restaurant industry, having been associated with Downtown Bistro and Two Brothers Smoked Meats. Voyage Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, business planning, and retirement plan management services to individuals, small businesses, and employer plan sponsors. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment strategy using diversified, low-cost ETFs alongside active managers, with a focus on pension consulting and serving as an ERISA 3(38) investment manager for plan sponsors.

Brandon Allen is a financial advisor with AAIM Financial in Ocean Springs, MS, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Allen & Associates Investment Management LLC, he was associated with firms including Benefits Plus, TriCities Advisors, and LPL Financial. He is also a licensed insurance agent involved in health insurance sales through Integrity Agency Corporation and Cervus Highlands Insurance Group. AAIM Financial is an independent, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and related services. The firm employs fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods in its investment process and combines long-term investing with options trading strategies.

Dieter Scherer is a CFP® with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Adaptive Wealth, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Charleston, SC, where he has worked since 2013. Adaptive Wealth provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and other client entities. The firm employs a formulaic, quantitative investment approach using proprietary algorithms and tactical asset-allocation models, combining technical, fundamental, and macroeconomic analysis with risk controls.

Ryan Earley is the sole principal of PERS Pro LLC, a fee-only independent advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 designation and began his advisory career in 2025. Prior to founding the firm, Earley worked for ten years with the Jackson County School District and has experience at Catona Climate and the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business. PERS Pro LLC provides comprehensive financial planning services primarily to mid- to late-career state employees and public pension participants. The firm employs a client-driven planning process with a focus on passive, index-based investment advice, and offers services including pension decision coaching, retirement checkups, and tax preparation.

Inspired Financial Planners is a virtual, fee-only financial planning firm in Gulfport, MS and Flat Rock, NC. We serve clients from Gen Z all the way through retirees. While we have clients in any stage of life, Tricia specializes in working with professionals with families, advising employer-sponsored retirement plans, and individuals that have inherited wealth. Tricia earned her chops as an intern at a large brokerage firm, mutual funds specialist, paraplanner, portfolio manager, and retirement plan consultant, before partnering with Germaine Weldon in 2019 to co-found Inspired Financial Planners. She is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Student Loan Professional, and a Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach. Her greatest passion is helping young families advance toward financial independence and meeting their life goals. On the personal front, Tricia and her husband Nick find life balance by hiking, running, scuba diving, and chasing their toddlers. They welcomed their third daughter to the world in 2021.

Carter Lewis is a financial advisor at RWM Capital, LLC with a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. He has worked at Roberts Wealth Management since 2018 and is involved with Foundations Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he engages in insurance activities through Roberts Wealth Management. Roberts Wealth Management provides financial planning and fee-based discretionary investment management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on retirement preparation and comprehensive planning. The firm utilizes model portfolios, sub-advisers, and algorithmic allocation tools across its multi-office platform to manage approximately $222 million in assets.