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David Meehan is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Maple Street Capital Advisors, LLC since 2018 and previously worked as a self-employed investor for three years. Maple Street Capital Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach focused on diversified, low-cost core equity and fixed-income funds, complemented by selected individual equities, with an emphasis on asset allocation, rebalancing, and strategic cash management including a near-constant allocation to gold via ETFs.

John Piershale is a CFP® professional with 32 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Piershale Wealth Management, LLC in Crystal Lake, Illinois, and has held prior roles at Origin Financial, Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc., Piershale Financial Group, Inc., and Triad Advisors, Inc. Piershale Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and a variety of financial planning services to individual clients. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, offering specialized tax and estate planning within a modest, single-advisor model.

David Grant is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Retirement Matters, Inc. since 2013 and previously worked at Clarus Financial Planning, Inc. for one year. Retirement Matters, Inc. is a state-registered independent advisory firm managing approximately $25 million for about 21 clients. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning with a focus on fundamental analysis and customized investment policies.

Patrick Mcrae is the principal of Kintail Holdings d/b/a Kintail Advisors and holds a Series 65 designation. He has over eight years of experience in the financial industry, including roles at Kapco Futures, Inc. and CGB Diversified Services, Inc. Mcrae maintains an ongoing role with a registered introducing broker/futures firm alongside his advisory work. Kintail Advisors is a recently formed firm that provides discretionary portfolio management through model portfolios designed for high-net-worth individuals, qualified companies, and institutions. The firm uses a combination of technical and fundamental analysis within a long-term investment framework, offering strategies that include ETFs and spot cryptocurrency ETFs with varying risk profiles.

William Utes is the sole advisor at UTES Wealth Strategies in Antioch, IL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 56 years of industry experience. He has been managing his own advisory business since 2019 and has worked with Securities America Advisors, Inc. since 2007. In addition to investment advising, he occasionally offers insurance reviews to clients through approved vendors. UTES Wealth Strategies provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, families, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm uses a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation with selected outside money managers and offers educational newsletters and seminars to clients.

Timothy McDonald is the sole advisor at Timothy J McDonald CPA CFP, an independent firm based in Lake Barrington, IL. He holds CFP® and Series 63 designations and has 27 years of industry experience. He is also a partner in the CPA firm McDonald Doherty & Co., where he has been active since 1988. The firm provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals and families, integrating tax planning with investment strategies. It employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and asset allocation tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and goals, managing approximately $65 million across about 60 client relationships.