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Shannon Clark is a Certified Financial Planner® with 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at The Alchemists, LLC since 2026 and previously held roles at Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Nicollet Investment Management, Inc., and Wilkerson Resource Advisors, LLC. The Alchemists provides advisory services to individuals and businesses, including retirement plan sponsors, focusing on long-term, passive asset-allocation strategies combined with fundamental and technical analysis. The firm serves approximately 90 clients with a small, two-advisor team and offers educational workshops and seminars at no charge.

Margaret Koosa is a financial advisor at The Alchemists, LLC in Stamford, Vermont, with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with firms including Belpointe Asset Management, Brookwood Investment Group, and Waddell & Reed. Outside of advisory services, she is an independent insurance agent. The Alchemists provides advisory services to individuals and businesses, including retirement plan sponsors and participants, focusing on long-term, passive asset allocation strategies supplemented with fundamental and technical analysis. The firm manages approximately $25 million for around 90 clients and offers educational workshops and seminars at no charge.

Gertrude Saville is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 30 years of industry experience. She has been with Prentiss Smith & Company since 1989. Prentiss Smith & Company provides investment management services primarily for individual clients and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach, emphasizing capital preservation and detailed client communication through regular reports and statements.

Penelope Kaufman is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, with 18 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Prentiss Smith & Company since 1999. Prentiss Smith & Company provides investment management services primarily for individuals and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach with an emphasis on capital preservation and offers detailed client communications through regular reports and statements.

Prentiss Smith is a financial advisor at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. in Brattleboro, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. since 1982. Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc. provides investment management services primarily for individual clients and endowment funds, also serving trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment approach, combining quantitative screening with fundamental analysis, and emphasizes capital preservation.

Frederick Brubaker Jr. is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc., where he has worked since 2007. The firm provides discretionary investment management primarily for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and endowment funds. Prentiss Smith & Company utilizes a long-term growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investment style that combines quantitative screening with fundamental analysis and offers both total-return and relative-return approaches tailored to client needs.