Kimani Malik Ridley

Jerry Parrish is the sole advisor at JLP Investments in Jacksonville, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes 15 years at Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC, and he currently operates Parrish Insurance Agency, a licensed insurance producer affiliated with his investment firm. JLP Investments provides fee-based advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes custom portfolio management with tactical allocation, employing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and leverages third-party managers and TAMP programs, alongside retirement plan consulting and 1031 exchange assistance.

Robert Liggero is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Financial Prescriptions, LLC since 2012. Prior to and alongside his financial advisory role, he has worked as a physician assistant in a pediatric ICU at Baptist Medical Center since 1990. Financial Prescriptions serves individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and consulting, coordinating investment management through third-party institutional managers. The firm employs a structured, multi-phase planning process and combines fundamental and technical analysis with both active and passive investment strategies.

Mario Payne is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Toams Financial. Prior to founding Toams Financial in 2019, he worked for Raymond James Financial Services from 2013 to 2019. Outside of advisory services, Mr. Payne is an Independent Insurance Agent and holds minority ownership stakes in several technology and real estate platforms, including Let Bob LLC, a software app focused on investment strategies and trading automation. He is also the author of the book *The Relax Estate - The Relax Investor*. Toams Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, behavioral, and charting analysis in a primarily long-term investment approach. The firm integrates AI-driven products such as the Let Bob AI Powered Momentum ETF (LETB) into client portfolios and manages a notably high client load for a single-advisor practice.

James Grysko is a financial advisor at Ascend Wealth Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Swindell Bohn Durden & Phillips PL and PGA TOUR, Inc. Ascend Wealth Advisors provides investment supervisory services primarily to institutional and pooled-plan clients, employing a value-driven, fundamental investment approach that emphasizes companies with strong balance sheets, steady earnings, and dividend histories. The firm also offers investor education seminars and operates under an affiliation with a public accounting firm and a third-party money manager through a fee-sharing arrangement.

Ulrike Bittenbinder is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Sapphire Wealth Consulting, Inc. since 2016, with a brief period at Ken Zahn / University of North Florida from 2017 to 2021, and also has experience with Paul A Moir M.D. P.A. from 2012 to 2021. Sapphire Wealth Consulting, Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm emphasizes client-specific policy construction and strategic asset allocation, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with a range of instruments including equities, fixed income, ETFs, private equity, and private credit.

Julie Betoni is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. She is the principal and sole advisor at Ignite Financial LLC, an independent registered investment adviser, and has previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services and Raymond James & Associates. Betoni also serves as president and managing member of True North Group, LLC, a non-investment-related business entity. Ignite Financial LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, discretionary investment management, and pension consulting primarily to executives, business owners, and individuals with complex financial situations. The firm uses firm-developed model portfolios and a combination of technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis within a modern portfolio framework to manage approximately $22 million in discretionary assets.