Kurt Elliot Williams

Joshua W. Tschirgi, CFP®, is the Principal and Lead Wealth Advisor at True Path Capital Strategies, LLC, which he founded in 2016 after five years in the industry. Josh works with people approaching retirement or already in it, using a structured process that coordinates retirement income, investments, tax considerations, and risk management into a single plan. Much of that work happens across disciplines. Retirement decisions rarely stay in one lane — a Roth conversion is a tax question, a beneficiary designation is a legal one, and a withdrawal strategy touches both. Josh coordinates directly with clients’ CPAs and estate attorneys so the pieces get decided together rather than in sequence, and so nobody is working from a partial picture. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification, FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 registrations, and an Oregon life and health insurance license. Common areas of work include retirement income planning, Social Security timing, Roth conversion analysis, estate and charitable giving coordination, and long-term care planning. Clients meet with Josh by video, at their homes, or at a professional meeting space, whichever fits. His practice is based in the Portland metro area and serves clients across seventeen states. He and his wife, Melissa, are raising two children in West Linn. Outside the office he golfs, hikes, and follows the Ducks. Independent Financial Group, LLC is a dual-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides brokerage, portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services to individuals, charities, corporations, and plan sponsors. The firm offers advisory programs through its AccessPoint platform and third-party asset managers, serving a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

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Jan Schalkwijk is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at JPS Global Investments, LLC since 2007 and was previously with Orion Capital Management LLC from 2014 to 2016. JPS Global Investments provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other advisers. The firm employs thematic, ESG-oriented equity strategies alongside diversified multi-asset portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management and serving as a sub-advisor in wrap-fee programs.

Philip Tilp is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Trillium Valley Financial Planning in Sherwood, OR. He has led Trillium Valley since 2009 and also co-owns and manages a small farm operation raising Pygora goats and producing fiber and yarn products. Trillium Valley Financial Planning is an independent, fee-only firm providing hourly, as-needed financial planning and investment advice to individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes long-term planning and buy-and-hold investment strategies, offering educational workshops and personal finance instruction while clients retain control of their assets and transactions.

Kyle Green is a CFP® professional with five years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal advisor at Sherwood Wealth Management and has previously worked at Magpie Family Investment Services, Thimbleberry Financial, and Wooster Corthell Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, Kyle works as a substitute teacher for grades K-12 in multiple Oregon school districts. Sherwood Wealth Management provides customized financial planning and portfolio management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental analysis within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework to construct diversified portfolios and offers both discretionary account management and fixed-fee financial planning.

Ryan McClung is a Certified Financial Planner® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Crossroads Wealth Planning. He has worked at Crossroads Advisory LLC and Troy Reichlein CPA, LLC since 2018, and previously held a position at Exitus Technologies, Inc. He is also employed as a Certified Public Accountant at an unaffiliated public accounting firm, where he prepares tax returns and provides tax and accounting advice. Crossroads Wealth Planning offers fee-only, hourly financial planning and consulting to individuals and businesses, including high-net-worth clients. The firm integrates accounting and business advisory services within financial planning engagements and provides investment advice grounded in modern portfolio theory with a focus on passive, strategic asset allocation tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and objectives.