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Henry Schacht is the sole advisor at Devotion Capital Management in Granger, Indiana, holding the CFA® designation and Series 65 license with 24 years of industry experience. He founded Schacht Value Investors, LLC in 2002 and has been involved with Schacht and Company, Inc. since 1995. Outside of financial advising, he is a shareholder and advisor to a family citrus production and sales business. Devotion Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional clients, managing approximately $38 million in assets. The firm employs a value-investing approach centered on fundamental analysis and a margin-of-safety buy discipline, maintaining relatively concentrated, all-cap portfolios with internally generated research and low turnover.

Christopher Horoky is the principal of Horoky Private Wealth, LLC in South Bend, Indiana, with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Edward Jones, Howard Bailey Securities, and Uncharted Wave Wealth Advisors. Horoky Private Wealth, LLC is an independent firm providing discretionary portfolio management and retirement-account fiduciary services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods in a long-term trading approach, offering customized investment solutions with a focus on mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, and insurance products.

Rakesh Mehta is the principal of Mehta Money, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in South Bend, Indiana. He holds the CFP® designation and has 22 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Mehta Money in 2018, he worked at First Heartland Consultants, Inc. and First Heartland Capital, Inc. Mehta also serves as president and insurance agent of Mehta Wealth Strategies, Inc., a related insurance and fixed annuities business. Mehta Money, LLC provides investment advisory services primarily to individual clients, as well as trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and manages relationships with third-party managers using a tailored approach based on client goals and risk tolerance.

William Vail is a financial advisor with Integrity Wealth Advisors in Granger, Indiana, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Integrity Wealth Advisors since 2022 and has also been affiliated with Securities America since 2019. Vail has additional experience outside finance working for Millers Alehouse from 2009 to 2022. Integrity Wealth Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm utilizes a long-term, modern portfolio theory-based approach emphasizing ETFs and diversified asset allocations aligned with client risk tolerance.

Ronald Silverman is a CFP® with over 50 years of experience in financial advising. He is the president and sole advisor at Creative Financial Planning Advisors, Inc., an independent firm based in South Bend, Indiana. His prior experience includes roles at 2W Technologies and Capital Financial Services, and he also provides income tax consulting through his CPA practice. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as CFO and part-owner of a software company specializing in job cost accounting for manufacturing businesses. Creative Financial Planning Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to medium- to high-net-worth individuals, family groups, trusts, IRAs, corporations, business entities, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning services and utilizes fundamental analysis and third-party research to create individualized portfolios, incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative strategies as appropriate.

Marlin Schmidt is a CFP® professional with 50 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Creative Financial Planning Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2018. Prior to that, he spent over 17 years at Questar Capital Corporation and 13 years at Questar Asset Management. Outside of his advisory role, Schmidt teaches jogging and fitness classes at Indiana University South Bend, donating his salary to the university foundation. Creative Financial Planning Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to medium- to high-net-worth individuals and family groups, as well as trusts, IRAs, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm uses fundamental analysis and third-party research to build individualized portfolios and offers a range of financial planning services including retirement, tax, and estate planning.