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Holly Chandler is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with Edward Jones, based in Louisville, CO, bringing 20 years of experience in tax efficient retirement and wealth planning. She has worked at Edward Jones since 2017. Additionally, she has been involved with Front Range Community College since 2010. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory strategies and affiliated investment products, managing approximately $1.01 trillion in assets through a large network of advisors and branch offices across the country.

Aaron Locker is the sole advisor at Ellis Financial Solutions LLC in Longmont, CO. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has four years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm in 2025, he worked at Summit Financial Planning and Edward Jones. Outside of financial advising, he manages Ellis Bottom Line Bookkeeping, a tax management and preparation business. Ellis Financial Solutions provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting primarily for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer plan sponsors. The firm employs an asset-allocation approach based on modern portfolio theory, using a blend of passive and active mutual funds and ETFs, and offers specialized ERISA fiduciary services and pension consulting.

Kyle Sothers is the sole advisor at Kyso Financial, a state-registered independent investment advisory firm based in Superior, Colorado. He holds a Series 65 designation and has eight years of industry experience, having managed investments privately before founding Kyso Financial in 2016. Kyso Financial provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, and businesses, offering three actively managed model portfolios and a customized ETF-based option. The firm employs a fundamentally driven approach combining growth and value strategies with a long-term orientation, alongside the explicit use of hedging techniques and derivatives for tactical downside protection in certain accounts.

Craig Thompson is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Asset Solutions in Louisville, CO since 2003. Asset Solutions serves individual investors and small-business retirement plans through discretionary active portfolio management across various account types. The firm employs a market-timing, active strategy using technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis to guide sector rotation and risk management, with portfolio tools that can include ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, fixed income, and hedging instruments.

James Kirk is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Rocky Mountain Financial Solutions Inc. in Erie, CO, where he has worked since 2018, following prior roles at IFC and Marketforce Information. Kirk is also a licensed insurance agent involved in selling insurance products. Rocky Mountain Financial Solutions Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and financial consultation to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, and qualified retirement plans. The firm emphasizes long-term investment strategies using individual stocks and ETFs, supplemented by tactical solutions and covered-call option strategies, and offers ERISA 3(38) fiduciary plan management alongside limited insurance product sales.

Theodore Van Rooy is a financial advisor at AEOM Investments, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has a background in technology, having worked at Amazon Inc. and The Trade Desk Inc. prior to his current role. In addition to advising, he works as a software engineer and data scientist. AEOM Investments, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a blended investment approach combining passive and active strategies, with portfolios tailored to client goals and risk profiles.