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Lucinda Lynch is a financial advisor at Lynch Retirement Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked with Lincoln Financial Distributors and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation since 1996. Outside of her advisory role, she provides evening daycare services approximately 25 hours per week. Lynch Retirement Advisors focuses on retirement-centered financial planning and portfolio management for individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic retirement planning, utilizing tools like MoneyGuidePro and Charles Schwab technology, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with around $19.84 million in assets under management.

Penny Wasem is a CFP® and PFS™ professional with 23 years of experience, serving as the principal of Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions, LLC since 2003. She is also the financial officer of the Fairfield County Foundation, a nonprofit organization located in Lancaster, OH. Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, accounting, tax planning, and tax preparation services for individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, estates, and trusts. The firm delivers written financial plans and recommendations without managing client assets or selling investment products, focusing primarily on public accounting and tax work with a small, specialized client base.

Lori Eisel is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Arcadia Financial Partners, LLC since 2016. She previously worked at Hamilton Capital Management, Inc. for one year. Arcadia Financial Partners provides fee-only financial planning and investment advice to individuals and families, offering fixed-fee financial reviews, hourly counseling, and ongoing retainer engagements. The firm emphasizes diversified asset allocation and long-term investing using no-load index mutual funds, ETFs, and cash equivalents, while typically not managing client assets directly.

Benjamin Wilkey is a financial advisor at SRS Wealth Management in Lancaster, OH, holding a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and has worked at multiple firms since 2025, including Asset Management and Protection Services, LLC and Superior Retirement Solutions. Prior to entering the financial advisory field, he spent over two decades in the forms and printing industry. SRS Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm offers tailored portfolio management and planning services, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed-income securities, and acts as a fiduciary in both discretionary and non-discretionary management roles.

Roger Southward is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in financial planning and investment management. He has been the principal advisor at Southward Financial Services, LLC since 2000. Southward Financial Services provides personalized financial planning and investment management primarily to individual clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes client-approved trading and offers independent tax preparation through an on-staff CPA, managing approximately $18 million in assets for about 27 clients.

Timothy Hamilton is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at FinancialFamilies since 2014. He holds a Series 66 license and serves as a volunteer Finance Officer for the Civil Air Patrol in Maxwell, Alabama. FinancialFamilies provides financial planning and investment review services to individual and high-net-worth families, focusing on tailored, non-discretionary plans that cover retirement, estate, tax, insurance, business planning, cash flow, and college savings. The firm emphasizes client-specific recommendations and periodic reviews, using various analytical methods and typically recommending mutual funds, ETFs, REITs, and fixed-income instruments.