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David Hone is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience. He is the principal of LCV Advisors LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2016, following five years at William Blair & Company. LCV Advisors provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework, blending active and passive mutual funds and ETFs to meet client asset-allocation targets.

Shannon Baker is the principal of Baker Wealth Advisors, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Johns Island, SC. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has four years of experience in investment advisory services. In addition to her advisory role, she has been involved in insurance sales and service for over two decades through her businesses, Insurance Gurus, LLC, and Shannon Baker & Associates, LLC. Baker Wealth Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and annuity management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm uses SEI-managed account programs and custom custody-only allocations, tailoring investment strategies to client goals and risk tolerance, and integrates an affiliated insurance business as part of its service offerings.

Justin Luther is a CFA charterholder and financial advisor at Luther Wealth Management in North Charleston, SC, with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Luther Wealth Management since 2018 and concurrently holds a role in sales and business development at Kinder Morgan Inc. as a Commercial Manager. Luther Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individual investors, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach focused on low-fee index funds and ETFs, emphasizing diversification, low turnover, and periodic rebalancing.

Patrick Sheppard is a financial advisor at Atlantic Retirement & Wealth Advisors LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Atlantic Retirement & Wealth Advisors since 2015. Atlantic Retirement & Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans across multiple states. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, employing a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

John Beauston is the sole advisor at MKB Consulting LLC in North Charleston, SC, holding a Series 65 credential with 22 years of industry experience. He has served as the full-time managing partner of Moore Beauston & Woodham LLP, a certified public accounting firm, since 1992. MKB Consulting provides referral-based investment management services by recommending unaffiliated third-party money managers to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm focuses on manager selection and oversight without directly managing or custoding client assets.

Weishen Wang is a CFA charterholder and founder of WW Consulting, with one year of experience in the investment industry. He has been affiliated with the College of Charleston since 2011. Wang also founded Win-Win Bridge International, LLC, a consulting firm focused on taxation compliance, insurance, and investment services. WW Consulting provides non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes detailed client fact-finding and macroeconomic analysis to develop asset-allocation recommendations primarily using pooled vehicles and Treasury instruments, integrating tax and insurance guidance into its investment advice.