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Richard Speers is a financial advisor at Private Wealth Management of North Carolina LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Private Wealth Management of North Carolina in 2010, he has been involved in tax and management consulting as managing member of Choplin, Harp & Speers, LLC, and serves on the board of Velleros, Inc., a telecommunications company. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors for the North Carolina State University Endowment Fund. Private Wealth Management of North Carolina provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, charitable foundations, and pension plans. The firm follows a diversified asset-allocation strategy with both strategic and tactical adjustments and sponsors a wrap fee program with a multimillion-dollar qualification threshold.

Leonard Creech is a financial advisor at The Wealth Group, Ltd. in Oxford, NC, holding the PFS™ and Series 66 designations with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with The Wealth Group, Ltd. since 2011 and has also worked at Capital Investment Group, Inc. since 1999. The Wealth Group, Ltd. provides wealth analysis, financial planning, and portfolio management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $289 million for about 425 clients using a contrarian/value investment approach combined with access to external money managers.

Toney Falkner III is a financial advisor with Private Wealth Management of North Carolina LLC in Raleigh, NC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Wealth Management of North Carolina since 2009. Outside of advising, he is a managing member of a real estate-related LLC. Private Wealth Management of North Carolina provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to a range of clients including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and pension plans. The firm employs a diversified asset-allocation strategy with strategic and tactical adjustments and sponsors a wrap fee program for qualifying accounts.

Robert Powell III is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and three years of industry experience. He has worked with multiple affiliated entities, including Members Trust Company and SECU Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as an assistant baseball coach at Vance Charter School in Henderson, NC. Credit Union Investment Services serves primarily individual investors in North Carolina, offering non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, with salaried advisers providing recommendations while clients retain final decision-making authority.

Sabine Stovall is a financial advisor with Private Client Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Private Client Services since 2011 and also has a long-standing career as a model and talent professional. Outside of advising, she serves as a director and secretary for Friends of Prospect Parks, a nonprofit focused on park preservation in Louisville, KY. Private Client Services is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and institutions. The firm employs a structured discovery and risk-profiling process to develop investment strategies and offers multiple implementation platforms, managing approximately $1.05 billion across more than 3,200 client accounts.

Phillip Burnette is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Henderson, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Lincoln Investment since 2010 and has a longstanding background in insurance sales and service through his ownership and presidency of The Burnette Financial Group, Inc., which focuses on group health, life, dental, disability, and other employee benefits. Lincoln Investment is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer managing approximately $18.9 billion in assets with a network of nearly 900 advisors. The firm serves individuals, employers, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers, offering a variety of financial planning and portfolio management services that combine advisor consultation with programmatic management approaches.