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Maria Kuitula is a financial advisor at Wordhouse Wealth Coaching with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Wordhouse Wealth Coaching since 2012. The firm serves individual clients with ongoing wealth coaching, financial education, portfolio analyses, and coordination with third-party advisers. Wordhouse Wealth Coaching utilizes a Free Market philosophy and a proprietary FMIA/MRI process to develop globally diversified, evidence-based portfolios, operating in a co-advisory role while third-party RIAs handle investment management.

Logan Fields is an investment advisor at Connected Financial Strategies LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has prior experience with Eagle Strategies (NY Life), NYLIFE Securities LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, and State Farm Insurance. Connected Financial Strategies LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes a long-term investment approach using exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, stocks, and bonds, and offers ERISA-focused retirement plan consulting and oversight of independent managers.

Phyllis Wordhouse is a CFP® professional with 41 years of experience in financial advising. She has led Wordhouse Wealth Coaching since 2008, focusing on wealth coaching and financial education. Wordhouse Wealth Coaching serves individual clients with a range of financial situations, offering ongoing coaching, education classes, portfolio analyses, and third-party adviser recommendations. The firm employs a Free Market philosophy and a proprietary FMIA/MRI process to guide evidence-based, globally diversified portfolios managed by a third-party RIA.

Morgan Hunt is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with Fairway Investment Group, LLC and affiliated firms, holding one year of industry experience. Prior to his advisory roles, he worked for seven years at Martin Public Schools. He is also a representative with MEA Financial Services, where he is licensed to sell insurance products. Fairway Investment Group primarily serves individual clients associated with the Michigan Education Association and their families, providing fee-based portfolio management and advisory services. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis and delivers investment strategies through LPL Financial-sponsored programs tailored to client objectives.

William Griffin Jr. is a financial advisor with Resurgent Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He worked at Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. for 22 years before joining Resurgent Financial Advisors in 2020. Outside of finance, he operates a fine art photography business exhibiting in galleries and museums. Resurgent Financial Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing financial planning and investment management services. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis and tailored client portfolios, incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, and independent Sub-Advisors with ongoing monitoring.

James Smith is an investment advisor at Asset Allocation Strategies, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at GLP Investment Services, LLC and GLP & Associates, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Smith is a math teacher and coach at Saugatuck Public Schools, a position he has held since 1997. Asset Allocation Strategies, LLC provides investment advisory services to individual retail clients and plan sponsors, managing retirement accounts and offering financial planning support. The firm employs proprietary and third-party model portfolios using quantitative asset-allocation techniques and serves nearly 3,900 clients with approximately $767 million in assets under advisement.