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Edward Nelson is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Clear Trace, LLC since 2007 and previously spent 11 years with Zeiders Enterprises, Inc. His background includes management consulting and information technology. Clear Trace, LLC offers personal financial planning, investment management, and education services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and certain business entities. The firm employs strategic asset allocation and fundamental analysis to build diversified portfolios, utilizing model portfolios, automated tax-loss harvesting, and discretionary account management.

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Charles Veeneman is the sole advisor at Best Investment Options, LLC in Louisville, KY, holding a Series 66 designation with 17 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm in 2019, he spent 12 years with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. He also serves as treasurer for the city of Northfield, KY, a position he has held since 2011, and operates two non-investment businesses: a CPA firm providing tax and audit services, and a bookkeeping services company. Best Investment Options, LLC manages discretionary investment portfolios for individual and trust clients, including high net worth individuals, using a tailored approach based on fundamental, technical, and economic analysis. The firm incorporates derivatives strategies such as equity puts and covered calls and maintains an affiliation with an accounting and tax practice under common ownership.

Christopher Vaughn is a financial advisor with Family Wealth Planning Partners in Louisville, KY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at FWPP Insurance LLC, IFP Securities, LLC, Independent Financial Partners, Thrivent Financial, and Foresters Financial. Vaughn is also involved with FWPP Insurance LLC, an affiliated insurance agency licensed in Kentucky. Family Wealth Planning Partners serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, pension plan advisory, and third-party asset manager referrals, employing a mix of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and tactical investment approaches.

Charles Reader is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 10 years of experience in financial planning and investment management. He is currently the sole advisor at Illuminate Wealth Management, having previously worked at Different By Design Financial Planning and several other firms. Illuminate Wealth Management serves individuals, families, and small businesses, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and tailored services such as a virtual family office and virtual CFO engagements. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis, diversified portfolios, and coordination with external specialists to provide comprehensive wealth management solutions.

Stephen Gibson is a financial advisor at DMLO Wealth Planning, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at firms including Jjb Hilliard Wl Lyons LLC and Money Concepts Capital Corp. Gibson is involved in several nonprofit and community organizations, including serving as a board member for the Greater Louisville & LaGrange Baptist Health Foundation and participating in multiple charitable foundations and local service clubs. DMLO Wealth Planning serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily long-term, customized investment approach using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, and may allocate assets to affiliated sub-advisers under ongoing oversight.