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Laura Cerra is a financial advisor at Element Wealth, LLC with 13 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. She has worked at Element Wealth since 2020 and previously at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and Raymond James Financial. Cerra is also the owner of Laura Brame Cerra CPA, an accounting firm in Laurel, MS, where she provides accounting services to individuals and businesses. Element Wealth offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and model portfolios, incorporating intermediate-term relative strength and technical analysis in its asset allocation decisions.

James Rasberry is a financial advisor with CreativeOne Securities, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Ameritas Investment Corp and Client One Securities, LLC, and has operated Rasberry Financial Services for over two decades. Outside of financial services, Rasberry is involved in several business ventures including ownership of a retail store selling American-made goods and participation on local economic development boards. He also appears occasionally on the HGTV show HOME TOWN. CreativeOne Securities, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities through a network of 127 advisors. The firm combines project-based planning and ongoing asset management with access to third-party managers and proprietary advisory platforms.

Chandler Carney is a financial advisor at CreativeOne Securities, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at First State Bank, Jones Logistics, FedEx Office, and the University of Mississippi. Outside of his financial services roles, Carney serves as a board member, league commissioner, and volunteer coach for the Laurel-Jones County Futbol Club, a recreational youth soccer league. CreativeOne Securities, LLC is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities through a network of 127 advisors. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan fiduciary services, and access to third-party managers, combining project-based planning with ongoing asset management via its proprietary advisory platform.

Casey Butts Sr. is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining NewEdge, he was self-employed and spent nine years at Sanderson Farms, with earlier experience at Merrill. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in managing law firms, including Wells Butts Law, PLLC and Casey L. Butts, Attorney at Law, PLLC. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management, planning, and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support both advisors and clients.

Stephen Mccraw is a financial advisor with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Laurel, MS, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Centaurus Financial since 2015 and has operated as a self-employed advisor since 1978. Outside of his advisory role, he is also licensed as an insurance agent, involved in the sale of fixed insurance and fixed annuities. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized services through a range of discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements, utilizing multiple analytical approaches and third-party resources.

John Mitchell is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles in education at several universities and employment in fields such as trailer manufacturing and landscaping. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.