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Jeff Judge, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, AEP®, is Managing Partner of Chesapeake Financial Planners in Forest Hill, Maryland. He helps families, executives, and business owners navigate retirement, business exit, equity compensation, tax, and estate planning through the firm's proprietary R.U.D.D.E.R. Method™ — a structured six-step process for aligning wealth with life goals. A 2005 graduate of Goucher College, Jeff began his career in regional and national banks before joining MetLife in 2011 and founding his first firm a year later. He co-founded Chesapeake Financial Planners with Mark Rossbach, CPA, in 2017. Jeff is a Kiplinger contributor, a Five Star Wealth Manager (2017–2026), and an NAEPC-affiliated estate planner. He leads financial-literacy workshops for Fortune 500 and mid-sized employers across the Mid-Atlantic. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services through Great Valley Advisor Group, a separate RIA. Jeff lives in Forest Hill with his family.

Timothy Curran is a CFP® professional affiliated with Curran & Company Wealth Advisory in Bel Air, MD. He has been with Curran & Company, LLC since 2015 and with Curran Wealth Advisory, LLC since 2026. Curran & Company Wealth Advisory provides wealth management and discretionary investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, integrating tax and accounting services through an affiliated firm. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term, fundamental analysis and diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with oversight of third-party independent managers.

Graeme Woods is the sole advisor at G.S. Woods Wealth Management with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Apart from his advisory role, he manages GSW Trading Company, a wholesale import and export business, and serves as CEO of Multi Arbitrage Capital Solutions, a firm focused on risk consulting, insurance production, and business acquisitions. G.S. Woods Wealth Management serves individuals, families, small businesses, professionals, charitable organizations, and employee benefit plans through financial planning, insurance advice, business planning, and pension consulting. The firm emphasizes goals-based planning and long-term strategic asset allocation without managing client assets directly, referring clients to third-party asset managers and offering specialized services including an AI-based budgeting application and programs for veterans and public service personnel.

Christopher Yeagle is a financial advisor at Honeygo Financial with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill Lynch and Life Plan Financial. Yeagle’s background also includes over a decade at TJ Distributors, Inc. Honeygo Financial provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual clients, serving both mass-affluent and high-net-worth households. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, primarily using passive strategies with index mutual funds and ETFs, and emphasizes documented investment policies, tax efficiency, and coordination with outside tax and legal professionals.

If you are analytical, love details, and have higher standards and expectations for your financial advisor, we should talk. Our service model is high touch, very personalized, and as detailed oriented as you can get. We specialize heavily in retirement income planning and customization. We also pride ourselves in our very in depth, proactive tax planning. We are veteran-owned, real fiduciaries, and would love the opportunity to show you what we can do.

Charles Kares is the principal advisor at C.T. Kares Advisory Group, Inc. in Abingdon, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 11 years of industry experience. He has led his independent advisory firm since 1999. C.T. Kares Advisory Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold strategies using predominantly no-load and load-waived mutual funds tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.