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Payton Ve Strand is a CFP® certificant and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses, currently serving as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley with six years of industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2025, Ve Strand worked at JPMorgan Securities, LLC, and PYA Waltman Capital, LLC. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of advisory programs to individuals and institutional clients, offering tailored financial planning through its Financial Advisors and Estate Planning Strategies Group and managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

David Burnett is a financial advisor at Shepherd's Financial LLC in Knoxville, TN, with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked with Eagle Strategies LLC and NYLIFE Securities LLC. Outside of finance, Burnett serves as clergy at Old North Abbey and is an author of academic books on religious texts. Shepherd’s Financial serves individuals, clergy, churches, businesses, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary and non-discretionary asset management along with financial planning and consulting. The firm employs fundamental analysis, tax-aware techniques, and third-party model managers, with a focus on customized strategies for each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

Grayson Niehaus is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with approximately one year of industry experience. He is the founder, sponsor, and managing member of OneThirty Equity Fund L/S, LP, a privately offered pooled investment vehicle. Prior to founding Parity Investment Management, LLC, Niehaus worked at Invesco and William Blair and was employed by the University of Tennessee. Parity Investment Management, LLC provides portfolio management services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a documented investment process that incorporates fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods, offering both ongoing discretionary management and limited-scope advisory consultations.

Nicholas Vantrease is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Provident Wealth, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Clayton Bank and Trust from 2010 to 2017. Based in Knoxville, TN, he is the sole advisor at Provident Wealth. Provident Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers ERISA plan services, including education and plan monitoring as a 3(21) fiduciary and the option to serve as a 3(38) investment manager, with investment strategies focused on tailored portfolios using fundamental and cyclical analysis along with modern portfolio theory.

Barry McCarter is the principal of McCarter Investments, LLC, an independent firm based in Gatlinburg, TN. He holds the CFA® designation and has 15 years of industry experience, including over two decades leading his own firm. The firm provides investment advice and discretionary portfolio management to a variety of clients, including individuals, estates, trusts, and retirement accounts. McCarter Investments combines investment management with accounting expertise, holding CPA and CFA credentials to address both tax and estate considerations as part of its services.

Amaya Yarid is a financial advisor at Turgeon & Co in Knoxville, TN, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning her industry career in 2025. Her prior work includes roles at CGI Federal Inc, Foundations for Life Principles LLC, Hamblen Family Medicine, and in education at a grade school. She maintains outside employment with a technology firm. Turgeon & Co provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, and small business owners, utilizing strategic model portfolios primarily composed of ETFs. The firm follows a long-term, disciplined investment approach based on strategic asset allocation, diversification, and modern portfolio theory, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and selective customization as needed.