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Brian Mc Guigan is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is the principal of McGuigan Financial, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2018, and has prior experience at LPL Financial, Flagship Harbor Advisors, and Edward Jones. McGuigan Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-focused services, including participant education. The firm uses fundamental analysis to guide investment decisions and operates on LPL’s open-architecture platforms, offering both wrap and non-wrap account structures.

Kathi Spurr is the principal advisor at Spurr Financial Investment Services, LLC with 35 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at H.D. Vest Advisory Services, Inc. and Ms Howells & Co. In addition to her advisory work, she manages a fixed and index life insurance and annuity business through MS Insentra, LLC. Spurr Financial Investment Services, LLC provides discretionary investment and wealth management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term strategies using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, with portfolio customization based on tax status, risk tolerance, and client-specific factors.

Stuart Hawver is the principal of Stu Hawver, CFA, MBA, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Mocksville, NC. He holds the CFA designation and has 21 years of industry experience, including nine years at Davidson Capital. His firm provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individual clients and trusts, focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient mutual funds and ETFs. Investment decisions follow Modern Portfolio Theory with model portfolios and Monte Carlo simulations to meet client goals, and the firm offers both performance-based and asset-based fee arrangements.

David Mongeau is a financial advisor with Chess Financial Planning LLC in Sacramento, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, LLC and WCG Wealth Advisors, LLC. Mongeau is also a licensed insurance producer and an Enrolled Agent providing tax-preparation services. Chess Financial Planning delivers financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individual clients and very small employer retirement plans. The firm emphasizes plan-driven investment advice, using low-cost ETFs and mutual funds, and operates on a non-discretionary basis with largely virtual client interactions.

Michael Hepworth is a financial advisor with Hepworth Equity Partners, LLC in Wolfeboro, NH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hepworth Equity Partners since 2007. Hepworth Equity Partners provides discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning for individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm sponsors and exclusively manages its own wrap fee program, focusing on separately managed accounts tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Bonnie Aves is a financial advisor at Hepworth Equity Partners, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Hepworth Equity Partners since 2007. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning for individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. Hepworth Equity Partners manages client assets through a firm-sponsored wrap fee program focused on separately managed accounts, combining customization and tax considerations with a small advisory team approach.