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Diana Palmer is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Family Financial Planning, LLC in Cortland, Ohio. She has been with Family Financial Planning since 2006 and also maintains roles at Walnut Street Securities Inc and her own CPA firm, Diana L Palmer CPA Inc. Family Financial Planning, LLC is an independent, fee-only practice offering holistic financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses. The firm emphasizes asset-class selection, diversified and tax-aware allocation, and generally employs a non-discretionary portfolio management approach integrated with ongoing tax considerations.

Cody Dye is a financial advisor at Dye Family Office in Canfield, Ohio, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Hill, Barth, and King as a full-time accountant and has held positions at Iron Gate Wealth Advisors and other firms. Dye’s current role integrates accounting and financial advisory services through his independent firm. Dye Family Office is an independent, state-registered adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individual clients with financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses fundamental security analysis and personalized consultations to align investments with client risk tolerance and suitability, offering ongoing account supervision and coordinating with third-party managers and custodians as needed.

Scott Duko is the principal of Scott S. Duko, Registered Investment Advisor, Ltd. in Canfield, Ohio, with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Fortune Financial Services, Inc. and his own firm since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed attorney and an independent insurance agent offering fixed annuities and equity-indexed products. His firm provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. It manages client portfolios using no-load or low-load mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, with an emphasis on ongoing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management.

William Messner is the principal of Bill Messner Contrarian Investment Advisory, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 30 years of industry experience, including 10 years at Keystone Investment Advisors, LLC before founding his current firm in 2019. Outside of advising, he works as a substitute teacher in Pennsylvania and Ohio and owns Tranquil Sanctuary Services, LLC, which provides high-end tutoring. Bill Messner Contrarian Investment Advisory, LLC offers personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, state and municipal entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive index funds and ETFs with selective active strategies, and it provides discretionary management options for employer retirement plans.

Donald Samuels is a CFP® with 50 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with OSAIC and has previously worked at SagePoint Financial, Inc. and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, he owns Samuels Financial Service, Inc., where he provides life and annuity products as well as tax and accounting services for various client entities. OSAIC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA member broker-dealer serving a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and employs a technology-driven investment process that incorporates risk tolerance, asset allocation, and portfolio optimization.

Samuel Fries is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at SSB Managed Wealth, LLC, where he has worked since 2019. In addition to his advisory role, Fries serves as a tax manager at SSB CPAs, a CPA firm focused on tax planning and business consulting. SSB Managed Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate clients, including retirement plan consulting. The firm combines tailored investment strategies with oversight of portfolio implementation through a third-party manager and integrates coordinated tax and business advice through its affiliation with SSB CPAs.