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Ryan Bass is a CFP® and ChFC® with 22 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Calidris Financial, LLC, having previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Mass Mutual affiliates from 2002 to 2025. Ryan receives insurance commission trails from prior sales but does not currently hold an active insurance license or sell insurance products. Calidris Financial provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and consulting services, including ERISA plan advice and management. The firm combines third-party managers with in-house portfolio construction, employing a range of investment strategies and regular account reviews, and offers both hourly and fixed-fee planning engagements.

Justin Luther is a CFA charterholder and financial advisor at Luther Wealth Management in North Charleston, SC, with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Luther Wealth Management since 2018 and concurrently holds a role in sales and business development at Kinder Morgan Inc. as a Commercial Manager. Luther Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individual investors, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach focused on low-fee index funds and ETFs, emphasizing diversification, low turnover, and periodic rebalancing.

John Beauston is the sole advisor at MKB Consulting LLC in North Charleston, SC, holding a Series 65 credential with 22 years of industry experience. He has served as the full-time managing partner of Moore Beauston & Woodham LLP, a certified public accounting firm, since 1992. MKB Consulting provides referral-based investment management services by recommending unaffiliated third-party money managers to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm focuses on manager selection and oversight without directly managing or custoding client assets.

Walker Coleman is a financial advisor at Atvantis Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Atvantis Capital, LLC, Atvantis Global Advisory AG, and several educational and community organizations in Charleston, SC. Atvantis Wealth Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting across traditional and alternative asset classes. The firm primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, employing an absolute-return oriented approach that emphasizes diversification, risk management, and combines fundamental and quantitative analysis.

Spencer Brasfield is the sole advisor at 5Talents Investing, LLC in Charleston, SC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UBS Financial Services Inc., High Cotton Investments, LLC, and Intercontinental Exchange. He is also involved with 5Talents Giving, LLC and Betur, LLC. 5Talents Investing is an investment manager that primarily handles pooled vehicles and institutional assets, while also serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an active trading approach with discretionary management focused on growth-and-income allocations and smaller aggressive growth portions, utilizing equities, ETFs, margin, short sales, hedging, and a range of options strategies.

Brent Bentrim is the sole advisor at Carolopolis Fiduciary Counsel, Inc., based in Charleston, SC, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Carolopolis Fiduciary Counsel since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Bentrim, Inc., a financial technology firm. Carolopolis Fiduciary Counsel provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual investors, retirement plan participants, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a quantitative investment process that scores multiple asset classes and uses low-cost index ETFs, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advice, including ERISA fiduciary services.