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Matthew Will is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently the sole advisor at Wealth Accel, an independent firm where he has worked since 2015, including a four-year period at Birchcreek Wealth Management. Wealth Accel provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, integrating investment management with personalized financial planning. The firm uses an evidence-based, rules-based investment approach that emphasizes diversification, cost and tax awareness, and systematic rebalancing, with portfolios that may include ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, alternative investments, and private opportunities.

Micah Mc Collum is a financial advisor at McCollum Investment Advisors in Dayton, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Carnegie Investment Counsel from 2016 to 2020. McCollum Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to individuals, non-profit organizations, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm’s investment approach combines tactical growth driven by supply and demand analysis with strategic allocations for income accounts, using various methods including technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis, and incorporates margin and options writing in select managed accounts.

Jing Chen is a financial advisor at UIS Investment Management LLC with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at UIS Investment Management since 2015. Prior to her advisory career, she was retired from 2006 to 2020. UIS Investment Management LLC provides discretionary asset management services tailored to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and sentiment analysis to manage accounts without imposing a minimum balance requirement.

Ronald Alban is a financial advisor at Alban Investment Management, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Alban Investment Management since 2002. Alban Investment Management provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, cyclical, and long-term trend analysis to manage diversified portfolios using low-cost ETFs and discount execution, with quarterly reviews and performance reporting.

Elizabeth Li is a CFP® professional based in Dayton, Ohio, with 23 years of industry experience. She is the principal and managing member of EHMLI Investment Advisors LLC and has worked with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. since 2003. Li also provides business and individual tax preparation and planning services through her accounting practice and serves as an adjunct instructor in economics and finance at Northern Kentucky University. EHMLI Investment Advisors specializes in investment advisory and financial planning services primarily for individual clients, managing approximately $31 million across 84 accounts. The firm integrates investment advice with tax and financial planning and is distinctive for its formal affiliation with an accounting practice and an insurance-licensed affiliate, offering a multi-disciplinary service model.

James Connell II is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the principal of Retirement Planning Group, LLC and previously worked at VanWeelden Wealth Management, LLC and WKRC-TV. Connell is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of various insurance products. Retirement Planning Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual, high-net-worth, pooled, and institutional clients. The firm employs diversified asset-allocation strategies tailored to clients’ time horizons and risk tolerances and often delegates portfolio management to third-party sub-advisors under its supervision.