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Fred Kettler is a mindful, holistic financial coach and independent financial professional serving Miami, Florida and Southern California, with nearly four decades of experience helping individuals, families, and business owners gain greater clarity, confidence, and peace of mind around their financial lives. Since beginning his career in 1987, Fred has focused on helping clients think beyond products, market returns, or isolated financial decisions. His planning approach is built around four key areas: cash-flow awareness, income and family protection, broadly diversified long-term investing, and retirement income planning. Fred’s work is centered on helping clients better understand where they are today, where they want to go, and how to build a more thoughtful roadmap for the future. His process emphasizes education, stewardship, long-term discipline, and creating dependable income strategies designed to support clients through every stage of life, especially as they approach or move through retirement. Rather than focusing solely on assets under management, Fred helps clients explore the bigger picture: how their savings, investments, insurance, income sources, and retirement goals can work together more effectively. His goal is to help people make more confident decisions, protect what matters most, and move forward with greater financial peace of mind. Fred Kettler is associated with Kettler Financial and has served clients for many years through a personal, relationship-driven planning process. His work is especially suited for individuals and families seeking a thoughtful financial chat, a clearer retirement income strategy, and a more holistic approach to long-term financial wellbeing.

Linda Walker is a Certified Financial Planner® with 45 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has operated her independent advisory firm, Linda A. Walker, CFP, since 1996 and has also been affiliated with LPL Financial since 1991. Her practice includes some involvement with long-term care insurance in coordination with a colleague approved by LPL. Her firm provides financial planning and investment advice to individuals, trusts, and corporations, generally on an hourly or fixed-fee basis. The advisory work focuses on budget analysis, retirement, education, and tax projections, emphasizing asset allocation modeling with client-directed rebalancing and consultative advice rather than discretionary management or custody of client assets.

Max Pashman is a CFP® professional with eight years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of Pashman Financial LLC, an independent advisory firm, and has held roles at firms including Nectarine and Origin Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Nectarine Financial Inc. as a financial planner. Pashman Financial LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients with tailored investment management and a range of financial planning services. The firm primarily employs a passive investment approach using model portfolios, index funds, ETFs, and separately managed accounts, and also provides retirement plan consulting and financial education seminars.

Jeffrey Bronchick is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Cove Street Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2011. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Cove Street Capital is an independent advisory firm that offers discretionary portfolio management to individuals, institutions, and various organizations. The firm uses a research-driven, value-oriented approach focusing on undervalued small- and micro-cap stocks through fundamental analysis and systematic screening.

James Reeves is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience. He has worked at Reeves, James, Townsend since 2020 and previously spent 16 years at Securities Service Network, LLC and SSN Advisory, Inc. The firm provides non-discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, maintaining a small client roster with roughly $17 million in assets under management. Investment advice is delivered on a non-discretionary basis, with a focus on fundamental analysis, client approval for trades, and regular account reviews.

Stewart Darrell is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Darrell Capital Management, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2020. Prior to this, he worked at Harris Financial Advisors, Inc. for four years. Darrell Capital Management is a fee-only wealth management firm serving individuals, high-net-worth families, and trusts. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family-office style services, emphasizing asset allocation, diversification, and ongoing portfolio monitoring using both fundamental and technical analysis.