Nicholas J. Marrone

Eric Cooper has spent his life building and leading. From starting his first business at 15 to founding the Sooner family of companies, he has always been driven by a singular purpose: helping people align their wealth with their values and create a life of clarity, impact, and freedom. For 14 years, Eric has navigated nearly every corner of the financial industry, banking, insurance, wealth management, business consulting, only to discover the same problem repeated everywhere: fragmented advice. Traditional firms prioritize scalability and products, leaving clients with disjointed strategies and blind spots that hold them back. Eric built Sooner Private Financial Council to change that. Acting as an integrated command center, his team brings together six essential disciplines: advanced tax planning, wealth management, income planning, risk management, estate and legal strategy, and business value acceleration. This unified approach helps purpose-driven clients break free from confusion, outgrow outdated teams, and achieve total command over their financial lives. Clients who once felt overwhelmed or uncertain experience a powerful shift: from reactive to proactive, from imposter syndrome to absolute confidence. This is the transformation Eric lives to create, turning wealth into a force that reflects who you are and what you stand for. A national champion public speaker, devoted husband, and father of five, Eric lives in New Hampshire, where he pursues wild places as a hunter, coaches youth basketball, and continues his lifelong study of leadership and building things that matter.

David Hunt Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Applied Capital Management, LLC. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2020 and has been affiliated with Applied Capital Management, Inc. since 2015. Applied Capital Management provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing consulting, supporting a large client base with customized plans developed through detailed client engagement and fundamental analysis.

Jeremy Gassman is the principal advisor at Gassman Financial LLC in Salem, NH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 29 years of industry experience. His prior work includes 13 years at Madison Avenue Securities, LLC and five years at Informed Resources, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in commission-based insurance and annuity sales through his firm. Gassman Financial LLC provides wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates, offering discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a long-term, low-turnover investment approach, constructing diversified portfolios with ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed-income securities based on individualized asset allocation strategies.

Robert Foster Jr. is the principal of Plain Talk Financial Planning, LLC in Amesbury, MA, holding a Series 65 license with one year of industry experience. He has worked at Nokia since 1984 as a Technical Support Engineer. Foster dedicates a significant portion of his time to this role outside of his advisory work. Plain Talk Financial Planning offers investment management and comprehensive financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs asset allocation strategies grounded in modern portfolio theory, incorporating both passive and active management, and provides tailored solutions including socially conscious options and cryptocurrency-related exposure when requested.

Noah Tillinghast is a financial advisor at Callidus Capital with a Series 65 designation and experience beginning in 2022. He previously worked at Clearview Financial Strategies LLC and has a background that includes ten years in education. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent selling life insurance. Callidus Capital provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various security types. The firm typically manages portfolios under written discretionary authority and does not concentrate on any single security type.

Robert Salzer is a financial advisor with NAV Wealth Management LLC in Amesbury, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has led NAV Wealth Management since 2014. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president of the Woburn High School Scholarship Fund and is a trustee of The Tidd Home Inc., overseeing its portfolio. NAV Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading approach, tailoring portfolios to client risk tolerance and time horizon, and is notable for its client mix that includes charitable and corporate clients.