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John Ciesielski is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with four years of industry experience. He has been with R.G. Associates, Inc., an independent firm based in Towson, MD, since 1992. R.G. Associates provides discretionary investment management for individual investors through separately managed accounts, focusing on a bottom-up, value-oriented stock selection process based on fundamental microeconomic analysis and detailed financial reporting. The firm serves clients with concentrated, long-term, long-only portfolios and also offers limited financial analysis consulting for institutional clients.

Graeme Woods is the principal advisor at G.S. Woods Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. Woods has experience in both financial services and business consulting, including managing a wholesale import-export company and leading a business consulting and insurance firm focused on risk management and business value growth. G.S. Woods Wealth Management serves individuals, families, small businesses, and charitable organizations by providing written financial planning, insurance placement, business consulting, and pension consulting services. The firm emphasizes goals-based planning and risk assessment, referring clients to third-party asset managers and offering fixed-fee and hourly engagements, with a notable role in pension consulting for government entities.

Christopher Yeagle is a financial advisor at Honeygo Financial with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill Lynch and Life Plan Financial. Yeagle’s background also includes over a decade at TJ Distributors, Inc. Honeygo Financial provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual clients, serving both mass-affluent and high-net-worth households. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach, primarily using passive strategies with index mutual funds and ETFs, and emphasizes documented investment policies, tax efficiency, and coordination with outside tax and legal professionals.

Antoine Orr is the sole advisor at Plancorr Wealth Management, LLC in Nottingham, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Plancorr Wealth Management since 2008 and has operated as a self-employed insurance agent since 1998, dedicating significant time to his independent insurance services. Plancorr Wealth Management provides fee-only financial consulting and personalized planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes detailed analyses including investment portfolio cost-benefit and risk management, retirement income planning, and insurance reviews, delivering advice through consultations and written reports without taking custody of client assets.

Charles Kares is the principal advisor at C.T. Kares Advisory Group, Inc. in Abingdon, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 11 years of industry experience. He has led his independent advisory firm since 1999. C.T. Kares Advisory Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold strategies using predominantly no-load and load-waived mutual funds tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

Stephen Olah is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 29 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Towson Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains a CPA practice focused on tax return preparation and consulting. Towson Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, applying modern portfolio theory with a long-term trading approach and managing accounts on a discretionary basis.