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Chase Munoz is a financial advisor with Rainier Capital Investments LLC in Olympia, WA, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Key Investment Services and Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. Outside of advisory work, he is a managing member of Puzzle Investors, LLC, a real estate business. Rainier Capital Investments LLC is a single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals and high net worth clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, utilizing a variety of investment instruments and model portfolios developed by unaffiliated managers.

Angel Cruz is the sole advisor at Cruz Wealth Management, LLC in Olympia, WA, holding a CFP® designation with over 21 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cruz Registered Investment Advisor, LLC, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Zurc Investments, LLC, Ameriprise, and Third Coast Investments, LLC. Cruz Wealth Management provides personal financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and related entities, including small family businesses. The firm uses a value-oriented, strategic asset allocation approach combined with fundamental and technical analysis to create customized portfolios, offering a range of securities and active trading capabilities typically uncommon among solo independent advisors.

Bret Wilhelm is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience and the sole advisor at Wilhelm Financial Services, PLLC, an independent firm he has led since 2000 in Olympia, WA. Wilhelm Financial Services primarily serves individual clients by providing portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and asset-tracking services tailored to each client’s circumstances. The firm emphasizes nondiscretionary management, using mutual funds, index funds, and occasional individual securities, with a focus on a concentrated number of high-balance accounts.

Austin Goddard is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Taylor Goddard Investments in Yelm, WA, and has prior experience at Tempus Investment Corp and Stock Management LLC. Goddard also owns Automation LLC, a business providing back-office software and scheduling services to RIA firms, charter fishing operations, and the hospitality industry. Taylor Goddard Investments offers discretionary investment advisory services to individuals as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a fundamental screening process based on Value Line data combined with technical analysis to manage portfolios that include equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and bonds.

Troy Sapp is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial planning and wealth management. He has been with Commencement Financial Planning LLC since 2010 and is based in Lakewood, WA. Commencement Financial Planning LLC provides fee-only comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services primarily to individuals and families. The firm emphasizes a collaborative, consultative process and manages client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on low-cost passive mutual funds and ETFs, periodic rebalancing, and tax-loss harvesting.

Julie Wurst is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience. She has operated her independent advisory firm, Julie A. Wurst, CFP, LLC, in Tacoma, WA, since 2017. Her firm provides advisory services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as small businesses and trusts. The firm employs a globally diversified, low-cost investment approach primarily using index mutual funds and ETFs, and offers customized financial planning and consulting through various communication methods.