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Richard Stebbins is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience, operating as the sole advisor at Richard A. Stebbins CPA CFP CMFC in The Villages, FL. He holds a CPA background but is not currently an active licensed public accountant. His firm provides discretionary investment management primarily for individual clients and trusts, focusing on income and indexed equity exposure through various instruments such as preferred stocks, closed-end funds, and index ETFs. The firm manages approximately $12.3 million across 20 accounts and offers separate tax-planning and limited-scope hourly planning services, maintaining a small and selective client roster.

Michael Barber is the principal of Barber & Associates in The Villages, FL, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with 41 years of industry experience. He is also the principal of Wealth Management Network, a training firm for financial advisors, and owns Concierge Tax Preparation, LLC, which prepares income tax returns. Additionally, he is involved with an estate documentation firm, Estate Docs PMO. Barber & Associates provides advisory services to individual clients without account minimums, managing approximately $37.3 million across about 183 clients. The firm focuses on setting investment objectives and referring clients to third-party managed account programs while offering insurance and retirement-planning services through an affiliated insurance business.

Michael Tringali is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Fee-Only Financial Advisors, LLC, an independent, fee-only firm he has led since 2016. His prior experience includes roles at Modera Wealth Management, LLC and managing his own practice, Michael J. Tringali, P.A., since 1991. Outside of advisory work, he serves as finance director and executive committee member of the Citrus County YMCA branch and is involved with local charitable foundations and educational scholarship trusts. Fee-Only Financial Advisors, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and select corporations with portfolio management, ongoing wealth management, and financial planning. The firm follows a fiduciary standard and employs a diversified, academically grounded investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis, offering tailored investment policy statements and tax-efficient strategies.

Ryan Egbert is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Elevation Haven Financial, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at Scott Marsh Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he teaches finance courses. Elevation Haven Financial is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual investors, high-net-worth clients, companies, and trusts. The firm provides portfolio management, tax services including individual tax return preparation, real estate advice, and financial planning, employing a disciplined investment process focused on asset allocation and downside risk analysis.

Riley Kiefer is the principal of Kiefer Financial Advising LLC in Ocala, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with approximately one year of experience in financial advising. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Great American Insurance Group for six years. He is also active as a licensed health and life insurance agent through a separate agency. Kiefer Financial Advising provides non-discretionary investment advice and financial planning to individual investors, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a goal-based, long-term approach focused on diversification, cost efficiency, and education, offering services through fixed fees rather than asset-based charges.

Michael Osborne is a financial advisor at New Millennium Asset Management, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with New Millennium Asset Management since 2007. New Millennium Asset Management primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing discretionary portfolios with a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. The firm offers a range of financial planning and business consulting services, and is notable for its use of leverage and derivatives within client accounts.