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Nkozi Knight is a financial advisor with Thrivent Investment Management in Germantown, WI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Thrivent, Knight worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services and U.S. Bank. Outside of advising, Knight owns multiple businesses including GreenHomeHub, a cleaning and sustainability company, NEST Healthworks, a healthcare consulting firm, and Bodhi Photography, a creative media enterprise, and serves on the boards of the Marquette University Alumni Association and Greater Galilee Community Development Center. Thrivent Investment Management provides Dedicated Planning Services to individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits, offering holistic, goal-based financial planning without discretionary portfolio management, and allows clients to integrate planning with managed-account services through its WealthPlan option.

Luke La Manna is a CFA® charterholder and founder of Founder360° Family Office with one year of experience in the financial advisory industry. His prior work includes five years at Cottage Row Partners and two years at Reinhart Partners, Inc., alongside nearly a decade at Lakeshore Family Dentistry. Founder360° Family Office serves founders of closely held businesses, their families, and entrepreneurs with complex business, tax, and estate planning needs. The firm offers integrated family-office services, discretionary investment management, personal financial planning, and a proprietary business diagnostic software platform, combining portfolio management with enterprise value analysis and tax-aware financial planning.

Ronald Larson is the sole advisor at Larson Wealth Management, LLC, an independent firm based in West Bend, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2013, he coached high school basketball during the 2013–2014 season. Larson Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs multiple analysis methods in its investment decisions and integrates insurance analysis and product placement into its services.

Diane Esser is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently operating as the sole advisor at Direction Financial Management, LLC since 2012. Her background includes integrating financial planning with tax services through her CPA credential and affiliation with an in-house tax practice. Direction Financial Management is an independent, fee-only firm serving individuals, families, trusts, retirees, professionals, and small business owners. The firm provides consultative financial planning and investment advice based on a long-term, passive approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and broad index fund exposure, focusing largely on non-securities planning areas such as tax, estate, and risk management.

Kevin Chapman is the sole advisor at Crossover Capital Trading LLC in Germantown, WI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of self-employed experience, with one year specifically at his current firm. Crossover Capital Trading LLC provides discretionary portfolio management for individual clients using a proprietary price-momentum model to trade exchange-traded funds, including leveraged and inverse ETFs. The firm focuses on price-based signals with short holding periods and aims to limit market exposure while managing accounts daily without taking custody of client assets.

Martin Mcdevitt Jr. is the sole advisor at McDevitt & Bird Investment Management Co. with 14 years of industry experience and over 30 years at the firm. Based in Mequon, WI, he manages individual and institutional accounts. McDevitt & Bird Investment Management Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management for individuals, estates, trusts, corporations, pension, and charitable accounts, managing approximately $8.9 million. The firm employs multiple analytical methods and emphasizes individual securities, maintaining a small, closely supervised practice with institutional-style standards.