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Michael Ilagan is a financial advisor with BPD Wealth Management LLC in Harrisonburg, VA, holding a Series 65 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He is also employed as an emergency physician and partner at Harrisonburg Emergency Physicians since 2004. BPD Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual clients, with a multi-disciplinary investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis. The firm manages approximately $4.56 million in discretionary assets and serves a range of client types, employing both long- and short-term trading strategies.

John Gira III is a financial advisor at GIRA & GIRA Investment Advisors LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2013 and holds a Series 66 designation. GIRA & GIRA Investment Advisors provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporations. The firm employs a macroeconomic approach combined with fundamental and technical analysis for portfolio construction and manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis.

Andrew Lam is a CFP® and CFA® with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Strategent Financial, LLC since 2022 and previously spent five years at Dimensional Fund Advisors. Lam also has a background in academia from his time at the University of Virginia. Strategent Financial, LLC serves individual and family clients, as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation and modern portfolio theory, using institutional no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and select individual securities or private funds in discretionary portfolio management and financial planning.

John Gira is a financial advisor with GIRA & GIRA Investment Advisors LLC in Harrisonburg, VA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He has been with GIRA & GIRA since 2013. GIRA & GIRA Investment Advisors provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporations. The firm employs a macroeconomic approach combined with fundamental and technical analysis to guide portfolio construction and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management.

Debbie Byerly is a financial advisor at Strategent Financial, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Capitol Family Office, Inc. and Byerly Wealth Management. Outside of her advisory role, she is a group fitness instructor at Sentara Wellness Center and serves as a committee member for the Town of Bridgewater Industrial Development Authority. Strategent Financial, LLC provides wealth management and advisory services primarily to individuals and families, as well as retirement plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs strategic asset allocation and modern portfolio theory, focusing on low-cost funds, global diversification, and tax efficiency, while offering discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting.

Eric Barkey is a financial advisor at J.S. Replogle & Associates LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with J.S. Replogle & Associates since 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Barkey Notary Services, LLC, a notary business to which he dedicates up to 20 hours per week. J.S. Replogle & Associates LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $40 million across about 90 accounts. The firm combines fundamental and technical investment approaches and offers services including ongoing portfolio management and targeted consulting such as deferred charitable gift planning.