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Alan Faerber is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently serves as a Senior Financial Planner at TomiPlan and previously worked at Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade Investment Management, and Scottrade. TomiPlan is a financial planning firm that guides consumers through the planning process without offering securities or financial products.

Roy Jones is a CFP® professional and MBA with a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning. With 26 years of financial services experience, he serves as CEO of Everspire and its affiliated firms, MHL Investments, E6 Portfolios, and TomiPlan. Everspire is an SEC-registered investment adviser with more than $289 million in discretionary assets under management. The firm serves individuals, families, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through a dedicated-advisor model centered on goals- and cash-flow-based financial planning. Everspire’s investment philosophy integrates low-cost, globally diversified core portfolios, daily tax-loss harvesting capabilities, and tax-aware alternative strategies designed to support each client’s broader financial plan.

Branden Vernon is a financial advisor at Steward Financial Services, LLC in Salt Lake City, UT, with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Steward Financial Services since 2010. In addition to his advisory role, Vernon is a licensed insurance agent involved in insurance product sales. Steward Financial Services serves individuals, trusts, charities, business entities, and pension plans with fee-based portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a mix of tactical allocation and passive strategies across a broad range of instruments and offers an active pension consulting practice that includes benchmarking, monitoring third-party providers, and participant education under the Pension Protection Act.

Jaron Poulson is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at JHP Planning, LLC, an independent firm based in Salt Lake City, UT, and has prior experience at Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of advisory services, he conducts fixed insurance sales as an agent under the name JHP Planning, LLC. JHP Planning, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $86.6 million across about 145 client relationships. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, implementing portfolios primarily through the AssetMark platform using a mix of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis.

Jessica Lanning is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, serving as the principal and sole advisor at Lanning Financial Inc. since 2006. In addition to her advisory role, she is president of a mortgage brokerage business and holds a life insurance license, through which she brokers life insurance and annuities when appropriate for clients. Lanning Financial Inc. primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on comprehensive financial planning and advisory services rather than direct portfolio management. The firm selects and monitors third-party money managers, emphasizing client education and recorded meeting content, and uses flat fees for financial planning engagements.

Michael Mysker is the sole advisor at Safe Bay Retirement Advisors and holds a Series 66 designation with 23 years of industry experience. He has led Safe Bay Retirement Advisors since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in insurance sales. Safe Bay Retirement Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as some corporations and business entities, providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning covering retirement, tax, college, estate, and business-continuity topics. The firm manages approximately $12 million in assets and employs a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, including active short-term trading and options strategies.