Stephanie Marie Dormann

Jacy Hixon is the president and chief compliance officer of Crossroads Advisor Network LLC and has 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He is also president and co-owner of Advisor Systems Inc., a technology company serving financial advisers. Prior to his current roles, he has been self-employed as a business consultant since 2015. Crossroads Advisor Network LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services for pooled vehicles, institutional retirement accounts, businesses, trusts, and individual clients. The firm’s investment approach incorporates technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis and may include options strategies, margin, and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Michael Lizon is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Provident Living Advisors LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2018. Prior to this, he worked at H.D. Vest Advisory Services and H.D. Vest Investment Services from 2014 to 2017. Outside of advisory work, he operates a tax preparation and accounting business. Provident Living Advisors LLC provides fee-based discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis within a multi-role structure, offering quarterly account reviews and ERISA-focused fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans.

Jeremy Despain is a financial advisor at Advent Capital Strategies, LLC, with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Key Investment Services and Key Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he is actively involved with Bible Baptist Church. Advent Capital Strategies provides discretionary investment management and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, employer-sponsored plans, and various institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes passive, asset-class-based portfolios primarily using index mutual funds and ETFs, tailoring asset allocation to client objectives and risk tolerances while also offering plan-level services like investment menu design and participant education.

Terry Bradford-Crane is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner with over 25+ years of financial services industry experience as a financial advisor and registered representative, financial literacy advocate, guest speaker, educator, and adjunct faculty member for MBA and CFP® education and certification programs. Terry helps clients create pathways to financial and professional wellness by aligning values, financial and non-financial resources, and a clear vision for a fulfilled quality of life. Terry is also the managing partner and financial officer of Allied Approach Group, LLC, an aviation test and evaluation consulting firm. She volunteers for the Foundation for Financial Planning and multiple business leadership and mentoring programs. Terry is a member of the XY Planning Network and the Financial Planning Association of Puget Sound. Terry holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Business Administration from California Lutheran University, and is a Taekwondo Master, 4th Dan.

Charles Johnson is a CFA® charterholder and Series 65 licensee with four years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Differential Planning LLC, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Great West Investments. Differential Planning LLC is a state-registered, single-advisor firm offering hourly financial planning and investment services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a buy-and-hold passive indexing strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory, primarily using Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs, and links investment management access to an ongoing planning relationship rather than asset-based fees.

Andrew Thibeault Jr. is a CFP® professional with 30 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Conestoga Wealth Partners in Gig Harbor, WA. He has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Wells Fargo Advisors. Thibeault also serves as a FINRA arbitrator in non-public dispute resolution. Conestoga Wealth Partners is a team-based firm serving clients with comprehensive wealth management services.