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Robert Ellis is a CFP® with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Amherst Financial Group, LLC since 2021 and has been affiliated with LPL Financial since 2012, following a decade at Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an on-call volunteer firefighter for the Amherst Fire Department. Amherst Financial Group primarily serves individual investors and small businesses, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm’s investment strategies are tailored to client objectives and include a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, structured products, and selected individual securities, supported by relationships with TAMPs and AI-assisted research tools. Amherst also integrates insurance and employee-benefits services alongside its advisory offerings.

David Hunt Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Applied Capital Management, LLC. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2020 and has been affiliated with Applied Capital Management, Inc. since 2015. Applied Capital Management provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing consulting, supporting a large client base with customized plans developed through detailed client engagement and fundamental analysis.

Bradley Kayton is a financial advisor with Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Studio Ventures since 2014 and also consults with start-up companies, providing executive management, board governance, CEO mentoring, and strategic consulting through a separate consulting firm. Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors, LLC serves family offices, high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and business entities by creating and managing custom private-market equity and debt funds. The firm focuses on bespoke investment programs tailored to client objectives, often emphasizing private placements and early-stage companies, and uses performance-based compensation arrangements for qualified pooled investors.

Narendra Kapadia is the sole advisor at Value Financial Services Corp. in Chelmsford, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Value Financial Services since 2000 and is also the owner and president of Value Mortgage Corporation, a mortgage origination and processing business he founded in 1996. Value Financial Services provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high net worth persons, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm offers customized portfolios and employs a long-term, personalized approach with flexibility to adjust holdings based on market conditions or client objectives.

Martin Krikorian is a financial advisor at Capital Wealth Management in Tewksbury, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Wealth Management since 2005. Capital Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, families including high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, businesses, and non-profit organizations. The firm focuses on portfolio diversification and risk control using low-cost, no-load, and index mutual funds, applying Modern Portfolio Theory with defined rebalancing guidelines, and offers no-cost educational seminars on investments, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Alicia Donahue is a financial advisor at Nashua Capital Management LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and previously worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. Nashua Capital Management LLC is a single-advisor, state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and incidental financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on a long-term investment approach centered on dividend-paying growth and value companies, with diversification through ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed income.