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Brian Hilker is a financial advisor at Coastal Carolina Financial Partners LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at FBA Wealth Management, Realty One Group, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Hilker is licensed to offer life insurance and annuities in North Carolina. Coastal Carolina Financial Partners primarily serves individual investors, including some high-net-worth clients, as well as a small number of business clients. The firm provides portfolio management and investment advisory services on a non-discretionary, consultative basis, focusing on fundamental security analysis and a generally conservative strategy using stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

David Pope is a financial advisor at Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and previously worked at Andalusian LLC from 2021 to 2024 and CVSA LLC from 2002 to 2021. Outside of finance, he is a keyboardist and vocalist involved in musical entertainment. Liberty Square serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a long-term oriented investment process using fundamental and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios primarily composed of ETFs and mutual funds, while also accommodating individual stocks, bonds, and legacy positions as appropriate.

Robert Graham is a financial advisor at Riggs Asset Management Co Inc with 44 years of industry experience. He has been with Riggs Asset Management since 1990. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Riggs Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and limited consultation on non-investment matters to individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers family-office style services and employs a diversified investment approach that includes individual equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, and may incorporate cryptocurrency exposure via ETFs.

Herman Dodson Jr. is a financial advisor with Macro Advisors, Inc. in Little River, SC, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 credentials and bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Macro Advisors since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he is president and owner of Hazleton Insurance Alliance, an insurance agency. Macro Advisors, Inc. serves individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses proprietary model portfolios and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to tailor investments to client risk profiles.

Evan Cutler is a financial advisor at Buck Wealth Strategies, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at John Ingraham, LLC and Midland National Annuity. Outside of advising, he is the founder of the Cutler Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on Parkinson’s disease through the Pushups for Parkinsons initiative. Buck Wealth Strategies serves individuals, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a top-down macro investment approach with tactical asset allocation and is notable for its use of options strategies and integration of outside money managers.

John Ingraham is a financial advisor at Buck Wealth Strategies, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. for six years. Ingraham is also president of First Financial Education Centers, a business focused on insurance and annuities. Buck Wealth Strategies serves individuals, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans with discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a top-down macro approach that emphasizes tactical asset allocation and sector rotation, integrating third-party money managers and unique strategies such as options trading.