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Jean Philippe Aubry is a financial advisor with J.P. Aubry Wealth Advisors, LLC in Maitland, Florida. He holds a Series 66 designation and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm, he worked at GWN Securities, Inc. and AXA Advisors LLC among other roles. He is also licensed to sell and service life insurance products. Aubry Wealth Advisory provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a blend of technical and fundamental research to construct and manage model portfolios, typically using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual equities.

James Randazzo is a financial advisor with LSP Advisory LLC in Tavares, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He previously worked at GWN Securities Inc. for 15 years before founding LSP Planning LLC and later LSP Advisory LLC. Randazzo is also involved in life insurance and annuities sales, tax consulting and preparation, and Medicare planning, including educating clients on cash value life insurance through the Bank on Yourself program. LSP Advisory LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management by placing assets with third-party sub-advisers. The firm matches clients to model portfolios based on risk tolerance and objectives, regularly reviewing manager performance and maintaining formal relationships with specialized sub-advisers to provide access to niche investment strategies.

Laurore Jean Pierre is a financial advisor at JP Law and Wealth Advisors PLLC in Maitland, FL, with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked previously at Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, SunTrust Bank, and Wells Fargo. Ms. Jean Pierre is also a licensed attorney and provides legal services through her firm. JP Law and Wealth Advisors offers tailored asset-allocation advice and written financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines technical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, primarily using model portfolios and third-party money managers for implementation, and operates a fixed-fee planning model without discretionary management or custody of client assets.

Kermit Wheeler is a financial advisor with Wheeler & Mote, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has worked with Syndicated Capital since 2002 and Securities Management & Research, Inc. since 1996. Wheeler & Mote is a small, independent registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients, focusing on IRA rollovers and taxable portfolios. The firm employs a defense-oriented, loss-averse investment approach that emphasizes income, liquidity, and downside mitigation through portfolios composed of ETFs, individual securities, research-driven bonds, active cash management, and partial hedging strategies, including long-term use of inverse ETFs.

Philip Ferguson is the sole advisor at Polaris Financial Planning, LLC, an independent firm based in Apopka, Florida. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 25 years of industry experience, having founded Polaris Financial Planning in 2000. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Ferguson hosts The Phil Ferguson Show, a podcast covering skepticism, atheism, investment philosophies, economics, and politics. Polaris Financial Planning provides discretionary asset management primarily for high-net-worth individual clients, employing a science-based, buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm customizes portfolios using diversified index and mutual fund allocations selected through a proprietary model, with an emphasis on long-term holdings and occasional tactical adjustments.

David Souders is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Apis Wealth, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2019. Prior to founding Apis Wealth, he worked at Ronald Blue & Co., LLC and Ronald Blue Trust from 2003 to 2019. Apis Wealth provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, typically serving clients with account minimums of $500,000. The firm’s investment approach includes tailored asset allocation across equities, fixed income, and other securities, with continuous monitoring, formal annual reviews, and specialized planning for clients with concentrated equity positions and cryptocurrency exposure.