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James Roberts, CFP®, CExP™, is the founder of Intentional, LLC, an SEC registered investment advisory firm based in Fort Mill, SC. He has been in the investment services industry since 2007 and works with business owners, executives, and families in Charlotte, Charleston, and nationally. James works with clients who have built significant wealth and are facing decisions where the stakes are high: selling a business, managing a liquidity event, planning an ESOP, or deciding what to pass on and how. His exit planning work follows Business Enterprise Institute standards, and his portfolio approach is tax aware by design, combining a core of low cost ETFs with individual equities, individual bonds, and alternatives for eligible investors. Every relationship begins with Wealth Identity, Intentional, LLC's proprietary assessment of how clients think, feel, and act around money. A series of personal experiences led James to a question most financial plans skip: what is the wealth actually for? That question shapes every plan he builds. Intentional, LLC generally serves individuals and families with $1 million or more in investable assets. Client assets are held at Raymond James.

Samuel Gault is a financial advisor with Edward Jones, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Edward Jones, he worked at Elefante Corp and Family Home Buyers. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment solutions supported by a large network of financial advisors and branch offices nationwide.

Ryan Hammond is a financial advisor at Hammond Wealth Partners with one year of industry experience. He has held positions at Amplified Planning, The Vanguard Group, and Wells Fargo. Hammond Wealth Partners is a fee-only fiduciary firm providing discretionary investment management and financial planning mainly to individuals, families, and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers customized portfolios combining strategic asset allocation, tax-efficient management, and active tactical approaches based on multiple analysis methods, with clients able to impose reasonable investment restrictions.

John Mitchell is the sole advisor at JM Tax & Financial LLC in Tega Cay, SC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He previously worked at H.D. Vest Investment Services and had a 30-year career at American Airlines. In addition to financial advising, Mitchell owns and operates a tax preparation and bookkeeping business serving individuals and small businesses. JM Tax & Financial LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, integrating discretionary and non-discretionary approaches. The firm combines investment advisory with tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services, emphasizing active management with technical analysis and consideration of clients’ tax situations.

Steven Mullooly is a CFP® with 33 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Mullooly Wealth Planning LLC, an independent firm he has been with since 2022. Prior to this, he held roles at Osaic Wealth, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc., and Cullen Capital Management. He also works as a compliance consultant through Compliance Risk Concepts. Mullooly Wealth Planning provides portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes institutional and retirement-plan services and offers educational programs alongside its investment and planning services.

Richard Heckard is the president of Continuum Capital Advisory, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation with 19 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at FSC Securities Corporation and OSAIC. Outside of his advisory work, Heckard serves on the boards of the Westminster Towers nonprofit and the York County Natural Gas Authority, and he is president of a nonprofit providing financial education in collaboration with his CPA firm. Continuum Capital Advisory offers investment management primarily through sponsored wrap-fee programs, model portfolios, and separately managed accounts, serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations. The firm emphasizes asset-allocation tools, portfolio optimization, and uses third-party managers while also providing retirement plan consulting and financial planning.