Zachary Neil Embry

Patrick Scherer is a CFP® and ChFC® with six years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Compound Planning, Inc., where he has worked since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at CW Advisors, LLC, Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc., and Wilmington Trust. Compound Planning serves individuals, high-net-worth families, businesses, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and institutional advisory services. The firm employs risk-based model allocations that integrate long-term buy-and-hold strategies with tactical tools such as direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting.

Chase Carmichael is a financial advisor at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has worked previously at firms including GW&K Investment Management, Mercer Global Advisors, and Fisher Investments. Kayne Anderson Rudnick provides discretionary investment management and sub‑advisory services to institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, insurers, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm emphasizes fundamental, company-level research and incorporates proprietary governance and sustainability assessments into its investment process across a range of active equity and fixed-income strategies.

Jason Domer is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at PNC Investments since 2017, following prior roles at Citizens Bank and Waddell & Reed. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through several model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital offering that uses algorithmic risk assessment to guide investment model selection and employs mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Valerie Lyle is a financial advisor at Stifel with 31 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Stifel since 2007. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals and institutional entities, offering both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on proprietary methodology using forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to guide asset allocation and financial planning.

Francis Geary is a financial advisor with Fidelity, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with various Fidelity entities since 2000, including Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors since 2018. Strategic Advisers LLC, a Fidelity Investments company where he is based, provides investment management and advisory services to both retail and institutional clients. The firm employs a blend of proprietary fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction to deliver model portfolios and advisory solutions.

Matthew Fiore is a financial advisor with MassMutual Investors Services and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 10 years of industry experience and has been with MassMutual Investors Services and MassMutual Life Insurance Co since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a business managing payroll for administrative staff. MassMutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker‑dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual. The firm provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers.