Matthew Mc Cracken is an advisor with Strategic Financial Concepts, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at First State Bank of Burnet and Investment Centers of America, along with operating his own advisory businesses since 2005. He is also involved in life insurance sales alongside his advisory work. Strategic Financial Concepts provides personalized investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth households, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management using fundamental and technical analysis, model portfolios, and third-party managers, integrating financial planning with investment management.

John Rowe is a CFP® and ChFC® with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with A Sling & A Stone, Incorporated and has held positions at firms including The Leaders Group, Inc, Equitable Advisors, and Bank of America. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance and annuity sales. A Sling & A Stone, Incorporated provides advisory services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and limited partnerships, offering both discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary fund administration. The firm utilizes a proprietary Market Anomaly Program for investment implementation, alongside passive indexed models and hedged index variants, and sponsors a private fund with the adviser serving as general partner.