Jason Mcelroy is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Worldwide Capital Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at First Allied Advisory Services, Inc. and First Allied Securities. In addition to his financial advisory role, he owns and operates Downriver Income Tax, a tax preparation and accounting business. Worldwide Capital Advisors, LLC offers discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $84.3 million in assets across about 380 client relationships, using a range of analysis methods and providing tailored investment strategies with ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Peter Bakalis is the sole advisor at Bakalis Financial Inc. in Trenton, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials with 13 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at D.H. Hill Advisors, DH Hill Securities, Spc, and Sigma Financial Corporation. Outside of financial advising, he has owned and operated Maalouf Salon since 2009 and maintains an independent insurance agency. Bakalis Financial Inc. provides portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of analytic techniques and modern portfolio theory within a long-term trading framework. The firm manages approximately $26 million in client assets and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment mandates.

Staying on top of your personal finances can be daunting. I get it. Like everyone else, you have a family, a career, and a half dozen hobbies to which you’d love to devote more time. That’s great! Those are all important things, and you shouldn’t feel guilty about devoting time to those areas of life. But let’s be honest, it’s easy for your finances to get pushed to the background. Who really wants to spend their very limited free time writing out a budget, much less a five-year plan or a list of life goals! Do you feel that even if you had a spare moment to contemplate your financial well-being, you wouldn’t even know where to begin? Perfect! That’s where I come in. I want to help you de-mystify your finances. I want to help you get organized. It IS possible to be at peace with your finances. You don’t have to feel like you’re continuously playing catch-up. Let’s roll up our sleeves together and get started! Why? Because you DO have goals and dreams– and those dreams deserve a fighting chance! Together we’ll use a systematic and comprehensive approach to develop a plan that is completely tailored to you, to your life, and your needs. At Bespoke Planning, my standard of success is simple: to provide a bespoke planning experience that is tailored to each individual client. I’m not a mass market kind of guy. If you’re looking for a mass market experience, or you’re simply looking for an “investment guy,” I’m not it. As a financial planner, I truly love helping clients work through their most difficult financial issues so that they can achieve their goals and live their best life. My wife may think I’m crazy because I spend my free time reading through tax guides and countless blog posts on personal finance– but hey, I love what I do. I feel truly blessed to have found a career about which I am so passionate. I get to see people realize their dreams, mostly by helping them with a lot of the nerdy, nitty-gritty stuff that normal people find to be, quite frankly, super boring. Although the process can be challenging at times, I believe that the results will be richly rewarding! I want to hear you describe your vision of a meaningful life.

Michael Rudy is a CFP® and Series 63-registered financial advisor with 15 years of experience. He has operated Wolakota Financial Advisors since 2006 in Ypsilanti, MI. In addition to financial planning and tax preparation, Rudy provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy focused on money-related issues, a practice he has maintained since 1976. Wolakota Financial Advisors serves individual clients with personal portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, incorporating fundamental analysis and asset-allocation strategies that consider age, net worth, income, and tax factors. The firm operates as a fee-only, single-advisor practice and offers additional services including tax preparation and psychological counseling.

Brian Teets is a financial advisor at Legacy Investment Advisors LLC with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Legacy Investment Advisors since 2023 and has been associated with Safe Haven Wealth Management since 2013. Prior to his financial advisory roles, he worked with Dearborn Schools for 27 years. Legacy Investment Advisors LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm uses multiple methods of analysis, including charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical approaches, and employs both long-term and short-term trading strategies.

Erin Shelton is a Series 65–licensed financial advisor with Key Concerns Inc in Wyandotte, MI, where she has worked since 2008. She has 15 years of industry experience. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in the rare coin business through Farmington Valley Rare Coins and facilitates estate planning data gathering for Doyle Law PC. Key Concerns Inc serves individual clients and small business retirement plans by selecting and monitoring third-party money managers and providing financial planning and consulting. The firm matches clients to unaffiliated advisers based on personalized investment policies and performs ongoing due diligence without providing discretionary portfolio management itself.

Adam Mclaughlin is a financial advisor at River Raisin Investment Partners, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial for 10 years before joining his current firm in 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an alternate on the Monroe Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals. River Raisin Investment Partners provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis, employing a range of investment vehicles including ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

John Robbins is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience, currently serving at Jfr Financial Services, Inc. in Trenton, MI, where he has worked for 35 years. He has also held positions at LaSalle St Securities LLC and Lpl Financial LLC. Outside of financial advising, he authored a book titled *A View from the Back Row – What Happened to Our Church?* and serves as trustee managing charitable giving accounts. JFR Financial Services primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering comprehensive financial planning, investment management, consultations, educational seminars, and income tax-preparation services. The firm manages approximately $277 million on a discretionary basis and emphasizes fundamental, long-term investment analysis tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

Anthony Harwood is a financial advisor at Harwood Investment Strategies, L.L.C. with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Harwood Investment Strategies since 2017 and holds a Series 65 designation. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at HCR-ManorCare from 2008 to 2017. Harwood Investment Strategies provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, and non-profit organizations. The firm serves both retail clients and institutional plan sponsors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary management as well as support for employer-sponsored retirement plans, with an investment approach that combines fundamental analysis and quantitative measures along a generally long-term, value-oriented bias.

David Mcdonald is a financial advisor with MFG Capital, Inc. in Trenton, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at MFG Capital since 2018 and has been involved with McDonald Financial Group since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he is also active as an insurance agent, selling insurance products. MFG Capital, Inc. provides fee-based investment management and financial planning services to individuals and business entities, managing discretionary portfolios and co-advising some accounts with a third-party manager. The firm emphasizes individualized portfolios based on client goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance, and offers public educational seminars.

Scott Burns is a financial advisor at River Raisin Investment Partners, Inc. with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at LPL Financial and Fifth Third Securities. Outside of his advisory role, Burns is an owner of PIN SEEKERS, LLC, a non-investment related business. River Raisin Investment Partners provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a range of investment strategies using ETFs, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and other securities, with accounts reviewed regularly to align with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Patrick Guentner is a financial advisor at Legacy Investment Advisors LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is also a practicing attorney with Guentner, Barbee & Associates PLLC. Outside of advising, he serves as a FINRA arbitrator and operates a retail store through One More Training Gear, LLC. Legacy Investment Advisors LLC provides portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analyses. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary services and manages approximately $63.85 million in discretionary assets across about 260 client accounts.

Edwin Harwood is a financial advisor at Harwood Investment Strategies, L.L.C. in Monroe, MI, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Harwood Investment Strategies since 2008. Harwood Investment Strategies provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, and non-profit organizations. The firm serves both retail clients and institutional plan sponsors, employing a long-term, value-oriented investment approach that includes the use of derivatives and discretionary management for pooled vehicles such as employer-sponsored pension plans.

Craig Sawicki is a financial advisor at Jfr Financial Services, Inc. with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at LaSalle St Securities and LPL Financial prior to his current firm. In addition to advisory services, he is involved in income tax preparation through Jfr Financial Services. Jfr Financial Services primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering modular financial planning, investment management, educational seminars, and a client newsletter. The firm manages approximately $277 million on a discretionary basis and emphasizes fundamental, long-term analysis tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

Jennifer Brown is a financial advisor at Key Concerns Inc with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Belpointe Asset Management, LLC since 2016 and Key Concerns, Inc. since 2011, as well as a brief tenure at Tuttle Wealth Management. Outside of advisory services, she is involved in tax preparation through Liberty Tax. Key Concerns Inc. serves individual clients and small business retirement plans by selecting and monitoring third-party money managers and providing financial planning and consulting services. The firm focuses on aligning clients’ Personal Investment Policy Statements with appropriate unaffiliated advisers and maintains a formal solicitor role with multiple third-party advisory firms.

Lee Haselschwerdt is an Investment Advisor Representative at Fairway Investment Group, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Paradigm Equities, Inc. and MEA Financial Services since 2024. He is also a teacher at Dundee Community Schools, a role he has held since 2002. Fairway Investment Group primarily serves individual clients associated with the Michigan Education Association, providing fee-based portfolio management and advisory services through LPL Financial-sponsored programs. The firm uses a tailored investment approach based on client profiles and employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with a focus on membership-based clients rather than high-net-worth individuals.

Lowell Conner is a financial advisor at Fairway Investment Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Fairway since 2017. Conner is also involved with MEA Financial Services as an insurance representative. Fairway Investment Group primarily serves individual clients affiliated with the Michigan Education Association, providing fee-based portfolio management and advisory services through LPL Financial-sponsored programs that utilize fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis tailored to client objectives.

Nicholle Zoltaszek is a financial advisor at Success Wealth Management LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Bankers Life Advisory Services and Investment Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved with American Senior Benefits, focusing on insurance sales and services. Success Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a goal-based, Modern Portfolio Theory approach and employs third-party sub-advisors while maintaining regular portfolio reviews and rebalancing.

Erin Wozniak is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with 13 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network, Advantage Investment Management, LPL Financial, and TL Financial Group. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion and serving a diverse client base including individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment approach using model portfolios and modular sleeves tailored by advisors, with oversight from a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

Sonya Palumbo is a financial advisor with Prospera Financial Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and 25 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at CETERA Advisor Networks LLC and Summit Brokerage Services Inc. She is also a registered sales assistant at Taylor & Associates LLC. Prospera Financial Services, Inc. is an enterprise-scale adviser and dually registered broker-dealer serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporate and charitable entities, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $12.4 billion through about 207 advisors across 140 offices, offering investment advisory and financial planning services through various platforms and customizable portfolio strategies.