Mark Bulmer is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He currently works at Forum Financial Management, LP and previously held roles at Avantax Investment Services, Inc. and Avantax Advisory Services. In addition to his advisory work, Bulmer is a partner at Smith Leonard PLLC, an accounting and tax preparation firm. Forum Financial Management, LP provides investment advisory services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm employs model asset-allocation portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory and supports other RIAs through its turnkey asset-management platform and back-office services.

Kevin Benson is a financial advisor at Forum Financial Management, LP with five years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Forum in 2025, he worked at Avantax Investment Services Inc. and Avantax Advisory Services from 2020 to 2025. Benson is also a partner at Smith Leonard PLLC, an accounting and tax preparation firm, and serves on the finance committee of Caldwell Academy, a private Christian school in Greensboro, NC. Forum Financial Management, LP provides fee-based wealth management, financial planning, and qualified plan services to individual and institutional clients. The firm also acts as a sub-advisor and turnkey asset management platform for other independent RIAs, implementing portfolios primarily with DFA institutional mutual funds and ETFs following a Modern Portfolio Theory approach.