Edward Hopkins is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 42 years of industry experience, including over three decades with MML Investors Services, LLC and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, Hopkins serves as an elected director for the Connecticut Master Gardener Association, providing guidance to the organization. MassMutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser offering financial planning and asset management services to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs firm-approved software and collaborative planning processes to deliver written recommendations across investment categories, with implementation handled through separate brokerage or insurance arrangements.

Shawn Higginbotham is a CFP® with 29 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Mass Mutual Investors Services and has previously worked at Lion Street Financial, Csenge Advisory Group, FSC Securities Corporation, and SII Investments. Outside of his advisory role, he manages marketing and social media for a group of accounting firms through Jones & Company, LLC. MML Investors Services, LLC operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual, providing financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, business owners, and charitable organizations, utilizing firm-approved tools to support collaborative, goal-oriented planning.

Daniel Velazquez III is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services in Port St. Lucie, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and five years of industry experience. He has worked with MML Investors Services since 2020 and has been affiliated with MassMutual since 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is the CEO and founder of DV3 Financial, a financial planning and wealth management firm, and a co-founder and event director of the Port St. Lucie Business Club, a local networking group. Mass Mutual Investors Services operates as a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser providing financial planning and asset management to individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm emphasizes collaborative, annual planning engagements using firm-approved analytical tools, with a range of specialty services including estate settlement and employer-sponsored planning programs.