Andrew Arehart is a financial advisor with Wealth Watch Advisors, Inc. in Medina, Ohio, holding a Series 66 designation and 30 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Money Concepts Capital Corp, LPL Financial, and FirstMerit Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in consulting services through Metro Public Adjustment Inc. Wealth Watch Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other registered investment advisers. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing a combination of quantitative, qualitative, and technical investment strategies vetted by its Investment Committee.

Emily De Concini is a financial advisor at IP Financial Advisory Services LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Innovation Partners LLC, Great Lakes Retirement, Inc., and The Huntington Investment Company. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in her family-owned restaurant, Maha's Falafil, where she helps with cooking, food preparation, and taking orders on weekends. IP Financial Advisory Services primarily serves individual retail clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm focuses on non-high-net-worth individuals and offers customized portfolios, third-party investment advisor referrals, and a range of consulting services.

David Minich is a CFP® professional with 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with ValMark Advisers, Inc. since 2005 and is also President of Applied Financial Concepts, Inc., a financial planning firm he co-owns. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as President of The Heritage Study Group and volunteers as Vice President of Grounds for the Chandler Commons Home Owners Association. Valmark Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes diversified, goal-based model portfolios and asset allocation, implemented through mutual funds, ETFs, and separate-account managers, with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing overseen by ValMark’s investment committee.

Robert King Jr. is a financial advisor with Virtue Capital Management, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Virtue Capital Management since 2020 and previously held roles at Horter Investment Management and Cornerstone Asset Management Services. Outside of his advisory work, King is the principal owner of King Insurance and Financial Services, which focuses on property/casualty and life insurance as well as college and retirement planning. Virtue Capital Management is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing approximately $1.2 billion in discretionary assets through about 90 advisers for over 4,000 clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, third-party manager selection, and plan consulting, utilizing quantitative models and economic data inputs in a primarily mutual fund and ETF-based investment approach.

Zackary Levine is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with six years of industry experience, currently serving at Vicus Capital, Inc. He has held roles at WealthKeel LLC and Ameriprise Financial prior to his current position. Levine also provides financial planning services for Gen X and Gen Y physicians through an associate advisor role at WealthKeel LLC and works as an insurance agent specializing in life, health, disability, annuities, and long-term care products. Vicus Capital delivers investment management and financial planning to individuals, businesses, trusts, and employee benefit plan sponsors, utilizing a variety of discretionary and non-discretionary strategies. The firm offers access to third-party managers, digital advice portfolios, and fiduciary retirement-plan consulting with an emphasis on tailored investment approaches and multiple specialized divisions.

William Crozier Jr. is a financial advisor with Westminster Financial Advisory Corp in Medina, OH, holding a Series 63 designation and 36 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, MML Investors Services, and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is also licensed as an insurance agent offering fixed and indexed annuities, health, disability, long-term care, and traditional life insurance products. Westminster Financial Advisory Corporation provides investment supervisory services and general investment advice to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, fiduciaries, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a diversified, multi-asset class investment approach with a buy-and-hold focus supplemented by tactical overlays and cyclical analysis.

Jordan Howd is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in financial planning and wealth management. He currently works at ValMark Advisers, Inc. and ValMark Securities, Inc., having joined in 2023. Prior to this, he spent over a decade at Applied Financial Concepts, where he also holds a role as Director of Planning. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional clients through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm emphasizes diversified, goal-based model portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, with a range of proprietary and third-party platforms and unique relationships involving insurance and ETF products.

Kevin Komar is a financial advisor with United Advisor Group in Independence, OH, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has previously worked with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and INVEST Financial Corp. Outside of advising, he is a partner in a tax preparation business and co-owns a laundromat as a passive investor. United Advisor Group provides investment management, financial planning, consulting, and family office services to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and charities. The firm serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients using a mix of proprietary models, third-party sub-advisors, and customized portfolios, combining strategic and tactical asset allocation with value investing and various analytical techniques.

David Trende is a financial advisor with The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining The Strategic Financial Alliance in 2022, he worked for American Portfolios for 14 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in fixed insurance consulting and business consulting through several independent ventures. The Strategic Financial Alliance serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business clients by offering portfolio management, third-party manager selection, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs customized strategies through various programs and has a dual registration as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.

Teddy Milbrandt is a financial advisor at ValMark Advisers, Inc. based in Richfield, OH, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at ValMark Securities, Applied Financial Concepts, New York Life Insurance Company, and the Army National Guard. Outside of financial services, he has been employed with Doordash. ValMark Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on diversified, goal-based model portfolios and asset allocation using mutual funds, ETFs, and separate-account managers, supported by ongoing monitoring and rebalancing by its investment advisory representatives.

William Walker is a financial advisor at StoneX Advisors Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at StoneX Advisors since 2020, with prior experience at StoneX Securities Inc. and WRP Investments, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a sole proprietorship providing insurance sales and tax consulting services. StoneX Advisors serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and charitable organizations by offering portfolio management, financial planning, ERISA plan consulting, and related services. The firm delivers these through independent advisors and an in-house Private Client Group, utilizing a variety of managed portfolios and model-based solutions.

Gregory Markus is a financial advisor at Portfolio Medics, LLC with one year of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He has a background in tax and accounting services as the managing partner of taxSmarty Tax and Accounting Services and serves as treasurer/CFO for the Rocky River City School District. Additionally, he manages rental property businesses through Markus Properties U.P. North LLC and Markus Properties of Ohio LLC. Portfolio Medics is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $552.7 million for around 3,700 clients through a team of 75 advisors. The firm serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, offering a mix of strategic and tactical investment approaches including model portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, and alternative strategies.

Eugene Welsh Jr. is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 63 license. Prior to his current role, he worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2014 to 2019 and has been involved with Professional Management Inc. since 1980, providing tax preparation services for corporate and personal returns. He is also a partner at Strophic, Inc., which manages operations for Aria Financial Group. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary management programs and is notable for its predominance of non-discretionary assets under management.

David Ptacek is a financial advisor with Ta-Check Financial Ltd. in Fairview Park, OH, holding a Series 63 designation and over 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2018 and previously spent 11 years with SII Investments, Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he owns and operates a tax preparation and accounting business. Ta-Check Financial Ltd. provides investment advisory services primarily through referring clients to third-party asset managers and supporting those relationships via solicitor arrangements. The firm offers portfolio consultations and ongoing account servicing while delegating portfolio management and trading authority to selected third-party managers.

Edward Giaco is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2018 and previously spent 12 years at SII Investment, Inc. He also owns TAXCHECK USA LLC, a tax preparation and accounting business. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a range of investment solutions supported by an in-house research team and a broad network of investment adviser representatives.

Matthew Hisey is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Virtue Capital Management, LLC for 11 years. Outside of his advisory role, he owns The College Funding Connection, LLC, which provides college financial aid consulting. Foundations Investment Advisors offers financial planning and portfolio management to a broad client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm utilizes a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with tailored advice delivered through a large network of affiliated offices.

Anthony Lopresti is a financial advisor at Trek Financial in Medina, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. He has been with Trek Financial since 2018 and previously worked at the Medina Community Recreation Center. Trek Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary and non-fiduciary services. The firm uses a blend of strategic and tactical portfolio construction, incorporating evidence-based models, fundamental and technical analysis, and artificial intelligence tools under human oversight.

Thomas Trefzger is a financial advisor at Hantz Financial Services, Inc. with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Hantz Financial Services since 2018. Prior to his advisory role, he was employed at Sprint and also spent time at Cleveland State University. Hantz Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm employs model-driven ETF strategies along with managed account solutions and offers a broad range of financial planning, wealth management, and fiduciary services supported by affiliated entities such as a trust company and in-house tax and business consulting.

Jason Borrasso is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd and holds a Series 66 license. He has 16 years of industry experience, including roles at LPL Financial LLC, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, METLIFE SECURITIES Inc, and Edward Jones. Since 2017, he has been providing investment advisory services through Stratos Wealth Partners. Stratos Wealth Partners serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers financial planning, advisor-managed programs, model portfolios, and retirement plan consulting, combining individualized asset allocation with access to proprietary and third-party strategies delivered through a large network of investment adviser representatives.

Dan Romano is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Securities, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has worked with Fifth Third Securities and Fifth Third Bank since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and landlord of a rental property through PAMJ Group LLC. Fifth Third Securities provides brokerage and investment advisory services through its Passageway Managed Account Program to individuals, charitable organizations, corporate and business clients, and institutional investors. The firm offers multiple discretionary managed-account programs and combines third-party portfolio managers with advisor-managed options, supported by a platform that includes direct indexing and tax-overlay services.