Maxwell Fontaine is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Mooresville, NC. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has four years of industry experience. Prior to joining LPL Financial, Fontaine worked at The Vanguard Group and Genworth Financial, and has experience with nonprofit work through the Fontane Foundation Inc. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations nationwide. The firm offers various advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting, utilizing model portfolios, third-party research, and a range of discretionary and non-discretionary management strategies.

Ryan Milem is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors in Mooresville, NC, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at South State Bank, Dropoff, and Family Trust Credit Union. Outside of advisory work, he has been employed in maintenance roles, including at Home Depot. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors is a large SEC-registered firm that serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services through a network of independent professionals, utilizing a range of portfolio management strategies and custody arrangements.

Zachary Tussel is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with eight years of industry experience, currently associated with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. He has worked previously at Elmore Financial Group and New York Life. Outside of advisory work, he is a partner in non-investment businesses including Boats & Tows LLC and Clean Supreme Ventures LLC, and he is also involved in insurance sales. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. provides financial planning and investment consulting to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional investors. The firm offers tailored, non-discretionary planning and consulting services supported by analytical tools and supports advisory programs alongside institutional consulting and portfolio management.

Kyle Lambeth is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC from 2009 to 2016. Outside of his financial advisory role, Lambeth has been a firefighter with the Town of Davidson since 2014. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting to qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary services. The firm’s IPS-driven investment approach incorporates a broad range of financial products, including insurance-related vehicles and bank deposit sweep options.

Sheila Dobbins is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in Davidson, NC, holding a Series 63 designation and 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016 and previously at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC for seven years. Outside of her advisory work, she is a notary public and holds a minor ownership interest in an auto sales business. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions supported by research from Wells Fargo Investment Institute and third-party sources.

Travis Mull is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016 and previously spent a year at Bank of America. He serves as treasurer for the Morganton Downtown Development Association. Wells Fargo Advisors provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and employs over 14,000 financial advisors, offering both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Trudy Mullins is a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. in Denver, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. She has been with Raymond James since 2014 and is also an associate at Elmore Financial Group, where she performs administrative and financial assistant duties. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. offers financial planning, investment consulting, and advisory services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, institutions, and charitable organizations, utilizing risk profiling and analytical tools to inform non-discretionary planning and customized investment consulting.

Samuel Reavis is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where he collaborates with individuals and families to develop personalized financial plans and strategies tailored to their unique goals. His work encompasses a broad range of services including retirement planning, education funding, wealth preservation, tax-efficient investing, and philanthropic planning. Sam emphasizes building long-term relationships and understanding each client's comprehensive financial situation to provide ongoing, adaptable advice. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of South Carolina and has earned professional designations as a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). His client focus includes corporate executive services, family wealth management strategies, liquidity management, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, small business strategies, individual and corporate investment strategy, and tax minimization. Outside of his professional role, Samuel enjoys basketball, cooking, football, golfing, reading, watching movies, and spending time with his family. He brings a philosophy centered on understanding client priorities and creating personalized plans that align with what matters most to them.

Elizabeth Dailey is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Statesville, NC, with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm that serves individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, corporate entities, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets through a nationwide network of over 23,700 advisors and offers a range of advisory strategies, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee programs, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds.

Sarah Mangan is a financial advisor at Merrill with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. Prior to her financial services career, she was employed at the University of Maryland and in accounting advisory roles. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program. The firm offers model-based and discretionary investment strategies for individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Andrew Yost is a financial advisor at Cetera with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including Regal Securities, LPL Financial, and NewBridge Financial Services Group. He is also a senior advisor at Rosso Financial Group, where he is involved in sales and account management. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC serves a broad client base including individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, corporate and charitable clients, and institutional accounts. The firm offers a multi-manager platform with various portfolio management options and reported over $256 billion in assets under management across more than 10,000 advisors.

Damion Carufe is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Mooresville, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 41 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC since 2020, and prior experience at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities from 2008 to 2020. He also serves as a trustee in a trust-related role. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offers a broad range of advisory programs for individual and institutional clients, providing tailored financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and analysis from its Global Investment Committee.

Dorthy Hilt is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Statesville, NC, holding a Series 66 designation. She has one year of experience at Edward Jones and previously worked for eleven years at United Federal Credit Union. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs and investment strategies. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets, supported by a large network of financial advisors and branch offices nationwide.

Johnny Coble Jr. is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, and serves as an executor and trustee for family estate-related matters. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients, providing investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services through a large network of advisors and extensive research resources.

Elizabeth Frederick is a financial advisor at Fidelity with seven years of industry experience. Her background includes roles at Merrill, Wells Fargo Clearing, Keller Williams Lake Norman Realty, and L'BRI Pure and Natural. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Strategic Advisers LLC, a Fidelity Investments company, provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional clients, utilizing a blend of fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction to create model portfolios from mutual funds, ETFs, and ETPs.

Joshua Schrock is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and five years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at W&S Brokerage, Western and Southern Life, Woodmen Life, and over a decade at Strawbridge Studios. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, financial institutions, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services with discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by proprietary and third-party research.

Raymond Mones is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with LPL Financial since 2008. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by model portfolios and research.

Darcy Ridge is a financial advisor with Robert Baird & Co. in Davidson, NC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and having three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Baird in 2025, Ridge worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Hornor, Townsend & Kent, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Vineyard Wealth LLC. Outside of advisory work, Ridge teaches a weekly 45-minute cycle class at the YMCA of Greater Charlotte and has been a Rodan & Fields consultant since 2014. Ridge is part of The DDK Group within Baird’s Private Wealth Management department, which serves individual, corporate, pension, and charitable clients through a variety of financial planning and investment management services. Baird employs a combination of SMA strategies, overlay management, tax management, and manager monitoring supported by internal research and technology, managing approximately $394 billion in regulatory assets as of December 31, 2025.

Bret Gallin is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors in Denver, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he also works as a part-time bartender at Levy Restaurants. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is a large broker-dealer and registered investment adviser affiliated with Wells Fargo, offering investment and fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm provides a broad planning menu tailored to clients who meet certain net-worth thresholds, covering areas such as retirement, education, risk, and wealth-transfer planning, with many services delivered through meetings and written client summary letters.

Angelique Harris is a financial advisor at Edward Jones with four years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC®, Series 63, and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining Edward Jones, she worked for TIAA Kaspick from 2010 to 2023. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment options, supported by a nationwide network of more than 23,700 financial advisors.