Fallon Flaharty is a financial advisor at Flaharty Asset Management, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at LPL Financial, Modern Wealth Management, and Mutual Securities. Outside of her advisory role, she owns and operates Lyra Fine Jewelry LLC, a retail jewelry design and e-commerce business. Flaharty Asset Management serves individual investors, high net worth clients, retirement plans, and institutions through a 10-advisor team managing approximately $901.6 million. The firm employs a top-down, strategic asset-allocation approach across broad asset classes and offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Caroline Holloway is a CFP® professional with 22 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at ARS Wealth Advisors since 2022 and previously led Holloway Wealth Management for 17 years. Outside of her advisory work, she is the owner of Bishop Real Estate LLC. ARS Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored plans, offering portfolio management alongside financial planning and tax preparation services. The firm employs a blended value-and-growth equity approach with a long-term investment horizon and customizes investment programs based on individual objectives.

Peter Seriano is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with ProVise Management Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2022, following roles at Kestra Investment Services, Edward Jones, Merrill, and Bank of America. ProVise Management Group serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations by offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, and employs both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Spencer Avalos is a financial advisor with Darwin Wealth Management in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, JPM Investment Management, and Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. He is also involved with Darwin Insurance Group, an affiliated company, where he consults and offers fixed insurance and annuity products. Darwin Wealth Management serves individuals, corporations, and business entities with portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, using customized investment approaches that combine firm-developed models, third-party portfolios, and tactical strategies. The firm also offers web-based advisory services through the Betterment for Advisors platform.

John Orr is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Flaharty Asset Management, LLC. He has previously worked at LPL Financial and Modern Wealth Management, LLC. In addition to his advisory role, Orr has authored works outside the investment field. Flaharty Asset Management serves individual investors, high net worth clients, retirement plans, and institutions through a team of 10 advisors managing approximately $901.6 million across about 1,100 client relationships. The firm employs a top-down, strategic asset-allocation approach tailored to client time horizons and risk tolerances, investing across a broad range of asset classes and instruments.

Donald Jowdy is a financial advisor with Suncoast Equity Management, LLC in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 65 designation and 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Suncoast Equity Management since 1997. Suncoast Equity Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other advisers. The firm focuses primarily on equity management with an emphasis on large-cap stocks, employing fundamental analysis and a combination of long-term and occasional short-term trading to meet client investment policies and risk tolerances.

Paul Auslander is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Seabridge Investment Advisors LLC since 2025 and previously worked at Kestra Investment Services, LLC, Provise Management Group, LLC, and his own advisory practice. Seabridge Investment Advisors serves a mix of individual, institutional, and tax-exempt clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services. The firm manages global equity-focused portfolios across various strategies and works with a broad set of institutional and foreign fund clients, distinguishing itself through its role as a discretionary sub-adviser to other investment advisers.

Michael Murray is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with ARS Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2015, including at ARS Wealth Advisors Group, LLC since 2021. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, estate-planning education, and tax preparation services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as associated trusts, estates, and retirement plans. ARS Wealth Advisors manages approximately $1.64 billion in discretionary assets and uses a tailored, diversified investment approach with a long-term horizon.

Kelly Pickering is a financial advisor with Sharp Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at J. Alden Associates, CapFinancial Partners LLC, and Raymond James Financial Services. She is part of a seven-advisor team at Sharp Financial. Sharp Financial serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, other registered investment advisers, and family offices, managing approximately $502 million across eight offices. The firm employs a tactical, risk-based investment process that integrates internal research and third-party quantitative tools to guide dynamic asset allocation and portfolio management.

Derek Kelly is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently serving at ProVise Management Group, LLC in Clearwater, FL. He has been with ProVise since 2022, following his college education. ProVise Management Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, using a range of investment vehicles and custodial platforms, and is affiliated with Kestra Financial and other related entities.

Jeffrey Speers is a financial advisor with Rise Financial Partners in St. Petersburg, FL, holding a Series 65 designation and 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at WR Wealth Planners, Wealth Planning and Design LLC, Legacy Financial Advisors, and Mutual of Omaha Investor Services. He also serves as president of Speers Financial, an insurance agency providing fixed insurance products and financial consulting services. Rise Financial Partners is a state-registered advisory firm serving individual clients, charitable organizations, and corporate plan sponsors. The firm combines modern portfolio theory and passive core exposures with tactical analysis to create client-specific investment plans and manages approximately $70 million in discretionary assets.

Jon Brethauer is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at ProVise Management Group, LLC. He has been with ProVise since 2008 and also has a longstanding affiliation with Kestra Investment Services, LLC. Brethauer holds leadership roles as President of both ProVise Management Group, LLC and ProVise Management Company, Inc. He is a board member of BayCare Alliant Hospital and Morton Plant Mease Hospital, where he is involved in strategic planning and oversight. ProVise Management Group serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment vehicles and incorporates AI tools with human oversight while maintaining affiliations with various financial service entities.

Christopher Gettelfinger is a financial advisor at S.E.E.D. Planning Group, LLC in Saint Petersburg, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. His prior work history includes roles at Northwestern Mutual and Orvis, where he has been employed since 2022. S.E.E.D. Planning Group provides wealth management, investment advice, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, non-profits, and retirement plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis and a long-term investment strategy, incorporating values-based financial planning, tax and estate planning, and diversified portfolio management through its investment division, Sift Investment Management.

Jeffrey Sievers is a financial advisor at Unique Wealth, LLC in Tampa, FL, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63 designations with 26 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management and Curtis Parry from 2009 to 2021. Unique Wealth, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm manages accounts on a discretionary basis, tailoring strategies using model portfolios, sub-advisers, and independent managers, and offers advice across a broad range of asset types, including digital assets.

Linda Smith is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience. She has been with William Mack & Associates, Inc. since 2005. William Mack & Associates is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and other entities, managing approximately $820 million for about 957 clients through a team of ten advisers. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes diversification, tax efficiency, and low-cost implementation using no-load mutual funds and ETFs across six model strategies with a long-term orientation and periodic rebalancing.

Gilbert Ulrich is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with ARS Wealth Advisors and its related entities since 2006 and is currently based in St. Petersburg, FL. ARS Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored plans, offering portfolio management alongside financial planning and tax preparation services. The firm employs a blended value-and-growth equity approach with a long-term investment horizon and utilizes an Investment Committee for oversight.

Michael Bartolotta is a financial advisor at Darwin Wealth Management in Tampa, FL. He holds the ChFC® designation and a Series 63 license, with six years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at M3 Financial, Inc. and affiliated firms within the Darwin group. Bartolotta also serves as a licensed agent for Darwin Insurance Group, offering fixed insurance and annuity products. Darwin Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and financial consulting services to individuals, corporations, and business entities. The firm uses a tailored investment approach combining firm-developed models, third-party portfolios, and tactical strategies, and offers a web-based advisory option through Betterment for Advisors.

Thomas Harrington is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience. He is currently with Provise Management Group, LLC, where he has served since 2021. Prior to this, he worked at Kestra Investment Services LLC and Kestra Financial Services, Inc. Harrington also acts as a retirement plan advisor, managing client relationships and providing services for ERISA Qualified Plans. Provise Management Group serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies and custodial platforms, with a focus on ongoing supervision and comprehensive reporting.

Curtis Parry Jr. is a financial advisor at Unique Wealth, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and related entities for over two decades. Parry is also the CEO and founder of Together We Are Unique, LLC, a business involved in investment-related activities, and serves as an advisor for Electus Global Education Co., Inc., focusing on financial literacy for youth. Unique Wealth, LLC serves individual investors, small businesses, retirement plans, and non-profit organizations with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan services. The firm manages approximately $965.6 million in assets through a multi-advisor team and utilizes a mix of internally managed strategies, third-party managers, and specialized investment platforms.

Steven Price is a financial advisor at San Blas Advisory, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial, CL Wealth Management LLC, and Cabot Lodge Securities LLC. San Blas Advisory, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and qualitative analysis in its investment approach and manages a range of investment vehicles including equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and options.