Victor Aviles is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has provided financial advisory services since 1989, focusing on supporting families, retirees, business owners, and professionals primarily in Mid-Michigan, Metro-Detroit, and nationwide. Victor specializes in areas such as college education planning, defined benefit and contribution plan consulting, legacy planning, managing new wealth, small business strategies, tax minimization, retirement income, and investment strategy for individuals and corporations. Victor holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Economics and a Master of Business Administration, both from Saginaw Valley State University. He has earned multiple professional designations, including CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). He is a member of the Investments & Wealth Institute™, the Saginaw Sunrise Rotary Club, and has served in leadership roles within the community and professional organizations. Victor has also contributed to financial education by teaching finance at Saginaw Valley State University for the CFP™ certification program. Outside of his professional activities, Victor enjoys skiing, soccer, and spending time with his family. He is enthusiastic about lifelong learning and values connections through shared experiences.

Carrie Sharp is a financial advisor with Merrill in Saginaw, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 27 years of industry experience. She has been with Merrill since 1999. 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 strategies for a range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations.

Katherine Wohlfeil is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Bay City, MI, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations with six years of industry experience. She has worked at Edward Jones since 2008, including its investments division. Wohlfeil serves as the school board president for Trinity Monitor Lutheran School. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients through a nationwide network of over 23,700 advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.