Justin Pagnard is a financial advisor with Vantage Financial Group, Inc. in Cleveland, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Vantage Financial Group since 2011 and Cetera since 2013. Pagnard also serves as President of the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) Cleveland chapter and works as an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed annuities and life, accident, and health insurance. Vantage Financial Group, Inc. is an SEC-registered advisory firm with six advisors, managing approximately $867 million in assets for individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and governmental entities. The firm offers tailored investment programs and a range of financial planning and consulting services, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management strategies.

Alex Canitano is a financial advisor at Fairway Wealth Management LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Fairway in 2023, he worked at Jonathan Rose Companies LLC from 2021 to 2023. Fairway Wealth Management primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and families, offering integrated wealth management, family office, and estate planning services. The firm emphasizes coordinated, tax-aware asset allocation and cash-flow strategies, managing a significant portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis and providing advice for held-away retirement and plan accounts.

David Sommer is a financial advisor at St. Clair Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with St. Clair Advisors since 2010. St. Clair Advisors is a practitioner-owned multi-family office serving high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners, and corporate executives. The firm offers integrated wealth management services with an open-architecture investment approach that combines active and passive strategies and includes tax and family-office functions.

Cole Frischman is a CFP® professional at Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. with experience at CAPTrust and Waldron Private Wealth prior to joining his current firm. He has a background that includes roles at The Pennsylvania State University and Shady Side Academy. Strategic Wealth Partners serves individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate accounts by providing asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO services. The firm utilizes a diverse investment approach combining various asset types and analysis methods, maintains a fiduciary role for advisory services, and offers services such as tax preparation and insurance advice.

Corbin Blackburn is a financial advisor with Tempo Wealth, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. He has 14 years of industry experience, with prior roles at Cleveland Wealth, Skylight Financial Group, and MassMutual. Blackburn is also an insurance agent specializing in individual life, traditional life, long-term care, and disability income insurance. Tempo Wealth provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, associations, and businesses. The firm employs a multi-faceted investment approach combining fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis, with a focus on alternative investments and digital assets for accredited or sophisticated clients.

Kristen Kuzma is a CFP® professional with 9 years of industry experience, currently serving at Fairway Wealth Management LLC. She has been with the Fairway organization in various capacities since 2007. Outside of her advisory role, Kristen operates a handmade jewelry business called Cleveland Accents, creating and selling pieces at craft shows and online. Fairway Wealth Management primarily advises high-net-worth individuals and families, focusing on integrated wealth management, family office, and estate planning services. The firm emphasizes a fiduciary approach with customized, tax-aware asset allocation and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Bernard Garrah Jr. is a financial advisor at Tempo Wealth with over 30 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has previously worked at Cleveland Wealth, LLC, and Massmutual Life Insurance Company. Bernard is also a principal of CW Insurance, LLC, involved in individual life, traditional life, disability, long-term care, and fixed annuities insurance sales. Tempo Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, associations, and businesses by offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and access to alternative investments. The firm employs a comprehensive investment process incorporating fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analyses, with particular emphasis on alternatives and digital assets for accredited or sophisticated clients.

Kimberly Murphy is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving at Park Edge Advisors, LLC. She previously worked at Lowrie Wealth Management of Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC and McDonald Partners, LLC. In addition to her advisory role, she is an adjunct professor at the University of Akron and John Carroll University and serves on the board of the Financial Planning Association of Northeast Ohio. Park Edge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, business owners, trustees, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and pension consulting. The firm employs a tailored investment approach utilizing various analytical methods and trading strategies, and provides services such as subadvisory support and performance-based fee arrangements.

David Cush is a financial advisor with Independence Capital Co., Inc. and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 12 years of industry experience, including prior roles at the ON Equity Sales Company and Wisconsin Financial Group. Outside of his advisory work, he creates woodworking educational videos. Independence Capital Co., Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $118.7 million across 300 client relationships, employing a fundamental, long-term investment approach tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Jay McClellan is a CFP® professional with 40 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cornerstone Asset Management Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Aurora Securities Inc., Secure Asset Management, L.L.C., Concorde Investment Services, LLC, and Asset Management Systems Inc. McClellan is also president of Asset Management Systems, a business that provides income tax preparation, financial planning, and insurance services, and he owns the McClellan Agency, which focuses on fixed insurance and annuity sales. Cornerstone Asset Management Services, Inc. offers discretionary portfolio management and consulting primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, corporations, and pensions. The firm uses a proprietary investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis and provides a range of services including model portfolios, separately managed accounts, sub-advisory management, and consulting.

Matthew Gordillo is a financial advisor with Park Edge Advisors, LLC in Cleveland, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Stratos Wealth Advisors, Inverness Securities, and First Allied Advisory Services. He is also a licensed insurance agent who sells life and health insurance. Park Edge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, business owners, trustees, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a varied investment approach that includes fundamental and quantitative analysis, options, and ETF allocation, with active portfolio monitoring and quarterly reviews.

Frederick Kerestury is a financial advisor at WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at WestPoint since 2020, following prior roles at AMFG Wealth Management LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC. He serves on the fundraising committee for the YMCA of Lorain County. WestPoint Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to tailor strategies to client goals and risk tolerances, managing assets both directly and through third-party managers.

Karen Bauman is a CFP® and CFA® with 10 years of industry experience. She currently works with GGM Financial LLC and previously spent seven years at J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc. GGM Financial, LLC provides wealth management, asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals and families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers discretionary, goal-based investment programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, using a variety of analytical methods and monitoring accounts with quarterly reviews and daily tolerance checks.

Charles Avarello is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fairway Wealth Management since 2011 and currently serves as an advisor at Fairway Wealth Management LLC. Fairway Wealth Management primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and families, providing integrated wealth management and family office services. The firm’s investment approach focuses on customized asset allocation with third-party managers, tax-aware positioning, and cost control, managing approximately $3.0 billion in assets with a notable portion handled on a non-discretionary basis.

Christina Fanourakis is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Cornerstone Wealth Management in Westlake, OH. She has been with DAGCO, Inc. since 2015. Cornerstone Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios and employs active strategies such as option writing and margin use, managing approximately $511 million on a discretionary basis.

Aaron Seil is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with True Wealth Design, LLC, where he has worked since 2021, following roles at Seil Wealth Management, LLC and Ruggaard & Associates, Inc. True Wealth Design, LLC offers wealth management, financial planning, investment advisory, and retirement plan consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework informed by modern portfolio theory and integrates tax-aware investment techniques, while also providing tax, accounting, and limited insurance services through affiliated entities.

Martin Burke is a financial advisor at Van Cleef Asset Management Inc with 26 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and is based in Beachwood, Ohio. Van Cleef Asset Management provides fee-only investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individuals, families, and trusts, as well as religious and charitable organizations. The firm employs a total-return, all-cap investment approach combining active equity selection with low-cost passive exposures, managing roughly $1.09 billion across about 215 client relationships.

Ashley Kabalan is a financial advisor with Independence Wealth Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. She has six years of industry experience, including five years with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and three years at The Oak Barrel prior to her current role. Independence Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and employee benefit plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm combines fundamental, quantitative, and technical investment methods, and provides clients access to performance and holdings monitoring through eMoney.

Alexander Novack is an investment advisory representative with Financial Management Strategies, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has one year of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Financial Management Strategies in 2025, he worked at Cetera Wealth Services and Vision Wealth Management. He is also licensed to sell fixed insurance products. Financial Management Strategies, Inc. manages approximately $619.5 million in assets and serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, financial planning, and consulting, employing a variety of analytical methods and maintaining ongoing account monitoring and rebalancing.

Nathan Fischer is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He is currently with SWP Investment Management LLC and has previously worked at Strategic Wealth Partners and Wesbanco. SWP Investment Management LLC provides customized portfolio management focused on exchange-traded funds and serves as the investment adviser for those ETFs. The firm’s clients are primarily investment companies and pooled-vehicle mandates, and its investment approach combines charting analysis with fundamental criteria to construct concentrated equity portfolios.