Blane Heisler is a CFP® with 10 years of experience in the financial industry, currently serving as an advisor at Raymond James & Associates. His career includes roles at Diversified Financial Advisors, Harbour Investments, and Jackson National Life Distributors. Heisler has also worked outside finance for Door Dash and served at Olivet College. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $501 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, investment consulting, and institutional fiduciary solutions.

Patti Lent is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities, based in Portage, MI, and has 21 years of industry experience. She has been with J.P. Morgan Securities since 2012 and has also worked with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. since 2008. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provides institutional consulting services to corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager searches, and customized performance reporting. The firm combines large institutional advisory operations with broker-dealer and investment adviser capabilities, delivering recommendations on a non-discretionary basis.

Aaron Hollister is a financial advisor with LPL Financial and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 14 years of industry experience, including a decade at Raymond James & Associates. Outside of his advisory work, he operates a vending machine business. LPL Financial serves individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing research and model portfolios from in-house and third-party resources.

Stacy Caudill is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Raymond James since 2005. Caudill serves as Treasurer on the board of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Foundation, overseeing the endowment fund and approving distributions for the theater's operations. Raymond James & Associates manages over $500 billion in assets and serves individuals, institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning and investment consulting through non-discretionary advisory programs and draws on a variety of portfolio management styles supported by firm research and affiliated sub-advisers.

William Brennan is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Clearing in Kalamazoo, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 36 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wells Fargo Clearing since 2016 and was previously with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC from 2010 to 2016. Wells Fargo Clearing provides retirement plan consulting to qualified ERISA and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, offering services such as investment policy statement preparation, investment recommendations, performance reporting, participant education, and plan benchmarking. The firm’s advisory process is IPS-driven and grounded in modern portfolio theory, serving as an ERISA fiduciary and offering discretionary plan-level investment management options.

Robert Tighe III is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Kalamazoo, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Citigroup Global Markets since 2005 and Morgan Stanley since 2009, including Morgan Stanley Private Bank since 2015. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients with a range of advisory programs, emphasizing tailored financial planning through structured discovery and firm-approved tools. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and offers comprehensive planning services, including estate strategies and corporate financial planning agreements.

Paul Seals Jr. is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Kalamazoo, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise and its affiliates since 2009. Ameriprise offers a retirement-income planning service focused on individuals nearing or in retirement with significant investable assets, delivering written recommendations that cover income sources, Social Security options, and tax-efficient withdrawal strategies. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax analysis to create personalized plans, primarily for clients with assets held in Ameriprise-managed accounts.

Robert Gerren is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors holding a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Bankers Life Securities, Primerica Financial Services, and DoorDash, where he also works as a Dasher on a part-time basis. Primerica Advisors sponsors a wrap-fee asset management program serving individual, corporate, and charitable clients, delivering advisory services primarily through model-based portfolio strategies managed by third parties.

Christopher Merrill is a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Fifth Third Securities for nine years. Merrill is involved in managing an advisory business through OKL LLC. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large, diversified advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients, offering specialized retirement income planning that includes written recommendation reports and ongoing advice focused on income reliability and tax-aware withdrawal strategies.

Jordan Mucci is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Kalamazoo, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. He has been with Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Private Bank since 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Quicken Loans Inc. and attended the University of Michigan. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals and institutional clients with a variety of advisory programs, including tailored financial planning. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and employs a structured, tool-based planning process without providing individual security recommendations as part of standalone planning.

Thomas Scampini is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Kalamazoo, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 27 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association since 2015, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since 2009, and Citigroup Global Markets since 1998. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and tailored financial planning services, managing approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets.

Earle Martin Jr. is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Portage, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors since 2013 and also operates under the Drake Financial Group name for sales of investment-related products and other home-related services. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, offering model-delivery strategies and discretionary separately managed accounts to individual and high-net-worth clients within a wrap-fee structure.

Brennan Bennett is a financial advisor at Raymond James & Associates with 16 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Raymond James since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a seasonal fireworks business called Shock and Awe Fireworks, where he contributes to high-level company direction without compensation. Raymond James & Associates is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a wide client base, including individuals, institutions, pension plans, and municipalities. The firm offers financial planning and non-discretionary investment consulting supported by diverse portfolio management styles and affiliated research.

Matthew Kleczynski is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors in Kalamazoo, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Securities Service Network, Inc. before joining Cambridge in 2020. Kleczynski is also the owner of Cornerstone Financial Advisory Corporation, an independent insurance agency. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors 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 Financial Professionals, utilizing proprietary and third-party model strategies across various platform arrangements.

Ryan Alkhamis is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with LPL Financial, bringing eight years of industry experience. He previously operated Alkhamis Financial and worked at Western Michigan University. 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 financial planning, various advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services, with access to model portfolios and research from multiple sources.

Randy Bettich is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley, holding Series 63 and 66 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. for 14 years. Outside of his advisory role, Bettich serves as a trustee on the boards of the LMC Foundation and the Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan, chairs the Investment & Finance Committee for the Lake Michigan College Foundation, and co-chairs the Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor’s annual high school track meet. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offers a range of advisory programs to individual and institutional clients, emphasizing structured financial planning supported by firm-approved tools and models, while generally acting in an advisory capacity for plan implementation.

Trammell Lindstrom is a financial advisor at Ameriprise in Portage, MI, holding a Series 66 license with one year of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Ameriprise since 2022, as well as positions in education and athletics, including Spring Arbor University and Dave Clark's Baseball Facility. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large, diversified advisory firm serving both individual and institutional clients, offering a specialized Premier Retirement Income service focused on retirement-income planning with tax-aware withdrawal strategies and a structured recommendation process.

Luke Johnson is a CFP® and Series 66 licensed financial advisor with Edward Jones in Portage, MI, and has eight years of industry experience. He has been with Edward Jones since 2017 and previously worked at Life Action Ministries for eight years. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets through a nationwide network of more than 23,700 advisors, offering a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment strategies alongside affiliated mutual funds and other financial services.

Noah Marckwardt is a financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities in Portage, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Mosaic Wealth Management and Vos Glass, LLC, and is also the owner of Adventure More, LLC, a non-investment business. J.P. Morgan Securities provides investment consulting and advisory services primarily to institutional clients and retirement plan sponsors, combining quantitative asset-allocation modeling with centralized due diligence and applying an ESG eligibility framework in its investment approach.

Gregory Seiler is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Stifel since 2017. His prior experience includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in community and nonprofit activities, including serving on the finance committee of a music-focused nonprofit and acting as president of a condominium association board. Stifel serves a broad range of clients—individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations—offering brokerage and investment advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.