Ronald King is a financial advisor at Capital Investment Counsel Inc with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and has been with Capital Investment Group, Inc. since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of RL King & Company, where he conducts securities litigation case reviews and provides expert testimony. Capital Investment Counsel, Inc. offers discretionary, tailored portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, and estates. The firm follows a contrarian “Counsel Style” investment philosophy focused on financially strong, undervalued companies and emphasizes low turnover, tax efficiency, and customized portfolio solutions.

Robert Lincoln is a financial advisor at BTS Asset Management, Inc. in Chapel Hill, NC, holding a Series 65 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with BTS Asset Management since 2013 and also has a background with Lincoln Investment Advisers, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a residential rental business called Redbud Student Rentals. BTS Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and serves as an investment manager to registered investment companies. The firm employs proprietary quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis to generate tactical buy/sell signals and offers multi-strategy portfolios incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, and individual equities.

Ryan Campbell is a financial advisor at Kuhn Advisors, Inc. in Durham, NC, holding a Series 65 credential. He has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at Tarheel Advisors, LLC and Northwestern Mutual. Before entering the financial industry, he worked at Umstead Pines Gold and Swim Club. Kuhn Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and charitable institutions with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach emphasizing actively managed mutual funds, long-term holdings, and concentrated portfolios tailored to client objectives.

Radon Stancil is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in financial advisory roles. He is currently with Peace of Mind Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2020, and previously held positions at Reutemann Financial Solutions and Diversified Estate Service. Stancil is also a licensed owner selling fixed insurance products and manages an affiliated tax preparation and filing service. Peace of Mind Wealth Management is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporations, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental approach to tactical asset allocation and offers a range of services, including investment management, financial planning, estate-planning guidance, and access to tax preparation through an affiliated entity.

Austin Moore is a CFP® professional with one year of experience, currently advising at TradeWinds, LLC. He previously worked at CapFinancial Partners LLC (CAPTRUST) for five years. TradeWinds serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans, small businesses, and corporations by providing discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs custom, proprietary portfolio strategies combining equities, mutual funds, and ETFs, and uses various analytical approaches to guide its investment decisions.

Robin Mitler is a financial advisor at Strathmore Capital Advisors with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked for New Potomac Partners, LLC for 11 years. Strathmore Capital Advisors serves individuals, trusts, endowments, and participant-directed retirement plans with discretionary portfolio management and goals-based financial planning. The firm employs an asset-allocation driven investment approach using mutual funds and ETFs, integrates technology for client service and administrative tasks, and offers distinctive services including a securities-backed lending strategy and integrated tax and estate-planning solutions.

Ralston Turner is a financial advisor at TradeWinds, LLC in Raleigh, NC, with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for six years, as well as at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. TradeWinds serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, small businesses, and corporations by providing discretionary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm implements portfolios using custom strategies that combine equities, mutual funds, and ETFs, applying various analytical methods and documenting client suitability factors before allocation decisions.

Dhrumil Parikh is a financial advisor with Modern Capital Advisors, LLC in Raleigh, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 15 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Liberty Partners Capital Management, LLC and Liberty Partners Financial Services, LLC since 2014. Modern Capital Advisors provides financial planning, portfolio and wealth management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach using passive index funds and ETFs alongside actively managed funds, and offers Strategic Portfolio Management strategies through custodial platforms.

Brian DeBruin is a financial advisor at BrightPath Wealth Advisors LLC in Raleigh, NC, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Carroll Financial Associates and Eqis Capital Management. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as an adjunct professor at Wake Tech Community College, teaching non-credit financial and investment courses. BrightPath Wealth Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients. The firm utilizes fundamental analysis, develops tailored investment policy statements, and manages accounts with regular monitoring and reviews, including the use of third-party sub-advisors when appropriate.

Katie Strother is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Curi Capital since 2022 and previously spent seven years at Park Ridge Asset Management. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a nursery room leader at Peace Church and is the head coach for the varsity girls soccer team at Wilson Christian Academy. Curi Capital provides wealth management, investment management, retirement plan consulting, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach across a range of portfolio management strategies and client types.

Richard Fields is a Series 66-registered financial advisor with Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC in Raleigh, NC, bringing four years of industry experience. He has also been involved with Integrated Advisory Services LLC since 2020, where he holds a principal role alongside his advisory duties. Capital Investment Advisory Services provides portfolio management and supervisory services to individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable institutions. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerance, managing the majority of assets on a discretionary basis.

Sherwood Barbour Jr. is a financial advisor at Altitude Capital Management LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked with firms including Amerity Wealth Management and Gradient Investments. Altitude Capital Management LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals and high net worth clients. The firm offers managed account programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, utilizing a variety of investment approaches across a multi-team structure.

Benjamin Harrison is affiliated with Gradient Advisors, LLC and holds the Series 65 designation. He has 25 years of experience through his work at Harrison Financial Services, Inc. and has been with Gradient Advisors since 2026. Gradient Advisors, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm operates primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and third‑party money managers, offering a largely non‑discretionary model with a focus on documented client objectives and risk tolerance.

Edward Watkins is a financial advisor with IFG Advisory, LLC in Raleigh, NC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 43 years of industry experience, including long tenures at Minnesota Life, Delta Financial Inc., and his own firm, Edward Watkins & Associates, Inc. Watkins has also worked at Securities America Advisors and LPL Financial. IFG Advisory, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, employing a diversified investment approach that includes portfolio management, third-party model portfolios, and management of held-away assets. The firm also offers specialized services such as real-estate-related planning and retirement plan consulting.

Jennifer Bradley is a financial advisor with Arkadios Wealth Advisors, holding a Series 65 license and two years of industry experience. She is also the founder and CFO of Bradley Law Firm, PLLC, a legal practice specializing in divorce services, which she has operated since 2017. In addition to her advisory role, she manages Stitch Power, LLC, a solar power company. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and financial planning, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical investment analysis to build customized client portfolios.

Malcolm Trevillian is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving at Verity Asset Management since 2011. He is based in Durham, NC. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers on the finance committee of The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, a music and education nonprofit. Verity Asset Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing discretionary portfolio management, model portfolios, retirement-plan advisory, and financial planning to individual, corporate, institutional, and other adviser clients. The firm employs a model-driven investment process emphasizing tactical asset allocation across diverse asset classes and offers both internally managed and third-party strategies while operating under fiduciary and ERISA standards.

Philip Ferrara III is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and is currently an advisor at Merit Financial Advisors in Durham, NC. His prior roles include positions at Scholar Financial Advising, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, Larson Financial Group, Merrill, and LPL Financial. Merit Financial Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 260 advisors serving around 20,000 clients across 66 offices and managing approximately $23.9 billion in client assets. The firm offers coordinated wealth-management services with a focus on long-term, diversified portfolios supported by both discretionary and non-discretionary investment authority and a mix of fundamental and supplemental analysis methods.

Christian Keedy is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC and Gordon Asset Management. Outside of his advisory work, he is president of CDK Capital Corp. Guardian Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a systematic investment approach using mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, options, and equities, combining fundamental and technical analysis to manage portfolios.

John Hawkins is a financial advisor at United Brokerage Services, Inc. with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at FTB Advisors, PNC Bank, and Edward Jones. United Brokerage Services, Inc. provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers a range of managed account programs emphasizing strategic and tactical asset allocation, use of mutual funds and ETFs, and incorporates tax-aware strategies when appropriate.

Ricky Whitley is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at First Citizens Asset Management, Inc. since 2026. He has been affiliated with First Citizens Bank and First Citizens Investor Services since 2011. Whitley also teaches financial planning concepts at the Trust Advisors Institute through Campbell University. First Citizens Asset Management provides model-based sub-advisory and direct investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, municipalities, and institutions. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and multi-asset class portfolio construction using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis.