Benjamin Melnick is a financial advisor at Meyers Wealth Management, LLC in Columbus, OH, with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Meyers Wealth Management since 2017, following positions at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing Services. Meyers Wealth Management is a SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses with portfolio management and planning services. The firm manages approximately $1.61 billion and employs a range of investment strategies, including tactical asset allocation and value investing, while offering educational seminars and pension consulting.

Alyse Breidenbach is a financial advisor at TCP Asset Management, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with firms including United Planners Financial Services of America and Forester Financial Services. Breidenbach also has experience in the fitness and service sectors through roles at 614 Fitness and Door Dash. TCP Asset Management provides advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting through a digital platform. The firm manages over $1 billion in assets across 11 offices with a 25-advisor team, using multiple sub-advisers and model providers to deliver tailored investment solutions.

Corey Jordison is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Peak Retirement Planning, Inc. in Columbus, OH, with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held roles at Worldwide Express, Milwaukee Tool, and TechTronic Industries. Peak Retirement Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning consulting, and related services. The firm offers access to an in-house CPA for tax services and utilizes a third-party platform for estate planning, tailoring advice to clients' objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerance.

Kevin Kruse is a financial advisor at Meeder Advisory Services, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Summit Financial Strategies from 2017 to 2024. Meeder Advisory Services, Inc. provides portfolio management, strategist/sub-advisory, and retirement plan services to financial intermediaries, plan sponsors, and individual clients through separately managed accounts, model portfolios, and Meeder Investment Portfolios. The firm uses proprietary quantitative methodologies and offers tax-aware and personalized model solutions, often acting as a discretionary manager while serving as a strategist or model provider in non-discretionary programs.

Christopher Bartkowski is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Strategies Inc. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentials and has five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Corient, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Squire Patton Boggs, and Bloomberg BNA. Summit Financial Strategies serves individuals across wealth levels, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory and planning services. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using multiple asset classes and employs third-party technology platforms to enhance portfolio management, including tax-efficient strategies and managed held-away account services.

John Forloine is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC since 2022. His prior roles include positions at The Pension Group, McCarthy & Cox Retirement & Estate Planning Specialists, Commonwealth Financial Network, Nationwide Securities, Merrill, and Wells Fargo Clearing. He is also a licensed insurance agent engaged in commissionable insurance sales through Golden Reserve, LLC. Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term trading and diversified portfolios grounded in modern portfolio theory. The firm integrates estate-planning and tax services and employs a fixed annual fee model rather than an asset-based percentage fee.

Mikhail Poltyrev is a CFP® and ChFC® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at GGM Financial LLC. He previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC for six years and has co-owned a private eBay sales business, BAM Distributing, since 2016. GGM Financial, LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs discretionary, goal-based investment programs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, using various analytical methods and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Robert Ostrander is a CFP® professional with 44 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is affiliated with SWS Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2008. Ostrander serves on the boards of multiple nonprofit organizations, including America Freedom Project and Floodgate Vision, and is president of Centerpoint Stewardship, Inc., a holistic planning organization for individuals and families. SWS Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $50.6 million in discretionary assets across about 449 client relationships, offering discretionary portfolio management, written financial planning, and project-based advice tailored to client needs.

Benjamin Skinner is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Summit Financial Strategies Inc since 2016. He is based in Columbus, OH, and works within a team of 20 advisors at the firm. Summit Financial Strategies serves individuals—including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients—along with business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, bundled wealth management, financial planning, tax planning, and retirement plan services, emphasizing diversified portfolios and fee-only fiduciary standards.

Kris Herminghuysen is a financial advisor at Columbus Investment Advisory Inc. with a Series 65 credential and four years of industry experience. He has been with Columbus Investment Advisory since 2018 and was self-employed for ten years prior. Columbus Investment Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, IRAs, and charitable foundations. The firm employs a proprietary fundamental research approach focused on undervalued stocks and investment-grade bonds, managing a relatively small client base with an emphasis on independence and specific operational practices.

Theodore Winders is a CFP® and CFA® with 15 years of experience in financial advisory. He is currently with Yarger Wealth Strategies, LLC, joining the firm in 2023 after seven years at J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments Inc. Yarger Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, utilizing a customized investment approach that includes ETFs, mutual funds, equities, bonds, and alternative investments.

Branda Allen is a financial advisor at TCP Asset Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Outside of financial advising, she owns Wanderlust Adventures & Events LLC, a business involved in property ownership. TCP Asset Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans with portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, estate-planning referrals, and annuity management. The firm manages accounts mostly on a discretionary basis, tailoring allocations to clients’ goals through multiple platforms and sub-advisers, and maintains an 11-office presence with over $1 billion in client assets under management.

Laurie Licata is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as part of the team at PDS Planning Inc in Dublin, OH. She has been with PDS Planning since 2008, totaling 18 years at the firm. PDS Planning Inc is a fee-only registered investment adviser that offers financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, business entities, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $2.17 billion across about 600 clients and employs a fixed-fee structure for its advisory services, providing customized financial plans and investment strategies that include ETFs, mutual funds, separate accounts, and direct equities and fixed income.

Eric Kelemen is a financial advisor at MDRN Capital with licenses including Series 65 and Series 63. He has professional experience spanning roles at Huntington National Bank, Golden Reserve, Park National Bank, and MDRN Capital since 2022. MDRN Capital serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, providing discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm manages approximately $338.6 million using a multi-advisor team model and primarily constructs portfolios with unaffiliated independent managers and low-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

Kurt Hildebrand is a financial advisor with Capital City Asset Management Group, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 22 years of industry experience, including roles at Kestra Advisory, Kestra Investment Services, and Capital City Partners, as well as operating his own firm, Hildebrand Financial Group, since 2006. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in selling insurance products and college planning services through The Hildebrand Financial, LLC, and operates a pro-shop for a YMCA martial arts program. Capital City Asset Management Group, LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs customized portfolio strategies tailored to client-specific factors and utilizes a range of investment approaches including contrarian and tactical asset allocation.

Brett Vandervort is a financial advisor at Swisher Financial Concepts, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Swisher Financial Concepts in two separate periods totaling 12 years, as well as at THE O.N. Equity Sales Company for three years. Swisher Financial Concepts serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing fee-based financial planning, individualized investment management, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to develop client-specific investment policies and offers additional services including tax preparation and small-business management consulting.

Jordan Lindh is a financial advisor at Columbus Investment Advisory Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Nationwide Investment Services Corporation. Columbus Investment Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, IRAs, and charitable foundations. The firm employs a proprietary fundamental research process focused on undervalued stocks and investment-grade bonds, managing approximately $405 million in client assets across about 95 client relationships.

Ryan Watt is a financial advisor at Arena Private Wealth with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation as well as Series 63 and 66 licenses. His prior work includes roles at Fifth Third Securities and Mutual Securities. Watt serves on the Board of Directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Southern and Central Ohio. Arena Private Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management to individuals and high-net-worth clients, with services that include manager selection, customized strategies, and a covered-call strategy for concentrated equity positions. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio approaches and acts as a fund sponsor and general partner through affiliated entities.

James Lindner is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving at Retirement Strategies, Ltd. He has held roles at Private Client Services and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, among others. Outside of advising, Lindner is the founder and president of Capital City Young Aviators, a nonprofit that mentors at-risk youth through aviation programs, and he also serves as president and co-founder of the Central Ohio Professional Education Council, which provides free financial education workshops. Retirement Strategies, Ltd. provides comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies using ETFs, mutual funds, stocks, and bonds, supplemented by newsletters, educational seminars, and client-facing planning software.

Matthew Schaefer is a financial advisor at Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at The Superlative Group from 2013 to 2020. Outside of advisory services, he holds a licensed insurance agent role, recommending and selling commissionable insurance products through Golden Reserve, LLC. Golden Reserve Retirement, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on long-term trading and diversification with an emphasis on passive, low-cost investments. The firm integrates estate-planning and tax services as part of its fixed annual fee structure.