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.

Andreas Koustis is a financial advisor with WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 license and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Beach Benefits Group, Axios Financial Services LLC, Oppenheimer, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of his advisory work, Koustis provides tax preparation and consulting services on a 1099 basis with ETHOS CPA LLC. WestPoint Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to tailor strategies aligned with client goals and risk tolerances, managing accounts directly or through third-party managers while coordinating reporting and paperwork.

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.

Cade Tonozzi is a financial advisor at Ellsworth Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Ellsworth Advisors, he was a student for ten years. Ellsworth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual clients, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a variety of analytic approaches and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and family office support.

Jacob Merton is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Sikich Financial. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual and several retail companies. He is part of a 20-advisor team based in Richfield, Ohio. Sikich Financial is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $1.18 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities with integrated wealth management, combining financial planning and portfolio management guided by an asset-allocation framework based on modern portfolio theory.

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® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. She currently serves as an advisor at GGM Financial LLC, where she has worked since 2021, following seven years at J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. Karen took a three-year parental leave between 2018 and 2021. GGM Financial LLC provides financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and wealth management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension and charitable organizations. The firm manages discretionary assets through a combination of internally managed model portfolios and third-party model options, offering a broad range of securities and products alongside individualized financial planning and retirement rollover guidance.

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 seven years of industry experience. He is currently with True Wealth Design, LLC, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to this, he was with Seil Wealth Management, LLC for one year and Ruggaard & Associates, Inc. for 17 years. True Wealth Design, LLC is a multi-office firm that provides financial planning, investment advisory, wealth management, and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base including individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a structured, tax-aware investment approach and offers additional services such as participant education for employer-sponsored retirement plans, supported by an affiliated tax and accounting subsidiary and an independent insurance brokerage agency.

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.

Derek Spencer is a financial advisor with Ellsworth Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has two years of industry experience, including prior roles at Paragon Financial Group LLC and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he has a referral business through Synova Talent Solutions Inc. Ellsworth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a mix of analytic approaches and offers customized portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and family office support.

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.

Victoria Ellinger is a financial advisor at Financial Management Strategies, Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Cetera, Centrust Wealth Management, and Ameriprise Financial Services. She is also a part owner of Financial Management Strategies, Inc. and serves as Vice President of Centrust Wealth Management. Financial Management Strategies, Inc. provides advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement consulting using a range of analytical methods and investment strategies, and conducts participant education workshops.

Martin Burke is a financial advisor at Van Cleef Asset Management Inc with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Van Cleef Asset Management since 2008, alongside prior roles at Natcity Investments, Inc. and National City Corporation dating back to 2001. Van Cleef Asset Management provides fee-only investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individuals, families, and trusts, as well as religious, charitable, and select institutional clients. 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.

Melissa Reider is a financial advisor with Financial Management Strategies, Inc. She holds a Series 63 designation and has 42 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera and Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, and she is also the owner of Your FinancialAdvisor Inc. Outside of her advisory work, she has worked part-time as a personal stylist at Nordstrom. Financial Management Strategies, Inc. serves individual clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing a range of analytical methods and investment strategies to meet client objectives.