Richard Roell is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Peak Financial Partners, LLC since 2007. Peak Financial Partners serves individual investors, companies, and trusts by providing financial planning, wealth management, and insurance products. The firm uses client-specific asset allocations with both fundamental and technical analysis, managing portfolios primarily through diversified mutual funds, stocks, FDIC-insured certificates of deposit, and U.S. Treasuries, typically on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and rebalancing.

Kyle Hickey is a financial advisor at Jameson & Griffin Financial with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Everhart Advisors and Skylight Financial. Hickey is also a licensed insurance agent. Jameson & Griffin Financial is a sole-proprietor registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to both non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals. The firm uses modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading approach, managing accounts primarily with mutual funds, equities, and ETFs.

Matthew Oberdorfer is a financial advisor with Oberdorfer Financial, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has prior experience with The OIC Advisory LLC and maintains ongoing roles as an airline pilot and Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Oberdorfer Financial provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and employer-sponsored retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm combines asset-allocation strategies with both passive and active investment options, incorporates real estate and alternative assets into planning, and offers services including educational seminars and fiduciary support under ERISA.

Lawrence Zimmerman is the sole advisor at Zimmerman Advisory Group, LLC in Dublin, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Carl Zimmerman Financial Services, LLC for 10 years and has been self-employed since 1989. Zimmerman Advisory Group provides fee-based financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a consultative, client-tailored approach that includes direct portfolio management and referrals to third-party managers, along with educational workshops on retirement topics.

James Arnold is the sole advisor at Runnymede Capital Advisors, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has led Runnymede Capital Advisors since its founding in 2003. Outside of his advisory role, Arnold owns and manages a property rental business. Runnymede Capital Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individuals, families, and some charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored approach that includes equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and derivative strategies such as covered calls and buffered ETFs, distinguishing itself by incorporating options and serving tax-exempt clients.

William Baker is a financial advisor at W.M. Baker Investments LLC in Dublin, Ohio, holding a Series 65 designation with 19 years of industry experience. He has led W.M. Baker Investments since 2012. W.M. Baker Investments LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, while also serving corporate and institutional accounts. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with strategies ranging from long-term holdings to short-term trading and options writing, managing all assets internally across approximately $5 million in discretionary assets.

Craig Novosel Johnson is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Wealthought LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2013. He is also a limited partner in a family partnership managing timber and oil/gas assets. Wealthought LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a diverse range of analytic approaches and investment strategies across an unusually broad investment universe for a firm of its size.

Jorge Llaneza is the sole advisor at Sterling Financial Group LLC in Columbus, OH, with 37 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Raymond James Financial Services and Financial Advisors Resources, where he also owns a financial planning support company. Llaneza maintains insurance licenses but currently does not write insurance business. Sterling Financial Group serves a small client base including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/profit sharing plans, focusing on comprehensive financial planning, business consulting, and asset advisory consulting through fixed, project-based engagements rather than ongoing portfolio management. The firm emphasizes detailed fact-finding and planning across multiple financial areas and provides investment recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

James Vaughan is the principal and sole advisor at Vaughan Investment Advisors, LLC, based in Worthington, Ohio. He holds the ChFC® designation and has 16 years of industry experience, having founded and operated his independent advisory firm since 2010. Vaughan Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and investment supervisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment process that integrates ETFs, large-cap equities, fixed income, alternative exposures, and active options strategies tailored to client goals and risk profiles.

Lee Kramer is a financial advisor with Capital Management Analytics in Powell, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Management Analytics since 1995. Capital Management Analytics provides discretionary portfolio management and financial advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including derivatives and structured products, and offers performance-based fee arrangements to qualified clients, managing approximately $79 million across about 100 accounts.

Michael Stafford is a financial advisor at One Brick Capital, LLC in Columbus, Ohio, holding a Series 66 designation with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at One Brick Capital since 2019 and concurrently at SWS Partners since 2015. Stafford is also a partner in CRM Binds LLC and Stafford Brothers, LLC, with the latter being a family partnership without active responsibilities. One Brick Capital, LLC provides personalized financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and small businesses. The firm employs a systematic, rules-based investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis, offering discretionary portfolio management primarily through its proprietary wrap fee program tailored to higher-net-worth clients.

Perry Jeffries III is a financial advisor at Diamond Equity Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Diamond Equity Advisors since 2019. Prior to this, he worked at Hardiman Investment Management Inc and First Heartland Capital Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in health and wellness through marketing nutritional supplements and coaching via his web-based company, PHY-NANCIALLY FIT LLC. Diamond Equity Advisors provides consulting, financial planning, and pension/profit-sharing plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, and employee benefit plans. The firm’s investment approach blends fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory with a focus on buy-and-hold strategies, using third-party managers and occasionally incorporating options or short-term trades where suitable.

Joe Mesenburg is the sole advisor at JR Mesenburg and Associates, LLC, an independent firm based in Columbus, OH. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. He has been with JR Mesenburg and Associates since 1977. The firm provides investment advice and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and religious and charitable institutions. Portfolios are customized based on clients’ income needs, liquidity, time horizon, tax considerations, and risk tolerance, primarily using actively managed equity and fixed-income strategies with discretionary implementation.

Jill Wood is a financial advisor with Freewood Private Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. She previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for four years before founding her independent firm in 2016. In addition to her advisory role, Wood holds an insurance license and dedicates approximately 10 hours per month to related activities. Freewood Private Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm manages about $25 million in assets across roughly 100 client relationships, employing a portfolio strategy centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs with a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.

Emily De Blase is a financial advisor at Organic Wealth, LLC in Columbus, OH, holding the ChFC® designation with six years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at The Huntington Investment Company, The Huntington National Bank, Gerber, LLC, and Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. Organic Wealth is a fee-only, solo registered investment adviser offering discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, financial coaching, and retirement plan consulting to individuals and employer plan sponsors. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and modern portfolio theory, utilizing a combination of passive and active investments, third-party managers, and model marketplace tools to tailor services to client needs.

Norma Duckett is a financial advisor at Dorsey Groomes Wealth Management with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Janney Montgomery Scott and Nationwide Securities. Outside of her advisory role, she owns and leads Dorsey Groomes Creative, LLC, a company providing marketing services. Dorsey Groomes Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and investment management. The firm typically employs third-party managers and offers a range of client service options from comprehensive plans to hourly consultations.

John Bevilacqua is a financial advisor at Personal Wealth Management Advisors, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Personal Wealth Management Advisors since 2005, following prior experience at J.C. Bradford & Co. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. Personal Wealth Management Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily for individual clients, as well as charitable organizations and select institutional clients. The firm emphasizes ongoing portfolio management with structured reviews and individualized oversight, combining experience in institutional portfolio management with a focus on a modest client roster that includes nonprofit and institutional mandates.

Charles Lombardo is a financial advisor at Delta Capital Management, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Delta Capital Management since 2012. Delta Capital Management provides discretionary investment management primarily as a third-party sub-adviser to financial advisors and, in some cases, directly to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutions. The firm combines a yield-focused bond fund portfolio with long S&P 500 index call options to seek upside participation while aiming to limit downside exposure.

John Davidson is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with KylesHill Financial Planning since 2008 and also has a longstanding affiliation with Growth Management Solutions. Additionally, he is a minority partner in Enterprise Advisory Group, LLC, a non-investment related professional services firm. KylesHill Financial Planning is an independent, fee-only firm that serves individuals, business owners, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, focusing on long-term asset allocation and typically managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis.

Curtis Reed is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He founded and has operated WelsPire LLC since 2015 in Upper Arlington, OH. WelsPire LLC is an independent registered investment advisor serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, employing a long-term investment approach with tailored strategies that include low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and tactical use of options and cash.