Matthew Holody is a financial advisor at Affinity Financial Advisory with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked since 2009 as Controller and CPA for Flat Rock Metal Inc., a steel parts manufacturer for the automotive industry, where he manages accounting operations. Affinity Financial Advisory primarily serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as businesses and charities. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial advisory services, utilizing a technical analysis approach and a three-part client profiling process to guide investment decisions.

Erik Ringo is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Autumn Financial Advisors, LLC since 2017, following prior roles at Buttonwood Financial Advisors and T. Rowe Price. Autumn Financial Advisors is a two-advisor firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with a combination of comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation using both passive and active strategies informed by quantitative, cyclical, and technical analysis.

Patrick Guentner is a financial advisor at Legacy Investment Advisors LLC with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is also a practicing attorney with Guentner, Barbee & Associates PLLC. Outside of his advisory and legal work, he serves as a FINRA arbitrator and operates a retail store, One More Training Gear, LLC. Legacy Investment Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, overseeing approximately $61 million across close to 500 accounts. The firm employs a combination of charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis and incorporates both long- and short-term trading strategies, with a limited investment menu that includes mutual funds, fixed income, equities, annuities, and ETFs.

Holly Casady is a financial advisor with Custom Wealth Management in Plymouth, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at LPL Financial LLC and OLV Investment Group. Custom Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and trusts with discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm uses an active, asset-allocation approach and specializes in bank-issued structured notes, offering services that include portfolio rebalancing and coordination with tax advisors.

Kyle Whipple is a financial advisor at Custom Wealth Management with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at AE Wealth Management, LLC, Kalos Capital, and C. Curtis Financial Group. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner and financial advisor involved in insurance sales through Custom Wealth Solutions. Custom Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and trusts with discretionary investment management, integrated financial planning, and limited consulting services. The firm uses an active, asset-allocation approach incorporating fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and has a specialization in bank-issued structured notes and related services.

Scott Carty is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Custom Wealth Management in Plymouth, MI. His prior roles include experience at AE Wealth Management LLC, Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group, and Sigma Financial Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he volunteers as a soccer coach at Plymouth Christian Academy. Custom Wealth Management, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and trusts, providing discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm uses an active, asset-allocation approach and has a specialization in bank-issued structured notes, supported by an affiliated insurance agency that offers additional insurance products.

Jonathan Carender is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with six years of industry experience, currently serving at Paragon Investing, LLC since 2020. His prior work includes roles at Scio Software and TKS Industrial Company. Paragon Investing provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, businesses, and other investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary managed accounts along with standalone or bundled planning services, tailoring investment processes to client objectives using a mix of asset allocation strategies and fund types.

Brett Kidd is a financial advisor at Kidd Financial Planning, LLC with the PFS™ designation and one year of experience in financial planning. He has also worked at Norton & Kidd CPAs for ten years. Kidd Financial Planning, LLC provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, small businesses, and participant-directed retirement plans. The firm emphasizes passive, diversified, long-term investment strategies using mutual funds and ETFs and employs quantitative tools and third-party managers to manage client portfolios.

Rocco Scarsella is a financial advisor with The Financial Center, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, Scarsella serves as president of NICTON Inc., a company that owns an office building, and is involved in tax planning and business consulting through related entities. The Financial Center provides fee-based financial planning, general consultations, and educational seminars to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, charitable organizations, estates, and trusts. The firm focuses on delivering tailored financial plans and project-based advice without exercising investment discretion, with implementation handled through third-party affiliates.

Kevin Adams is the sole advisor at the Law Office of Kevin Adams, PLLC in Livonia, MI. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 11 years of experience in the financial industry. He has practiced as an estate and tax attorney at his law office since 2000. The firm provides legal and tax services focused on estate planning, probate, trusts, and tax planning, and refers clients to third-party financial advisors rather than offering direct investment management. It emphasizes matching clients with suitable advisors through documented referral agreements and client disclosures.

Ina Fernandez is a financial advisor at Fern Capital Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Fern Capital since 2015. Fern Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and qualified plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $71 million through a two-advisor team and employs client-specific investment policies focused on fundamental analysis, earnings growth, and investment-grade fixed income.

Nicholas Hopwood is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with Peak Wealth Management, LLC in Plymouth, MI, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to that, he was with Regulus Advisors and Mutual Securities, Inc. Outside of his advisory practice, he is a member and passive investor in Omnevo Fitness. Peak Wealth Management primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning, coaching, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses fundamental and technical analysis to guide investment decisions and manages assets through a wrap-fee program while also recommending institutional strategists via the Envestnet platform.

Arthur Cole is a financial advisor with CND Financial in Livonia, MI, holding the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 15 years of industry experience and is also president and CPA of Cole, Newton & Duran, a certified public accounting firm. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as CFO of MI Pharm, a long-term care pharmacy, and owns several non-investment related businesses. CND Financial is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers tailored portfolio management and financial planning services, employing a range of model strategies primarily using no-load mutual funds and ETFs, with quarterly portfolio reviews and limited-discretionary management.

Theodore Bugenski is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at CND Financial. He has been with Executive Financial Securities, Inc. dba CND Financial since 2008 and has worked at William Mack & Associates, Inc. since 1992. CND Financial provides discretionary investment management and hourly financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $199 million in assets for about 189 clients, employing diversified allocations to no-load mutual funds and ETFs across tailored model strategies based on each client’s risk profile and time horizon.

Antashe Howard is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Nubian Square Investment Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mariner Wealth Advisors and Eaton Vance Investment Counsel. Outside of advising, he is an agent for a life insurance business. Nubian Square Investment Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations by providing investment management and financial planning services. The firm employs a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management strategies, emphasizing long-term orientation while incorporating alternative approaches when appropriate, and maintains a formal impact investing due-diligence practice.

James Pilat is a financial advisor at Peak Wealth Management, LLC in Plymouth, MI, with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at firms including Mutual Securities, Inc., Regulus Advisors, LPL Financial, and Axa Advisors. Pilat also engages in insurance sales as an independent agent. Peak Wealth Management primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning, a financial coaching program, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to create tailored model portfolios and manages approximately $446 million in discretionary assets across three advisors.

Preston Gee is a financial advisor at Peak Wealth Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Central Michigan University and in the retail and entertainment sectors. Outside of advising, he is involved in managing rental properties. Peak Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, by offering financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis and utilizes institutional strategists through the Envestnet platform, managing portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis with quarterly reviews.

Craig Sawicki is a financial advisor with JFR Financial Services, Inc. in Trenton, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at LaSalle St Securities since 2019 and previously spent 12 years at LPL Financial. Besides advisory services, he is involved in income tax preparation through JFR Financial Services. JFR Financial Services primarily serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing financial planning, investment management, educational seminars, and income tax-preparation services. The firm manages approximately $277 million on a discretionary basis for nearly 600 clients, emphasizing long-term, fundamental investment analysis tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerances.

Matthew Kidd is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. He is principal of Kidd Financial Planning, LLC and also serves as president of Kidd Advisors, LLC, a CPA firm providing tax and accounting services. Kidd Financial Planning, LLC offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, Modern Portfolio Theory–based approach with diversified, primarily passive asset-class exposure, frequently utilizing Dimensional Fund Advisors funds, and maintains an affiliation with an accounting practice for integrated financial and tax services.

Jennifer Brown is a financial advisor at Key Concerns Inc with 14 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Belpointe Asset Management, LLC since 2016 and Key Concerns, Inc. since 2011, as well as a brief tenure at Tuttle Wealth Management. Outside of advisory services, she is involved in tax preparation through Liberty Tax. Key Concerns Inc. serves individual clients and small business retirement plans by selecting and monitoring third-party money managers and providing financial planning and consulting services. The firm focuses on aligning clients’ Personal Investment Policy Statements with appropriate unaffiliated advisers and maintains a formal solicitor role with multiple third-party advisory firms.