William Schwarz is a financial advisor at Dauntless Advisory, LLC in Annapolis, MD, with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65, Series 63, and Series 66 licenses. Prior to joining Dauntless Advisory, he worked at Citi Global Markets for 11 years and was self-employed for one year. Dauntless Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, tailoring services to client goals and risk tolerance. The firm combines cyclical and fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and quantitative tools, and offers access to managed strategies including leverage and shorting through a subadviser.

Jeremy Reed is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving at GLR Partners in Columbia, MD. His background includes roles at UBS Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, and Black Ink Wealth Management. Outside of advisory work, he is an owner of a real estate business, PRRV Development LLC. GLR Partners provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and entities such as family offices and qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a client-specific investment process focused on fundamental research and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Nicole Mulea is a Series 65-credentialed advisor with CovingtonAlsina, bringing three years of industry experience. She has been with the firm since 2021. Outside of advisory work, she is an independent licensed insurance agent. CovingtonAlsina serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension or profit-sharing plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to inform investment decisions and offers services including tax preparation through an in-house CPA and customized financial planning.

David Bauer is a CFP® certificant at Cassilly Financial with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and has been with Cassilly Financial since 2021. Cassilly Financial serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm primarily manages accounts through model portfolios and third-party money managers, utilizing fundamental, cyclical, and modern portfolio theory in its investment approach.

Raymond Hobson is a CFP® with over 31 years of industry experience. He is currently with HF Advisory Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at the Institute For Wealth Management LLC, Institute for Wealth Advisors, and Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in independent insurance sales. HF Advisory Group provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm utilizes modern portfolio theory and combines long- and short-term trading strategies, serving roughly 402 client relationships with approximately $250 million in discretionary assets under management.

Justin Roudiez is a CFP® and ChFC® with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently with White Oak Wealth Management, operating under Oakmont Wealth Advisory, where he has worked since 2019. His prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and affiliated entities from 2008 to 2017. Oakmont Wealth Advisory, doing business as White Oak Wealth Management, provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of investment vehicles and strategies, including borrowing and derivatives within separately managed accounts, and integrates financial planning with portfolio management.

Stephen James is a CFP® professional with 39 years of industry experience. He is currently with Severn Financial Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2009, and has prior experience at Commonwealth Financial Network and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors. Severn Financial Advisors, LLC provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and estates, focusing on tailored written or verbal plans developed through a detailed fact-finding process using third-party planning tools. The firm offers fixed-fee and hourly planning engagements and does not provide discretionary asset management or custody of client assets.

Joseph Wehr is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Maryland Capital Advisors, Inc. since 2024 and previously held roles at Dimensional Fund Advisors, PayPal, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Maryland Capital Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, families, retirement plans, corporations, and trusts. The firm employs an investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and factor research, favoring passive funds and ETFs to construct diversified global, multi-asset portfolios.

John Holtzman is a CFP® with 33 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. since 1997. He is also associated with Commonwealth Financial Network over the same period. Foundation Financial Advisors provides financial planning and consulting primarily to individual clients, focusing on comprehensive planning and portfolio analysis without discretionary investment management. The firm offers a range of services including investment analysis, income tax planning, risk management, and estate and retirement planning, and uses fixed or hourly fees rather than percentage-based asset management charges.

David Sheiman is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has been with The Ellerson Group Inc in Annapolis, MD since 2014. The Ellerson Group provides investment supervisory services and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation with a core-and-satellite approach and global diversification, utilizing a variety of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and options.

Samuel Mc Kee is a financial advisor at Accordant Advisory Group, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has worked in various service and educational positions, including part-time bartender at City Tap House. Accordant Advisory Group serves individual clients—including high-net-worth individuals—as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, written financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan consulting, managing approximately $278 million in client assets through the Raymond James Ambassador Investment Account program.

Melissa Frawley is a financial advisor with Annapolitan Investment Group, Inc. in Annapolis, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked with Raymond James Financial since 2009 and has been involved with Annapolitan Investment Group since 2005. Outside of her advisory roles, she is president of Annapolitan Investment Group LLC, an independent contractor support company. Annapolitan Investment Group provides customized financial and retirement planning for individuals and families, focusing on tax, estate, business, education, and cash-flow planning. The firm emphasizes planning over discretionary portfolio management and delivers advice through in-person meetings and educational seminars.

Amanda Hopkins Clouser is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. She has been with RCS Financial Planning, LLC since 2018 and previously worked at TIAA for nine years. RCS Financial Planning provides portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, ongoing subscription planning, and pension consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes evidence-based investing and long-term portfolio management, serving clients without account minimums and offering ongoing financial planning for qualifying asset levels.

Jason Dallacqua is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Crest Wealth Advisors LLC since 2020. Prior to this, he worked at Investment Planning Associates, Inc. for eight years. Crest Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as employer plan sponsors, offering portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and employee benefit plan advisory services. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach informed by fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, combining active and passive strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

John Grant is a financial advisor at CovingtonAlsina with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Worthington Financial Partners and Great Valley Advisor Group, as well as work in education at Towson University, Virginia Tech, and Parkside High School. He serves as Treasurer and Board Member for The Summit School, an institution supporting children with dyslexia and other learning differences. CovingtonAlsina manages approximately $189 million for around 470 clients, including high-net-worth individuals and pension plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, employing fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and a mix of direct and third-party management across a broad range of securities and alternative investments.

Martha Crocker is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 37 years of industry experience. She has worked at Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2012 and is also affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. provides fee-for-service financial planning and consulting to individual clients, focusing on tailored written plans rather than discretionary portfolio management. The firm offers a broad range of planning services and investment vehicle guidance, operating with an explicit avoidance of percentage-of-AUM advisory fees.

Christopher Thomas is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Macroview Investment Management LLC since 2018. His prior experience includes roles at Planning Solutions Group, LLC and Triad Advisors, Inc. He serves as treasurer and board member of the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. MacroView Investment Management serves individuals, corporations, non-profits, and retirement plans with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and sub-advisory services. The firm employs a top-down, macroeconomic investment approach using diversified strategies and partners with Zoe Financial to support administrative functions and smaller accounts.

Wayne Lavallee is a CFP® and ChFC® with 29 years of industry experience. He is currently with GLR Partners in Columbia, MD, where he serves as Managing Partner and Director of tax estate planning and co-head of wealth management. Prior to joining GLR Partners, he worked at UBS Financial Services for 10 years. GLR Partners provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as entities such as family offices, trusts, and private foundations. The firm’s investment approach is based on client-specific financial analysis and fundamental research, offering a broad range of investment instruments and detailed performance reporting.

James Ellerson is a financial advisor with The Ellerson Group Inc in Annapolis, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 3 years of industry experience and has been affiliated with The Ellerson Group since 1995. He also serves as a trustee of family trusts. The Ellerson Group provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm manages a substantial asset base with a small advisory team, using a core-and-satellite investment approach focused on global diversification and typically employing no-load or low-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

Carly James is a financial advisor at Severn Financial Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Independent Financial Partners. Outside of financial advising, Carly is a certified yoga teacher affiliated with Yoga Factory, LLC. Severn Financial Advisors, LLC provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a fact-finding process and third-party tools to develop tailored plans on retirement, tax, estate, and cash-flow topics, offering fixed-fee and hourly planning engagements rather than asset-based fees.