Nicholas Daniel is a CFP® with 34 years of experience in the financial industry. He is affiliated with Daniel Investment Group Inc., where he has worked since 1997, and previously held positions at Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. and Commonwealth Financial Network. Daniel Investment Group provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, qualified retirement plans, charitable organizations, and other advisory clients. The firm manages approximately $210 million in assets with a small team of three advisors and emphasizes a fee-oriented, fiduciary approach that incorporates cost sensitivity, individualized planning, and customizable model portfolios.

Steven Sicklesteel is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience, currently serving at DWP in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. He has worked at Deseranno Corp since 2007. DWP provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as institutional entities such as pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored investment approach combining fundamental and cyclical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management across a broad range of investment types.

Matthew Sumnicht is a financial advisor with Bowline Financial, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at MML Investors Services, LLC, MassMutual Life Insurance Co, and AXA Advisors, LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is independently licensed to sell insurance products and receives commissions for these sales. Bowline Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, qualified plan consulting, and business consulting services, utilizing strategic asset allocation and proprietary methodologies to build customized portfolios.

Alandress Gardner is a financial advisor at DWP with 15 years of industry experience. Gardner holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Deseranno Wealth Management since 2008. Gardner also operates Gardner Financial and Life Planning, providing investment advice primarily through a relationship with Deseranno Wealth Management. DWP offers personalized financial planning and investment management to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals and various business entities. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and cyclical analysis, manages approximately $195.1 million in discretionary assets, and maintains a broad investment approach that includes equities, municipal securities, options, futures, and other instruments.

Jeffrey Brayton is a financial advisor at Lakeshore Financial Planning Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and Brayton Asset Management. Outside of his advisory role, he is also licensed as a life insurance agent. Lakeshore Financial Planning provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, charitable organizations, and an investment club. The firm uses diversified model portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities, employing both fundamental and technical analysis and offering clients discretionary trading authority.

Richard Crandall is a financial advisor with EPI Financial Group in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has held roles at several related entities, including as owner and president of Crandalling, Inc., an insurance sales and services business. Crandall also serves as an independent insurance agent with EPI Protection, LLC. EPI Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to non-high-net-worth individual households, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm utilizes a sub-adviser platform for discretionary portfolio management and offers ongoing financial planning without a separate planning fee.

Jeffrey Bruss is a financial advisor at Legacy Wealth Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Legacy Wealth Advisors since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he is an attorney specializing in estate planning, estate administration, and real estate law at Stewart and Bruss, PC, and he is active as a real estate broker through Bruss Realty, LLC. He also serves on the board of directors for FreeStar Financial Credit Union. Legacy Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary asset management, financial planning, and management of variable annuity and variable life products. The firm builds portfolios tailored to client goals, using various analytical methods and provides additional services including estate-document work and personal tax planning for clients with $500,000 or more invested.

Anne Nichols is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Fern Capital Inc. since 2016. She is a board member of the Eagle Capital Growth Fund, a closed-end fund. Fern Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and qualified plan consulting. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis emphasizing earnings growth and investment-grade, intermediate-term fixed income, managing approximately $71 million across a small client base.

Nickolas Daniels is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Trinity Wealth Solutions LLC, where he has worked since 2026. He also maintains a legal practice through the Law Office of Nickolas Daniels, PLC, active since 2009. Trinity Wealth Solutions is a state-registered independent advisory firm serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and retirement-plan participants. The firm manages approximately $53 million across 100 clients and offers wealth management, retirement and estate planning, comprehensive financial planning, and income tax planning and preparation as distinct services.

David Leszcynski is a financial advisor with Global Financial Planning Group, LLC in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Global Financial Planning Group since 2002 and has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2009. Global Financial Planning Group, LLC provides wealth and estate management, financial planning, and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and other entities, managing approximately $135 million in client assets. The firm offers tailored investment strategies and sponsors a wrap fee program that combines management, transaction, and administrative services into a single fee.

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Eric Daniel is a financial advisor with Daniel Investment Group Inc. in Royal Oak, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network from 1997 to 2021 and again from 2022 to 2025, alongside his ongoing role at Daniel Investment Group since 1997. Daniel Investment Group Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fee-oriented, fiduciary, and cost-sensitive approach using customizable model portfolios, managing approximately $210 million across about 214 client relationships.

Eric Smith is a financial advisor with Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with CSSC Investment Advisory Services, Inc. and Consulting Services Support Corporation since 1998. Outside of his advisory work, Smith serves as Director and Executive Vice President of the Shaolin Do Association, Inc., a martial arts trade association. Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. provides decision-assistance services for retirement plan sponsors and trustees through an internet-based platform that refers clients to a network of registered investment advisers. The firm uses a patented application to score and rank investment options and supports non-discretionary, process-driven plan reviews.

John Herbert is a financial advisor at Bowline Financial, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to Bowline Financial, he worked at MML Investors Services, Mass Mutual, and Axa Advisors. Herbert is independently licensed to sell insurance products and receives commissions for these sales. Bowline Financial serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans, providing comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation approach tailored to client goals and employs a range of analysis techniques alongside third-party platforms to offer tax-efficient portfolio management and access to less-common investment vehicles.

Logan Bauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Paragon Retirement Planning, Inc. in Troy, MI, with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Foguth Wealth Management, Comerica Bank, and Raymond James. Paragon Retirement Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering comprehensive and single-issue financial planning with a minimum account size generally required. The firm employs a model portfolio strategy approach using unaffiliated sub-advisors for portfolio management while maintaining responsibility for client relationships and reviews.

Suzanne Antonelli is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked with Sigma Investment Counselors for six years before founding Antonelli Financial Advisors, LLC, where she has been advising clients for nine years. Antonelli Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory approach to build globally diversified portfolios and customizes financial planning services according to client needs, managing approximately $229 million across 189 client relationships.

Donald McLeod is a financial advisor at Alpha Asset Advisors LLC with 57 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has worked with several firms including Geneos Wealth Management Inc and The McLeod Group Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of The McLeod Group Inc, which provides employee benefit services, and owns The McLeod-Koski Agency Inc, a fixed insurance agency. Alpha Asset Advisors primarily serves individual clients through a sub-advisory model, managing discretionary accounts identified by unaffiliated primary advisers. The firm employs a rules-based dividend-growth strategy focused on stocks with strong free cash flow and a history of increasing dividends.

Shane Kinney is a financial advisor at EPI Financial Group with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Hantz Financial Services and operating an entertainment business, Beyond the Score, where he creates and produces content for a monetized YouTube channel. He is also involved with EPI Protection, LLC as an insurance agent. EPI Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to non-high-net-worth individual households, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a sub-adviser platform for discretionary portfolio management and offers ongoing financial planning without a planning fee, integrating insurance services through its affiliated insurance agents.

Robert Sinnaeve is a Series 65-licensed advisor with SS&H Financial Advisors, Inc. in Troy, MI, where he has worked since 1992, totaling 34 years with the firm and 15 years of industry experience. SS&H Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered independent investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and foundations with portfolios of at least $350,000. The firm manages approximately $347 million across 249 accounts, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis alongside macroeconomic monitoring to guide security selection, emphasizing risk management and asset protection.

Ryan Riker is a financial advisor with EPI Financial Group in Troy, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Prudential Insurance Company of America and Alliance Benefit Group of Michigan. He is also engaged in insurance sales and services through EPI Protection, LLC, an insurance agency where he spends a significant portion of his time. EPI Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to non‑high‑net‑worth individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm implements client investment programs via a sub‑adviser platform and offers discretionary portfolio management alongside free ongoing financial planning and consulting.