Rodney Dir is a financial advisor with The Marshall Financial Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 36 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TLG Advisors, Southport Capital, M Holdings Securities, Pacific Capital Strategies, and Crestwood Group. He also maintains a part-time involvement with TLG Advisors as an investment adviser representative. The Marshall Financial Group serves individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, investment analysis, and planning services. The firm offers fee-based asset management using mutual funds, managed stock and ETF accounts, and held-away asset monitoring, with individualized portfolio design based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Mark Degroat is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at SC&H Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2018 and previously held positions at Capital One Advisors, LLC, and Capital One Investing, LLC. Degroat is also a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of insurance-related products. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a team approach combining CPAs and CFP® professionals to provide financial planning, asset management, retirement plan consulting, and tax preparation, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and technology-driven platforms.

Denton Lane is a financial advisor with The Marshall Financial Group LLC in Hunt Valley, MD. He holds a Series 66 designation and has three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Farther Finance Advisors, Merrill Edge, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Marshall Financial Group LLC is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm builds individualized portfolios based on client risk tolerance and objectives, typically utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and managed stock sleeves, and offers services such as asset management, retirement and estate planning, and client education seminars.

Fred Hill III is a financial advisor at VSM Wealth Advisory, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has worked previously at Van Sant & Mewshaw, Inc, PNC Financial Services, UBS Financial Services, UBS Bank USA, and Fidelity Investments. VSM Wealth Advisory serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employee benefit plans by providing discretionary investment management alongside integrated wealth-advisory services. The firm employs a fee-only, asset-based model, using an asset-allocation framework focused on index funds and ETFs, and incorporates tax-aware strategies and personalized indexing within its coordinated approach.

Eric Schopf is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked for nine years at Tufton Capital Management before joining Mercer in 2025. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and related planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and other nonprofit organizations. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and features globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts, regular rebalancing, and tax management where appropriate.

Barbara Rishel is a financial advisor with Tufton Capital Management, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. She has 24 years of industry experience, including a recent transition to Mercer Global Advisors Inc. in 2025 following its acquisition of Tufton Capital Management. Tufton Capital Management is a fee-only, discretionary investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach based on proprietary fundamental research, constructing portfolios across money market instruments, fixed income, and equities with low turnover.

Kyle Levickas is a financial advisor with The Marshall Financial Group LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. His prior work includes a seven-year tenure at Merrill along with roles in various other companies and educational institutions. The Marshall Financial Group serves individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, investment analysis, and planning services. The firm offers customized portfolios based on clients’ risk tolerance and objectives, utilizes third-party software for asset allocation, and supplements its fee-based management with held-away asset monitoring and educational seminars.

Agostino Pugliese is a financial advisor at The Marshall Financial Group LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, SSN Advisory, Inc., and Securities Service Network, Inc. Pugliese occasionally provides advice related to fixed insurance as part of his professional activities. The Marshall Financial Group LLC is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages roughly $593 million in advisory assets and offers services including fee-based asset management, retirement and estate planning, and education planning, using individualized portfolios based on client risk tolerance and objectives.

Jessica Davis is a Series 66 licensed advisor at Global Brokerage Services, Inc. in Hunt Valley, MD, with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, she was a homemaker for ten years. Global Brokerage Services serves individual investors, retirement accounts, employee benefit plans, and trusts through advisor-led wrap-fee programs and separately managed account offerings. The firm operates as both a FINRA-registered broker/dealer and an SEC-registered investment adviser, administering portfolios via the Envestnet platform with a focus on non-discretionary advice and a combination of third-party sub-managers and model portfolios.

Hope Fribush is a financial advisor at SC&H Wealth with a Series 65 credential and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining SC&H Financial Advisors in 2018, she worked for Baltimore County Public Schools from 2014 to 2018. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, asset management, retirement plan consulting, and tax return preparation through a team-based approach that includes CPAs and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals.

Caitlin Garner is a financial advisor at SC&H Wealth with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with SC&H Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2014. Prior to that, she worked at Triad Advisors, Inc. from 2014 to 2017. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a team approach combining CPAs and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals to provide tailored asset allocation and long-term growth strategies, managing client accounts primarily with mutual funds and ETFs.

Sheryl Parks is a CFP® with 29 years of industry experience and is currently with The Marshall Financial Group LLC. She has held positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and SSN Advisory, Inc. among others. In addition to her financial advisory work, she has served as an associate professor at the Community College of Baltimore County since 1987 and volunteers at monthly educational workshops on divorce-related financial topics. The Marshall Financial Group LLC is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers services including fee-based asset management, retirement and estate planning, and education planning, employing asset-allocation models and a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, and managed stock portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

Michael Meily is a financial advisor at Harvest Investment Consultants LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC in 2026, he was with Harvest Investment Consultants for 18 years. He is also appointed with various outside insurance carriers for brokering non-registered insurance products. Harvest Investment Consultants provides fee-based portfolio management and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional sponsors such as defined benefit plans, 401(k) plans, endowments, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on risk management and absolute-return strategies, tailoring portfolios across a range of conservative to market-neutral approaches using a variety of securities and internal fixed-income credit analysis.

Blake Walter is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with three years of industry experience. He has worked at SC&H Financial Advisors since 2022 and has prior experience with firms including State Farm VP Management Corp., Northwestern Mutual, and Rich Group LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in the sale of insurance-related products. SC&H Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a team approach combining CPAs and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professionals to provide tailored financial planning and asset management, primarily using mutual funds and ETFs.

Bryan Thaler is a Series 65–licensed financial advisor with 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Van Sant & Mewshaw, Inc. for 28 years. He is part of VSM Wealth Advisory, a team of five advisors that serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employee benefit plans with discretionary investment management and integrated wealth-advisory services. The firm uses an asset-allocation approach emphasizing index mutual funds, ETFs, and tax-aware portfolio strategies.

Jackson Courtney is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving at The Financial Consulate. His prior work includes roles at DoorDash and Instacart, as well as academic positions at Towson University and Marriotts Ridge High School. The Financial Consulate provides comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm combines active tactical asset allocation with fundamental, macroeconomic, and technical analysis, and integrates tax and accounting services alongside its advisory offerings.

Nicholas Mangione is a CFP® professional at Perspective Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at Hayfields Country Club for three years before joining The Junk Investment Group, now operating as Perspective Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory work, he is an insurance agent and a member of family investment and real estate LLCs. Perspective Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning and portfolio management, using an objective-based approach that emphasizes equity mutual funds and ETFs tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and goals. The firm manages over $525 million in client assets and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

Charles Meyer is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Mercer Global Advisors Inc., having joined after the acquisition of Tufton Capital Management, where he worked for nine years. Tufton Capital Management is a fee-only, discretionary investment adviser managing approximately $810 million in assets, serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach focused on large U.S. companies, constructing portfolios across money market instruments, fixed income, and equities with low turnover.

Robert Mewshaw is a financial advisor at VSM Wealth Advisory, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Van Sant and Mewshaw, Inc. and Van Sant and Mewshaw Securities, Inc. since 1992 and 1993, respectively. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. VSM Wealth Advisory serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and employee benefit plans by providing discretionary investment management and integrated wealth advisory services. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework primarily using index mutual funds and ETFs, with emphasis on tax-aware portfolio management and personalized indexing strategies.

Madison Bennett is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving at The Financial Consulate in Hunt Valley, MD. Prior to joining the firm, Madison held positions in the hospitality industry, including roles at The Pier Restaurant, Glory Days Grille, and Stoney's Seafood House. The Financial Consulate serves individuals, retirement plan sponsors and participants, and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, retirement plan consulting, and integrated tax and accounting services. The firm employs a proprietary "Risk Opportunity Investing" approach that combines active tactical asset allocation with fundamental, macroeconomic, and technical analysis, offering both active and index-oriented strategies.