Douglas Crandall is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. in Akron, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Robert W. Baird & Co. since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he is an investor and member of an LLC for a local business called What's the Scoop?. The DDK Group, part of Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Private Wealth Management department, serves individuals, corporate and business clients, pensions, profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning, portfolio management, and advisory services utilizing manager-traded and model-traded strategies, tax-management, and unified fee arrangements.

Bryan Mc Inerney is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with 30 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 designations. His prior roles include positions at New York Life, GWFS Equities, Inc., and MSI Financial Services, Inc. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and other institutions. The firm offers financial planning, model portfolio programs, third-party asset management, and institutional platforms, supporting advisors with research tools and a broad range of strategic and tactical investment options.

George Aussem is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab in Richfield, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Charles Schwab since 2007. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and related managed-account and financial planning services. The firm offers a combination of non-discretionary advisory services alongside access to affiliated discretionary separately managed accounts, using multi-asset model portfolios and a formal due diligence process for alternative investments.

Thomas Marchese is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and has been with Edward Jones since 2001. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Uniontown, OH. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as the Indian Princess/Green YMCA Chapter Chief of Shawnee. Edward Jones is a wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, including both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth households. The firm offers a broad range of advisory services and maintains a large national footprint of advisors and branch offices.

Michael Lewis is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Equitable Advisors since 1999, previously associated with AXA Advisors, LLC during the same period. Equitable Advisors provides financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and asset management services to individuals, plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm’s approach involves assessing client information and risk tolerance to align clients with program models or discretionary managers, offering a range of investment solutions including mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and select alternatives.

Jeffrey Lash is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Medina, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with two years of industry experience. His prior work includes a long tenure at UPS and roles at Lash & Company, CPAS, Inc. He also engages in sales of investment-related products and part-time referrals for home security and automation services affiliated with PFS Investments Inc. and Primerica Mortgage, LLC. Primerica Advisors serves primarily individual investors, corporate, and charitable clients through a wrap-fee asset management program that utilizes model-delivery strategies managed by unaffiliated asset managers.

Dennis Kelley is a financial advisor with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 16 years of industry experience and has been with Cambridge Investment Research Advisors since 2017. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as president and board member of Wishes Can Happen, a charitable organization that raises funds to grant wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors serves a broad range of individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and wrap-fee programs. The firm manages a multi-billion dollar asset base through thousands of financial professionals and supports both discretionary and non-discretionary management across multiple platforms.

Nicholas Martin is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Fairlawn, Ohio, holding four years of industry experience. His background includes roles in education with organizations such as Akron Public Schools, McKeon Education Group, and Main Prep Academy. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in the sale of home security and automation products through affiliated companies. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, offering model-delivery strategies and selectively managed accounts to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm curates third-party asset managers and uses a tiered wrap-fee structure for its services.

Timothy Malone II is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Medina, OH, holding a Series 63 designation and six years of industry experience. He has worked with Primerica Advisors and Primerica Financial Services since 2018 and has prior experience at Verizon Wireless. Outside of advising, he is a sports official for volleyball and basketball contests. Primerica Advisors provides discretionary asset management through its Lifetime Investment Program, offering model-delivery strategies and discretionary separately managed accounts primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs third-party asset managers and maintains a tiered wrap-fee structure for its services.

Hannah Walsh is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Edward Jones. Her prior roles include positions at Hasenberg Financial Group, CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors LLC, and THRIVENT FINANCIAL for Lutherans. Outside of her advisory work, she owns a residential rental properties business in Pepin, Wisconsin. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth households and charitable organizations. The firm manages over $1 trillion in assets and offers a range of investment strategies through a nationwide network of more than 23,000 financial advisors.

Antoniella Varrasso Smith is a financial advisor at Fidelity with eight years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. Her prior experience includes roles at Merrill and Cetera, as well as a position with First National Bank of PA. Fidelity’s Strategic Advisers LLC provides investment management and advisory services to retail and institutional clients, including registered investment companies and an IRS-qualified Charitable Gift Fund. The firm employs a systematic investment process combining fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and algorithmic portfolio construction, and serves a distinctive role with advisory responsibilities that include commodity pool operations and the use of AI in research.

Michael Field is a CFA® charterholder currently with LPL Financial, bringing experience from prior roles at Bank of America Private Bank and seven years of service in the United States Army. He has been with LPL Financial since 2025. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and institutions. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, model portfolios, third-party asset management, and institutional platforms, supported by proprietary research and technology tools.

Benjamin Brauneck is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Charles Schwab since 2014 and at Charles Schwab Bank since 2016. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves a large client base, primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account and financial planning services. The firm combines non-discretionary advisory relationships with access to discretionary separately managed accounts and offers a multi-asset model portfolio investment approach supported by centralized supervisory and custody arrangements.

Christine Danko is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab in Richfield, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Charles Schwab & Co. since 2016, including a two-year period with Schwab Retirement Plan Services. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves a large client base primarily composed of high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account and financial planning services. The firm combines non-discretionary advisory relationships with access to discretionary separately managed accounts, offering multi-asset model portfolios, strategic asset allocation, and a formal alternative investment onboarding process.

Thomas Clark is a CFP® with 49 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors since 2020. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing from 2016 to 2020. Outside of his advisory role, he is an adjunct instructor in Personal Financial Planning at the University of Akron and holds leadership positions in several local nonprofit organizations, including chairing the Greater Akron Musical Association Foundation and the Summit County Historical Society. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is a large broker-dealer and registered investment adviser that offers investment and fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and institutions. The firm provides a broad range of planning services, including specialized areas such as business-owner transition, sports and entertainment, and special-needs planning, delivering tailored recommendations through a combination of research, planning tools, and client meetings.

Joseph Nicholson is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Stow, Ohio, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ameriprise, he worked at The Huntington National Bank and The Huntington Investment Company. Outside of his advisory role, he occasionally serves as a substitute teacher in local K-12 schools. Ameriprise Financial Services is a diversified advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients, offering specialized retirement income planning focused on dependable income sources and tax-aware withdrawal strategies. The firm’s approach incorporates proprietary investment research and third-party data, with recommendations implemented non-discretionarily in collaboration with clients and their advisors.

Neal Chiprean is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Stow, Ohio. He holds the Series 63 designation and has seven years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Verizon Wireless for two years. Outside of finance, Neal is involved as a low brass instructor with Crossmen Productions Inc. and also works as a self-employed musician. Primerica Advisors sponsors a wrap-fee asset management program primarily serving individual investors, including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and charitable clients. The firm operates at scale with thousands of advisors and offices, delivering advisory services through model-based strategies managed by unaffiliated asset managers and supported by custodial and trade execution services.

Morgan Goldthwaite is a financial advisor with Ameriprise, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ameriprise in 2026, Morgan worked at The Huntington Investment Company for four years and Morgan Stanley for six years. Ameriprise Financial Services is a diversified advisory firm serving both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a specialized Premier Retirement Income service that provides written recommendation reports and ongoing planning advice focused on income sources and tax-aware withdrawal strategies for clients nearing or in retirement.

Isaac Vitu is an Investment Consultant at Fidelity Investments, where he partners with clients and their families to develop personalized financial plans tailored to their goals and objectives. His approach focuses on point-in-time planning and strategies to address the complexities of clients' financial situations. Isaac joined Fidelity Investments in 2025 as a Financial Representative before becoming an Investment Consultant in 2026. Prior to that, he gained experience as a Financial Planning Intern at Symphony Financial Services, Inc. in 2025. Outside of his professional work, Isaac has personal interests that include cars, family activities, fitness, football, movies, and outdoor adventures.

Nicholas Rimac is a financial advisor at Ameriprise with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including The Huntington Investment Company, Equitable Advisors, and Key Investment Services. Prior to his advisory career, he spent four years at Brunswick Auto Mart. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients. It offers a specialized Premier Retirement Income service that provides written recommendation reports and ongoing retirement income planning focused on dependable income sources and tax-aware withdrawal strategies.