Timothy Mudd is a financial advisor at Pointer Financial Advisors LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Chesapeake Financial Advisors for 24 years before joining Pointer Financial Advisors. Pointer Financial Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, family businesses, and plan sponsors by providing discretionary investment management and bundled wealth management, including financial planning. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerances, uses fundamental analysis for security selection, and conducts ongoing account reviews considering factors such as time horizon and tax situation.

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.

John Holtzman is a CFP® with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network and Foundation Financial Advisors since 1997. He is based in Linthicum Heights, MD. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of Kenwood Property, LLC, a residential real estate management entity. Commonwealth Financial Network supports a national network of nearly 3,000 advisors by providing technology, operations, investment management, and compliance services. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and discretionary model portfolios while allowing advisors flexibility in constructing client portfolios.

David Sheiman is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of experience at The Ellerson Group Inc in Annapolis, MD. He has worked exclusively with the firm since 2014. 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 multi-hundred-million dollar asset base with a small advisory team, employing a core-and-satellite investment approach focused on global diversification and low-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

Roy Emanuel is a financial advisor at Dauntless Advisory, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for over 17 years, where he currently serves as Senior Professional Staff II. Dauntless Advisory provides portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a documented investment process that incorporates cyclical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis tailored to client risk tolerances. The firm maintains a small client base with close advisor-client relationships and employs institutional custody and research services to support its activities.

Taiyoung Lee is a financial advisor at Wealthy & Wise Family Office with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at PTC International Portfolio Management, Inc. since 2000 and at PTC International Inc. since 1981. Outside of his advisory role, he consults for small and mid-size companies in South Korea, focusing on business development. Wealthy & Wise Family Office provides investment advisory and wealth management services to small business owners, professionals, and a variety of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a customized investment process with discretionary portfolio management and offers comprehensive financial and family-office planning services.

Samuel Mc Kee is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Accordant Advisory Group, Inc. in Annapolis, MD, with one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has worked in various non-financial roles including as a part-time bartender at City Tap House. Accordant Advisory Group provides investment advice and planning services to individuals, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with customized long- and short-term strategies, managing portfolios consisting of individual stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income securities, and fee-based index annuities.

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 seven years of industry experience. She has been with RCS Financial Planning, LLC since 2018 and previously worked at TIAA from 2008 to 2017. RCS Financial Planning serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach focused on modern portfolio theory and offers comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, and pension consulting services.

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®-designated financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Macroview Investment Management LLC since 2018 and previously held roles at Planning Solutions Group, LLC and Triad Advisors, Inc. Thomas serves as treasurer and board member of the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Macroview Investment Management LLC serves individual investors, including high net worth clients, corporations, non-profits, and retirement plans, offering discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a top-down, macroeconomic investment approach and combines internal management with third-party managers, also maintaining an active sub-advisory business and a platform relationship with Zoe Financial.

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.

Lindsey Lloyd is a financial advisor at Crest Wealth Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC and InFocus Financial Advisors. 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 combines active and passive investment strategies based on client goals and risk tolerance, managing accounts continuously to maintain policy targets.

Robert Shaker is a financial advisor at Shaker Financial Services with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Shaker Financial Services since 2004. Shaker Financial Services provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individuals, families, trusts, IRAs, and small-business retirement accounts, as well as institutional clients including other investment advisers and municipal and sovereign entities. The firm specializes in globally diversified portfolios composed mainly of closed-end funds, employing a quantitative “discount capture” approach to trading.

Paul Evans is a financial advisor at Annapolitan Investment Group, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 designations. In addition to his advisory role, he is the owner of Black Island Capital, LLC and has been involved with the US Naval Academy Athletic Association since 2014. Annapolitan Investment Group provides customized financial and retirement planning to individuals and families, focusing on non-discretionary advice regarding mutual funds, CDs, municipal bonds, annuities, and ETFs. The firm offers written financial plans through in-person consultations and educational seminars, combining broker-dealer registration with a primary emphasis on planning services.

Blake Luehlfing is a financial advisor at Intentional Wealth Strategies with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work history includes self-employment periods from 2023 to 2025. Intentional Wealth Strategies serves individual clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, providing wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses an evidence-based, disciplined investment process focused on global diversification, fundamental analysis, and factor exposures to construct and rebalance portfolios.