Douglas Thomas is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Lakewood, OH, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining PNC in 2026, he worked at Equitable Advisors and Axa Advisors, and he has also been involved with Lakewood City Schools and Puritan Financial Group. He serves as a board member for both Bedford City Schools and the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including the Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering, an invitation-only online discretionary model account for PNC Bank employees. The firm uses algorithm-based risk assessments and delegates portfolio implementation and proxy voting to third parties.

Tia D'aveta is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding a Series 65 credential and nine years of industry experience. She previously worked at Fairport Wealth for three years before joining Hightower in 2017. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, offering investment advisory and planning services with an emphasis on manager selection and multi-manager solutions through affiliated and third-party managers. The firm’s approach includes discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and access to a variety of investment vehicles, supported by proprietary research and a focus on operational features such as rebalancing and tax-managed strategies.

Paul Coleman is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at KeyBank and Key Investment Services since 2001, with a consistent focus within the KeyCorp group. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed model selection supported by non-binding recommendations and ongoing monitoring, while leveraging affiliations within KeyCorp for integrated service offerings.

James Plantholt is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His prior roles include positions at Merrill, Raymond James Financial Services, and Bank of America, along with service in the Army National Guard from 2015 to 2024. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed model selection, ongoing monitoring, and provides access to third-party discretionary managers while operating within the KeyCorp group alongside affiliated banking and capital markets entities.

Kevin Pietrzyk is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Marcum Wealth LLC and Strategic Wealth Partners. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans by providing financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified, risk-class based investment approach that combines passive and active management with quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Emily Shacklett is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors, holding the PFS™ designation and Series 66 license, with 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2019 and previously spent 12 years at WealthTrust Fairport, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a variety of portfolio construction options including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and custom indexing.

Ryan Cameron is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC in Brooklyn, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked with KeyBank and Key Investment Services since 2016. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs and managed account offerings. The firm emphasizes client-selected investment models with ongoing monitoring and access to third-party discretionary managers, operating within the KeyCorp group alongside affiliated banking and capital markets entities.

Alex Kucharski is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with one year of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Key Investment Services LLC and previously worked at Vail Resorts, Thrivent, Anytime Fitness, John Carroll University, and Applegreen. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through a variety of advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment strategy selection and provides oversight and due diligence of third-party advisory products.

Michael Germo is a CFP® professional with 45 years of industry experience. He is currently with &PARTNERS and has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network, Financial Planning Resources, and Royal Alliance Associates. Outside of his advisory work, he provides tax preparation and accounting services through Michael A. Germo Tax Services. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, foundations, universities, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers both investment advisory and brokerage services, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party portfolio management strategies delivered via the Envestnet platform.

Michael Stobbe is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Key Investment Services since 2015. The firm serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients, offering a variety of advisory programs and investment products. Key Investment Services emphasizes client-directed model selection and ongoing monitoring, while providing access to third-party discretionary managers and supervisory oversight.

Brian Evans is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Key Investment Services since 2015. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, separately managed accounts, and brokerage and insurance products. Key Investment Services operates within the KeyCorp group and emphasizes client-directed investment decisions supported by ongoing monitoring and due diligence.

Robert Koeth is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 55 years of industry experience. He has been with Hantz Financial Services, Inc. since 1999. The firm serves a diverse client base including individual investors, charitable organizations, corporate and business clients, and retirement plan sponsors. Hantz Financial Services employs a model-driven ETF investment approach combined with separately managed accounts and unified managed account solutions, supported by affiliated entities such as a state-chartered trust bank and in-house tax and business consulting services.

Kevin Baumberger is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Independence, Ohio. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies and affiliated New York Life entities since 2014. Baumberger serves as a board member of Cornerstone of Hope, a bereavement organization, contributing to strategic planning and organizational growth. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, institutional clients, and plan sponsors. The firm offers various advisory programs and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Marla Petti is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with 10 years of industry experience, currently with MAI Capital Management, LLC since 2021. She previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and HW Financial Advisors from 2016 to 2020. Petti serves on the Finance Advisory Committee for the City of Beachwood. MAI Capital Management provides investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management across multiple strategies and integrates financial planning and tax services into client relationships.

Eric Beahn is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Stratos Wealth Partners since 2013 and also associated with LPL Financial since 2012. Stratos Wealth Partners provides advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and other institutional clients. The firm offers an open-architecture Strategic Wealth Management platform that supports both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios, emphasizing active monitoring and asset allocation across multiple custodians.

James Tracz Jr. is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Michael Germo dba Financial Planning Resources, Commonwealth Financial Network, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., and Waddell & Reed, Inc. Outside of advisory work, he has been involved with the Brightwood Lakes Community Association for over a decade. &PARTNERS serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers both investment advisory and brokerage services, utilizing a variety of portfolio management solutions through the Envestnet platform, and combines multiple roles and revenue sources uncommon among large enterprises.

John Geretz is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Beachwood, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities since 2014 and at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 2013. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and fee-based advisory services alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party models and supports a variety of account-level services.

Gabriel La Bianca is a financial advisor with Key Investment Services LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at PNC Investment and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He has also been involved in managing a bar business outside of his advisory career. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, including wrap-fee, separately managed accounts, and brokerage products. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment decisions and ongoing oversight while leveraging its affiliation with KeyCorp and related entities.

John Palguta is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at MAI Capital Management, LLC since 2014. He is based in Cleveland, OH. MAI Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base including high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages $72.3 billion in assets and offers customized portfolio management across various strategies through in-house and third-party resources.

Cynthia Prioletti is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Key Investment Services and KeyBank since 2016. Outside of her advisory work, she has been a cosmetic products representative with Avon since 1997. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, and managed accounts. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment strategies supported by due diligence and ongoing oversight, and operates within the KeyCorp group with affiliated banking and capital markets entities.