Roman Puglise is a financial advisor at Upholdings with a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors and United Bank. Outside of finance, he plays professional lacrosse in the Premier Lacrosse League during the season. Upholdings primarily serves high-net-worth individuals through discretionary portfolio management and tailored investment solutions, employing a fundamental bottom-up research approach with a focus on risk management and client-specific customization.

Michael Pate is a financial advisor at Southern Capital Management Corporation in Charleston, SC, with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Southern Capital Management since 1993. Southern Capital Management provides investment advice and portfolio management to retirement and private accounts, serving approximately 80 clients with $38 million in assets under management. The firm employs a non-discretionary investment approach combining macroeconomic analysis, value screening, and technical analysis, and offers regular market commentary and reporting to clients.

Grant Maddox is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He currently works at Hampton Park Financial Planners and also serves as a financial planner at Origin Investment Advisory LLC. His prior work includes five years at DWM Financial Group, Inc. Hampton Park Financial Planners is a fee-only firm offering comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and employer retirement plans. The firm employs a blend of strategic and tactical asset allocation using both passive and active investment vehicles, with an available socially responsible (ESG) strategy.

Stuart Pyne is a CFP® with three years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Hampton Park Financial Planners and has held positions at several firms, including South Bay Financial Partners and Charleston Financial Advisors. Outside of finance, Stuart works as a retail sales associate specializing in the spirits industry. Hampton Park Financial Planners is a fee-only firm serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and employer retirement plans. The firm uses a blend of strategic and tactical asset allocation with passive and active investments and offers multiple planning engagement types alongside discretionary portfolio management.

Nicholas Kalkas is a financial advisor at Daniel Island Wealth Management, LLC with two years of industry experience. Before entering the advisory field, he served in the United States Navy for 20 years and worked at the University of Chicago for one year. He holds a Series 65 designation. Daniel Island Wealth Management provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, favoring low-fee exchange-traded funds and long-term trading strategies.

Bryan Taylor is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Oak Street Advisors since 2015. He is based in Myrtle Beach, SC, and works at a small firm with a total of two advisors. Oak Street Advisors provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, along with retirement plan consulting for businesses and plan sponsors. The firm employs customized investment strategies including a Core ETF approach, dividend-income, and concentrated growth portfolios, and is noted for its regular client communications and specific trading practices.

Lester Detterbeck III is a CFP® and CFA® with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Detterbeck Wealth Management since 1999 and is also chairman of the accounting firm Detterbeck, Johnson & Monsen, a role he has held since 1976. Detterbeck Wealth Management is a small SEC-registered firm based in Mt. Pleasant, SC, managing approximately $252 million. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, offering discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning with a Core & Satellite investment approach that combines low-cost passive allocations and actively managed satellite exposures.

Jonathan Schumacher is a financial advisor at Objectivity Squared Wealth Management with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including Rivers Capital Group and Live Oak Capital. Outside of his advisory role, he is also licensed as a real estate agent with Maven Realty LLC, where he provides client services for real estate transactions. Objectivity Squared Wealth Management offers wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning to individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, discretionary investment approach using both fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Alan Bastian is a financial advisor with Loveland & Bastian Financial Services Group, LLC in Mt. Pleasant, SC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience, including over two decades at his current firm. Loveland & Bastian Financial Services Group provides tailored investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients, managing approximately $65 million in assets across 155 accounts. The firm primarily serves high-net-worth and other individual clients, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, with a focus on non-discretionary client relationships.

Reggie Fairchild, CFP®, is the founder of Flip Flops and Pearls, a fee-only financial planning firm in Charleston. With a background in high-growth technology, entrepreneurship, and real estate, Reggie brings a thoughtful, creative approach to helping professionals make confident financial decisions aligned with their values. After leaving the fast pace of Washington, D.C. for Charleston in 2003, Reggie reshaped his own definition of success—an experience that continues to inform his planning philosophy of enjoying life today while preparing intentionally for the future. Flip Flops and Pearls serves high-achieving professionals, business owners, and families who want their money to support a life well lived, not just a balance sheet. Our clients are busy, thoughtful people navigating complex financial decisions and life transitions, from retirement and investments to taxes and long-term planning. As a fee-only firm, we work exclusively for our clients and do not earn commissions or sell products. Our comprehensive approach goes beyond portfolios, helping clients prioritize their time, energy, and resources so their wealth supports both their ambitions and their lifestyle. Life brings change, opportunity, and complexity. Our role is to act as a steady guide—bringing clarity, structure, and calm—so clients can move forward with confidence and enjoy the journey along the way.

Diane Blackwelder is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Charleston Financial Advisors, LLC since 2008. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston Financial Advisors, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a long-term, passive asset allocation strategy focused on broadly diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and provides financial planning and investment management services.

Alexander Opoulos IV is a financial advisor with Objectivity Squared Wealth Management in Charleston, SC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Raymond James & Associates for 11 years. Outside of his advisory role, Opoulos is a partner in Basic Kitchen, where he contributes to menu and event planning, and in A&B Waterway LLC, where he participates in strategic decisions related to real estate investments. Objectivity Squared Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans with discretionary wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services. The firm manages approximately $401 million in client assets and constructs customized portfolios emphasizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, employing both fundamental and technical analysis.

Jeffrey Geygan is a financial advisor with Global Value Investment Corporation, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 22 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Global Value Investment Corporation, he served as Interim CEO and a board member of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Global Value Investment Corporation provides discretionary investment research and advisory services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth investors and pooled vehicles. The firm employs a fundamental analysis approach supported by in-house and subsidiary research, managing portfolios with both short- and long-term strategies tailored to client needs.

Kellen Thayer is a financial advisor at Advisor.com with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Raymond James & Associates and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. Advisor.com serves individual investors and charitable organizations through its Advisor Wealth Management platform, offering ETF-based asset-allocation models primarily on a non-discretionary basis. The firm also operates an Advisor Referral Platform that connects prospective clients with unaffiliated investment advisers.

David Van Rensselaer Jr. is a financial advisor at 360 Financial Partners, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with 360 Financial Partners since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in managing an investment-related holding company focused on property upkeep and management. 360 Financial Partners serves individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, trusts, estates, and business entities, managing approximately $159 million in discretionary assets. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, retirement plan services, and manages accounts using a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analysis.

Charleston Financial Advisors, LLC was founded as a fee only firm in 1986, almost 40 years agp. Myles has been with Charleston Financial Advisors, LLC since early 2007. He specializes in financial planning strategies and investments. He oversees the management of all investment accounts, investment education, and research. Myles received a B.A. in History (Magna Cum Laude) and a B.A. in English Literature (Cum Laude) from the College of Charleston in 2006. He became a CFP® certificant and a Registered Investment Advisor Representative in 2010. In 2014 he received a Master's in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. Outside of the office he enjoys hiking, reading, fly fishing and spending time with his family.

Jan Kuha is a financial advisor at J. Benjamin Financial, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with J. Benjamin Financial since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he owns Blue Granite Insurance, LLC, a property, casualty, and marine insurance business, and is a managing member and partial owner of JHJ Wellness, a nutrition and supplement store. J. Benjamin Financial serves individual and high net worth clients with discretionary asset management and financial planning. The firm uses both technical analysis and long- and short-term purchase strategies, offering customized investment solutions that include stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and select private or real estate investments.

James Carlson is a Series 65-registered advisor with Kinwell LLC in Charleston, SC, bringing 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Questis Advisor Partners, LLC from 2013 to 2017. Outside of Kinwell, Carlson is an independent trustee for Modern Capital Funds Trust and holds shares in Questis, Inc., a financial wellness software platform. Kinwell LLC provides investment advice and portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as consulting services for pension and employee benefit plans. The firm employs modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading approach, focusing on individualized investment policies and a diverse investable universe that includes alternative assets and third-party managers.

Samuel Mcninch IV is a financial advisor with IA Network, LLC in Mt Pleasant, SC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 41 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Red Oak Capital Management, Hayden Royal LLC, and Great Lakes & Atlantic Wealth Management and Advisory Partners. Outside of advisory services, he provides education and research on trend following trading systems through SquiggleTrader. IA Network offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and behavioral research to guide portfolio construction and management.

John Huddleston is a financial advisor at Telos Capital Partners with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at Family Asset Management, LLC and King Street Wealth Management Ltd. Co. Telos Capital Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm operates on a fee-only basis, blending passive and active strategies with a tax-aware, multidisciplinary approach.