Jody Beene Smith is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Anchor Point Financial Planning LLC and has previously worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and First Allied Advisory Services. In addition to her advisory work, she serves as a Notary Public in Moore County. Anchor Point Financial Planning LLC provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management focused on individuals and families experiencing significant life transitions, as well as high-income professionals in the wealth accumulation phase. The firm employs a holistic planning process and combines passive and active investment strategies, with specific expertise in divorce financial planning.

Derek Wolff is a CFP® with 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been the sole advisor at Wolff Financial Advisors, LLC since 2005. Wolff Financial Advisors, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a combination of equity and fixed income securities, mutual funds, ETFs, and employs both fundamental and technical analysis alongside long- and short-term trading strategies, including the active use of options and leveraged ETFs.

Todd Carter is the principal of The Blue Oak Group, LLC, an investment advisory firm based in Boston, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to founding The Blue Oak Group in 2008, Mr. Carter worked at Kalos Management and Kalos Capital, Inc. He also co-owns Mercer Consulting, LLC, a real estate consulting firm specializing in §1031 like-kind exchanges. The Blue Oak Group provides alternative investment advice and consulting to select accredited individuals, trusts, and corporate entities, focusing on tax-aware capital deployment and customized alternative allocations as part of broader financial plans. The firm’s approach includes working with a range of alternative assets and coordinating with clients’ existing legal, tax, and wealth teams.

Gerald Levin is the sole advisor at GBL Asset Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Huntingdon Valley, PA. He holds 35 years of industry experience and has led the firm since 1985. Levin serves as Secretary of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors, a nonprofit focused on investment education. GBL Asset Management manages approximately $34.3 million for individual and select institutional clients, employing a value-oriented, income-aware investment approach centered on mutual and closed-end funds, fixed-income instruments, and occasional equities. The firm operates primarily on a non-discretionary basis and utilizes block trading and a family-group fee structure.

Damon Gray is the sole advisor at Jura Investments, LLC, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has served as an Instructor of Management and Finance at Montgomery County Community College since 2015, including a term as Diversity Fellow of Finance. Jura Investments primarily serves pooled and institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporate or charitable entities, while also offering services to high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting, combining formal pension consulting with public educational workshops and employing a multifaceted asset allocation approach.

Mitchell Thompson is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group, Inc. Prior to founding MJT & Associates in 2014, he worked at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. from 2014 to 2018. In addition to his advisory role, he provides consulting focused on the financial aspects of divorce through CDFA Bridge Consulting Group LLC. MJT & Associates offers investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach incorporating Modern Portfolio Theory and technical analysis, managing diversified portfolios with ongoing monitoring and formal annual reviews.

Lisa Clark is a financial advisor at Champion Financial Inc. in Velpen, Indiana, with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Champion Financial since 2011. Champion Financial, Inc. is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients through financial coaching, investment, and financial planning. The firm emphasizes broad diversification based on Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Philosophy, providing asset allocation recommendations and monitoring while outsourcing portfolio management and custody to a third party.

Charles Burns is a financial advisor at Bay Hill Capital Management USA, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Triad Advisors, Inc. and Berkeley Capital Partners, LLC prior to joining Bay Hill Capital Management in 2017. Bay Hill Capital Management USA, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to guide investment decisions, offering strategies ranging from long-term holdings to active trading, including options and futures.

Teresa Mcalpine is a financial advisor at Threshold Compass Strategies, Inc. with 13 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 credential and has previously worked at LPL Financial and INVEST Financial Corporation. Teresa is also the author of a book titled *Financial Wealthstyle Archetypes*. Threshold Compass Strategies is an independent advisory firm that provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals and advisory firms. The firm focuses on planning and education, offering written recommendations and scenario modeling for life-transition events such as divorce financial analysis and estate coordination, without managing client assets directly.

Nicholas Green is the managing partner of FMT Investment Advisory, operating under Green Partners, LLC, with 21 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has led his independent firm since 2005. Based in Phoenix, AZ, he serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. FMT Investment Advisory is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management, investment planning, and supervisory services. The firm manages approximately $24.4 million across about 43 clients, employing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a range of investable instruments including options and derivatives, and offers advisory services to corporate clients such as pension consulting.

David Kaucher is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Spectrum Wealth Advisors, LLC in Columbia, SC, where he has worked for 10 years. He has nine years of industry experience. Spectrum Wealth Advisors offers discretionary portfolio management and retirement-plan advisory services primarily to dental practitioners and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on diversified passive investment vehicles and customized consulting on retirement plan design and participant education.

I’m John C. Pak, a Certified Financial Planner™ and founder of Otium Advisory Group. My mission is to help time-starved professionals—those who barely have time for lunch—cut through the noise and finally feel confident about their financial future. With a clear, no-fluff approach to retirement readiness, I create simple, effective strategies designed to fit real life—not a textbook. I believe financial planning shouldn’t feel like a second job, so I focus on what matters most, eliminating the jargon and complexity that gets in the way. Aside from my life-long devotion to personal finance, my other passion point is teaching. I've been presenting retirement literacy courses at select Southern California Universities since 2014. I believe… - If you are open to the idea of prioritizing, organizing, and purging, you will save time and money. - If you change the way you see things, you will change the way you do things. - If you find someone to go along with you on your financial journey, you will have more success. Take advantage of the complimentary consultation. I look forward to sharing my vision of how we can get you to the finish line.

Ronald Chan is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Lakeside Financial Inc. in Kirkland, WA, with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Lakeside Financial since 2015. Outside of investment advisory, he spends significant time providing management consulting services, including financial analysis and strategic recommendations, notably for a corporate client in the furniture industry. Lakeside Financial is an independent, state-registered firm managing approximately $35 million for around 34 clients. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and business entities, offering investment management, financial planning, and management consulting. Its investment approach incorporates intrinsic-value, quantitative, and qualitative analysis across multiple asset classes and geographies, with features such as the use of margin, securities lending, and performance-based fee arrangements.

Stoy Hall is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and the principal of Black Mammoth LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Ankeny, IA. His prior experience includes roles at Centric Advisors, Majors and Mondragon, MWA Financial Services, and Modern Woodmen of America. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as president of the board for the Starts Right Here Movement and owns consulting firms LNC Financial and Legacy Fiduciary Services. Black Mammoth LLC offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, family office and wealth planning, retirement plan consulting, and business advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and may engage third-party sub-advisers, while also sponsoring affiliated private funds and providing cash sweep programs.

Joshua Zorger is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Fortitude Private Wealth, where he has worked since 2017. Prior to that, he was affiliated with Level Four Advisory Services and LPL Financial from 2014 to 2017. Fortitude Private Wealth is a fee-only independent advisory firm providing discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers tailored investment programs and specialized ERISA retirement plan services, including pension consulting and fiduciary roles for qualified plans.

David Hartzell is the sole advisor at Cornell Capital Management, an independent firm based in Clarence Center, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 26 years of experience with Cornell Capital Management. The firm serves a small group of primarily high-net-worth individuals, managing discretionary portfolios focused on equities and ETFs with a buy-and-hold, fundamental-analysis approach emphasizing dividend-paying stocks and sector ETFs. Cornell Capital Management offers tailored investment options and occasional limited financial planning services, with an emphasis on personalized client mandates and international diversification considerations.

Cuong Le is the sole advisor at LE Capital Management LLC in Orlando, FL. He holds a Series 65 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to founding LE Capital Management, he worked in academic roles at SIU Carbondale and Maryville University and had experience in leasing and homemaking. LE Capital Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a fundamentally oriented, value-driven approach focused on individual U.S. stocks and typically manages concentrated, diversified portfolios under an investment policy statement.

Alex is the founder of Clear Advisors, a fee-only financial planning firm based in Maryland. He founded the firm with a simple belief: investors are better served by focusing on the financial decisions they can control than by trying to predict the next market move or chase the next hot stock. Instead, Alex helps clients optimize the areas that have the greatest long-term impact on their financial lives—taxes, retirement income, investment costs, savings, and the countless planning decisions that shape financial success. Financial planning has been part of Alex's life for as long as he can remember. Having a father who spent a long career as a financial advisor gave him an early look at both the strengths and shortcomings of the traditional wealth management model. After earning a bachelor's degree in finance, becoming a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, and beginning his career advising clients on retirement, tax, and investment planning, Alex founded Clear Advisors to build the kind of firm he would want as a client: flat fees, no commissions, no asset gathering, and planning that goes far beyond just managing investments. What Alex enjoys most is uncovering planning opportunities that can make a meaningful difference in someone's financial future, whether it's identifying a Roth conversion strategy that could save substantial taxes over a lifetime, developing a retirement income plan that provides greater confidence, or helping clients make smarter financial decisions year after year. His goal is simple: to help clients keep more of what they've earned, reduce financial uncertainty, and retire with confidence.

Richard Doyle is a financial advisor at Doyle Investment Management with 24 years of industry experience. He has held the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Cornerstone Capital Management, Inc. since 2005. Doyle Investment Management provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, families, corporations, businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm manages client portfolios on a discretionary basis, primarily using Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and applies a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to construct diversified portfolios aimed at managing risk.

David Steiner is the principal and sole advisor at Purple Dog Investments LLC in Springfield, NJ, with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cetera Advisors and Investors Capital Corp. Steiner also owns Zebulon Tax Advisory LLC, operates as a fixed insurance agent, and serves as an adjunct college professor teaching economics, finance, and math. Additionally, he has experience as a political campaign treasurer. Purple Dog Investments provides investment advisory and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, primarily managing assets through model portfolios on the Charles Schwab platform. The firm offers discretionary management using predefined model allocations and integrates financial and tax planning services, with custody and execution conducted through Charles Schwab.