Samuel Crump is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Telos Wealth Advisors and previously worked at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in related businesses offering insurance and tax services. Telos Wealth Management provides customized wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to a range of clients including individuals, families, and businesses. The firm emphasizes tailored investment strategies using diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and operates primarily as a remote advisory practice with affiliated insurance and accounting services.

Jennifer Hill is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Greenway Wealth Advisors, LLC, where she has worked since 2023. Her prior experience includes roles at Park Avenue Securities LLC, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and The Vanguard Group, Inc. Greenway Wealth Advisors is a small advisory team managing approximately $184 million for about 170 clients, including individual and high-net-worth households, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm primarily utilizes passive, asset-class oriented portfolios with low-cost index funds and ETFs, provides comprehensive financial planning and retirement plan consulting, and offers discretionary oversight of held-away assets.

Matthew Falkner is a financial advisor at Trails Edge Wealth Advisers, LLC in Charlotte, NC, holding the Series 66 and Series 65 credentials with 10 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Wealth Enhancement Group, Acquis Consulting, and Spaulding Ridge. Trails Edge Wealth Advisers provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, including high net worth clients, as well as corporations, pension plans, endowments, foundations, estates, and trusts. The firm uses a combination of asset-allocation techniques and multiple analysis methods, employing a range of strategies and third-party sub-advisers to construct and monitor individualized portfolios.

Jennifer Meldrim is a financial advisor at Solaris Strategic Wealth with a Series 66 designation and 2 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes positions at LPL Financial, LLC, and Money Counts, Inc. Solaris Strategic Wealth provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and corporations. The firm’s investment approach includes asset allocation across various securities with fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, combined with periodic rebalancing and manager oversight.

Sarah Headrick is a financial advisor at Legend Private Wealth, LLC in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials with four years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. Legend Private Wealth serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and business clients, offering comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, private equity administration, and digital asset advice. The firm employs a hybrid investment process integrating behavioral, fundamental, and quantitative analysis, enhanced by AI-driven trade signals, and manages approximately $71 million for around 45 clients.

Geoffrey Owen is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advisory. He is currently with Front Porch Financial Advisory, where he has worked since 2020, and previously spent five years at Greerwalker Wealth Management LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Owen is an independent licensed insurance agent but does not sell insurance. Front Porch Financial Advisory provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm utilizes a tailored approach based on written Investment Policy Statements, combining fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative tools, and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management along with pension and profit-sharing plan consulting services.

Kenan Kurtz is a financial advisor at Concorde Financial Resources in York, SC, holding a Series 66 designation with four years of industry experience. His background includes work outside of finance at various service industry roles and studying at UNC Chapel Hill. Concorde Financial Resources provides investment supervisory services, general investment advice, and non-securities financial guidance to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $231 million in client assets using a diversified, multi-asset allocation approach that combines buy-and-hold strategies with tactical overlays based on economic and interest-rate analysis.

David Rotatori is a CFP® certificant with 17 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently works at Beacon Capital Advisory Group and previously held roles at LPL Financial and Cornerstone Financial Advisors. Additionally, he is an independent licensed insurance agent. Beacon Capital Advisory Group provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan investment management, and subadvisory services. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plans, using fundamental analysis and a mix of trading strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Nadir Noorani is a financial advisor with Nexus Capital Inc in Matthews, NC, holding a Series 65 credential and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Nexus Capital since 2017 and previously at World Financial Group from 2015 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Noorani is involved in several non-investment businesses including IT consulting, commercial food services, and cellular phone repairs. Nexus Capital provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual investors and retirement accounts. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term purchases, often utilizing passively managed ETFs, with portfolio management conducted on a discretionary basis and tailored to each client’s objectives.

Colton Strawn is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Copperleaf Capital, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity Investments, The Vanguard Group, State Farm, and Uber and Lyft. Outside of advisory work, he is also licensed to sell health, disability, and life insurance products through an insurance agency. Copperleaf Capital provides financial advisory services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a values-based discovery process and model portfolios focused on U.S. equities, government bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs, offering services that include tailored financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and digital currency management.

Caroline Gallagher is a financial advisor at Greenway Wealth Advisors, LLC in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Greenway Wealth Advisors, she worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors and completed her education in 2024. Greenway Wealth Advisors offers investment management, financial planning, and employee benefit consulting to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm primarily employs a passive investment approach using index funds and ETFs, supports held-away accounts, and incorporates AI tools reviewed by human advisors as part of its research and plan design processes.

Dimitri Triantafyllides is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Forest Capital, where he has worked since 2009, following prior roles including managing principal positions at Sixty Guilders Management LLC and Sixty Guilders Research LLC, where he provides bespoke security analysis and valuation recommendations. Forest Capital offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, and captive insurance companies. The firm employs internally developed credit and equity analysis models alongside third-party research, managing approximately $143 million across about 152 client relationships.

Jules Buxbaum is a financial advisor at 2pifinancial Corp. based in Charlotte, NC. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has three years of industry experience. His work history includes positions at 2pifinancial Corp. and Deimos Asset Management LLC. 2pifinancial Corp. provides discretionary investment management and portfolio monitoring services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, small businesses, and estates. The firm implements individualized strategies based on a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis, with clients able to impose written restrictions.

Caroline Peek is a financial advisor with USA Asset Management, LLC in Charlotte, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 19 years of industry experience. She has been with USA Asset Management since 2006 and has operated as a self-employed professional since 1992. Outside of advisory services, she is also a licensed insurance agent. USA Asset Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities, providing discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of strategies and incorporates insurance and brokerage product offerings alongside advisory services.

Think of me as Your Financial Mom - the planner that works with regular families. Throughout my career, it seemed that financial advisors were always looking to sell their products or manage money to retirees, business owners, or those with lots of money - no one wanted to plan and budget for everyone else. Our clients look like just like regular people: Mom and Dad who get up in the morning, get the kids off to school, work all day either at home or an office, come home, get dinner on the table, pay the bills, and have a little money in their retirement account  You will get the tools and advice needed to plan your retirement, create your budget, and save for your goals. Our local and national resources can help you put together your will or review your insurance. Each client receives an easy-to-read financial plan outlining your current situation, alternatives to reach your goals, and an action plan to get you there.

Roderick Buie is a CFA® charterholder and principal at Buie Investment Advisors, LLC, with 12 years of industry experience. He has led Buie Investment Advisors since 2007, a firm based in Charlotte, NC. Buie Investment Advisors serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, maintaining a client base of about 46 relationships. The firm uses a long-term investment approach grounded in fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers project-based consulting including cash flow, estate, and tax planning reviews.

Anna Jackson is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Eastover Capital Management since 2013. She is also licensed as an insurance agent, engaging in insurance sales alongside her advisory role. Eastover Capital Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning services. The firm employs a conservative-growth investment approach focused on volatility-resistant sectors, emphasizing large-cap stocks and fixed income to balance income and capital preservation.

Jason Ackerman is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Wealth Rabbit in Rock Hill, SC. He has 14 years of experience working at Bernard N. Ackerman, CPA, P.A., where he prepares tax returns and provides accounting services for individuals and businesses. Wealth Rabbit provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual investors through its mobile and online app, offering a range of model portfolios from conservative to aggressive. The firm also supports employer-sponsored retirement plans and distinguishes itself with a platform-first user experience and a suite of crypto-focused investment models.

Thomas Dyer is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at Dyer & Company, L.L.C., an independent firm based in Charlotte, NC. Prior to founding his firm in 2018, he worked at Davidson College from 2012 to 2019. Dyer & Company provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm customizes portfolios based on each client’s Investment Policy Statement, employing a long-term investment approach grounded in modern portfolio theory using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and real estate funds.

Justin Anderson is a financial advisor at Anderson Griggs Investments with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Anderson Griggs & Co., Inc. since 2008. Anderson Griggs Investments provides investment supervisory services and individual portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations, typically managing accounts of at least $100,000. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes asset allocation through index-tracking ETFs and individual large-cap global equities, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and cyclical analysis methods.