Jacob Corey is a financial advisor at Retirement Resources, LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has previously worked at State Farm and Chase Bank. Retirement Resources, LLC provides financial planning and asset management services focused on retirement income planning, managing approximately $166 million in client assets through discretionary portfolio management and a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analyses. The firm also offers educational newsletters and free workshops to clients and prospects.

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David Petoskey is a financial advisor with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 35 years of industry experience. His career includes multiple roles at LPL Financial and leadership positions at Wealthcare Advisory Partners and Wealth Management Services, LLC. He serves on the Financial Sustainability Committee for Bloomfield Township and is a notary. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC manages approximately $6 billion in client assets through a team of over 150 advisors. The firm serves individuals, trusts and estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses, using a goals-based planning process supported by proprietary software and an evidence-based investment framework that incorporates behavioral economics.

Eric Daniel is a financial advisor with Daniel Investment Group Inc. in Royal Oak, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network from 1997 to 2021 and again from 2022 to 2025, alongside his ongoing role at Daniel Investment Group since 1997. Daniel Investment Group Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fee-oriented, fiduciary, and cost-sensitive approach using customizable model portfolios, managing approximately $210 million across about 214 client relationships.

Jeffrey Kaplan is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Oxford Harriman Private Wealth Management and has previously worked at Lincoln Investment and Thurston Springer Financial. Kaplan is also involved in estate planning through a family LLC and serves as a trustee on various matters. Oxford Harriman Private Wealth Management is an SEC-registered firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension plans, and business entities. The firm uses a tailored, multi-asset investment approach with continuous monitoring, offering a range of services from asset management to financial planning and retirement consulting.

Nicole Wirick is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Prosperity Wealth Strategies LLC since 2019. She previously worked at Planning Alternatives Ltd. and Wealthcare Advisors. Nicole is a licensed attorney in Michigan but does not practice law. Prosperity Wealth Strategies is a small discretionary investment adviser managing approximately $95 million for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides ongoing portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, using Modern Portfolio Theory with a long-term trading approach across mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and ETFs.

Eric Smith is a financial advisor with Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with CSSC Investment Advisory Services, Inc. and Consulting Services Support Corporation since 1998. Outside of his advisory work, Smith serves as Director and Executive Vice President of the Shaolin Do Association, Inc., a martial arts trade association. Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. provides decision-assistance services for retirement plan sponsors and trustees through an internet-based platform that refers clients to a network of registered investment advisers. The firm uses a patented application to score and rank investment options and supports non-discretionary, process-driven plan reviews.

David Boike is a financial advisor with Retirement Resources, LLC in Auburn Hills, MI, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked with Global Financial Private Capital, LLC since 2010 and has been with Retirement Resources since 2009. Boike is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating approximately 20% of his time to that activity. Retirement Resources, LLC serves individual clients with a focus on retirement income planning, providing ongoing asset management, comprehensive and modular financial planning, and consultations. The firm manages about $143 million for roughly 374 clients and operates a three-advisor team.

Timothy Hooker is a financial advisor with Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC in Southfield, MI, holding a Series 65 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has been involved with Born Free Capital Management L.L.C. since 2014 and has longstanding roles at Wayne State University and St. Mary’s Preparatory. Dynamic Wealth Solutions LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, foundations, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm uses a disciplined, model-based asset allocation approach combined with fundamental security analysis and a proprietary “TREAT” framework, providing services that include option overlay strategies and ERISA plan advisory roles.

John Herbert is a financial advisor at Bowline Financial, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to Bowline Financial, he worked at MML Investors Services, Mass Mutual, and Axa Advisors. Herbert is independently licensed to sell insurance products and receives commissions for these sales. Bowline Financial serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans, providing comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm uses a strategic asset-allocation approach tailored to client goals and employs a range of analysis techniques alongside third-party platforms to offer tax-efficient portfolio management and access to less-common investment vehicles.

Christopher Emde is a financial advisor with Emde Wealth Management LLC in Bloomfield Hills, MI, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Emde Wealth Management and Regulus, LLC since 2016. Outside of advisory services, he is a licensed insurance agent selling health and life insurance as well as fixed annuities. Emde Wealth Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities, managing approximately $45 million across 75 client relationships. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting, employing individualized asset-allocation strategies that include U.S. and international equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, alternative investments, and private placements.

Logan Bauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Paragon Retirement Planning, Inc. in Troy, MI, with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Foguth Wealth Management, Comerica Bank, and Raymond James. Paragon Retirement Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients, offering comprehensive and single-issue financial planning with a minimum account size generally required. The firm employs a model portfolio strategy approach using unaffiliated sub-advisors for portfolio management while maintaining responsibility for client relationships and reviews.

Richard Russo II is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Freedom Formula Wealth Management. His prior experience includes roles at Just West Inc. and Russo Insurance Agency. Freedom Formula Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to implement client-specific asset allocation, with regular portfolio reviews and monthly written plan updates for financial planning clients.

Jeffery Cooper is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Alternatives with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He has held executive roles outside of finance, including serving as Vice President of Product Safety and Product Compliance at ZF Automotive since 2004. Cornerstone Alternatives primarily serves individual and high-net-worth investors, focusing on private market offerings such as private placements, closed-end funds, and special-purpose vehicle private funds. The firm emphasizes tactical asset allocation using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides both discretionary management and non-discretionary advisory services.

Sarah Fletcher is a financial advisor at Team Covert, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Merrill Lynch and Barnett Financial & Tax, Inc. Outside of advising, she is also licensed to sell insurance products. Team Covert, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and targeted financial consulting. The firm customizes portfolios using model strategies and a recommended sub-adviser for trading, while also offering integrated tax and insurance services through affiliated entities.

Brian Stone is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Greystone Financial Group, LLC since 2020 and previously worked at Polaris Greystone Financial Group, LLC from 2015 to 2020. Greystone Financial Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other businesses by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and pension consulting services. The firm employs a tactical investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with active portfolio adjustments aimed at managing downside risk and pursuing risk-adjusted returns across various asset classes.

David Sculati is a financial advisor at Sculati Wealth Management, LLC in Bloomfield Hills, MI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Sculati Wealth Management since 2012. Sculati Wealth Management offers personalized financial planning and discretionary wealth management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses. The firm operates as a fee-only adviser, providing financial plans at no additional cost for fee-only clients, and employs a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to manage approximately $381 million with a compact advisory team.

Donald McLeod is a financial advisor at Alpha Asset Advisors LLC with 57 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has worked with several firms including Geneos Wealth Management Inc and The McLeod Group Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of The McLeod Group Inc, which provides employee benefit services, and owns The McLeod-Koski Agency Inc, a fixed insurance agency. Alpha Asset Advisors primarily serves individual clients through a sub-advisory model, managing discretionary accounts identified by unaffiliated primary advisers. The firm employs a rules-based dividend-growth strategy focused on stocks with strong free cash flow and a history of increasing dividends.

Shane Kinney is a financial advisor at EPI Financial Group with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Hantz Financial Services and operating an entertainment business, Beyond the Score, where he creates and produces content for a monetized YouTube channel. He is also involved with EPI Protection, LLC as an insurance agent. EPI Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to non-high-net-worth individual households, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a sub-adviser platform for discretionary portfolio management and offers ongoing financial planning without a planning fee, integrating insurance services through its affiliated insurance agents.

Robert Sinnaeve is a Series 65-licensed advisor with SS&H Financial Advisors, Inc. in Troy, MI, where he has worked since 1992, totaling 34 years with the firm and 15 years of industry experience. SS&H Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered independent investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and foundations with portfolios of at least $350,000. The firm manages approximately $347 million across 249 accounts, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis alongside macroeconomic monitoring to guide security selection, emphasizing risk management and asset protection.