Michael Hibbs is a financial advisor at Third Stanza Group with a Series 65 credential and no prior advisory industry experience. He has work experience as a facilities manager at a semiconductor manufacturing plant. Third Stanza Group is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser providing financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to plan sponsors, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business clients. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy using various securities and emphasizes bundled financial planning within its asset-based advisory services.

Paul Vermilya is a financial advisor at Compass Investment Advisers, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Compass Investment Advisers since 2004. Vermilya holds a Series 63 designation. Compass Investment Advisers is an independent SEC-registered advisory firm that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $110 million across about 72 clients, employing diversified investment strategies that include mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, stocks, and derivatives, with a focus on fundamental and technical analysis and a long-term buy-and-hold approach.

Kibwe Cuffie is a financial advisor at Portland Private Wealth Management, Inc. with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Portland Private Wealth Management since 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he has extensive involvement in youth soccer organizations, including leadership positions at United PDX Soccer Club, Tualatin Hills United Soccer Club, and Southside Soccer Club. Portland Private Wealth Management serves individuals, family offices, trusts, corporations, non-profits, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, portfolio management, and integrated financial planning. The firm emphasizes diversification, tax efficiency, and customized portfolio solutions, managing approximately $235 million in assets across over 400 client relationships.

Duane Bolinger is a CFP® and ChFC® with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Eldon Reese Advisory Group since 2022 and previously spent 12 years with Oneamerica Securities and American United Life. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for the Liberty Fast Break Club, a youth basketball program. Eldon Reese Advisory Group serves individuals, families, business owners, and retirement plan sponsors with financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and employee retirement plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, and offers services including financial coaching and business consulting.

Anika Hedstrom is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 12 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Uplevel Wealth since 2021, following prior roles including five years at Vista Capital Partners and a brief period as self-employed. In addition to her advisory work, Ms. Hedstrom is an independent financial journalist who occasionally writes articles on market commentary and financial advice. Uplevel Wealth provides tailored investment management and comprehensive financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a modern portfolio theory approach, focusing on passive, diversified portfolios with discretionary trading, and operates as a fee-only fiduciary with a small, two-advisor team.

Stuart Allen is a financial advisor with Allen Capital Management, LLC in Vancouver, WA, holding 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Allen Capital Management since 2005 and also serves as principal of Allen Trust Company, a role he has held since 1998. Allen Capital Management is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $200 million for individuals, corporate plans, and charitable institutions. The firm offers customized discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, emphasizing strategic asset allocation and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Erik Miller is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Interactive Wealth Advisors since 2013, following prior roles at Confluence Wealth Management LLC and CMC Advisers, LLC. Interactive Wealth Advisors is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser managing approximately $91 million for around 63 individual clients, including retirees, business owners, and executives. The firm provides ongoing wealth management and coordinated financial planning, employing a tactical, proactive asset-allocation approach that combines passive and active strategies across multiple asset classes.

Becky Vogt Lundeen is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Trihelix Wealth Collective in Portland, OR. Her prior experience includes roles at Northwestern Mutual and several independent advisory practices. Outside of financial advising, she is the owner of a non-financial business focused on writing a memoir and is involved in nonprofit event planning. Trihelix Wealth Collective provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm specializes in tailored investment plans with an emphasis on medical-training financial planning and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Christopher Pawlowski is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Wellspring Advisors, Inc. He has previously worked at Oswego Wealth Advisors Inc., KMS Financial Services, Inc., BCA Financial Services, Hannink, Tanuwijaya & Martinez, and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Wellspring Advisors, Inc. serves individual clients, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering financial life planning, investment management, consulting, and administrative support for estate-document preparation. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and uses a global network of specialist money managers, incorporating tax-management techniques and alternative mutual-fund strategies where suitable.

Blaine Burnett is a financial advisor at Eldon Reese Advisory Group with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Great Oak Financial Group and Cetera Advisors LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Burnett owns and manages a horse barn in Canby, Oregon. Eldon Reese Advisory Group serves individuals, families, and employer plan sponsors, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and business consulting with an emphasis on long-term, asset-allocation strategies and tailored client solutions.

Derek Kaufman is a financial advisor with Columbia River Financial Group in Vancouver, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Columbia River Financial Group since 2016, and previously worked at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Thrivent Investment Management Inc. Columbia River Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs both quantitative and qualitative analysis to tailor portfolios across a wide range of instruments, managing most assets on a discretionary basis.

Kyle Parsons is a financial advisor at Rock Creek Wealth Management with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Cross Financial Advisors, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Parsons has been involved in providing investment advisory services through Cross Financial Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor. Rock Creek Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment manager that serves primarily institutional and pooled-vehicle clients, offering discretionary investment supervisory services alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs an asset allocation and fundamental analysis approach within a longer-term buy-and-hold framework and offers stand-alone, hourly financial planning engagements.

Quinn Kahn is a financial advisor at Dyad Capital LLC with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and UBS Financial Services. Dyad Capital provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as corporate pension plans and charitable organizations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach focused on equity securities and manages individualized portfolios with diversification and documented trade processes.

Garth Shinn is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with aLuman since 2015. Based in Portland, OR, he holds the Series 65 designation. aLuman primarily serves individual clients, including a significant number of high-net-worth individuals, and small business owners, offering discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs an academically based, tactical buy-and-hold investment approach with broad diversification and emphasizes low turnover and periodic rebalancing.

Daniel Retzlaff is a financial advisor at Rock Creek Wealth Management with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets. Retzlaff has experience providing investment advisory services through Cross Financial Advisors, LLC, an independent advisory firm. Rock Creek Wealth Management focuses on serving corporations, partnerships, charitable organizations, and other non-retail entities by offering discretionary investment supervisory services, financial planning, and retirement-plan advice. The firm employs asset allocation and fundamental analysis while engaging third-party independent managers as part of its investment process.

Timothy Gallagher is a financial advisor at Vita Planning Group LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at AE Financial Services, Liberty Wealth Management, and Liberty Group. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales through Vita Insurance Associates, Inc. Vita Planning Group serves participant-directed retirement plans and individual clients, offering retirement-plan advisory, discretionary and nondiscretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification, provides ongoing plan monitoring, and maintains multiple branch offices despite a small advisor team.

David Rasmussen is a financial advisor with Catalyst Financial NW Corporation in Gresham, OR, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. He has been associated with American Service Corp. since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Rasmussen owns and operates a wholesale tree farm, Red Barn Nursery, LLC. Catalyst Financial NW Corporation provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm primarily uses no-load mutual funds with a focus on long-term investments and customizes portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance.

Michael Baltzell is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at Columbia River Financial Group since 2017. Prior to this, he worked for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Thrivent Investment Management from 2004 to 2017. Columbia River Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers customized advisory services, typically on a discretionary basis, and employs a portfolio construction approach that incorporates both quantitative and qualitative analysis across a broad range of investment instruments.

Trevor Bruno is a financial advisor at ROI Financial in Beaverton, OR, holding a Series 65 credential with five years of industry experience. He has worked with ROI Financial Advisors since 2020 and ROI Tax, LLC since 2021. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed tax preparer and part-owner of ROI Tax, where he assists with tax return preparation during tax season. ROI Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients, business owners, and retirement plans by offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analyses and provides services including margin transactions, short sales, and options writing, with custodial relationships primarily at Schwab Institutional.

Petr Burunov is a financial advisor with Ambassador Wealth Management, LLC in Vancouver, WA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial and has operated Ambassador Wealth Management since 2009. In addition to advising, he provides tax preparation and bookkeeping services through Ambassador Tax Consultants, LLC, a business he has managed since 2013. Ambassador Wealth Management offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, business entities, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis to construct portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, equities, debt instruments, and private placements, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with regular reviews.