James Crew is the sole advisor at Nirvana Analytics, LLC, an independent firm based in Pepper Pike, OH. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at Paradigm Institutional Investments from 2021 to 2022. Nirvana Analytics provides discretionary investment management to a range of clients, including individuals, estates, trusts, pensions, corporations, and public-sector entities. The firm focuses on large-cap equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and option-based trading strategies such as credit spreads and covered-call writing, managing accounts on a discretionary basis with in-house research and regular reviews.

Drew Gill is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Enza Financial, LLC and has previously worked with firms including Golden Reserve Retirement, Investment Distributors, Inc., and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. Drew’s background also includes varied roles outside the financial sector, such as positions in retail and dining. Enza Financial serves individual clients, businesses, and retirement plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes multiple analytical methods and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advice, along with participant-level retirement plan services and access to a wide range of investment vehicles.

Steven Francomacaro is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Virtera Partners LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to joining Virtera, he held roles at the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Windancer Holdings, and Gerber Taylor. Virtera Partners provides customized investment advisory services primarily to ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification across public and alternative asset classes, utilizing manager selection and due diligence to implement concentrated, high-conviction strategies.

Michael Rabe is a CFA® charterholder with 48 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Rabe Investment Consulting Group, where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he held positions at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. Rabe Investment Consulting Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a fiduciary approach combining active and passive strategies, with an emphasis on tax-efficient, risk-adjusted asset allocation and uses quantitative screening to identify undervalued securities.

Stanley Oda is a CFP® professional with 37 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been the principal of Oda and Company, Inc. since 1999 and has also been associated with LPL Financial LLC since 1998. Oda and Company serves individuals, trusts, charities, and business entities by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and estate-settlement assistance. The firm uses Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios across five risk profiles and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis, incorporating fundamental and technical analysis as well as tactical asset allocation.

Theodore Beckman is a financial advisor at Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2009 and holds a Series 63 designation. Game Plan Financial Advisors provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high net worth clients, and trusts, managing approximately $224.7 million in assets across 176 client relationships. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis to build individualized portfolios, utilizing a broad range of investment strategies including equities, fixed income, derivatives, and leveraged instruments.

Keith Sechler is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. since 1987, serving as one of its two advisors. Keystone Financial Planning serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, focusing on building dividend income through a combination of technical analysis and long-term investment strategies.

Molly Balunek is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience. She has been with Endeavor Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2019 and also maintains a role at Laurel Tree Advisors, LLC. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as a board member of the Validation Training Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charity focused on improving communication with older adults experiencing memory loss. Endeavor Wealth Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, and employer plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a predominantly long-term, diversified investment approach and provides specialized retirement plan education as part of its consulting offerings.

Chaya Slain is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. She is currently with Virtera Partners LLC, where she has worked since 2020, following prior roles at Adcap Partners LLC, Adcap Management Inc., and Parkwood Corporation. In addition to her advisory role, she controls general partner entities connected to private investment funds managed by Virtera. Virtera Partners provides customized investment advisory services primarily to ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, charitable organizations, and certain pooled vehicles. The firm focuses on asset allocation and diversification across public and alternative asset classes, employing a family-office model with a small, concentrated client base and serving as adviser and general partner to affiliated private funds.

Desiree Fiktus is a financial advisor at Tidmore Retirement Planning Specialists with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2008. Tidmore Retirement Planning Specialists provides investment advisory and fiduciary governance services mainly to ERISA-qualified retirement plans, plan sponsors, and individual IRA holders. The firm offers retirement-plan consulting, Investment Policy Statement development, participant education, ongoing monitoring, and discretionary 3(38) fiduciary asset-management services.

Brandon Rotsky is a CFP® with eight years of industry experience currently serving as an investment advisor representative at Kinetic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Sage Private Wealth Group, and TIAA. Kinetic Wealth Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers. The firm manages approximately $214.5 million in discretionary assets and employs a diversified investment approach combining modern portfolio theory, fundamental and quantitative analysis, and technical methods focused on U.S. stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and long-term trading.

Aaron Simpson is a CFP® and ChFC® with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Alpha Planning and Financial Services, Inc. since 2017 and previously spent time at Simpson Financial Services, LLC and Clarity 2 Prosperity Advisory Group. Alpha Planning and Financial Services, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $113 million through discretionary portfolio management, retirement and income-generation advice, and standalone financial planning. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental investment approach and manages accounts via its own wrap-fee program, utilizing third-party model managers and AE Wealth Management’s platform.

Brian Chait is the principal of Lynx Capital Group Ltd in Beachwood, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Lynx Capital Group since 1996. In addition to his advisory role, he provides administrative services and advice to the Fund of Elite Managers LP and serves as a sub-advisor to BC Global Opportunity Fund, LP. Lynx Capital Group, Ltd. is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser that offers discretionary asset management and investment advice to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes personalized portfolio management and integrates fundamental and technical analysis across various strategies including dividend-growth equity, ETF-based global macro, and customized bond portfolios.

Megan Eberhart is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. She is currently an advisor at Summit Wealth Management LLC, where she has worked since 2021. Prior to that, she was employed at Johnson Investment Counsel and GBQ Consulting. Summit Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and pension/401(k) consulting to individual investors and employer-sponsored plans. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients, employing fundamental analysis and long-term investment strategies alongside Schwab’s Institutional Intelligent Portfolios for index-based asset allocation with automated monitoring and rebalancing.

Rakesh Mehra is a CFA® charterholder with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with RM Investment Management, Inc. since 1993. 2 Knights Wealth Management, LLC serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses with personalized investment management and financial advice. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering actively managed mutual fund strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Michael Norehad is a financial advisor at Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2009 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Outside of his advisory role, he is co-owner and advisor of the School of Rock music schools in Westlake, Strongsville, and Highland Heights, Ohio. Game Plan Financial Advisors provides discretionary asset management to individuals, high net worth clients, and trusts. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to build individualized portfolios and employs a broad range of active investment strategies including inverse ETFs, derivatives, and margin.

Murray Kosmin is a financial advisor at Kosmin Wealth Management in Beachwood, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms, including Sii Investments Inc and Al/Ko Creative Retirement Planners, a small family business outside of investment advisory. Kosmin Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing investment advisory and financial planning services. The firm employs a risk-oriented investment approach focused on asset allocation using diversified mutual fund and ETF portfolios, and also offers tax preparation and insurance services through its representatives.

Joseph Romito is a financial advisor with Gross Investments LLC in Rocky River, OH, holding nine years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including Westpoint Wealth Management, LLC and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Romito is involved in a private real estate rental business. Gross Investments LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $9.4 million across 206 accounts. The firm provides project-based financial planning, hourly consultations, and ongoing investment management, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical approaches to build primarily long-term portfolios.

Richard Packer is a CFP® and ChFC® with 29 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Kinetic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2020, and has been affiliated with LPL Financial since 2004. In addition to his advisory role, he manages a CPA firm, North Valley Financial Services LLC, where he serves as member and manager. Kinetic Wealth Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other advisers. The firm employs a tailored, long-term investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory methods, managing approximately $184.6 million in discretionary assets.

Kara Downing is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 18 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Endeavor Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2019 and concurrently at Younity Wealth Partners, LLC since 2016. Endeavor Wealth Advisors serves individuals, couples, families, trusts, and employer plan sponsors, focusing on discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a predominantly long-term, diversified investment approach and offers retirement plan consulting that includes participant education on cash flow, retirement planning, investment research, and tax considerations.