Cole Frischman is a CFP® professional at Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. with experience at CAPTrust and Waldron Private Wealth prior to joining his current firm. He has a background that includes roles at The Pennsylvania State University and Shady Side Academy. Strategic Wealth Partners serves individuals, retirement plans, foundations, and corporate accounts by providing asset management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and OCIO services. The firm utilizes a diverse investment approach combining various asset types and analysis methods, maintains a fiduciary role for advisory services, and offers services such as tax preparation and insurance advice.

Michelle Taylor is a financial advisor at Balanced Wealth Group LLC with 28 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at firms including Ameriprise, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, and Charles Schwab. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a trustee of finance on a nonprofit board and is a co-owner of a business focused on enterprise collaboration systems. Balanced Wealth Group is an SEC-registered, fee-based advisory firm serving individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm provides financial planning, discretionary investment management, and retirement plan advisory services through a five-advisor team managing approximately $494 million in discretionary assets. Their investment approach emphasizes long-term diversified portfolios constructed mainly with ETFs and mutual funds, utilizing fundamental and technical analysis.

Kimberly Murphy is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving at Park Edge Advisors, LLC. She previously worked at Lowrie Wealth Management of Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC and McDonald Partners, LLC. In addition to her advisory role, she is an adjunct professor at the University of Akron and John Carroll University and serves on the board of the Financial Planning Association of Northeast Ohio. Park Edge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, business owners, trustees, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and pension consulting. The firm employs a tailored investment approach utilizing various analytical methods and trading strategies, and provides services such as subadvisory support and performance-based fee arrangements.

David Cush is a financial advisor with Independence Capital Co., Inc. and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 12 years of industry experience, including prior roles at the ON Equity Sales Company and Wisconsin Financial Group. Outside of his advisory work, he creates woodworking educational videos. Independence Capital Co., Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $118.7 million across 300 client relationships, employing a fundamental, long-term investment approach tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Jay McClellan is a CFP® professional with 40 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cornerstone Asset Management Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at Aurora Securities Inc., Secure Asset Management, L.L.C., Concorde Investment Services, LLC, and Asset Management Systems Inc. McClellan is also president of Asset Management Systems, a business that provides income tax preparation, financial planning, and insurance services, and he owns the McClellan Agency, which focuses on fixed insurance and annuity sales. Cornerstone Asset Management Services, Inc. offers discretionary portfolio management and consulting primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, corporations, and pensions. The firm uses a proprietary investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis and provides a range of services including model portfolios, separately managed accounts, sub-advisory management, and consulting.

Andreas Koustis is a financial advisor with WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 license and bringing 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Beach Benefits Group, Axios Financial Services LLC, Oppenheimer, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of his advisory work, Koustis provides tax preparation and consulting services on a 1099 basis with ETHOS CPA LLC. WestPoint Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to tailor strategies aligned with client goals and risk tolerances, managing accounts directly or through third-party managers while coordinating reporting and paperwork.

Matthew Gordillo is a financial advisor with Park Edge Advisors, LLC in Cleveland, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Stratos Wealth Advisors, Inverness Securities, and First Allied Advisory Services. He is also a licensed insurance agent who sells life and health insurance. Park Edge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, business owners, trustees, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and consulting services. The firm employs a varied investment approach that includes fundamental and quantitative analysis, options, and ETF allocation, with active portfolio monitoring and quarterly reviews.

Raymond Bolin is an investment advisor at Southland Equity Partners, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He has worked with FSC Securities Corporation since 2002 and joined Southland Equity Partners in 2021. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates American Premier Financial Services, which provides life and health insurance and mortgage services. Southland Equity Partners, LLC serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, offering financial planning, direct asset management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to create customized, mostly discretionary portfolios and evaluates third-party portfolio managers for specific asset classes.

Frederick Kerestury is a financial advisor at WestPoint Wealth Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at WestPoint since 2020, following prior roles at AMFG Wealth Management LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC. He serves on the fundraising committee for the YMCA of Lorain County. WestPoint Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to tailor strategies to client goals and risk tolerances, managing assets both directly and through third-party managers.

Christina Fanourakis is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving at Cornerstone Wealth Management in Westlake, OH. She has been with DAGCO, Inc. since 2015. Cornerstone Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to construct diversified portfolios and employs active strategies such as option writing and margin use, managing approximately $511 million on a discretionary basis.

Ashley Kabalan is a financial advisor with Independence Wealth Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. She has six years of industry experience, including five years with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and three years at The Oak Barrel prior to her current role. Independence Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and employee benefit plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm combines fundamental, quantitative, and technical investment methods, and provides clients access to performance and holdings monitoring through eMoney.

Nathan Fischer is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He is currently with SWP Investment Management LLC and has previously worked at Strategic Wealth Partners and Wesbanco. SWP Investment Management LLC provides customized portfolio management focused on exchange-traded funds and serves as the investment adviser for those ETFs. The firm’s clients are primarily investment companies and pooled-vehicle mandates, and its investment approach combines charting analysis with fundamental criteria to construct concentrated equity portfolios.

Michael Fedj is a financial advisor with Fourth Dimension Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Raymond James and Associates and Wells Fargo Advisors. Fourth Dimension Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans with discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and personal financial planning. The firm develops individualized asset allocations based on clients’ goals and risk tolerance, employs active portfolio monitoring with a range of analytical techniques, and emphasizes ongoing client communication and education through detailed reporting and workshops.

Todd Kalish is a financial advisor at Park Edge Advisors, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Park Edge Advisors in 2022, he worked at McDonald Partners and Morgan Stanley in various roles from 2008 to 2022. Kalish serves as a board member of the Catholic Diocese. Park Edge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, business owners, trustees, and institutional clients. The firm uses a combination of financial planning and multiple analytical approaches to tailor portfolios, offering discretionary management and subadvisory services with a range of investment strategies including ETFs and options.

Nathan Gist is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Lesjak Planning Corporation since 2002. Nathan works at Lesjak Planning, LLC, a family-owned registered investment adviser based in Westlake, OH. Lesjak Planning serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering written financial planning and portfolio management through two advisory programs. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach tailored to client risk profiles and provides routine portfolio reviews, client newsletters, and seminars.

Aidan Shoop is an advisor at Royal Oak Financial Advisors, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Shoop Wealth Management, Lake Erie College, and the University of Findlay. Royal Oak Financial Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan monitoring. The firm uses model portfolios based on client questionnaires and risk tolerance, employing a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, and option strategies.

Susan Vasu is a financial advisor at Landing Point Financial Group with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for nine years before joining Landing Point in 2021. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in fiduciary activities such as serving as an attorney-in-fact, trustee, or personal representative. Landing Point Financial Group provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a client-tailored process focused on fundamental analysis and a generally long-term investment orientation, utilizing third-party research and external managers as part of its approach.

David Lesjak is a financial advisor with Lesjak Planning, LLC in Westlake, Ohio, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been associated with United Planners' Financial Services of America A Limited Partner since 1989 and has led Lesjak Planning Corp since 1981. Lesjak Planning is a family-owned registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm provides written financial planning and portfolio management through advisory programs that emphasize a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy tailored to client risk profiles, incorporating diversified asset allocations and regular portfolio reviews.

Marnie Randel is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Paradigm Wealth Management, LLC since 2014. She is based in Westlake, OH and is part of a six-advisor team. Paradigm Wealth Management advises individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and participant account management services. The firm employs a range of investment approaches tailored to client objectives and uses third-party model portfolios and money managers, while also offering no-fee educational seminars for plan participants.

Andrew Smith is a Series 65-credentialed financial advisor with Rockport Wealth Advisors and has been with the firm since 2026. He is also the owner, CEO, and President of American Asset Management Corporation, a certified public accounting firm he founded in 2009. Smith has 17 years of experience in accounting and financial services. Rockport Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines in-house portfolio management with third-party sub-advisory and digital platform services, emphasizing individualized portfolios and active risk management strategies.