Lucinda Lynch is a financial advisor at Lynch Retirement Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked with Lincoln Financial Distributors and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation since 1996. Outside of her advisory role, she provides evening daycare services approximately 25 hours per week. Lynch Retirement Advisors focuses on retirement-centered financial planning and portfolio management for individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic retirement planning, utilizing tools like MoneyGuidePro and Charles Schwab technology, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with around $19.84 million in assets under management.

Penny Wasem is a CFP® and PFS™ professional with 23 years of experience, serving as the principal of Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions, LLC since 2003. She is also the financial officer of the Fairfield County Foundation, a nonprofit organization located in Lancaster, OH. Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, accounting, tax planning, and tax preparation services for individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, estates, and trusts. The firm delivers written financial plans and recommendations without managing client assets or selling investment products, focusing primarily on public accounting and tax work with a small, specialized client base.

Benjamin Wilkey is a financial advisor at SRS Wealth Management in Lancaster, OH, holding a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience and has worked at multiple firms since 2025, including Asset Management and Protection Services, LLC and Superior Retirement Solutions. Prior to entering the financial advisory field, he spent over two decades in the forms and printing industry. SRS Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and small businesses. The firm offers tailored portfolio management and planning services, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed-income securities, and acts as a fiduciary in both discretionary and non-discretionary management roles.

Timothy Hamilton is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at FinancialFamilies since 2014. He holds a Series 66 license and serves as a volunteer Finance Officer for the Civil Air Patrol in Maxwell, Alabama. FinancialFamilies provides financial planning and investment review services to individual and high-net-worth families, focusing on tailored, non-discretionary plans that cover retirement, estate, tax, insurance, business planning, cash flow, and college savings. The firm emphasizes client-specific recommendations and periodic reviews, using various analytical methods and typically recommending mutual funds, ETFs, REITs, and fixed-income instruments.

Todd Childers is a financial advisor at 4 Star Advisory Services LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at Horter Investment Management, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he prepares tax returns as a CPA and sells life insurance and fixed annuities. 4 Star Advisory Services LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, utilizing fundamental analysis, macroeconomic research, and quantitative screening. The firm’s approach includes both long- and short-term trading strategies, with a preference for preferred stocks over bonds and the potential allocation to Bitcoin-focused ETFs under enhanced risk disclosures.

Mason Yerian is an advisor at Aegis Wealth Management, Inc. in Lancaster, OH, holding a Series 65 credential and beginning his financial industry experience in 2026. His background includes roles at Ohio University and involvement with the Ohio University Club alongside ETP Wealth Management, as well as prior work in education and the food service industry. Aegis Wealth Management serves individual investors, institutions, and retirement plans, providing comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management through a multi-team advisor structure. The firm primarily supervises third-party sub-advisers to implement portfolios and utilizes AI-based tools in its client services.

Erin Barnhart is a financial advisor with MPM Wealth Advisors in Lancaster, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. She has been with MPM Wealth Advisors since 2004. Outside of her advisory role, Barnhart coaches swimming at Ohio State University. MPM Wealth Advisors serves individual clients, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, and other entities, managing over $1 billion in assets. The firm focuses on diversified portfolios using low-expense mutual funds and ETFs, guided by client risk profiles, and employs both discretionary and non-discretionary account management strategies.

Scott Iversen is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and possessing 10 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Frontier Asset Management LLC, Northstar Securities LLC, Cross State Financial Group LLC, and Foothill Securities, Inc. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions, employing a combination of top-down and bottom-up analysis across equity, fixed-income, and tactical approaches.

Kasey Hammer is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc. in Lancaster, Ohio, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has been with ValMark Advisers since 2014 and also maintains roles with Valmark Securities and Fairfield Financial. Outside of investment advising, Hammer is involved in several business activities including serving as president of an accounting and tax consulting firm, selling craft items at shows, and volunteering as treasurer for a local elementary school PTO. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional clients through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm emphasizes diversified, goal-based portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, supported by proprietary platforms and comprehensive back-office services.

Gerald Griffith is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Portfolio Medics, LLC, where he has worked since 2009. He has 16 years of industry experience and also operates independently and through Forward Financial Group, offering debt elimination and debt reduction plans as well as life, health, and fixed annuity products. Portfolio Medics is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $552.7 million for about 3,700 clients with a team of 75 advisors. The firm serves both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, employing a mix of strategic and tactical investment approaches across a variety of model portfolios and strategies.

Garrett Tracht is an investment advisor representative with Csenge Advisory Group, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has nine years of industry experience, including prior roles at Madison Avenue Securities, Impact Wealth LLC, Kestra Advisory Services, and Nationwide Financial. He is currently affiliated with both Csenge Advisory Group and Impact Wealth, where he provides wealth advisory and financial planning services. Csenge Advisory Group provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high net worth clients, charities, and corporate clients. The firm applies a combined fundamental and technical analysis approach, emphasizing relative strength and a structured market/sector/manager risk methodology, and offers portfolio customization through discretionary and model-based strategies.

Ronald Ruff is a financial advisor at ValMark Advisers, Inc. with 34 years of industry experience. He has been with ValMark Advisers since 2000 and leads Ruff & Associates, Inc. since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Vice-President of Hammer, Ruff & Associates, a CPA tax and accounting firm, and is involved with the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment Board as a past chair. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services through a network of approximately 280 representatives. The firm offers diversified, goal-based model portfolios primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, and supports its advisors with due diligence, back-office services, and a range of financial products including proprietary ETF portfolios and annuity solutions.

Steven Landis is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Portfolio Medics, LLC since 2008 and is also associated with Sojourn Financial Strategies, LLC. Portfolio Medics is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $552.7 million for around 3,700 clients through 75 advisors. The firm serves both non-HNW and high-net-worth individuals, offering a mix of strategic and tactical investment approaches, including model portfolios that combine traditional wealth management with programmatic trading strategies.

Michael Kays is a financial advisor at Capital Analysts with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Lincoln Investment since 2017, following prior roles at Legend Equities Corporation and Valic Financial Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an assistant varsity girls soccer coach for the Northern Local School District. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, custom and model portfolios, access to third-party managers, and retirement-plan advice through a nationwide network of independent advisors and firm-managed programs.

Brock McGlothin is a financial advisor with Vicus Capital, Inc., holding a Series 65 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Vicus Capital since 2019 and previously at Nationwide Securities and Nationwide. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of McGlothin Insurance, where he sells life, fixed, property, and casualty insurance products. Vicus Capital serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a range of strategies combining fundamental and technical analysis and provides specialized fiduciary consulting and plan-sponsor services uncommon among enterprise firms.

Armando Salgado is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Empower, he worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Mando Enterprise LLC. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, focusing on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan sponsor-selected investment lineups.

Bradley Roach is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Lancaster, Ohio, holding 17 years of industry experience. He has worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance since 2017 and was previously with Primerica Advisors and Guardian Life Insurance Co. Outside of his advisory work, Roach serves as president of Fashion and Vanity Cleaners, Inc. and is a board member of the 211 referral services of Fairfield County as well as the Lancaster-Sherman Rotary. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Nicholas Calendine is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Fifth Third Securities since 2022, with prior experience at Fifth Third Bank and Resource International. Outside of finance, he is involved in a carpentry business. Fifth Third Securities provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, charitable organizations, corporate clients, and institutional investors through its Passageway Managed Account Program. The firm offers multiple discretionary managed-account options that include advisor-directed models, separately managed accounts, and unified programs featuring third-party portfolio managers and tax-overlay services.

Douglas Bolenbaugh is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with PNC Investments since 2009. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through several model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital, discretionary model account pilot for employees. The firm uses approved model strategies managed by PNC or third-party strategists and employs algorithmic tools for model selection and risk assessment.

Austin Griffith is a financial advisor at The Huntington Investment Company with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Ameriprise Financial Services and The Huntington National Bank. Prior to his financial services career, he was involved with Islide Performance Horses and Autumn Rose Farm. The Huntington Investment Company serves individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities, offering advisory and brokerage services through an open-architecture model that combines third-party and proprietary investment strategies.