William Messner is the principal of Bill Messner Contrarian Investment Advisory, LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 30 years of industry experience, including 10 years at Keystone Investment Advisors, LLC before founding his current firm in 2019. Outside of advising, he works as a substitute teacher in Pennsylvania and Ohio and owns Tranquil Sanctuary Services, LLC, which provides high-end tutoring. Bill Messner Contrarian Investment Advisory, LLC offers personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, state and municipal entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach combining passive index funds and ETFs with selective active strategies, and it provides discretionary management options for employer retirement plans.

Simonae Lyles is a financial advisor with Storehouse Investments LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 16 years of industry experience. She has worked at Storehouse Investments since 2019 and has prior experience at Williams-Cleaveland Financial and related firms. Outside of advising, she serves on the boards of the YMCA in New Castle and the Lawrence Community Foundation, and is a part-time instructor at Slippery Rock University. Storehouse Investments provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm delivers tailored advice using fundamental analysis and offers additional services including ERISA plan management, tax preparation, insurance, and financial education through seminars and workshops.

Robert Lyles is a financial advisor at Storehouse Investments LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked previously at Williams-Cleaveland Financial and SA Stone Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, Lyles serves as a school director for the New Castle Area School District, a municipal secretary for the City of New Castle, and volunteers with the Lawrence County Sports Hall of Fame. Storehouse Investments is a small advisory firm serving individual clients, retirement plans, and charitable or business entities. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and manages annuity and variable life contracts, tailoring portfolios to client goals using fundamental analysis and periodic reviews.

Barbara Battin is a financial advisor at Confluence Financial Partners with 14 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at CETERA Advisor Networks LLC and CashDollar & Associates, LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a committee member at Cochranton Community Church, where she oversees budget, expenses, and audits financial records. Confluence Financial Partners provides holistic wealth management and financial planning to individual clients, professionals, business owners, and corporate executives, as well as retirement plan consulting to institutional clients. The firm employs a fiduciary approach with active and passive investment strategies, emphasizing asset allocation and macroeconomic analysis.

Todd Fennick is a financial advisor with LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 30 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Sterne Agee and ownership of Fennick Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, Fennick is a 50% owner of a lawncare business and serves on the governing boards of the New Castle Rotary and First Alliance Church. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers both non-discretionary and discretionary investment programs, emphasizing a predominance of non-discretionary asset management.

Michael Williams is a financial advisor with Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fusion Capital Management since 2019 and has prior experience with Panthrex Asset Management LLC and Virtue Capital Management, LLC. Additionally, he has been involved with The Williams Group since 1991, where he also works as an insurance agent. Fusion Investment Advisors, operating under Coppell Advisory Solutions, provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an open-architecture platform utilizing both fundamental and technical analysis to implement tailored investment strategies across a broad range of asset classes.

Jonathan Van Kirk is an investment advisory representative at Vicus Capital, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Vicus Capital provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and employee benefit plan sponsors. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across various model and separately managed strategies and offers specialized retirement-plan consulting and fiduciary services.

Ronald Peters is a financial advisor at Vicus Capital, Inc. with 40 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at firms including Strategic Lifestyle Advisors, Inc., Cetera Wealth Services, and CPL Financial Group. Peters serves as an elected board member for the Clarion Forest County Visiting Nurses Association, where he reviews financial matters and approves business plans. Vicus Capital provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, businesses, trusts, and employee benefit plan sponsors. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with various model strategies and places particular emphasis on retirement-plan consulting and fiduciary services.

Sean Battin is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Lincoln Investment, Sankey Insurance and Financial Services, and Horace Mann Investors. Outside of his advisory work, Sean serves as a board member for Cochranton Community Church, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making. Capital Analysts serves retail and institutional clients, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management and retirement-plan advice through a nationwide network of independent advisors and combines discretionary investment management with third-party manager access.

Gregory Sankey is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Capital Analysts and Lincoln Investment, having joined both firms in 2020, and previously spent 13 years at The Horace Mann Companies. Sankey is also the president and owner of Sankey Insurance and Financial Services, which provides insurance and fixed annuity sales. 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 through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches, utilizing a proprietary mutual-fund screening process and maintaining institutional relationships to support its investment products and retirement-plan services.

Timothy Harrison is a financial advisor at LaSalle St. Investment Advisors, L.L.C. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at The Alliance, McConkey Financial, and Fennick Financial. Outside of advising, he is involved in IT consulting and occasionally speaks at local churches, drawing on his prior work abroad as a clergy worker. LaSalle St. Investment Advisors offers personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs, emphasizing a predominance of non-discretionary assets under management.

Gregory Liszka is a CFP® with 18 years of experience in financial advising. He is currently affiliated with Vicus Capital, Inc. and has previously worked with Cetera and Strategic Lifestyle Advisors. Liszka also teaches a retirement planning class and serves on the board of Grove City Country Club. Vicus Capital provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and employee benefit plan sponsors. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with various model and separately managed strategies, emphasizing retirement-plan consulting and fiduciary services alongside broader investment solutions.

Shawn Sauerwein is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott in New Castle, PA. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2012. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.

Benjamin Burkley is a financial advisor with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Stratos in 2017, Burkley worked at firms including LPL Financial, Hefren Tillotson, and Federated Global Investment Management. Stratos Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser with approximately 379 advisors and $18.6 billion in assets under management. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, nonprofits, and institutional clients, employing an open-architecture investment approach with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management tailored to client goals.

Thomas Masters is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 46 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at LPL Financial, Wrp Investments, Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott, and Parker/Hunter Incorporated. He is based in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans with services including portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model using a variety of investment strategies and technology platforms, and offers proprietary and third-party managed account solutions.

Brock Cheurco is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with Series 66 credentials and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at MassMutual and MML Investors Services, as well as work experience during his studies at Youngstown State University and the East Palestine Street Department. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering a variety of advisory and brokerage services supported by in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Corey Altman is a CFP®, PFS™, and Series 65 credentialed advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He currently works at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has held positions at The Colony Group, Buckingham Asset Management, Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP, A&F Financial Advisors LLC, and OPIS Asset Management LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial and tax planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses an investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, incorporating fundamental and quantitative analysis along with specialized tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

Cathleen Beatrice is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc. and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has 13 years of industry experience and currently serves as Assistant Vice President of Branch Banking at Mercer County State Bank, where she has worked since 2017. Her prior experience includes roles at Infinex Investments, Ristvey Investment Group, Raymond James Financial Services, and The Huntington Investment Company. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, consulting, and access to alternative investments, operating with a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model that includes both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

David Gettings is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in New Castle, PA, holding Series 63 and 65 licenses and having 33 years of industry experience. Prior to joining GWN Securities in 2015, he worked at Lawrence County and has operated The Gettings Financial Group LLC and his own CPA practice since the early 1990s. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in nonprofit activities including serving as an advisor for the Albert P. Gettings Memorial Foundation, a board member at a community mental health center, and founding the Gettings Leadership Centers, which provides educational programs on honor and values. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm uses a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and model-based allocations, employing both traditional asset allocation and momentum-based trading strategies in certain legacy programs.

Matthew Pruitt is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with nine years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at WCG Wealth Advisors, Treloar & Heisel, Citizens Securities, Bank of America, Merrill, and PNC Bank. MAI Capital Management, LLC provides investment management, wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of portfolio strategies and integrates financial planning and tax services within client relationships, managing $72.3 billion in assets as of May 31, 2026.