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Alisa Skatrud is a financial advisor at Plum Street Advisors, LLC, holding CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations with five years of industry experience. She has been with Plum Street Advisors since 2020. Prior to her current role, she worked at the Sawyer Business School and the Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and also spent two years retired and volunteering. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and trustees. The firm combines financial planning with discretionary portfolio management, emphasizing strategic asset allocation, cost control through low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware implementation.

David Dirks is a financial advisor at Plum Street Advisors, LLC, with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Plum Street Advisors since 2016 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and trustees, with combined financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, tax-aware implementation, and supplements its portfolios with third-party separately managed accounts and occasional use of options and margin.