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Raymond Gazelle is a CFP® professional with 18 years of experience, operating independently through his firm, Raymond L. Gazelle Jr., since 2005. His practice includes consulting services to small banks on internal operations and data processing, reflecting a background in bank operations. The firm offers comprehensive financial and investment planning services to individuals as well as corporate and nonprofit organizations, often collaborating with clients’ financial officers or committees. It employs a long-term, strategic portfolio allocation approach focused on asset allocation, diversification, and selection of mutual funds and ETFs, providing advice on a consultative, non-discretionary basis without managing client assets.

Kathleen McQuade is a Certified Financial Planner® with three years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at her independent firm in Laurel, MD. She has been managing her practice since 2010 and holds a Series 65 license. Her firm provides fee-only financial planning and consulting services to individual clients, focusing on investment, retirement, insurance, education, and estate planning. The practice employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach, primarily recommending no-load, low-cost, tax-efficient mutual funds with asset allocation as the key factor in portfolio returns.

Katrina Riddick is the President and CEO of People First Financial Advisors, with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Percival Financial Partners, Ltd and Backstrom Mccarley Berry & Co., LLC. In addition to her role at People First, she serves as President and CEO of FAIM Group Strategic Solutions Center, LLC, where she consults for small and start-up minority-owned businesses. People First Financial Advisors specializes in municipal financial advisory services for government and quasi-government bond issuers, including structuring public debt transactions and assisting with broker-dealer selection. The firm provides non-discretionary advice focused on municipal advisory work and is developing capabilities in traditional investment advisory and pension consulting.

Robert Clark is a CFP® professional with 25 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the principal at Clark Company since 2017 and previously worked at National Planning Corporation for 12 years. In addition to his advisory work, Clark provides income tax preparation and fixed insurance services for clients. Clark Company offers asset and portfolio management, comprehensive wealth planning, and tax preparation for individuals, trusts, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs customized investment strategies and generally operates on a primarily non-discretionary basis, combining investment advisory services with insurance and tax services.

Christopher Oland is a financial advisor with Harmony Wealth Advisors, LLC in Edgewater, MD, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. He has worked with Harmony Group, Inc. and Harmony Wealth Advisors since 2015. Outside of advising, he is a passive owner of a restaurant in Annapolis, MD, and serves as President of Southern Maryland Little League. Harmony Wealth Advisors, LLC serves a small client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm provides ongoing portfolio management and financial planning using individualized Investment Policy Statements and a long-term investment approach based on fundamental and cyclical analysis and modern portfolio theory.

Jacolyn Wetmore is a financial advisor at JWC Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 15 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at United Income, Inc., Calvert Investment Counsel, and PBMares Wealth Management, LLC. She has been with JWC Capital Management since 2020. JWC Capital Management is an independent, state-registered, fee-based adviser providing tailored portfolio management to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and manager-level evaluation, primarily recommending exchange-traded funds, no-load mutual funds, and corporate debt, and manages a small client roster with high assets per client.