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Joy Liu is a financial advisor with Connective Wealth Partners, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at FG Advisory Services, LLC, The Financial Gym, and Burns Group. She has also worked as a freelancer. Connective Wealth Partners provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a fundamentally based investment approach with a long-term orientation, constructing portfolios with ETFs, equities, bonds, and alternative investments while offering both full-service and stand-alone planning options.

Brian Liedstrand is a financial advisor at Selective Wealth Management, Inc. with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has served in the U.S. Marine Corps since 2017, including a role as a Marine for Life Representative. Liedstrand also acts as the music director for Harvest Presbyterian Church PCA. Selective Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm manages approximately $426 million in assets across eight advisors and offers discretionary investment supervisory services with tailored financial planning and periodic account reviews.

Caleb Rich is a Series 65-licensed advisor with PracticeCFO Investments in Swansboro, North Carolina. He is part of a ten-advisor team at the firm. PracticeCFO Investments provides investment management, strategic personal and business financial planning, retirement plan advisory, insurance placement, and tax and accounting services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm uses a hybrid investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, combining low-cost passive ETFs with tactical asset allocation and formal Investment Policy Statements to guide portfolio management.

Laura Connors is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. She has held roles at Members Trust Company, SECU Life Insurance Company, SECU Brokerage Services, and State Employees' Credit Union. She is also a manager of Connacht, LLC, a family business. Credit Union Investment Services serves individual investors and trust clients in North Carolina, providing non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning with a focus on low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs. The firm’s advisers are salaried employees of the parent credit union, and clients retain final decision-making authority over their accounts.

Perry Aycock is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing nine years of industry experience. He has held roles at Members Trust Company and SECU Life Insurance Company, among others, and serves as a Financial Advisory Services District Manager at State Employees' Credit Union. Outside of finance, he previously operated Old Siam Thai Restaurant for seven years. Credit Union Investment Services serves primarily individual investors in North Carolina, offering non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, with salaried advisors who provide recommendations while clients retain final decision authority.

Casey Simpson is a financial advisor with Credit Union Investment Services in Jacksonville, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Credit Union Investment Services since 2018 and has held roles with Members Trust Company, SECU Life Insurance Company, SECU Brokerage Services, and State Employees' Credit Union since 2013. Credit Union Investment Services serves primarily individual investors in North Carolina, providing non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm focuses on low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, fixed-income products, and a goals-based, long-term planning approach, with advisory representatives employed on a salaried basis.