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Jamie Droessler is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Direct Financial Care. Prior to founding the firm in 2020, he worked at SVA Plumb Wealth Management from 2013 to 2020. Direct Financial Care provides comprehensive financial planning, consulting, investment management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals—including high net worth clients—as well as small businesses and qualified retirement plans. The firm primarily uses a passive, asset-allocation approach focused on low-cost index funds and ETFs, and it also offers employer-sponsored retirement plan consulting and participant education.

Carl Johnson is a Series 66-licensed advisor with 23 years of experience, currently with International Assets Investment Management, LLC since 2021. He previously worked for Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America for 20 years. Outside of advisory work, he is a 50% owner of Beans, Greens, and Screens, LLC, a business involved in selling seed and designing food plot programs. International Assets Investment Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers customized, long-term portfolio management and financial planning through a national network of independent advisers using a range of investment vehicles and strategies.

David Boyden is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1991. Outside of his advisory role, he is president and owner of Boyden Financial, Inc., a private entity facilitating securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers operational support, investment management, and compliance services while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction and access to model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Mariah Hanson is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2023, with prior experience at Park Avenue Investments and Bank of Prairie du Sac. Hanson is also involved in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Eileen Brunken is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2018, previously with TIAA starting in 2016. Brunken also has experience with Safeway and serves in the Individual Ready Reserve. TIAA-CREF’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with connections to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm operates a vertically integrated advisory model combining point-in-time planning with ongoing discretionary management and serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Jonathan Laventure is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at The Peoples Community Bank and LPL Financial since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a soccer referee for the Mount Horeb Soccer Club. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of advisors by providing operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management services. Advisors on the platform offer a range of advisory programs and discretionary portfolios, leveraging both proprietary and third-party investment solutions.