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Barry Federici is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising. He is the owner of Family First Wealth Management in Sycamore, IL, and has prior work experience including 30 years in the United States Marine Corps and legal studies at NIU Law School. In addition to his advisory role, he owns Saluting Success, LLC, a property management trust. Family First Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach centers on diversification and asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory, offering both strategic and tactical allocation with the option to incorporate third-party managers. It also provides employee benefit plan consulting and pension-plan advisory services, supported by the principal’s interdisciplinary background as a licensed attorney, CPA, and CFP.

John Bishop is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at Bishop Financial Services LLC in Naperville, IL, with four years of industry experience. He has been self-employed since 2008 and has served on the Tom Russell Charitable Foundation since 2001. Bishop Financial Services LLC is an independent advisory firm managing discretionary portfolios for individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses both fundamental and quantitative analysis, focusing primarily on equities, ETFs, and certain non-U.S. securities, and provides individualized Investment Policy Statements to guide asset allocation and ongoing monitoring.

Patrick Keedy is the principal advisor at Patrick Capital Management in Geneva, Illinois, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has led Patrick Capital Management since 2004. The firm provides personalized financial planning and discretionary and non-discretionary investment management for individuals, institutions, and business clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. Its investment approach combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with macroeconomic and bottom-up security analysis, utilizing global diversification across multiple asset classes.

Gary Rychtanek is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at GCR Financial Services, LLC in Naperville, IL. He has worked with Chauner Securities, Inc. since 2003 and Clune & Associates since 1996. In addition to his advisory role, he provides fee-based tax preparation services as a CPA, focusing on corporate, individual, and partnership tax returns during the tax season. GCR Financial Services primarily serves individual clients and their associated trusts, small businesses, and retirement plans, offering comprehensive financial planning and investment supervisory services. The firm employs a non-discretionary investment approach with diversified portfolios and integrates tax, cash-flow, and estate considerations into its planning.

Christopher Delarme is a financial advisor at First Wealth Advisory, Inc. in St. Charles, IL, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Red Oak Capital Management, Hayden Royal, and Great Lakes Wealth Management and Advisory Partners. He is also a licensed insurance agent. First Wealth Advisory serves individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis to build portfolios with ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and option strategies.

Lang Nguyen is a financial advisor at Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Edward Jones & Co. and Serenity Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, Nguyen serves as a board member for three nonprofit charitable organizations and works as a Live Tax Expert for Intuit TurboTax during tax season. Organize, Protect & Grow Your Wealth, LLC manages approximately $16.45 million for around 60 clients, providing discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs a multi-method investment process combining charting, cyclical, fundamental, quantitative, technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory, with both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.