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Dana Lyon is a financial advisor at Capital Wise Advisory with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch for 12 years. Outside of advising, he serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Grant-Booster Foundation, a nonprofit organization, and is also active as a real estate sales associate. Capital Wise Advisory is an independent, fee-only firm that provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a combination of passive and active strategies, fundamental and technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory to build portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance and asset allocation.

Hi, I'm Chris - Founder and Financial Planner at Southshore Financial Planning. I enjoy partnering with individuals and families to guide them to and through retirement so they can live life to the fullest. This is accomplished by first taking a deep dive into where clients are now financially and where they want to be. Then ideas are weaved together in the areas of cash flow, investments, taxes, insurance, debt and estate planning into one financial roadmap. Professionally, I am a CFP® Practitioner and have two finance-related degrees from the University of North Florida. My entire 19 year career has been dedicated to serving individuals and families in the financial services industry. Before founding Southshore Financial Planning, I spent 11 years at one of the largest financial institutions in the country where I was directly responsible for a $700 million client practice. On a personal note, my wife Heather and I are parents to three wonderful boys. In our free time we enjoy spending time with family, traveling, fishing, and watching the Tampa Bay Lightning.

William Hughes is the sole advisor at William D Hughes, an independent firm based in Odessa, FL. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has nine years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory work, Hughes operates a licensed accounting practice, William D Hughes CPA, where he provides accounting services. The firm offers portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on equities and fixed-income securities. Its investment approach includes fundamental analysis and combines long-term and short-term strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Jorge Diaz Druet is a financial advisor at Cima Sports & Wealth Management Inc in Lutz, Florida, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Portfolio Medics, LLC and various insurance and wealth advisory firms. He is also involved with an accounting and tax-preparation business owned by the same principal. Cima Sports & Wealth Management is a state-registered investment adviser serving individual retail clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm provides ongoing asset management and standalone financial planning, utilizing fundamental analysis and both strategic and tactical asset allocation, with portfolio management available on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Nicholas Baker is a financial advisor at AURE Investments in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with six years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Fisher Investments, KPMG, Hecla Mining Company, and Babson College. AURE Investments provides discretionary investment management and retirement-plan advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, institutional accounts, and plan sponsors, including foundations, endowments, and corporations. The firm combines quantitative screening and qualitative analysis for portfolio construction and offers specialized services such as tax-loss harvesting and fiduciary education for 401(k) sponsors.

Derek Ifasi is the sole advisor at RetireSharp Wealth Management, LLC in Tampa, FL, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Retirement Wealth Advisors and AE Wealth Management, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner and independent insurance agent of IFASI Financial Group, LLC. RetireSharp Wealth Management is an independent, single-advisor firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy across mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and bonds, utilizing in-house model portfolios, Altruist’s Model Marketplace, and selected sub-advisers.