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Sloane Ortel is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with four years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Ethical Capital Investment Collaborative. Prior to this role, Ortel worked at Citywire LLC, River Orion LLC, and the CFA Institute. Outside of advisory work, Ortel co-hosts the Free Money Podcast, co-founded a carbon removal project developer, and serves on the board of a sustainability consulting firm. Ethical Capital Investment Collaborative manages discretionary portfolios for individuals, small businesses, and other advisers, using a plant-based exclusionary screening process combined with fundamental and situational analysis. The firm offers portfolio management, performance reporting, educational workshops, and outsourced advisory services, and supports institutional clients through sub-advisory and model portfolio development.

Matthew Stewart is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at Summit Ridge Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Parkland Securities and Sigma Financial Corporation. He is a co-owner of Matt Stewart & Associates, LLC, which provides financial education seminars. Summit Ridge Advisors is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, institutional plan sponsors, and individual clients. The firm employs a combination of modern portfolio theory and fundamental analysis, utilizing both passive and active strategies, and emphasizes retirement plan consulting with fiduciary and investment-manager services.

Tanner Withers is a financial advisor with Albility Planning in Mapleton, UT, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Edward Jones, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, and Park Avenue Securities. He serves on the Utah Rare Disease Advisory Council and is involved with the Utah Parent Center. Outside of financial advising, he is CFO and LLC member of Florence Beauty Company, a permanent makeup cosmetics business, and owns WithInsurance LLC, which assists clients in obtaining life insurance. Albility Planning serves individuals and families regardless of asset size, offering portfolio management alongside comprehensive financial planning, hourly engagements, personal coaching, and special-needs group coaching. The firm manages approximately $12.3 million in assets with an investment approach focused on passive, low-turnover portfolios based on Modern Portfolio Theory, using index funds or ETFs and periodic rebalancing tailored to client risk tolerance and tax considerations.

Joseph Larsen is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. He operates his own firm, Joseph M. Larsen, C.P.A., P.C., where he has provided accounting and tax services since 1993. The firm primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, offering portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. Joseph M. Larsen, C.P.A., P.C. focuses on investment, retirement, tax, college, and debt/credit planning, using a documented Investment Policy Statement to align client goals with tax considerations and risk tolerance. The firm employs a long-term, modern portfolio theory approach with periodic reviews and provides portfolio services mainly centered on mutual funds, operating largely on a non-discretionary basis.

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