Kathi Spurr

Brian Mc Guigan is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is the principal of McGuigan Financial, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2018, and has prior experience at LPL Financial, Flagship Harbor Advisors, and Edward Jones. McGuigan Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary asset management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-focused services, including participant education. The firm uses fundamental analysis to guide investment decisions and operates on LPL’s open-architecture platforms, offering both wrap and non-wrap account structures.

I've known that working with money was my calling since senior year of high school. As it turns out, I’ve poured my entire career (20+ years) into financial planning and coaching, starting with data entry and paperwork, then building financial plans and implementing the recommendations for other advisors. I started taking my own planning clients in 2007, got my CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification, an Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designation, and a few years later, a Masters degree in Personal Financial Planning from my alma mater Bentley University. In 2012 I made the leap from traditional firms with high minimums to a new way of working with regular Americans: fintech (aka financial technology). Since then, my mission has been to find scalable ways using technology to bring financial planning to those who need it the most - in particular, women and their allies. Now I get to accomplish some of this through my work with clients at Reverie Wealth, and also through my consulting firm, Plan Ventures, where I do projects for fintech and coaching companies on topics like scaling mass market financial services or coaching and automating financial planning advice. These days, I’m passionate about money ideas that work in the real world for real people, using your core values and your body's intelligence (head/heart/gut) to guide financial and other life decisions, backing up financial planning principles with research and evidence, tackling systemic issues in ways that can be good for both the world and our bottom lines, and like a true Enneagram 7, finding ways to have fun while doing it all! When I’m not working to bring good money to the masses, you can find me reading sci-fi and psychology books, watching reruns of New Girl and Abbott Elementary, skiing or mountain biking with my partner and kids, leading women-only small group trips to places like Paris and Japan, and fighting the patriarchy.

Stuart Hawver is the principal of Stu Hawver, CFA, MBA, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Mocksville, NC. He holds the CFA designation and has 21 years of industry experience, including nine years at Davidson Capital. His firm provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individual clients and trusts, focusing on low-cost, tax-efficient mutual funds and ETFs. Investment decisions follow Modern Portfolio Theory with model portfolios and Monte Carlo simulations to meet client goals, and the firm offers both performance-based and asset-based fee arrangements.

Alexander Miller is the sole advisor and principal at BQ Asset Management, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LPT and Associates and various positions outside the financial sector. BQ Asset Management offers discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and trusts. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach incorporating charting, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis to tailor strategies aligned with client goals and risk tolerance.

Richard Hilow is a financial advisor at Straight Forward Wealth Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at LPL Financial since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in related businesses including tax preparation, bookkeeping, and an insurance agency. Straight Forward Wealth Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, business entities, and qualified retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $33.3 million in discretionary assets and employs a range of investment strategies tailored to client objectives, including fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis.

Michael Hepworth is a financial advisor with Hepworth Equity Partners, LLC in Wolfeboro, NH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hepworth Equity Partners since 2007. Hepworth Equity Partners provides discretionary portfolio management and ongoing financial planning for individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm sponsors and exclusively manages its own wrap fee program, focusing on separately managed accounts tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.