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Andrew Kangas is a financial advisor and owner of Columbia Wealth Advisors LLC in Scappoose, Oregon. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, including prior roles at KMS Financial Services, Inc. and Realta Equities, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is also a musician who performs at events. Columbia Wealth Advisors LLC is a fee-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial advice using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and cyclical analysis, with ongoing account monitoring and coordination of estate-planning services.

Jantz Hoffman is a financial advisor at CSLA Financial Inc. with 10 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He has worked at CSLA Financial since 2016 and previously at Portsmouth Financial Services in 2016. Outside of advising, Hoffman serves as chairman of the Certified Student Loan Advisor Board of Standards and is a board member of Fosterus, a nonprofit supporting student loan repayment assistance programs. CSLA Financial provides portfolio management, financial planning, and student loan repayment services to individuals and employer-sponsored programs. The firm combines ETF-focused asset allocation models with specialized student loan analysis software and offers both discretionary management and ongoing financial planning.

Ryan Hart is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Hart Investment Management, LLC, with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at Coquest Advisors from 2015 to 2021. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Hart serves as Treasurer for a local homeowners association in Camas, Washington. Hart Investment Management, LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation using ETFs and common stocks, combining fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis to guide investment decisions.

Karsten Jeske is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Short Put Yield with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Mellon Capital Management for ten years and has been involved with the Early Retirement Now Blog since 2016. Jeske also holds an academic role at the University of California, Berkeley. Short Put Yield is a boutique registered investment adviser serving primarily high-net-worth individual investors. The firm focuses on options trading strategies within separately managed accounts, combining portfolio management with retirement and tax planning services.

Dylan Stewart Walker is the sole advisor at Walker Legacy Investments and holds a Series 65 designation. He has one year of industry experience, with prior roles at Professional Security Consultants and TFI-Telemark. Walker Legacy Investments provides financial planning and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm uses a combined approach of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside strategic asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, with clients retaining implementation authority.

Aaron Saunders is a financial advisor at Comus Investment, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Comus Investment since 2016. Prior to this, he worked at United Parcel Service for three years. Comus Investment provides discretionary equity portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, focusing exclusively on direct stock investing with an international, deep-value approach centered on small-cap and microcap companies in developed foreign markets. The firm manages concentrated, fully invested portfolios without leverage and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.