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Jason Dyken is the principal of Dyken Wealth Strategies, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with 24 years of industry experience. He previously worked at First Allied Advisory Services and First Allied Securities, Inc. He serves as a councilman for the City of Gulf Shores and operates a consulting business alongside his advisory practice. Dyken Wealth Strategies provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individual investors and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm follows a long-term investment approach based on modern portfolio theory, primarily utilizing mutual funds and third-party managers, and combines advisory services with affiliated insurance activities.

Julie Jenkins is a financial advisor at Redesign Wealth Planning with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. She previously worked at Care Financial and Southern Women's Specialist. Jenkins’s background includes healthcare and insurance, and she provides educational seminars and speaking engagements for groups. Redesign Wealth Planning offers comprehensive, project-based, and hourly financial planning along with discretionary investment management to individual and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing passive, low-cost, diversified ETFs and mutual funds with attention to tax efficiency and client restrictions. The firm integrates outside managers and focuses on ongoing planning relationships rather than standalone investment services.

James Hickey is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is the Managing Director of Crimson Wealth and serves as CEO of X1 Capital Inc., a business development company. Hickey is also a managing member of Alternative Risk Strategies LLC, which provides consulting and insurance services, and he is a board member of Mariposa Community Partners, a nonprofit focused on economic development in Alabama. Crimson Wealth primarily serves individual clients with customized equity-focused portfolios, combining top-down macroeconomic analysis with disciplined bottom-up stock selection. The firm manages approximately $8.4 million across five accounts, emphasizing buy-and-hold strategies with a mix of index and thematic ETFs alongside concentrated individual stock positions.

John Brandon is a CFP® and ChFC® with 37 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the principal of Atlantes Financial Advisors since 2005 and is also affiliated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Atlantes Financial Advisors provides personalized portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, institutions, and trust clients, employing a core-and-satellite investment approach that combines passive index funds and ETFs with selective active management.

Christopher Bales is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Bridgeworks Asset Management, LLC, and also operates Bales Law Firm. His prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and other financial firms. Bales has been involved in divorce financial planning through an affiliated business and legal services. Bridgeworks Asset Management is an independent registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning, using methods such as modern portfolio theory and option strategies, and maintains a unique connection to family-law financial planning through its integrated legal services.

John Grant is the sole advisor at Grant Financial Group in Elberta, Alabama, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 26 years of industry experience. He has operated Grant Financial Group since 2008. Grant is also a licensed life, health, and variable annuity insurance agent with appointments at multiple insurance companies, focusing primarily on fixed deferred, equity-linked index, and immediate annuities. Grant Financial Group is an independent, state-registered investment adviser serving approximately 97 clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a conservative, actively managed approach blending bond funds, equities, ETFs, and mutual funds, with daily security reviews and discretionary trading authority to implement client investment plans.