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Lucinda Lynch is a financial advisor at Lynch Retirement Advisors, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked with Lincoln Financial Distributors and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation since 1996. Outside of her advisory role, she provides evening daycare services approximately 25 hours per week. Lynch Retirement Advisors focuses on retirement-centered financial planning and portfolio management for individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic retirement planning, utilizing tools like MoneyGuidePro and Charles Schwab technology, and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts with around $19.84 million in assets under management.

Penny Wasem is a CFP® professional with 22 years of experience in financial planning. She has been with Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions, LLC since 2003. Wasem serves as the financial officer for the Fairfield County Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Lifetime Financial Planning Solutions provides fee-only financial planning along with accounting and tax services primarily to individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, estates, and trusts. The firm focuses on tailored written plans delivered on an hourly basis and does not manage client assets or sell investment or insurance products.

Lori Eisel is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Arcadia Financial Partners, LLC since 2016 and previously worked at Hamilton Capital Management, Inc. from 2015 to 2017. Arcadia Financial Partners is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals and families with financial planning, hourly counseling, and longer-term retainer engagements. The firm focuses on cash flow and retirement planning and typically provides individualized asset-allocation recommendations while clients implement and monitor their investments.

Roger Southward is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in financial planning and investment management. He has been the principal advisor at Southward Financial Services, LLC since 2000. Southward Financial Services provides personalized financial planning and investment management primarily to individual clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes client-approved trading and offers independent tax preparation through an on-staff CPA, managing approximately $18 million in assets for about 27 clients.

Timothy Hamilton is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at FinancialFamilies since 2014. He holds a Series 66 license and serves as a volunteer Finance Officer for the Civil Air Patrol in Maxwell, Alabama. FinancialFamilies provides financial planning and investment review services to individual and high-net-worth families, focusing on tailored, non-discretionary plans that cover retirement, estate, tax, insurance, business planning, cash flow, and college savings. The firm emphasizes client-specific recommendations and periodic reviews, using various analytical methods and typically recommending mutual funds, ETFs, REITs, and fixed-income instruments.

Todd Childers is a financial advisor at 4 Star Advisory Services LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked previously at Horter Investment Management, LLC and served on the Berne Township Zoning Board. Outside of advisory services, he prepares tax returns for a fee during tax season and sells life insurance and fixed annuities. 4 Star Advisory Services provides discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a tailored investment approach based on a written Investment Profile Statement and utilizes fundamental analysis across various asset classes, offering both long-term and short-term trading strategies.