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Seth Waller is a financial advisor at Falcon Financial with 16 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. He has worked at Trident Insured LLC and Falcon Investment Strategies, LLC. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in managing a youth baseball organization where he has coached and overseen the team. Falcon Financial provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $85.6 million in client assets and employs a diversified investment approach that includes fundamental and technical analysis, tactical tilts, and option strategies.

Stephen Gegorek is a financial advisor with Falcon Financial in Salisbury, NC, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Strategic Planning Group, and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is a licensed agent involved in the sales of fixed and traditional insurance products. Falcon Financial provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $85.6 million in client assets and employs a diversified investment approach that includes fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, as well as option strategies and tactical trading.

Charles Parks is a financial advisor with C F Parks Inc in Salisbury, NC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. for 30 years and has been involved with C F Parks Inc since 1988. Parks is also president of Parks Financial Services, Inc., an accounting and tax services firm. C F Parks Inc serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small businesses, managing approximately $85.7 million for about 192 clients. The firm uses proprietary model portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerances, focusing on equities, ETFs, and select mutual funds, and provides discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and affiliated accounting services.

David Smith is a financial advisor with Thomas Smith and Associates, Inc. in Salisbury, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Thomas Smith and Associates since 2003. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in Second Creek Development, a family office managing private family investments. Thomas Smith and Associates provides discretionary investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and trusts. The firm manages fully diversified portfolios with an emphasis on tax and cost efficiency, serving a small number of clients with tailored investment approaches.

Andrew Lind is a financial advisor at Principal Advised Services with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing Services and Wells Fargo. Outside of his advisory role, Lind serves as a notary public. Principal Advised Services provides investment advice primarily to retirement plan participants and retail IRA clients, offering both non-discretionary recommendations and a discretionary wrap-fee investment management program called SimpleInvest. The firm integrates proprietary models with third-party tools and operates within the Principal Financial Group family, enabling access to affiliated products and services.

Jacob Hardy is a financial advisor at Credit Union Investment Services with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with organizations including State Employees' Credit Union, SECU Life Insurance Company, and Members Trust Company. Hardy also serves as a Financial Advisory Services District Manager at State Employees' Credit Union. Credit Union Investment Services serves individual investors and trust clients in North Carolina, providing non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement and financial planning, and a wrap-fee program. The firm emphasizes a goals-based, long-term planning approach using primarily low-cost, index-based mutual funds and ETFs, with salaried representatives who do not exercise trading discretion over client accounts.