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Michael Perna is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with eight years of industry experience. He is the principal of Flying Point Advisors in Freeport, ME, where he has worked since 2021. In addition to his advisory role, Perna provides business consulting, accounting, and tax planning services as a CPA. Flying Point Advisors offers financial planning and portfolio management to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, focusing on retirement, tax, investment, and debt planning. The firm employs a long-term, low-cost, index-based investment approach combined with tax-aware strategies and also provides accounting and tax services alongside investment advice.

Laurie Bachelder is a financial advisor at Freedom Wealth Advisors, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has led her independent advisory firm since 2012. Outside of advisory services, she is a managing member involved in coordinating real estate development projects. Freedom Wealth Advisors is a single-advisor independent firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm focuses on non-traditional assets and secured, short-term loans, especially to local real estate developers and alternative assets in self-directed IRAs, managing accounts primarily on a non-discretionary basis using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis.

Alan Eskandari is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 10 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has worked at Harvest Asset Group, LLC from 2015 to 2022 and has been with Able Money LLC since 2021. Able Money LLC provides integrated financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses on a fee-only basis. The firm emphasizes diversified, asset-allocation driven portfolios using passive ETFs and no-load mutual funds, values-based investing, and planning for retirement transitions.

Rick Doucette is the sole advisor at Doucette Financial in Sabattus, ME, holding a Series 65 credential. He has experience working at Paychex Inc. since 2018 and previously operated Mainely Candy LLC for five years. Doucette Financial provides investment advisory and financial planning services focused on retirement portfolios for individual clients. The firm manages accounts on a non-discretionary basis, using a variety of investment vehicles and analytical methods, and offers hourly financial planning as an alternative to asset-based billing.

Jon Wesley Davis is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Cornerstone Wealth Planning since 2019 and has also worked with LPL Financial since 2015. He provides investment advisory services through Cornerstone Wealth Planning, an independent registered investment advisor firm. Cornerstone Wealth Planning serves individual investors, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, offering portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm uses a team approach with CFP®- and CFA‑credentialed professionals to construct asset allocations and model portfolios, combining behavioral, fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis with a generally long-term orientation.

Wayne Schaab is a financial advisor at Gilbert Investment Management in Portland, ME, with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Kovack Securities, Inc. and Delta Equity Services Corporation. Gilbert Investment Management provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, municipalities, and small businesses. The firm employs a core–satellite investment strategy using passive index funds and ETFs supplemented by actively managed funds, offering globally diversified portfolios while managing both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.