Daniel Heth is a financial advisor at Preserve Wealth Management in Weaverville, NC, with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc for 11 years before joining Preserve Wealth Management in 2019. He is involved with the Heth Family Foundation, serving on a committee responsible for grant making and investment allocation. Preserve Wealth Management offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting for individual, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm uses a risk-focused investment approach supported by the Riskalyze tool and delivers financial planning through an Agile Planning process with a dynamic client portal.

Anne McFarland is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with 10 years of industry experience. She is the principal of Integrated Financial Coaching and Planning and previously worked at Davis Financial Planning. In addition to her advisory role, she provides business and life coaching through a separate entity, Anne L McFarland Coaching. Integrated Financial Coaching and Planning serves individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses, offering financial planning, investment management, and focused Financial Fitness Review engagements. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with an emphasis on periodic rebalancing and factor tilts, operating under a fee-only, fixed annual fee structure.

Elmer Wessel is the principal advisor at Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C. in Asheville, NC, holding CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Wessel Investment Counsel since 2003. Wessel Investment Counsel provides personalized asset management and financial planning services to both high-net-worth and non-HNW individual clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis supported by third-party research, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning tailored to client needs.

John Coleman is a CFP® and ChFC® with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of Coleman Advisory, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2016 after a brief tenure at Questar Asset Management. Coleman is also a licensed insurance agent, providing life, long-term care, and annuity products alongside his advisory services. Coleman Advisory, LLC offers financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, diversified investment approach, utilizing third-party managers and both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, while also integrating insurance products as part of its service model.

Steven Pollock is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Pollock Planning Associates Inc. since 2001, operating an independent advisory firm based in Asheville, NC. Pollock Planning Associates, Inc. is an SEC-registered independent advisory firm serving primarily high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning services, utilizing a diversified asset allocation approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income, with an emphasis on periodic portfolio reviews and consolidated reporting.

David Wells is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 32 years of industry experience. He has led Wells Financial Management, LLC since 2011. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as entities such as corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary investment portfolio management and financial planning. Wells Financial Management emphasizes diversified, asset-allocation strategies tailored to client-specific goals and incorporates macro risk assessment, quantitative and qualitative screening, and may include ESG considerations and alternative strategies when appropriate.

Justinn Steffe is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Veyla Financial in Asheville, NC. He has been affiliated with Warren Wilson College and the North Carolina Outward Bound School for over a decade each. Treo Financial, LLC is a fee-only, holistic financial planning firm that offers personalized education and planning services to individuals and businesses, particularly educators, nonprofit staff, entrepreneurs, and contract workers. The firm emphasizes financial education through one-on-one advice and group training, using a long-term, low-cost investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory.

Warren Overman is a financial advisor at Springboard Financial Services in Black Mountain, NC. He holds a Series 65 designation and has three years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he provides tax preparation services through Springboard Tax Preparation and works as a river guide for Asheville Adventure Company during the summer months. Springboard Financial Services serves individual and family clients as well as small businesses, offering discretionary financial management, standalone financial planning, and retirement-plan rollover guidance. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach using index mutual funds and ETFs, supported by fundamental and technical analysis, and manages accounts on a discretionary basis through a single recommended custodian.

Jack Steinhilber is a financial advisor at Agile Investments in Asheville, NC, with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously operated Steinhilber Enterprises for 17 years before founding Agile Enterprises, LLC. He also manages the Agile Income Fund, LLC, a private real estate lending fund. Agile Investments provides individualized portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals and trusts, utilizing a primarily active, tactical investment approach based on fundamental economic and asset class analysis. The firm employs exchange-traded funds and no-load mutual funds, with the flexibility to include individual securities when appropriate.

Bray Creech is a CFP® with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. from 2014 to 2022 before joining Joel Adams and Associates Inc. in 2022. Outside of advisory work, he is a managing member of 545 Merrimon, LLC, overseeing building maintenance and tenant relations for a commercial property in Asheville, NC. Joel Adams and Associates Inc. provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis and offers portfolio management with flexibility for client-imposed restrictions, including oversight of independent managers.

Jessie Goodwin is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. She is currently with Joel Adams and Associates Inc., where she has worked since 2026. Her prior experience includes roles at Modera Wealth Management, LLC and Parsec Financial Management Inc. Joel Adams and Associates Inc. provides discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach using both fundamental and technical analysis and offers portfolio construction with equities, ETFs, and bonds, managing approximately $282 million in discretionary assets.

Laura Mccue is a financial advisor with White Oak Financial Management, Inc. in Asheville, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 21 years of industry experience. She has been with White Oak Financial Management since 2003. In addition to her advisory role, she is also an independent insurance agent offering life insurance, fixed annuities, and long-term care insurance. White Oak Financial Management provides personalized financial strategies and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes risk management and capital preservation through a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis in portfolio management.

Sage Barfield is a financial advisor at Shining Rock Advisors LLC in Asheville, NC, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. She has worked at Shining Rock Advisors since 2020 and has held roles at several related entities since 2019. Outside of advisory work, she provides bookkeeping services to non-advisory clients. Shining Rock Advisors manages approximately $154 million in client assets across 25 relationships, serving individual investors, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management for publicly traded assets and advisory access to private Rule 506 offerings, tailoring investment programs to client objectives with a focus on both public and private investments.

David Hunter is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Horizons Wealth Management since 2007. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Asheville, NC. Horizons Wealth Management provides financial planning, wealth management, investment advisory, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, business owners, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation primarily through ETFs, customizes portfolios according to client Investment Policy Statements, and offers both full wealth-management and lower-touch managed-portfolio services.

Brent Ford is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with White Oak Financial Management, Inc. since 2015. White Oak Financial Management provides personalized financial strategies and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes risk management and capital preservation through strategic and tactical asset allocation, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and periodic portfolio rebalancing.

Harvey Jenkins is a financial advisor at Altamont Capital Management with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Altamont since 2001. In addition to his advisory role, Jenkins is extensively involved with Gould Killian CPA Group, P.A., a firm he has been part of since 1978 and where he spends the majority of his professional time. Altamont Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm focuses on long-term asset allocation strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, utilizing institutional-class mutual funds and offering comprehensive portfolio management and client reporting services.

Robert Baschnagel is a Certified Financial Planner® at Holcombe & McGrath with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 2007. Holcombe & McGrath provides discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a proprietary investment philosophy focused on broad diversification, cost awareness, and long-term outcomes.

Susan Mcgrath is a CFP® and Series 65 licensed advisor with 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Holcombe & Mcgrath since 1998, working alongside a small team of advisors. Holcombe & Mcgrath provides discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a proprietary investment philosophy focused on broad diversification, cost awareness, and long-term outcomes.

Collie Financial Planning is a Fee-Only financial planning and investment management firm, founded by Mike Collie in 2005. As of 2023, Collie Financial Planning serves just over 200 client households. Our team consists of two advisors, Mike and Logan. Together we help our clients use their financial resources to achieve their most important goals in life, often incorporating their values into their planning and investments. We address comprehensive planning needs, including investment, retirement, tax, estate, education, insurance and charitable planning, making sure all of these components are working together to help clients achieve their goals. Mike's most important thing in life are his faith and his family, which includes wife Randi and sons Logan, Reece and Graham, and daughter-in-law McKenzie. We enjoy spending time together outside in the mountains and on the lake.

Paidemoyo Charasika is a financial advisor at Copperwood Financial with 22 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. Prior to joining Copperwood Financial, Charasika worked at firms including Kidvestors, Greyhawk Capital Management, and American Capital Management Inc. Outside of advisory work, Charasika is involved with several ventures including serving as head of sales for Fish Agency and acting as a non-compensated advisor for Popstar Ventures and Shark Jockey Pro, a branding and marketing platform for sports and entertainment. Copperwood Financial provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses, with a specialty practice serving professional athletes under the Pro Athlete Wealth brand. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach to discretionary portfolio management and offers retirement plan consulting and fiduciary services for employer-sponsored plans.