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.

Bradley Mccurtain is a financial advisor at Maine Securities Corporation with 48 years of industry experience. He has been with Maine Securities Corporation since 1985. Outside of his advisory role, he is the sole owner of a coffee importing business that sells green and roasted coffee in the United States. Maine Securities Corporation provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, with a focus on quantitative value investing and the use of listed options for income and hedging. The firm operates a combined RIA and affiliated broker-dealer structure, offering discounted commission rates and occasional underwriting roles, along with an affiliated life and health insurance agency.

John Duffy is the sole advisor at Intent Advice, Inc. in Yarmouth, ME, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Broad Cove Capital, Cribstone Capital Management, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Intent Advice, Inc. provides consulting and investment-advisory services to a limited client base including high-net-worth individuals, small businesses, charities, endowments, trusts, and estates. The firm offers written financial plans and ongoing advice tailored to each client’s investment profile, typically reviewing clients quarterly, and operates with a fee structure based on negotiated fixed fees and hourly rates rather than assets under management.

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.

Thomas Biegel is a financial advisor with Black Brook Financial Planning in Gorham, Maine, holding a Series 65 designation and 18 years of industry experience. He has managed Black Brook Financial Planning since 2007 and concurrently serves as CFO of Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc., a sitework construction firm where he has worked since 1988. Black Brook Financial Planning is an independent registered investment adviser providing advisory and discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a conservative, long-term, value-oriented asset allocation approach tailored to client risk tolerance and is noted for advising charitable and corporate clients.

Dominic Guimond is a financial advisor at Stillwater Investing with a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has worked at Stillwater Investing since 2020 and concurrently holds a position as a Disaster Recovery Specialist at Tyler Technologies. Stillwater Investing serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and managed investment pools. The firm offers discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consulting services, employing a combination of buy-and-hold defensive models and active management with fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative analysis.

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.

Matthew Bennett is a financial advisor with Bennett Selby Investments, L.P. in Falmouth, ME. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Bennett has been with Bennett Selby Investments since 2005. Bennett Selby Investments provides discretionary portfolio management for individual clients, including high-net-worth households, and offers pension consulting and ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans. The firm follows a long-term, value-oriented approach with concentrated equity holdings and selective use of options strategies within separately managed accounts.

Donald Gilbert is a financial advisor at Gilbert Investment Management in Boston, MA, with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Delta Global Asset Management and Delta Equity Services Corporation. Gilbert Investment Management provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, municipalities, and small businesses. The firm employs a core–satellite investment approach combining passive index funds and ETFs with actively managed funds, offering globally diversified portfolios and both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

William Pike is a financial advisor at Maine Investment and Planning Services, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at several firms, including Carroll Harper & Associates Inc. and Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC. Pike is also an associate real estate broker in South Portland, ME. Maine Investment and Planning Services provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to a limited number of individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals. The firm primarily manages client accounts on a non-discretionary basis, focusing on individualized asset management and planning.

William Rice is a CFP® professional with 38 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Capital Wealth Planning Services, an independent firm he has led since 2016. Prior to this, he was associated with Sterne Agee and Leach, Inc. and operated WR Rice Financial Services, LLC. Capital Wealth Planning Services provides comprehensive financial planning, hourly consultations, and ongoing portfolio management primarily for individual clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a needs-based, client-specific investment approach emphasizing long-term holdings and generally manages accounts on a non-discretionary basis.

Patricia Barnes is a financial advisor with Maine Advisory Associates, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Maine Advisory Associates and its predecessor entities since 2006. Maine Advisory Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities by providing discretionary asset management and financial consulting. The firm constructs portfolios with individual stocks and bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds, emphasizing long-term strategies combined with fundamental and technical analysis.

Kimberly Volk is a financial advisor at Maine Advisory Associates with 12 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Aurora Financial Group, LLC. Ms. Volk serves on the board of directors and as treasurer for the Maine Jewish Film Festival, a nonprofit organization. Maine Advisory Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, providing discretionary asset management and financial consulting. The firm emphasizes long-term purchase strategies with periodic rebalancing and incorporates both fundamental and technical analysis, offering tailored investment programs that include individual securities and tactical stock selections.

Michelle Lamb is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Maine Advisory Associates since 2020 and has prior experience at Cornerstone Financial Planning, Aurora Financial Group, and Atlantic Trust. Maine Advisory Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, offering discretionary asset management and financial consulting. The firm emphasizes long-term purchase strategies with continuous account supervision and blends fundamental and technical analysis, often holding individual securities alongside pooled products.

Melinda Davis is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Cornerstone Wealth Planning since 2019. She has also been affiliated with LPL Financial since 2008. Cornerstone Wealth Planning serves individual investors, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, offering portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning through a team approach that incorporates behavioral, fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis. The firm manages approximately $88 million across about 193 client relationships and sponsors its own open-architecture wrap fee program, Strategic Wealth Management.

Mark Selby is a financial advisor with Bennett Selby Investments, L.P., holding a Series 65 designation and over 20 years of industry experience. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Canada Nickel Corporation since 2020 and previously worked at RNC Minerals from 2015 to 2019. Bennett Selby Investments provides discretionary portfolio management for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension consulting and ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary services for qualified retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented investment approach with concentrated equity holdings and selective use of options strategies within separately managed accounts.

Aaron Rugh is a financial advisor with RM Financial Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked at RM Financial Services since 2006 and PKS Investments since 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member of the Down East Yacht Club, a nonprofit organization. RM Financial Services, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charities, businesses, and pension plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, written financial plans, and consulting engagements, employing a fiduciary approach that integrates fundamental and technical analysis with ongoing portfolio monitoring and tactical adjustments.

Paul Suyama is the sole advisor at Capital Wealth Planning Services in Brunswick, ME, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 39 years of industry experience. He has worked at Capital Wealth Planning Services since 2016 and at StoneX Securities Inc. since 2012. Capital Wealth Planning Services is an independent registered investment adviser serving individual clients, trusts, estates, and business entities with comprehensive financial planning, hourly consultations, and portfolio management. The firm employs a needs-based approach incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing portfolios primarily on a non-discretionary basis with an emphasis on long-term holdings.