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Michael Crouch, MS, CRPC, BFA, is an experienced financial planner and registered principal at LPL Financial since March 2011. Prior to this role, Michael served as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch from October 2004 to March 2011. In addition to financial services, Michael contributed to the community as a member of the Executive Board of Directors for Gigi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Centers and the Board of Directors for Turning Point Domestic Violence Shelter of McHenry County, both from 2004 to 2011. Educationally, Michael holds a Master’s degree in Astronomy from Swinburne University of Technology (2016-2022) and a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1981-1985). Early in professional development, Michael gained technical experience with the University of Illinois High Energy Physics Group in 1985-1986.