Adam Parente

I'm a fee-only fiduciary financial advisor in Chittenango, NY, serving Syracuse and Central New York. I grew up here and I work with my neighbors: married couples who are good savers, within five years of retirement or newly retired. I specialize in pension decisions, including lump sum versus monthly payments and survivor options, along with Social Security timing, Roth conversions, and 403(b)/457 rollovers.

Judson Ames is a financial advisor with Dark Horse Wealth LLC in Cazenovia, NY. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 5 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Dark Horse Wealth in 2011, he worked at 1 St Discount Brokerage, Inc. for one year. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a referee during the months of September and October. Dark Horse Wealth LLC advises individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate entities. The firm constructs portfolios primarily from low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by tactical stock or bond selections, and emphasizes retirement plan services with a mix of long-term strategies and tactical positioning.

Maggie Sayers is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with over 13 years of industry experience. She is the principal of Tendful Wealth Planning, an independent firm based in Rome, NY, and previously worked at Gunther Wealth Management from 2011 to 2024. In addition to advising, she provides virtual paraplanning support through Method Financial Planning. Tendful Wealth Planning offers fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to construct diversified portfolios using active and passive funds, and incorporates ESG options upon request.

Clinton Kane is a financial advisor at Kane Financial with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Kane Financial since 2017, following five years at Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. and Strategic Financial Services. Kane Financial serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses by offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach, combining fundamental analysis with index mutual funds and ETFs, and provides financial planning to all investment management clients without additional charge.

Maxwell Moore is a financial advisor at Birch Wealth Management in Rome, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Citigroup and Manning & Napier. Birch Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a variety of analytical approaches and focuses on equities, ETFs, and money-market funds in managing client portfolios.

Iris Buczkowski is a financial advisor at Birch Wealth Management with 20 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Alan R. Leist Planning Group, Inc., and Strategic Financial Services Inc. Outside of her advisory role, she is a notary public and an independent insurance agent. Birch Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm combines diversification principles with technical and fundamental analysis to deliver tailored investment solutions.