Alfred C Varano Jr.

Robert Parks is a CFP® professional with 30 years of experience in financial advising. He is a partner at Parks & Company, a CPA firm, where he dedicates significant time alongside his role at WealthQuest, Ltd., an independent financial planning firm he has been associated with since 1995. WealthQuest, Ltd. provides fee-only financial planning primarily to individuals and businesses, focusing on retirement and investment planning without selling commission-based products. The firm’s approach integrates tax considerations through its close affiliation with Parks’s CPA practice and emphasizes personalized advice delivered on an hourly basis without managing client assets directly.

Joel Gish Jr. is a financial advisor with Solid Rock Financial Solutions LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and beginning his advisory career in 2026. His prior work includes roles at Cambridge Investment Research Inc. and several non-financial organizations, including Lifeway Church Inc. From 2017 to 2021, he was affiliated with Grove City College. Solid Rock Financial Solutions LLC provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, using a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory. The firm prepares individualized investment policy statements and monitors portfolios regularly, offering a range of investment options including mutual funds, equities, ETFs, fixed income, annuities, and occasional private placements or venture capital interests.

John Richards is the founder of Richards Financial, an independent investment advisory firm based in Harrisburg, PA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience, including 14 years leading his own firm. Richards Financial serves individual investors, trusts, estates, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable foundations. The firm offers portfolio management and personalized financial advice using a combination of fundamental value analysis, trend-following, fixed-income strategies, and option-based approaches, primarily managing accounts on a non-discretionary basis with client trade approval.

Jeffrey Yoffe is the principal of Yoffe Investment Management, LLC, an independent firm based in Lemoyne, PA. He holds legal credentials and has 11 years of experience in investment management, alongside over three decades as an attorney operating his own law firm, Yoffe & Yoffe, P.C. His legal practice is a notable aspect of his professional background. Yoffe Investment Management, LLC provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers integrated tax and financial planning, estate planning, and family philanthropy services.

Jeffrey Stouffer is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at Mercantile Advisors, LLC since 2013. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Mercantile Advisors, LLC provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, other advisors, and small businesses, operating a registered commodity trading advisory program as well. The firm offers customized portfolios that include traditional securities and a broad range of alternative and complex instruments, supporting both discretionary advisory accounts and a client-centric hedging program under its NFA/CFTC Commodity Trading Advisor registration.

Andrew Haley is a financial advisor at Ando Arashi with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and served in the US Navy for 20 years before joining Ando Arashi. Ando Arashi provides financial planning and advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients through consultations, project-based plans, and ongoing subscriptions. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory to emphasize diversified, long-term allocation, and offers tax preparation as an ancillary service.