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Patrick Cicchetti is the principal of Ryse Capital Management and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has four years of industry experience and is also co-owner of a moving company, where he manages business and marketing strategies. Additionally, he works as a consultant providing business planning and organizational efficiency coaching. Ryse Capital Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business owners with wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning services. The firm’s investment approach combines passive and active strategies based on modern portfolio theory and tailors portfolios to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

William Schmerbeck is the sole advisor at WGS Management Services, Inc. in Rochester, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience. He has been with WGS Management Services since 2014 and also works with the public accounting firm Ward, Schmerbeck, & Billig, P.C., which he has been affiliated with since 1996. WGS Management Services provides supervisory portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, and closely held businesses on a discretionary basis. The firm employs fundamental analysis through top-down and bottom-up approaches to create customized portfolios primarily consisting of publicly traded equities, bonds, and mutual funds, with regular monitoring and reporting.

Robert Brown is a financial advisor at Core Alpha, Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Nationwide Securities, Inc. and Nationwide Financial Network prior to joining Core Alpha in 2019. Brown is also a licensed insurance agent. Core Alpha, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and small businesses, focusing primarily on retail individual investors. The firm employs dynamic asset allocation across multiple portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and outsources management and trading to various platforms and independent managers.

Scott Zollo is a CFA® charterholder with 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Core Alpha, Inc. since 2000 and has longstanding affiliations with Mutual Funds Associates Inc. and Accu-Vest Planning, Inc. since 1991. Zollo is also associated with the Rochester Institute of Technology. Core Alpha, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, and small businesses, primarily serving retail investors with program minimums as low as $2,000. The firm employs dynamic tactical asset allocation across multiple labeled strategies and utilizes a broad range of investment instruments and outsourced platforms.

Salvatore Paternico is a CFP® and ChFC® with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with W & S Management Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2021. Prior to that, he held roles at ESL Investment Services LLC, LPL Financial LLC, and ESL Federal Credit Union. W & S Management Services serves individual investors, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and closely held businesses with discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio management, and is closely affiliated with a Certified Public Accounting practice to provide coordinated tax and financial planning support.

Roger Weller is a financial advisor at JR Snell Capital Management, LLC, with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has worked concurrently as an independent contractor for United Healthcare in a sales capacity since 2015. Weller is based in Holley, NY. JR Snell Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs proprietary model portfolios and a tactical asset allocation process, combining technical and fundamental analysis, while offering financial coaching and online planning tools.