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Ichiro Takayoshi is the sole advisor at Takayoshi Wealth Management LLC in Newton, MA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of experience as a faculty member at Tufts University. Takayoshi Wealth Management provides financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individuals and families through time-bound and ongoing engagements, offering diversified, long-term portfolio advice with an emphasis on low-cost ETFs and mutual funds. The firm uses a flat fee pricing model and incorporates scenario analysis and stress-testing in its recommendation process.

Kevin Feig is a CFP®, CPA, CFT™, professional affiliated with Walk You To Wealth in Dover, MA, with over 20 years of industry experience including executive-level roles at Fidelity Investments and digital asset firms such as Coinbase and Kraken. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Financial Planning at Columbia and Regis Colleges. Walk You To Wealth provides financial coaching and comprehensive planning to individuals and families, including portfolio management and money-mindset coaching for a flat monthly fee.

Melisa Dobraca Iacono is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors and its affiliated entities since 2018, as well as at Windrose Advisors, LLC from 2014 to 2018. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-focused investment approach, utilizing proprietary due-diligence processes and a mix of active and passive strategies across various third-party platforms.

Joseph Hoffman is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Financial Independence Advisors a part of World Investment Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions with TIAA-CREF, Edward Jones and Vanguard. He is also licensed to recommend life, health, and variable insurance products. World Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, institutions, and retirement-plan clients. The firm offers model-based and customized portfolio solutions across discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, supported by a range of technology platforms and service offerings.

Sangita Gandhi is a financial advisor at Shanti Capital LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She has non-active ownership in SAMVED Corporation, an investment-related business providing some investment research services since 2003, but holds no operational role. Shanti Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, focusing on global equity portfolios. The firm emphasizes fundamental research to identify undervalued companies with sustainable competitive advantages and concentrates holdings in a limited number of long-term equity opportunities, including exposure to small-cap healthcare, biotech, and non-U.S. equities.

Edward Vahey is a financial advisor at Silver Pine Capital, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Citizens Securities Inc. and Axa Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in youth sports as a referee for high school and youth hockey and lacrosse games and coaches youth hockey in Wellesley. Silver Pine Capital serves individual and institutional clients through discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, employing a value-oriented investment process that combines bottom-up stock selection with top-down macro analysis. The firm offers diversified portfolios across equities, fixed income, and alternative assets, along with specialized hedged strategies and performance-based fee arrangements for eligible clients.