Christopher John Stief

Stephen De Cesare is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as the principal of De Cesare Retirement Specialists since 2008. His prior roles include positions at Triad Advisors, LLC, Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., Investment Advisors Asset Management, LLC, and Investment Advisors & Consultants, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, he is an independent insurance broker. De Cesare Retirement Specialists provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative investment methods, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary services, and incorporates a range of strategies including leveraged and inverse funds as well as crypto-focused ETFs for clients with higher risk tolerance.

I’m Delaware’s only professional futurist and the founder of StratFI, a boutique investment advisory firm built around a simple question: “What happens next?” Before launching StratFI, I served as lead portfolio manager for a multi-family office working with inherited wealth families. At the start of my career, I worked as a financial planner for what is now Ameriprise. Today, StratFI provides active investment management for active people — particularly professionals and retirees focused on building, preserving, and navigating long-term wealth. I work with a limited number of clients to maintain meaningful relationships and deliver a highly personalized experience. Clients receive direct access to their portfolio manager, customized investment strategies, and thoughtful guidance. All client assets are custodied with Charles Schwab. StratFI operates as a fee-only fiduciary, meaning no commissions and no conflicts of interest. To maintain a high standard of service and customization, we typically work with clients who have $500,000 or more in investable assets.

Hi, I’m Andrew! I founded Wrought Financial Planning to help entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals forge their path to financial freedom. We help our clients manage their cashflow, reduce their taxes, and grow their wealth. I’ve been interested in history, finance, and psychology since I was a kid growing up in Ocean City, New Jersey. After graduating from The College of New Jersey with honors, I began my financial services career in the alternative investment industry (private equity, hedge funds, commercial real estate and other fancy investments) first with Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments in Princeton, New York, and Boston and then with FS Investments based in Philadelphia. I grew tired of getting on airplanes for work and being away from my family so with the entrepreneurial spirit calling me I began my wealth management practice at Merrill Lynch and then I founded the independent and fee-only firm Wrought Financial Planning. I am married to my beautiful and patient wife and together we reside in Haddonfield, NJ with our two young daughters and Labrador Retriever. We enjoy traveling and sharing new experiences with my girls and being involved with their sports teams and activities. I am the Vice President and soon to be President of the Rotary Club of Haddonfield where we provide grants and scholarships to deserving organizations and underprivileged students. With whatever free time is left to me I love to read, listen to podcasts, and stay active by jogging with my dog and squeezing in a round of golf when possible.

Edward Harrington Jr. is a CFP® with 39 years of industry experience. He has been with Financial Planning Professionals, Inc. since 1992 and previously worked at Securities Service Network, Inc. for 21 years. Outside of advising, he serves as a member of a condominium board and has ownership interests in a storage facility and related commercial properties. Financial Planning Professionals, Inc. provides discretionary asset management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs global asset allocation model portfolios with active market timing and primarily focuses on ETF-based strategies implemented on a discretionary basis.

Jason Zola is a financial advisor at Cartera Investments with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cartera Investments, he worked at Exelon Corporation for a total of 14 years in various roles. Cartera Investments is an independent, state-registered, fee-only advisory firm that provides personalized investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual, high-net-worth, and pre-retirement clients. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and fundamental analysis, combining active and passive funds with select individual bonds and equities, and focuses on formal non-discretionary procedures requiring documented client approvals for transactions and rebalancing.

David Snyder is a CFA® charterholder with 39 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Journey 1 Advisors, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2023. Prior to founding Journey 1 Advisors, he spent 14 years at Oppenheimer & Co. He is also a licensed fixed insurance producer registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance. Journey 1 Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual clients, managing approximately $38.8 million across about 35 accounts. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis, incorporating strategies such as hedging and derivative techniques, with client portfolios composed of equities, fixed income, derivatives, and insurance contracts.