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Thomas Vaccaro Jr. is a CFP® and registered investment advisor with Briarcliff Manor Wealth Advisors, where he has worked since 2005. He has three years of industry experience and also operates BMWA Notary Services, providing notary services for residential mortgage transactions in New York. Briarcliff Manor Wealth Advisors manages discretionary investment accounts and offers personal financial planning for individuals, small businesses, and trusts, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a focus on tax-aware investing.

Brian Schmidt is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Hudson Delaware Planning LLC. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. Outside of financial advising, he is involved with Redbud Farms LLC. Hudson Delaware Planning provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities through both ongoing and project-based engagements. The firm focuses on a planning-only model without discretionary portfolio management or custody, offering services that include retirement, tax, and estate planning, while clients retain full discretion over their implementation.

Mark Stern is a financial advisor at Stone Ridge Advisors with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Laurel Wealth Advisors and Integrated Wealth Concepts, LLC. Stone Ridge Advisors is an independent, SEC-registered solo-practitioner firm managing approximately $36.5 million for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing proprietary blended investment models that integrate multiple analytical approaches and emphasize diversification, rebalancing, and a long-term investment horizon.

Shelterbelt Advisors serves the sustainable food and farm community with personalized advice, planning and education. We are committed to the stewards of the earth – the farmers, food entrepreneurs, and the good folks who support that work – because we share in their vision of abundance, diversity, and regeneration. Who Are You? You are stewarding creation on your land and in your work. You are nourishing your community and feeding your family. You are spreading the seeds of your wealth. Who Are We? A financial planning and tax firm that can help you build real wealth from agriculture and food systems work, make smart money choices that support your values, and transform your wealth into a force for good. What Is real financial planning? It is.. Personal: Made just for you and your journey. Interpersonal: Open and honest for those you show up for. Community: Invites, includes and invests in people. System: Rooted and returned in multiple forms. Michael Grady Robertson is a Certified Financial Planner® Certificant and tax professional. He has been a farmer for twenty years. He lives in the Hudson Valley of New York on a fiber-focused sheep farm. His most recent vacation was to delightfully charming All Things Oz Museum in Chittenango, New York.

John Duval is a financial advisor at Bantam Inc. in Staatsburg, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Bantam Inc. since 2017 and also manages a securities litigation consulting firm where he serves as an expert witness without providing investment advice. Bantam Inc. serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and select institutional clients, offering asset management, financial planning, and pension consulting with a focus on documented client objectives and discretionary strategies that include equity, fixed income, and alternative investments.

David Sterman is a CFP® professional with nine years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Huguenot Financial Planning in New Paltz, NY, and has worked at LPL Financial and Prime Technology LLC. He contributes external writing to industry publications. Huguenot Financial Planning provides fee-only financial planning and investment consultations to individuals, families, trusts, small businesses, pension, and charitable clients. The firm emphasizes diversified, long-term investment strategies using low-cost indexed funds and offers a range of engagement options including hourly, fixed-project, and subscription-based services without ongoing asset management or discretionary trading authority.