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Allan Katz is a financial advisor at Stirlingshire Investments with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Stirlingshire RIA LLC and Stirlingshire BD LLC since 2023, in addition to serving as president of Comprehensive Wealth Management Group, LLC since 2007. Outside of finance, Katz is a freelance trombone player and owns a model train business. Stirlingshire RIA LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, and other entities, serving both non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that includes quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis, offering a range of investment vehicles and model strategies through the Advyzon marketplace.

Tomas Geoghegan is a CFP® and Series 66–registered financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Beacon Hill Private Wealth LLC since 2016, where he is the sole advisor. The firm provides comprehensive wealth management and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, institutions, and businesses. Beacon Hill employs an evidence-based, largely passive investment approach focused on global diversification, modest factor tilts, and high-quality fixed income to manage portfolio volatility, and it offers distinctive pension-consulting services including plan investment platform analysis and participant education.

Christopher Gething founded Atherean Asset Management LLC in 2014 as an independent investment advisory firm after working as a financial adviser at various firms including MetLife Securities since 2006. He is also the managing member of the general partner to the Atherean Value Fund, LP, a value-oriented long-short equity fund which was formed in 2023. Prior to working in investment management he worked as an engineer at companies including ABAQUS, Inc, now part of Dassault Systèmes. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, and is also a Certified Financial Planner practitioner. He has Sc.B. and Sc.M. degrees in engineering from Brown University, and did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of Sigma Xi. Atherean Asset Management LLC offers investment advisory, portfolio management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, and investment funds. The firm manages customized separately managed accounts and a private pooled vehicle, Atherean Value Fund, LP, using an equity-centered approach that combines strategic asset allocation, tactical adjustments, and fundamental valuation.

Timothy Moran is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at several firms, including Wells Fargo Bank, Prestige Wealth Management Group, and Investors Bank/Citizens, before joining Condor Capital Wealth Management. Moran is currently part of an 18-advisor team at Condor. Condor Capital Wealth Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension plan consulting. Condor employs fee-only investment strategies with a range of investment vehicles and integrates tools such as AI to support adviser analysis, operating across a multi-office structure with unique service offerings like concierge hourly services and private fund recommendations.

Kyle Medric is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding Series 7, 63 and Series 65 licenses and having two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Equitable Advisors, he worked as an independent contractor and held various roles including tech support for a Swiss manufacturing company and working for Verizon. Inside of financial advising, he is available for in-home visit services as well as virtual and office meetings. Equitable Advisors serves individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, retirement plan support, and asset management through LPL programs and third-party managers. The firm operates a hybrid referral and implementation model, combining advisory and brokerage channels to tailor services based on clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

Damian Mbadugha is the sole advisor at Hillgate Financial, LLC, a New Jersey-registered investment adviser. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. In addition to his advisory role, he is registered as a commodities trading advisor, and works as an insurance agent and tax preparer, focusing on research during weekends. Hillgate Financial provides discretionary investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, and estates, applying modern portfolio theory to build diversified portfolios primarily using passively managed funds and ETFs. The firm emphasizes tax-aware strategies and manages a historically significant asset base with a focus on individualized client portfolios.