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Adam Apt is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with 18 years of industry experience. He has been the principal of Peabody River Asset Management, LLC since 2007. Additionally, he serves as Vice President of Investment Analytics at LTSAVE, Inc., where he designs and oversees an automated investment advice system for defined contribution retirement plans. Peabody River Asset Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, and institutional clients, including charitable organizations. The firm employs a top-down, four-stage portfolio construction process with a focus on ETFs, bonds, and a mostly buy-and-hold approach, supplementing fundamental analysis with quantitative risk models.

Robert Lang is the sole advisor at Aztec Capital LLC in Arlington, MA, holding a Series 65 credential with 12 years of industry experience. He has been involved with TheStreet.com and RealMoneyPro.com since 2012 and operates Explosiveoptions.net, an educational service for option traders that includes a chat room and spread trading service. Aztec Capital serves individual clients, small businesses, institutions, and charitable organizations through discretionary portfolio management and tailored investment strategies. The firm’s approach focuses on equity options and related derivatives, employing techniques such as premium selling, calls and puts buying, and hedging, with frequent use of technical analysis and active account monitoring.

Newton Spurr is a financial advisor with Ms Financial Services, LLC in Reading, Massachusetts, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been a partner at Spurr & Spurr, LLP, a tax preparation and accounting firm, since 1997. Outside of advising, he manages the accounting practice as a general partner. Ms Financial Services, LLC provides discretionary investment management and consulting to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm focuses on fundamental analysis and long-term strategies, constructing diversified portfolios while also advising on retirement accounts and acting as a fiduciary.

Peter Ferriero is the founder and president of Rocky Hill Advisors Inc., where he has worked since 2002. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 23 years of industry experience. Outside of his advisory role, Ferriero is involved in youth hockey through founding and leading Top Gun Youth Hockey, Top Gun Arena Management, and the New England Fall Prep Hockey League. Rocky Hill Advisors provides investment management and expert witness consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and Native American tribes. The firm employs a customized tactical allocation strategy with a focus on rebalancing and downside risk management, operating primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Todd Carter is the principal of The Blue Oak Group, LLC, an investment advisory firm based in Boston, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to founding The Blue Oak Group in 2008, Mr. Carter worked at Kalos Management and Kalos Capital, Inc. He also co-owns Mercer Consulting, LLC, a real estate consulting firm specializing in §1031 like-kind exchanges. The Blue Oak Group provides alternative investment advice and consulting to select accredited individuals, trusts, and corporate entities, focusing on tax-aware capital deployment and customized alternative allocations as part of broader financial plans. The firm’s approach includes working with a range of alternative assets and coordinating with clients’ existing legal, tax, and wealth teams.

Brian Hennessy is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal and owner of Hennessy Financial Services in Medford, MA, and has worked concurrently at Stage Harbor Financial, LLC since 2018. He has prior experience at Mass General Hospital and holds a Notary Public designation in Massachusetts. Hennessy Financial Services is an SEC-registered, single-advisor firm providing discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional accounts. The firm creates customized investment strategies based on clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, primarily focusing on equities, corporate debt, and mutual funds, and manages roughly $13.2 million in discretionary assets.