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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.

Matthew Conroy is the principal of Conroy Capital LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Bensalem, PA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to founding Conroy Capital, Conroy held roles at Fortis Group Advisors, LPL Financial, and Prudential. Outside of his advisory work, he is employed by Pro Football Focus. Conroy Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations, offering customized Investment Policy Statements and tailored asset allocations. The firm operates a private hedge fund managed by Conroy and employs both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of asset classes under discretionary authority.

Phyllis Storms is a financial advisor at Arrington Financial Advisors, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 designations and has worked at Touchstone Financial Advisors since 2011. Arrington Financial Advisors provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a top-down investment approach combining active and passive strategies, serving a diverse client base including retail, institutional, and charitable entities.

Edward Goldstein is a Certified Financial Planner® with over 22 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been the principal advisor at Financial Life Planning, LLC since 2008. Financial Life Planning, LLC provides comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services to individuals, families, small business owners, trusts, estates, and retirement plan participants. The firm uses customized, diversified portfolios primarily consisting of ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, supported by continuous supervision and advanced planning tools such as Monte Carlo analysis.

Francis Manella is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with CoAdjutant Financial Planning Services and has previously worked at OSAIC Wealth, Emoney Planning Services, American Portfolios, and MassMutual Greater Philadelphia. CoAdjutant Financial Planning Services provides outsourced, white-label financial planning and support primarily to other investment adviser representatives and business owners. The firm specializes in creating compliance-tested, comprehensive financial plans using deterministic and probabilistic projections, focusing on practice support and compliance rather than direct client asset management.

Alan Gottlob is a financial advisor at Ethos Financial Group, LLC with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Ethos Financial Group since 2024. Prior to this, he was with TFS Securities, Inc. and has maintained a longstanding role at Shingle Oak Advisors, LLC since 2001. He also serves as a board member of West Bay Holdings Ltd, where he provides strategic, capital, and actuarial governance oversight. Ethos Financial Group is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.14 billion and serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and institutional clients. The firm offers diversified, model-based portfolio management and financial planning services, utilizing a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income, supplemented by third-party research and AI tools for support.