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Neal Solomon is a CFP® and ChFC® with 41 years of experience in financial services. He is the founder and managing member of WealthPro, LLC and has held roles at The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. since 2005. Outside of advising, he occasionally sells internet domain names and serves as an expert witness and consultant in litigation matters. He is also involved in an audiology practice as a chief financial officer and manager. WealthPro, LLC provides financial planning, investment consulting, and portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm primarily recommends and monitors independent investment managers and strategist-driven model portfolios, with a significant portion of assets managed on the AssetMark platform.

Mitsuo Lockrow is a financial advisor at Cambridge Wealth Management, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Mutual Securities, Inc. from 2014 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he operates an independent insurance agency. Cambridge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a holistic planning approach with strategic asset allocation, tactical investment ideas, and active portfolio tools, serving a small client base including institutional and retirement-plan clients.

Stephen Lulla is a financial advisor at Maidstone Wealth Management, LLC in Cambridge, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at Weatherhelm Capital Management LLC from 2015 to 2017 before joining Maidstone Wealth Management. Maidstone Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis, tactical asset-allocation, and rebalancing, integrating broad ETF exposures with selected individual stocks, fixed income, and options strategies within separately managed accounts.

First Step Wealth Planning is a firm that serves people seeking guidance on retiring with financial and emotional confidence. Our clients are nearing or already retired, looking for advice on retirement income, tax planning, and investments, and typically have accumulated over $1.5 million. The traditional method of retirement planning is broken. It's about facts and figures as a means to sell products. A traditional firm's business model relies on managing investments for a percentage fee, and they dedicate their time and resources to convincing you that their investment opinions are superior to those of other firms. After over 20 years of working for those firms, I broke away and started First Step Wealth Planning to provide people with the guidance they seek without feeling pressured to purchase investment and insurance products. Guided Planning is a method that helps people clarify their emotional goals and align them with their money. It’s a way to help people figure out for themselves what really matters to them and how money will play a role in those relationships. By the end of the process, they feel confident that their plan accurately reflects who they are, what they want to do, and why. They are clear on their goals, the reasons behind them, and what they need to do to move forward. Guided Planning aligns all aspects of your wealth with how you want to spend your time in retirement and is offered at a flat rate. Half up front, the rest at completion. Implementation of the plan and ongoing guidance include tax planning, investment management, income maximization, and wealth transfer planning. All provided for a flat monthly rate. If this sounds like the type of relationship you would like to have with a financial planner, visit the website to set up a complimentary consultation to see how Guided Planning may be a good fit for you.

Connie Walsh Toler is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Adirondack Retirement Strategies. Her prior work includes roles at H&R Block, multiple school districts, and J Mandwelle Capital Management. Adirondack Retirement Strategies provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, with a focus on tailored portfolios and project-based planning. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach combined with fundamental and technical analysis and manages discretionary accounts totaling over $18 million in assets.

James Williams is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience and is a founding advisor at Williams Financial, LLC. He has served as an adjunct professor at Hudson Valley Community College since 2011, teaching online courses. Williams Financial, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, investment management, and pension consulting to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm operates as a fiduciary with a long-term investment approach, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory, and offers additional in-house accounting and tax services.