Matthew Valentine is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Needham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GW & Wade, LLC and State Street Global Advisors affiliates. Outside of advisory work, he holds a real estate broker license and manages residential rental properties. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial counseling, family office and practice-integrated wealth services, and fiduciary and sub-advisory solutions. The firm employs a tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach with enhanced open architecture, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis, and integrates a broad range of public and private investment strategies alongside affiliated service companies and product relationships.

John Heslin is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at The Colony Group, Atlas Private Wealth Management, BULLARD McLEOD & ASSOCIATES, INC., and Tradition Capital Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering a wide range of investment management and wealth services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis and integrates various investment strategies within a broad advisory platform.

Whitney Spalding Spencer is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. Prior to joining Focus Partners, she worked at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, Relative Value Partners, Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, and NACSA. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm emphasizes a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that integrates active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, and ETFs.

Adam Arthurs is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and T3 Trading Group, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth families, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using fundamental and quantitative analysis, third-party managers, and a wide range of investment strategies, supported by an extensive network of affiliated service companies.

Jonathan Ahalt is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms, including Strategic Capital Advisors, Inc. for 22 years, and more recently at Transform Wealth, LLC and Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach combining active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Daniel Lopez is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at The Colony Group, Connectus Wealth, SVB Wealth LLC, and Sira Capital. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Regan Smith is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Adero Partners, LLC and Vista Wealth Management. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that emphasizes tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework combining various active and passive strategies.

Erica Young is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC and IFAM Capital. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis along with third-party managers, offering a broad range of investment and wealth management services.

Nicole Ilustre is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. She has worked at The Colony Group since 2021 and previously at Thrivent Financial from 2017 to 2021. She is affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, an enterprise firm serving individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers a broad range of wealth advisory and investment management services, employing a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Annamarie Hernandez is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Ameriprise, MML Investors Services, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company, among other roles. Focus Partners Wealth serves individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial counseling, family office and practice-integrated wealth services, and fiduciary services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis, third-party managers, and a broad range of investment strategies.

Brandon Terkeltaub is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Royal Alliance Associates, INC., and Jhfn Sii. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that incorporates fundamental and quantitative analysis, multiple asset classes, and integrated reporting across managed and held-away assets.

Christopher Johnson is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at The Colony Group, LLC and Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that incorporates active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Ryan Murphy is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Churchill Management Group for 20 years prior to joining Focus Partners Wealth in 2025. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach and offers a broad range of wealth services, integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis with multiple investment strategies and extensive affiliated product relationships.

Dirk Gilliard is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Bam Management, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, and Dan Goldie Financial Services. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis with external managers and alternative strategies, while offering a wide range of wealth management and advisory services.

Jason Kennedy is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Scottsdale, AZ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at The Colony Group, LLC, InterOcean Capital, Commonwealth Financial Network, and several other firms. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm emphasizes a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies alongside various specialized offerings.

Sarah Kyle is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. She has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2019 and previously held roles at AvalonBay and Ernst & Young. Focus Partners Wealth provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that incorporates tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework, combining various active and passive strategies alongside private funds and ETFs.

Shane Reilly is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at The Colony Group, LLC and GYL Financial Synergies, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse range of clients including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with a broad platform of investment and wealth management services.

Joseph Guerra is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Adero Partners, Raymond James & Associates, and IRG Companies. Guerra’s background also includes roles outside the financial sector and a period of employment at Texas State University. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm’s long-term investment approach emphasizes tax- and fee-sensitivity within an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, and ETFs.

Jonathan Derby is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, based in Newton, MA, and has 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2021 and previously operated Derby and Company Inc for nearly three decades. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that integrates active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Kelli Adams is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. She previously worked at GW & Wade LLC and GW & Wade Asset Management Company. Outside of her advisory role, she owns an investment property with minimal involvement. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to a diverse client base, employing a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates both active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.