Jeffrey Meenes is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Meenes Wealth Partners and has been involved with Blueprint Financial Planning, LLC since 2010. Meenes Wealth Partners is an independent firm offering flat-fee, fiduciary wealth management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals and families without a net-worth minimum. The firm emphasizes asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs a primarily non-discretionary approach, using retainer and project-based pricing instead of percentage-of-assets fees.

Jeffrey Wexler is a financial advisor at Wexler Financial Group with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously operated businesses providing document translation services under Wexler Enterprises, LLC. Prior to founding his current firm, he worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors and World Financial Group. Wexler Financial Group offers investment management, financial planning, consulting, and insurance producer services to pension plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a client-specific process to implement asset-allocation portfolios using a range of investment tools and serves both individual and institutional clients, combining registered advisory and licensed insurance services.

Catherine Ryan is a CFA charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. She has been the sole advisor at Cedar Rock Investment Advisors since 2006. Cedar Rock Investment Advisors offers investment counseling and portfolio management to individuals and trusts, including charitable remainder and income-only trusts. The firm’s investment approach is based on academic research emphasizing asset allocation, low-cost instruments, and careful liquidity management, combining broad market core holdings with tactical positions informed by fundamental and behavioral analysis.

Joffrey Bremond is the sole principal of Cigale Financial Services LLC and holds a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding Cigale Financial Services in 2024, he held finance-related roles at UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. and Medically Home. He also serves as Controller at Middlesex School, overseeing the accounting team and managing accounting operations. Cigale Financial Services LLC provides asset management, financial planning, and outsourced Chief Investment Officer services, with a focus on non-profit organizations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, emphasizing long-term, passive strategies and customized account management.

William Nickles is the sole advisor at Yellow Dog Financial, Inc., an independent firm based in Bolton, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 18 years of experience in the financial industry, having been with Yellow Dog Financial since its founding in 2008. Yellow Dog Financial, Inc. manages approximately $21.2 million for around 60 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer plan sponsors. The firm employs a goal-based planning process with a focus on passive, benchmark-tracking investments and manages accounts primarily on a non-discretionary basis, combining comprehensive year-long financial planning with ongoing monthly support and retirement plan consulting.

Jeffrey Forsman is the principal of Forsman Financial Services and holds a Series 65 designation. He has experience in accounting and tax planning through his separate CPA practice, Jeffrey Forsman CPA Inc, which provides tax compliance and planning services for individuals and small businesses. Prior to founding his advisory firm, he worked at Huntington Tax Partners LLC and Abrams Little Gill Loberfeld PC. Forsman Financial Services is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with wealth management and financial planning. The firm employs a combination of fundamental company analysis and modern portfolio theory, utilizing both passive and active investment vehicles, and offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management.

Jason Burack is a financial advisor at Hawk Capital Management LLC in Millbury, MA, holding a Series 66 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Hawk Capital Management since 2014. Hawk Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, and client-owned businesses. The firm employs a research-driven, fundamentally oriented investment approach focused on concentrated, long-only U.S. equity portfolios, incorporating strategies such as discounted cash flow analysis, leverage, options, and short-selling.

Christopher Noonan is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor at TrueNorth Financial Planning with experience spanning several firms since 2018, including Putnam Investments and Blackstone Valley Wealth Management. He has worked in both investment management and financial planning roles and is currently the sole advisor at TrueNorth Financial Planning in Northborough, MA. TrueNorth Financial Planning provides fee-based investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, offering discretionary portfolio management and standalone hourly financial planning services.

Joseph Somerset is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He founded and has operated Beantown Financial Advisors LLC since 2003 and previously worked at Bentley University from 2011 to 2017. Beantown Financial Advisors provides personalized financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation and global diversification using primarily no-load and low-load mutual funds and ETFs, offering discretionary investment management and limited-scope hourly planning engagements under written agreements.

Andrea Crowell is a financial advisor at Kearney-Burch Financial Services, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Kearney-Burch Financial Services and its successor firm since 2005. Kearney-Burch Financial Services, Inc. provides investment advisory services, financial planning, and consultation to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and corporate entities. The firm manages discretionary portfolios using a risk tolerance questionnaire and employs MoneyGuide Pro for planning and portfolio modeling, offering services that include 401(k) advisory and pension consulting.

Gerald Kochevar is the principal of Kochevar Financial Planning, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Grafton, MA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 14 years of industry experience, leading his firm since 2011. Kochevar Financial Planning provides broad-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts and estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold investment strategies using diversified, cost-efficient index funds and ETFs, and focuses on financial planning and investment consultation without managing client portfolios directly.

Wayne Ushman is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Assabet Advisors, LLC since 2003. He holds several board and committee positions with nonprofit organizations, including serving as a board member of Jeffco Fibres Group, Inc. and chair of the Endowment Committee for the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts. Assabet Advisors provides discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a scientific approach grounded in modern portfolio theory, emphasizing strategic asset allocation, individualized investment policy statements, and periodic rebalancing.

Michael Hogan is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 38 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cutler Capital Management since 2019 and previously held roles at Wellesley Investment Advisors, Foreside Fund Services, and had a brief period of unemployment. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as secretary on the board of Fashion for Friends, a nonprofit focused on mental health awareness and suicide prevention supporting women with breast cancer. Cutler Capital Management is a SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and pooled private investment funds. The firm specializes in convertible securities, financial-sector equities, and publicly traded REITs, employing both fundamental and technical analysis and using various hedging and leverage techniques tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Joseph Bourque is an advisor at Worcester Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and has worked at Worcester County Fiduciary Advisors Inc. since 2011 as well as Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. since 2008 and 1999, respectively. Worcester Advisors provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and municipalities. The firm uses a fundamental, value-oriented equity approach with an emphasis on risk control and fixed-income management tailored to interest-rate outlooks, and it serves a range of clients including municipal entities and fiduciary roles.

Jacob Wharton is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Worcester Advisors and has been in the industry for under one year. He also works as a consultant with the Small Business Development Center in Worcester, assisting small business owners in organizing financial statements. His prior experience includes various roles in education and community organizations. Worcester Advisors provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and municipalities. The firm employs a fundamental, value-oriented equity process with an emphasis on risk control and fixed-income management, and it offers specialized reporting and fiduciary services.

Geoffrey Dancey is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Cutler Capital Management LLC since 2003, working in Worcester, MA as part of a six-person advisory team. Cutler Capital Management is a SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and pooled private investment funds. The firm specializes in convertible securities, financial-sector equities with a focus on community banks, and publicly traded REITs, using both fundamental and technical analysis to construct portfolios aimed at current income with upside potential and managed downside risk.

Richard Shrier is a ChFC® with over 21 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been self-employed since 2002 and has worked at Shrier Associates, LLC since 1988. Shrier serves as vice-chair of the investment committee and board member for the Union for Reform Judaism, as well as a board director and investment committee member for the Reform Pension Board. Shrier Associates serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plan sponsors, corporations, businesses, and non-profit entities with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and assets-under-advisement services. The firm builds customized, primarily long-term portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs alongside REITs, limited partnerships, and individual securities, while retaining the ability to make tactical reallocations when warranted.

Sangam Dahal is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Worcester Advisors with three years of industry experience. His work history includes positions at Clark University, Swopna Events Pvt Ltd, and Nabil Investment Banking Limited. Worcester Advisors provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and municipalities. The firm employs a fundamental, value-oriented equity process and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a notable focus on municipal clients and fiduciary roles.

Thomas Jacobsen is a financial advisor at Assabet Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. He previously worked for BNY Mellon and West Texas A&M University. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as treasurer for Bethlehem Bible Church, handling bookkeeping and accounting. Assabet Advisors provides discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm follows a scientifically grounded approach based on modern portfolio theory, emphasizing strategic asset allocation and periodic rebalancing over stock-picking or market timing.

Jacob Girard is the founder of Girard Capital Management and holds a Series 65 designation. He has experience working at KPMG and in education prior to establishing his advisory firm in 2024. Girard Capital Management is a registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a passive portfolio construction approach within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework and offers access to a range of asset classes including private and alternative investments.