David Hunt Jr. is a CFP® and CFA® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Applied Capital Management, LLC. He has worked at LPL Financial since 2020 and has been affiliated with Applied Capital Management, Inc. since 2015. Applied Capital Management provides comprehensive financial planning and consulting services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes written financial plans and ongoing consulting, supporting a large client base with customized plans developed through detailed client engagement and fundamental analysis.

Bradley Kayton is a financial advisor at Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Studio Ventures since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, Kayton runs a consulting firm through a separate S-corp, providing executive management, board governance, CEO mentoring, and strategic consulting services to start-up companies. Studio Ventures and Capital Advisors offers advisory services to family offices, high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and business entities, focusing on creating and managing customized private-market equity and debt funds. The firm emphasizes thematic, client-tailored pooled vehicles and often takes an active role in portfolio companies through detailed due diligence and discretionary long-term investment strategies.

Narendra Kapadia is the sole advisor at Value Financial Services Corp. in Chelmsford, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Value Financial Services since 2000 and is also the owner and president of Value Mortgage Corporation, a mortgage origination and processing business he founded in 1996. Value Financial Services provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high net worth persons, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm offers customized portfolios and employs a long-term, personalized approach with flexibility to adjust holdings based on market conditions or client objectives.

Martin Krikorian is a financial advisor at Capital Wealth Management in Tewksbury, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Wealth Management since 2005. Capital Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, families including high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, businesses, and non-profit organizations. The firm focuses on portfolio diversification and risk control using low-cost, no-load, and index mutual funds, applying Modern Portfolio Theory with defined rebalancing guidelines, and offers no-cost educational seminars on investments, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Anthony Corsino is a financial advisor at Zen Financial Planning, LLC in Andover, MA, holding the CFP® and ChFC® designations with six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch and Raytheon and serves as an adjunct lecturer for Regis College and Boston University’s Financial Planning Programs. Corsino also works as an independent insurance agent. Zen Financial Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and business owners. The firm offers customized investment strategies based on clients’ goals and risk tolerance, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with Monte Carlo planning, and provides ERISA 3(21) retirement-plan advisory services.

John Spoto is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 17 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has been with Sentry Financial Planning, LLC since 2008 and also has a longstanding role at Vanguard Systems Technology, Inc. since 1992. Sentry Financial Planning, LLC provides fee-only, fiduciary financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individuals and trusts, including high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, buy-and-hold investing with a collaborative, non-discretionary approach to portfolio management.

Alicia Donahue is the sole advisor at Nashua Capital Management LLC, an independent firm based in Nashua, NH. She holds a Series 65 designation and has 13 years of industry experience, having led her firm since 2012. Nashua Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and incidental financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a long-term investment approach focused on dividend-paying growth and value companies, supplemented by ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed income for diversification.

Jeremy Gassman is the principal of Gassman Financial LLC in Salem, NH, with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Madison Avenue Securities, LLC for 13 years before focusing on his own firm. Gassman is also a licensed insurance professional involved in the sale of insurance and annuities. Gassman Financial LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm manages approximately $112.6 million in assets under management, employing a long-term, diversified asset-allocation strategy using ETFs, mutual funds, individual equities, and fixed income, with discretionary portfolio management and periodic rebalancing.

Beth Lundberg is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with five years at Hawthorne Wellman Financial Planning, LLC and a total of three years in the industry. Her prior experience includes roles at Hawthorne Wellman, LLC and Zeiders Enterprises, as well as self-employment. Outside of her advisory work, she dedicates time to an outside media project, a podcast. Hawthorne Wellman Financial Planning, LLC is a fee-only, state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, couples, and families with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs an evidence-based, factor-driven, globally diversified, and cost-conscious investment approach tailored to clients’ tax situations, risk tolerances, and life goals.

Edward Murray is a financial advisor at Family Investment Advisory, LLC in Nashua, NH, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Family Investment Advisory since 2011 and has operated his own advisory services since 1981. Murray is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in long-term care insurance. Family Investment Advisory, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and estates, focusing on individualized, diversified portfolios using asset allocation and fundamental analysis. The firm manages approximately $1.43 million in assets and conducts regular account reviews and client meetings.

My clients are young families and professionals in their 30s-40s who have hit a wall when it comes to managing their finances. They have busy personal schedules, growing careers, and recently introduced financial complexity that’s too much to manage. Questions my clients have include: - How do I prioritize multiple financial goals? - I have some cash saved, but what should I do with it? - I don't understand my taxes, is there more I should be doing? - Should I be saving for my children’s education? - Will I be able to retire on time, and live comfortably once I get there? - I’m self-employed, how should I be planning for my future? - How should I handle my equity compensation? - Do I have enough insurance to protect my loved ones? - How does having a baby impact my financial situation?

William De La Cruz is a financial advisor at DLC Wealth Management in Andover, MA, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He has worked at Delta Air Lines since 2009 as a Systems Operations Manager. DLC Wealth Management provides portfolio management and investment advisory services to individual clients and charitable organizations, employing a diverse investment approach that includes multiple analytical methods and long-term trading strategies. The firm manages approximately $2.69 million in discretionary assets for 18 clients and operates as a small practice with a single advisor.

Noah Tillinghast is a financial advisor at Callidus Capital with a Series 65 designation and experience beginning in 2022. He previously worked at Clearview Financial Strategies LLC and has a background that includes ten years in education. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent selling life insurance. Callidus Capital provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various security types. The firm typically manages portfolios under written discretionary authority and does not concentrate on any single security type.

Thomas Kilgallen is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Fair Weather Strategies LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2012. In addition to his advisory work, Kilgallen provides IT data consulting focused on analysis of large data sets and metric reporting. Fair Weather Strategies offers asset management, modular financial planning, and divorce financial counseling services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, trusts, and other entities. The firm emphasizes ETF and individual equity investments using fundamental and technical analysis, with a primarily long-only buy-and-hold strategy complemented by tactical adjustments.

David Sousa is a financial advisor with Sousa Financial in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Osaic Wealth, Inc. since 1999. Outside of investment advisory, he provides health, accident, and life insurance brokerage services to clients. Sousa Financial offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and a limited number of pension or profit-sharing plan clients. The firm uses asset-allocation software, risk-tolerance questionnaires, and both fundamental and technical analysis to build portfolios primarily focused on mutual funds and long-term holdings, operating largely on a nondiscretionary basis with client approval required for allocation changes.

Adam Mead is the principal advisor at Mead Capital Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 credential with 11 years of industry experience. He has been managing his independent firm since 2014 and concurrently serves as Assistant Vice President and Commercial Loan Portfolio Manager at Pentucket Bank. Mead Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm focuses on value-oriented, fundamental analysis with a concentrated portfolio approach and serves clients who prefer a long-term, business-owner perspective on publicly traded securities.

Carl Smith is the sole advisor at CJS Financial Advisers, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Newbridge Securities Corp and Primex, alongside multiple periods at CJS Financial Advisers since 2012. Outside of advisory work, he is a licensed real estate sales associate and co-owner of a family landscaping service. CJS Financial Advisers serves institutions, corporations, trusts, and similar entities by providing investment advisory and financial planning services, often acting as a solicitor to other advisers. The firm customizes client relationships through investment policy statements and manages accounts using both active and passive strategies across various asset classes, occasionally acting as a direct advisor via Folio Institutional.

Jared Hoole is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Lakeside Financial Planning, LLC in Windham, NH. He has worked at Lakeside Financial Planning since 2014 and also holds a position as Tax Manager at Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of early education and employer-sponsored child care services. Lakeside Financial Planning is a fee-only, registered investment adviser that offers comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, and small-business clients. The firm customizes advice and portfolios based on clients’ objectives, tax situations, risk tolerance, and time horizons, and provides services such as ongoing wealth management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial snapshot reviews.

Mark Alaimo is a CFP® and PFS™ credentialed advisor with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal of LCW Planning and Investments, LLC and also serves as president of LCW-CPA's, Inc., a CPA firm. His prior experience includes roles at Bainco International Investors, Kestra Financial Services, Sapers & Wallack, and Twinfocus Capital Partners. LCW Planning and Investments, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, utilizing a portfolio approach that combines fundamental analysis with Modern Portfolio Theory and internal due diligence. The firm maintains a distinct affiliation with an accounting firm offering tax and accounting services and employs a selection-and-oversight model involving unaffiliated independent managers.

Robert Cryts is a financial advisor at Cambridge Financial Services with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cetera Investment Advisers LLC and Cetera Advisors LLC. He has been with Cambridge Financial Services since 1998. Cambridge Financial Services is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers personalized wealth management and financial planning, employing a low-turnover, buy-and-hold investment approach using mutual funds, ETFs, and select individual securities.