Aaron Schroeder is the sole advisor at Farmingbury Financial Services, LLC in Wolcott, CT. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 26 years of industry experience, having worked at Farmingbury Financial Services since 1990. In addition to his advisory role, he is a Connecticut licensed insurance producer. Farmingbury Financial Services provides personalized financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm follows an efficient market philosophy using Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing asset allocation and periodic rebalancing, and often refers clients to third-party advisers while maintaining primarily non-discretionary oversight.

Robert Bleeck is the principal of Bleeck Financial Management, Inc. in Carmel, CA, with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and is also a Certified Public Accountant, maintaining an active accounting practice alongside his advisory work. Bleeck has been with his firm since 1982. Bleeck Financial Management, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension plans. The firm combines CPA services with portfolio management, employing multiple analytical approaches and managing discretionary accounts primarily through Charles Schwab.

Joseph Padellaro is a financial advisor at Northmont Wealth Management LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior experience at Citibank and J.P. Morgan. He is also involved with Northmont Capital Management Inc., an exempt reporting advisor managing two private 3(c)(1) vehicles. Northmont Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses fundamental analysis and predominantly passive investment strategies, offering customized investment policy statements and portfolio oversight as a solo advisory practice.

James Rice is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at JQR Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm based in West Hartford, CT. He has led JQR Capital Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, he coaches Alpine skiing on weekends during the season at Butternut Basin, Inc. in Great Barrington, MA. JQR Capital Management serves individual investors, employer plan sponsors, and institutional clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and employee benefit plan consulting. The firm uses a client-specific investment policy with a primarily passive asset-allocation approach supplemented by active fundamental research.

Hugo Soares is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Navigator Financial LLC, with over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. His prior roles include positions at Talcott Financial Group and The Hartford. Outside of his advisory work, he manages several rental properties as a sole proprietor. Navigator Financial provides fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm emphasizes individualized asset allocation and comprehensive planning, operating under a fiduciary standard without commissioned products.

James Russell is a financial advisor at Strategic Investment Planning LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and also serves as a shareholder and CPA at Russell & Company CPA, P.C., where he performs management duties and acts as a trustee of client trusts. Strategic Investment Planning LLC provides investment advisory services primarily to pooled investment vehicles and institutional accounts, employing fundamental analysis and a preference for simple, low-cost, diversified strategies. The firm’s affiliation with a certified public accounting practice is notable among investment managers.

Sam Shehu is the sole advisor at Shehu Asset Management, LLC in Southbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors. Outside of financial advising, he manages a self-serve laundry business in Thomaston, CT. Shehu Asset Management provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, small businesses, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs proprietary modeling tools to manage risk and position sizing, offering services tailored to client demographics and risk tolerance, with a focus on both individual and institutional clients.

Dave McCary, CFP®, CPWA®, CRI®, MBA, serves doctors, business owners, commercial real estate owners, and ultra-high net worth family members nationwide who want to create family wealth across generations in a tax efficient manner. He is their outsourced CFO and CIO to their CEO. Dave also acts as Investment Advisor to his clients' business retirement plans, sharing their Plan Sponsor ERISA liability for safe investing for them and their employees. His quality retirement plan advising results in a strong employee benefit package that helps clients attract top talent into their businesses. As a former Private Banker for a large NYC commercial bank (now part of JP Morgan), investment officer for a Aetna Life Insurance in Hartford, entrepreneur in commercial real estate serving clients including JP Morgan, Citibank's Alternative Asset Group, Greenwich Capital, and Allied Capital, and co-Founder and lead Advisor to his family's Virtual Family Office since 2001, Dave has the experience and hard-earned wisdom needed to be an effective fee-only fiduciary Advisor to his clients. In his community, Dave is a respected Trustee helping oversee over $100 million for the following groups: 1) University of Hartford Art School; 2) Connecticut Museum of History; 3) Colt Family Bequest; and 4) Episcopal Bishops of Connecticut Endowment. Outside of work, Dave enjoys family time while also pursuing skiing (PSIA Certified ski instructor), photography (www.dwmccary.com), biking (pedal and motorized), golf, and flying small planes. Dave lives in West Hartford with his wife, and together they have three adult children and four grandchildren.

Nathaniel Burne is a CFP® professional with 31 years of industry experience. He is the principal at Burne Financial Concepts, LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2018. Prior to that, he worked for a decade at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Burne serves as treasurer for the Watertown Volunteer Fire Department. Burne Financial Concepts manages approximately $113.7 million for about 144 clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, emphasizing customized, primarily long-term portfolios that utilize low-cost diversified mutual funds and ETFs alongside selected individual securities.

Brian Elmer is the principal of BE Investment Management in Farmington, CT, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC since 2021 and founded BE Investment Management in 2013. BE Investment Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $6 million in client assets, offering customized portfolio management that includes equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and fixed-income securities, using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis tailored to client objectives.

Ronald Iannucci is the sole advisor at Ronald J. Iannucci CFP, an independent firm based in Woodbury, CT. He holds the CFP® designation and has 26 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his current firm, he worked at Comprehensive Capital Management, Inc. and Comprehensive Asset Management and Servicing, Inc. Additionally, he is involved in mortgage origination through First World Mortgage and has been a licensed insurance agent since 1990. The firm provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, managing approximately $3.1 million in assets across 53 accounts. It also offers tax preparation and insurance products alongside its investment services.

Joel Kosovsky is a CFP® and PFS™ with 27 years of experience in financial services. He is the principal and sole advisor at Horizon Financial Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in West Hartford, CT. Kosovsky also manages two CPA firms, Kosovsky and Company CPAs and Consultants, LLC and KPS & Company, LLC. Horizon Financial Advisors serves a small client base with asset management, financial planning, and pension and profit-sharing plan consulting. The firm manages portfolios primarily on a non-discretionary basis, using a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation, model portfolios, and fundamental and technical analysis.

Kayse Kress is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at DocsFP, an independent financial planning firm. She has previously worked at Physician Tax Advisors LLC, Physician Wealth Services, LLC, More With Less Financial Planning, LLC, and Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC. In addition to her advisory work, she is an Adjunct Professor at Central Connecticut State University, a role she has held since 2018. DocsFP provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and businesses. The firm emphasizes hourly financial planning engagements across various topics and offers investment management through a buy-and-hold passive indexing strategy without charging percentage-of-assets fees.

Brian Williams is a financial advisor at Northshire Consulting, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Triad Advisors, Inc. and Future Benefits, Inc. since 2018, he has been with Northshire Consulting. Northshire Consulting provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, with a focus on portfolio management and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines active and passive mutual funds with diversification strategies and conservative cash instruments, and it holds discretionary authority under ERISA §3(38) for certain retirement plan model portfolios.

David Rioux is the sole advisor at Rioux & Company, LLC, an independent firm based in Burlington, CT. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 28 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 1996. Rioux & Company LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, qualified retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm constructs portfolios using a range of instruments and employs derivative strategies with client consent, applying modern portfolio theory alongside fundamental and technical analysis.

Richard Sullivan is a financial advisor with Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated in Farmington, CT, holding a Series 63 designation and 40 years of industry experience. He has worked with Fiscal Dynamics Associates Inc. and Fiscal Dynamics, Inc. since 1985. Fiscal Dynamics, Inc. provides financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporations, trusts, estates, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm develops comprehensive financial plans tailored to client objectives and employs fundamental analysis and long-term strategies alongside tactical model portfolios that are reviewed semiannually.

Benjamin Sams is a financial advisor at Haviland & Sams, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Haviland & Sams since 2010. Sams is also the managing member of Sams Family Investment, LLC, a family investment vehicle. Haviland & Sams advises corporations, individuals, families, business owners, professionals, and corporate executives on comprehensive financial planning and consulting. The firm focuses on developing investment policy statements, recommending asset allocation, and monitoring independent investment managers rather than directly managing client assets.

Dawn Landino is a financial advisor at Bright Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Bright Advisors in 2026, she worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services and MetLife Securities Inc. Dawn is also the owner and manager of Compass Financial Architects, where she provides life, health, and disability insurance to clients. Bright Advisors, founded in 2024, offers investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, foundations, corporations, and individuals with complex financial needs. The firm employs a multi-dimensional, client-centered process with portfolios implemented through various managed account structures and emphasizes the selection and oversight of third-party advisers as part of its investment approach.

Richard Leukart is a financial advisor with Charter Oak Asset Management, Inc. in Cheshire, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Charter Oak since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, Leukart is co-owner of Seventy West, LLC, an LLC established to manage rental property. Charter Oak Asset Management serves individuals, retirement programs, trusts, corporations, and non-profits by providing discretionary investment management through proprietary Managed Account Programs, consulting, and fixed-income purchase advisory services. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and active management informed by chart analysis and economic indicators, and it provides clients with regular performance reporting and access to insurance products.

Christopher Powers is a financial advisor at Wealth Management Group of North America, LLC (WMGNA) with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including RBC Capital Markets, Triad Advisors, and Arkadios Capital. Powers is also licensed in health, life, and disability insurance and engages in insurance sales alongside his advisory role. WMGNA serves individuals, families, pension plans, and businesses by providing financial planning, tax services, and both fee-based and commission-based investment management. The firm’s investment approach centers on customized strategic asset allocation with regular reviews and incorporates third-party money managers and a variety of strategies, including options and alternative investments.