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Patrick R

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Patrick Ryan is a Certified Financial Planner® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Cornerstone Advisory and previously worked at Equity Services, Inc. and Worthington Financial Partners. He is also a licensed independent insurance agent. Cornerstone Advisory serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first investment approach that incorporates probability-based wealth forecasting and manages most client relationships on a discretionary basis, with a focus on both traditional and alternative investments.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Michael L

Series 63, Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Michael Lavina is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2015. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer of Outcome Driven Strategies. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process and manages a diverse investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets, while overseeing third-party managers and acting as advisor and manager to private pooled funds.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Christopher P

CFP®, Series 66

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Christopher Pesota is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2024 and previously spent eight years at T Rowe Price. Cornerstone Advisory offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a planning-first approach combining traditional and alternative investments, including management of proprietary private pooled vehicles.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Thomas B

Series 63, Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Thomas Biddison is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Cornerstone Advisory since 2006, with prior experience at Alternative Markets Fund LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as vice chair of the board at UMD St. Joseph Medical Center. Cornerstone Advisory serves individual clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and a private pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a planning-first investment process with discretionary portfolio management, incorporating a broad investable universe that includes traditional and alternative assets and manages the Outcome Driven Fund, L.P., a private pooled vehicle focused on structured notes and lower-correlation strategies.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Robert G

Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Robert Gill Jr. is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2013. Cornerstone Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a planning-first approach and integrates traditional and alternative investment strategies, managing approximately $2.25 billion in discretionary assets.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Donald H

Series 63, Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Donald Huber Jr. is a financial advisor at Outcome Driven Strategies, LLC with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Outcome Driven Strategies since 2021, Cornerstone Advisory LLP since 2006, and AXA Advisors, LLC since 1999. Outside of his advisory roles, he owns and manages an insurance brokerage business and is involved in several real estate partnerships. Outcome Driven Strategies provides discretionary sub-advisory investment management primarily to other registered investment advisers and third-party money managers. The firm focuses on alternative investments, chiefly structured notes, and manages approximately $235 million using a strategy that combines credit analysis with technical and cyclical methods.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Alexander G

Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

Alexander Gersh is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Before joining Cornerstone Advisory, he worked at Sinclair Broadcast Group in various roles from 2019 to 2026 and previously at Diane Lebedeff D.P.M. from 2015 to 2019. Cornerstone Advisory offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm applies a planning-first approach, combining traditional and alternative investments, and manages approximately $2.25 billion in discretionary assets.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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James F

Series 63, Series 65

Hunt Valley, MD

Cornerstone Advisory

James Foxen is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Advisory with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Kestra Financial, Brighthouse Securities, and MetLife Investors Distribution Company. Foxen has been with Cornerstone Advisory since 2019. Cornerstone Advisory provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and sub-advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm uses a planning-first approach with wealth forecasting and probability analysis, integrating traditional and alternative investment strategies, and manages approximately $2.25 billion in discretionary assets.

Private / alternative investments Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Executive Founder/Business Owner
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