Melisa Dobraca Iacono is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors and its affiliated entities since 2018, as well as at Windrose Advisors, LLC from 2014 to 2018. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-focused investment approach, utilizing proprietary due-diligence processes and a mix of active and passive strategies across various third-party platforms.

Sangita Gandhi is a financial advisor at Shanti Capital LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She has non-active ownership in SAMVED Corporation, an investment-related business providing some investment research services since 2003, but holds no operational role. Shanti Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, focusing on global equity portfolios. The firm emphasizes fundamental research to identify undervalued companies with sustainable competitive advantages and concentrates holdings in a limited number of long-term equity opportunities, including exposure to small-cap healthcare, biotech, and non-U.S. equities.

Charles Levin is the sole advisor at Levin Financial Planning in Wayland, MA, holding a Series 65 license with 20 years of industry experience. He has led his independent firm since 2004, providing fee-only, hourly financial planning and investment advice. Levin Financial Planning serves individuals, families, small businesses, and retirement or profit-sharing plans using a fundamental, long-term buy-and-hold investment approach primarily with low-cost index funds and ETFs. The firm is notable for advising pension or profit-sharing plan clients despite being a solo, hourly-planning practice and is currently winding down operations and not accepting new clients.

Penelope Tzougros is a financial advisor with Wealthy Choices (R) who holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. She has 40 years of industry experience, including prior roles at LPL Financial, LLC and Bay Financial Advisors, Inc. In addition to her advisory work, she is an author of financial books and educational materials. Wealthy Choices provides personalized, fee-based financial planning and investment advice to individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm focuses on a discovery-driven planning process, employing fundamental and technical analysis, and does not manage client assets directly, leaving implementation to clients.

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.

Linda Taylor is a financial advisor with Carlisle Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Powerhouse Assets LLC for one year. Carlisle Financial Group, LLC is a state-registered, fee-only investment adviser serving primarily individual clients with portfolio management and financial consulting. The firm emphasizes low-cost index funds and ETFs, avoids market timing and routine stock picking, and maintains a disciplined rebalancing process with a focus on mutual funds and ETFs.

Peter Foley is a CFP® and ChFC® with over 20 years of experience in financial advising. He has operated Fourthpoint Advisors in Wellesley, MA since 2005. In addition to his advisory work, Foley is a licensed insurance broker in multiple states, including Massachusetts. Fourthpoint Advisors serves a select group of individual and family clients, along with employer organizations and nonprofit plan sponsors, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm provides both non-discretionary and discretionary investment solutions and maintains a distinct insurance brokerage practice.

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.

Barbara Duffield is the principal of Duffield Financial Group in Concord, MA, with 48 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at FSC Securities Corporation and OSAIC, alongside operating her own financial planning and advisory business since 1978. She maintains an insurance broker license, though she has not sold insurance products in more than 15 years, and currently serves on the finance committee of her condominium association. Duffield Financial Group provides pension consulting, investment consulting, and financial planning services to plan sponsors, trusts, endowments, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm focuses on non-discretionary client relationships, fundamental analysis, and a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach, with a notable emphasis on ERISA-level pension consulting and flat or hourly fee structures.

Ryan Lee Young is a financial advisor at Philosophe Financial with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at Vynamic LLC for seven years, Putnam Associates for two years, and Johns Hopkins University for three years. Philosophe Financial provides fee-only financial planning and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals and households, focusing on written financial plans, portfolio construction, and asset allocation. The firm operates primarily on an hourly and pre-purchased planning basis and serves as a fiduciary, delivering individualized advice without discretionary trading authority.

Derek Chin is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Northquant Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2012. He has six years of industry experience and is based in Wellesley, MA. Northquant Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to design equity-based strategies, incorporating both long- and short-term trading techniques with risk management tailored to each client’s investment policy.

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?

Trevor Gailun is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Thrive Investments, LLC in Wellesley, MA. His prior experience includes several years at Wellesley Investment Partners. Thrive Investments offers investment management and a subscription-based online financial planning portal for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a quantitative investment approach using low-cost ETFs across multiple strategy options and requires client accounts to be maintained at Schwab Institutional.

Celeste Gilbert is a financial advisor with C.J. Gilbert Financial LLC in Weston, MA. She holds a Series 65 designation and has seven years of industry experience, including four years at J.W. Swenson Investment Counsel. C.J. Gilbert Financial LLC provides investment management services to individuals, trusts, and individual retirement plans through sub-advisory agreements with independent investment managers. The firm focuses on client objectives and oversight of independent managers, delivering consolidated reporting and advisory fees while not executing trades or maintaining custody of assets.

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.

Michael Marchetti is a financial advisor at Lakeview Financial Planning in Shirley, MA, holding a Series 66 credential with nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., and The Professional Alliance, Inc. Outside of advisory services, he manages a retail company through Marchetti Industries LLC. Lakeview Financial Planning offers financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm uses a goals-based approach with fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, favoring globally diversified, tax-efficient, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and incorporates third-party managers when appropriate.

Ichiro Ishiguro is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Balanstone, LLC, an independent firm based in Newton, MA. He has 10 years of industry experience and has led Balanstone since its founding in 2015. Balanstone provides ongoing portfolio management and subadvisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and other investment advisers. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental equity investment approach focused on company fundamentals, future cash flows, and secular growth trends, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular portfolio reviews.

Ryan Creegan is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Sheltered Garden Financial Group LLC and has prior experience at Creegan & Nassoura Financial Group, MutualOne Bank, and Brookline Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a commercial credit analyst at a bank and provides tax-preparation services. Sheltered Garden Financial Group serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with discretionary wealth management, comprehensive financial planning, investment consulting, and tax-preparation services. The firm’s investment process focuses on fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio construction, primarily using individual stocks and bonds supplemented by ETFs and mutual funds for diversification and tax efficiency.

Elizabeth Pleck is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at Financial Strategies, LLC in Wellesley, MA. She has been with Financial Strategies LLC since 1982 and is also active as a writer, lecturer, and consultant. Financial Strategies, LLC is an independent firm providing fee-only financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily for individuals and couples. The firm emphasizes a long-term, diversified investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, offering ongoing portfolio management, hourly consultations, and comprehensive written financial plans.

Kyle Mannion is a financial advisor at Mannion Money Advisory with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously been involved in sports management and consulting, including roles at 3 Step Sports LLC and CM8 Soccer Consulting & Management. Outside of financial advising, he serves as Accounts Payable Manager for 3 Step Sports LLC. Mannion Money Advisory provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, small businesses, and corporate clients. The firm emphasizes a long-term, goals-based investment approach using diversified asset allocation, cost-efficient ETFs, and automated portfolio oversight.