Joy joined The Financial Gym in 2017 as a Certified Financial Trainer. She worked with people at every stage of their financial lives. Some were just getting started, some were paying off debt, and others were growing their wealth or planning for big life changes. In each case she helped them make confident, informed choices that fit their own goals. After passing the Series 65 exam in 2024, Joy became an Investment Adviser Representative. She serves clients through Connective Wealth Partners, LLC (“CWP”), an SEC-registered investment adviser that operates The Financial Gym Advisors and Private Wealth Collective as d/b/a names. Joy holds a B.S. in Advertising and Marketing Communications from Johnson & Wales University. Before she started in personal finance, she spent five years at creative advertising agencies, including BBDO New York and Burns Group. She worked on campaigns for household brands such as Mars Chocolate (M&M’s and Dove), Yellow Tail wine, Post Foods and Ricola. Studying what drives people to buy shapes how she thinks about behavioral finance today. She helps clients understand the “why” behind their spending and saving habits, so they can make money decisions with more clarity and confidence. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory that provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a fundamental analysis investment approach with a long-term orientation and manages diversified portfolios including ETFs, equities, bonds, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Jonathan Kuczmarski is a financial advisor at Efficient Capital Strategies, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at WhaleRock Point Partners, LLC and Ameriprise. In addition to his advisory work, he maintains an active real estate salesperson license and dedicates part of his time to real estate activities. Efficient Capital Strategies is an independent firm that provides customized, goals-based financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and advisory consultations, including services for endowment and pension boards. The firm’s value-oriented investment approach incorporates fundamental analysis with complementary technical analysis and serves both high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

David Dicenso is a financial advisor with Green Street Wealth Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Green Street Wealth Advisory since 2017, following prior roles at Summit Financial Group and Summit Brokerage Services. Green Street Wealth Advisory provides customized investment management to individual investors, corporations, and other business entities, using a long-term, buy-and-hold approach based on fundamental and technical analysis. The firm operates on a fee-only basis, offers services on both discretionary and non-discretionary terms, and provides portfolio management for institutional-type clients as well as allocations within variable annuity contracts.

Kurt Jamiel is the principal advisor at Income Associates, an independent firm based in Barrington, RI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera and Summit Financial Group. Outside of advising, he owns and operates Quiet Keeper LLC, a sales and service business. Income Associates provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm emphasizes client-specific, discretionary investment strategies using a mix of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, often implementing third-party model portfolios and sub-advisors while offering ERISA 3(21) fiduciary services for employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Francis Hacket is the sole advisor at Hacket Asset Management, Inc. in Warwick, RI, holding a Series 63 designation with 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Hacket Asset Management since 1991. Hacket Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, managing approximately $12.5 million across about 20 client relationships. The firm employs a discretionary, client-specific approach with periodic portfolio reviews and documented trading and oversight practices.

Susan Gardiner is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at South County Wealth Planning and has previously worked at Forbes Financial Planning, Inc., Rhode Island Housing, and the Rhode Island Senate President’s office. She also provides financial planning services on a contract basis for Origin Financial. South County Wealth Planning serves individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment strategy emphasizing strategic asset allocation, diversification, and tax efficiency, and offers both discretionary investment management and various financial planning services, including retirement and estate planning.

Michael Bronson is a financial advisor at MB Financial Planning LLC in Richmond, RI, with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at his current firm since 2017. In addition to his financial advisory role, Bronson serves as an instructor at Roger Williams University School of Justice Studies, teaching courses on Financial Crimes and Understanding Pensions and Retirement to current and retired police officers. MB Financial Planning LLC serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, through comprehensive financial planning, investment management, and one-time financial plans. The firm employs primarily passive, low-cost portfolios with supplemental fundamental and technical analysis and also offers tax preparation and employer retirement-plan advisory services.

James Tavares is a financial advisor with Lodestar Wealth, LLC in Providence, RI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Quasar Distributors, LLC and Horizon Investments. He also supports a startup healthcare financial technology firm without receiving compensation. Lodestar Wealth Public Benefit, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm uses ETF-based, long-term portfolios guided by documented Investment Policy Statements and employs a combination of modern portfolio theory, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to construct diversified allocations.

Joseph Kolb is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Wickford Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2012 following four years at Strategicpoint Investment Advisors. Wickford Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, combined with fundamental and technical analysis, and applies tactical adjustments to manage risk and pursue incremental outperformance.

John Connaughton is a CFP® professional at Rhodeway Financial with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Columbia Funds and FINRA and serves as a paid independent trustee of the Columbia Funds. Rhodeway Financial offers financial planning and financial literacy seminars primarily for individuals and nonprofit organizations, focusing on investment, retirement, tax, college, and debt planning. The firm emphasizes mutual funds, particularly within employer-sponsored retirement plans, and provides non-discretionary advice without managing client portfolios or charging asset-based fees.

Jed Defalco is a financial advisor at Vetta Investments with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved with Ventura Investments, LLC since 2006. Vetta Investments provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on model-driven equity strategies and dividend income portfolios. The firm employs a quantitative approach with monthly rebalancing and uses coordinated block trading technology and derivatives within client accounts.

Eric Thomson is a financial advisor at Zarathustra Wealth Management in Providence, RI, holding a Series 66 designation with seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Coastal Financial Planning, Edward Jones, Staples Business Advantage, Amica Insurance, and Schneider Electric/APC. Zarathustra Wealth Management offers fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individual investors, small business owners, pension plans, foundations, and other institutional clients. The firm employs an evidence-based, quantitatively driven investment approach, combining broad index exposure with selective stock holdings and providing pension consulting as well as educational workshops.

Charles Means is the sole advisor at Charles J. Means & Co., LLC, an independent firm based in Providence, RI. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 24 years of experience managing client portfolios. Means has led his firm since 2002. Charles J. Means & Co., LLC offers customized investment management primarily for individuals, IRAs, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, acting mainly as a discretionary manager. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and security analysis using fundamental, technical, and cyclical methods, with routine quarterly account reviews. It frequently serves in operational fiduciary roles, including trustee and executor, and operates on a fee-only basis without offering standalone financial planning services.

Barry Misbin is a financial advisor with The Capital Group in Cranston, RI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with The Capital Group and its affiliated entities since 2000 and has also worked at Fortune Financial Services since 2018. Misbin serves as vice president of The Capital Group Investment Advisors, Inc. and president of The Capital Group Financial Advisors, Inc. The Capital Group Investment Advisors, Inc. offers personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $56 million in client assets across around 268 client relationships, providing customized portfolios generally managed on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and rebalancing.

Jeremy Sylvester is the principal advisor at Quahog Investments LLC in Richmond, Rhode Island. He holds a Series 66 designation and has four years of industry experience, including roles at Edward Jones and Sonalysts Inc., as well as service with the US Department of Defense. Sylvester has a technical background with doctoral training in physics and a master’s degree in finance, alongside prior naval service and ongoing part-time academic and reserve roles. Quahog Investments is an independent, fee-only advisory firm serving primarily individual, middle-class clients. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, focusing on low-cost, buy-and-hold strategies diversified across sectors, while incorporating limited derivative techniques and advising on private equity or real estate investment trusts when appropriate.

Michael Obuchowski is the sole advisor at Merlin Asset Management in Newport, RI, holding a Series 65 credential with 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Concert Wealth Management, North Shore Asset Management, First Empire Asset Management, and Altanes Investments. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and certain business entities with discretionary investment management focused on growth-oriented equity strategies across large-cap, SMID, and small-cap stocks. Merlin Asset Management employs a blend of bottom-up fundamental research, thematic top-down views, quantitative screening, and derivative-based approaches, including long-dated option overlays and supervised AI tools, to manage concentrated, low-turnover portfolios.

Jeffrey Brown is a CFP® and ChFC® with 38 years of industry experience. He is the owner and Investment Advisor Representative of Brown Advisory Group, LLC, where he has worked since 2006. Prior to and concurrent with his role at Brown Advisory Group, he has been associated with Triad Advisors, Inc. and Vanderbilt Securities, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a realty group and serves as president and building manager of a commercial office park. Brown Advisory Group provides investment management, retirement and comprehensive financial planning, and consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a dynamic, tactical asset allocation approach using a five-profile risk framework and offers access to multiple wrap-fee programs and select private placements.

Brittany Moran is a Certified Financial Planner® with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with Lincoln Capital Corporation since 2011. Lincoln Capital serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning with a fee-only approach. The firm manages over $400 million in client assets through a small team, employing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various investment types.

Sotirios Pappas is a financial advisor with The Retirement Planning Company of New England, Inc. in Warwick, RI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and with 26 years of industry experience. He is also CEO and President of Mystic Asset Management and Pappas Asset Management. The Retirement Planning Company of New England provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth households, trusts, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement account rollover advice, and financial planning tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

Sean Mcguirk is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lincoln Capital Corporation since 2015. He is based in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and operates within a three-advisor team. Lincoln Capital Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across various asset classes and manages over $400 million in client assets on a fee-only basis.