Nicholas Dirienzo is a CFA® charterholder and a financial advisor with five years of industry experience. He is currently the sole advisor at Finish Line Wealth Management, LLC and previously worked at Nottingham Advisors, Manulife Asset Management, State Street, and Putnam Investments. Finish Line Wealth Management is an independent advisory firm serving primarily individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension plans. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning services using a core/satellite investment approach with ETFs and risk-based strategies, combining fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative techniques.

David Hartzell is the sole advisor at Cornell Capital Management, an independent firm based in Clarence Center, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 26 years of experience with Cornell Capital Management. The firm serves a small group of primarily high-net-worth individuals, managing discretionary portfolios focused on equities and ETFs with a buy-and-hold, fundamental-analysis approach emphasizing dividend-paying stocks and sector ETFs. Cornell Capital Management offers tailored investment options and occasional limited financial planning services, with an emphasis on personalized client mandates and international diversification considerations.

Cutler Greene is the sole advisor at Spaulding Greene Wealth Management, LLC in Buffalo, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with four years of industry experience. He has been with Spaulding Greene Wealth Management since 2007. Outside of advisory services, he is a member of two LLCs that own small rental properties, which are unrelated to his investment work. Spaulding Greene Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management to a small client base of individual investors, trusts, and estates, focusing on conservative, tax-aware portfolio management using individual equities, mutual funds, and ETFs. The firm operates as a single-advisor practice with tailored portfolios and a preference for low turnover.

Scott McCarthy is a CFP® credentialed advisor with five years of experience at Cambridge Advisors, LLC. He has held roles at Cambridge Consulting, Inc. and Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., among others, spanning over a decade. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a trustee and manages investments for several family and client trusts. Cambridge Advisors, LLC provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and pension plans. The firm employs a disciplined asset allocation approach, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, alternative investment recommendations, and retirement plan consulting, supported by access to model portfolios through Orion and Envestnet.

Timothy Minneci is the sole advisor at Timothy C. Minneci, an independent firm based in Williamsville, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Paramax Securities, LLC, and Paramax Corporation. Outside of financial advising, he is a partner in Island Estates Home Watch LLC, a property management service for owners with multiple residences. The firm provides financial planning and asset allocation advice to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans without holding client funds or managing individual securities. Its approach involves goal analysis and written recommendations, often referring clients to outside managers for implementation.

Matthew Makowski is a financial advisor at Ibis Capital Management, LLC with 11 years at the firm and 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and is also an attorney, managing his own law firm, Matthew J. Makowski, PLLC, where he practices law part-time. Ibis Capital Management primarily serves individual and trust clients, as well as some pension and profit-sharing plan accounts, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm uses fundamental research with some quantitative inputs to tailor investment strategies based on client risk tolerance, diversification, income needs, and age.

Thomas Glenn is the principal of Glenn Asset Management in Kenmore, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Continental Transmission since 2000, where he rebuilds automotive transmissions. Outside of financial advising, he owns and operates BUN Properties, a rental property business. Glenn Asset Management provides personal investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities, including family businesses. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach that combines passive and active investments, with portfolios generally globally diversified and monitored regularly. The firm is notable for its work with business entities and family businesses, reflecting the principal’s direct operating and real estate investing experience.

I'm a retirement focused advisor with over 10 years of experience. I specialize in tax-efficient retirement planning and investment management for those that are retired or within a few years of retiring, all for a flat annual fee. I launched Free Time Financial in March 2025 after spending 10 years working for a Registered Investment Advisor firm who provided tax-efficient retirement planning, but charged for the service based on how large your investment accounts were. That model never made sense to me, and I finally left to build a firm on my own terms, where I could take wonderful care of a smaller number of families and charge them based on the complexity of the service and not on how wealthy they are.

Gordon Stockman is a financial advisor at EWM Advisory with over a decade of experience in the industry. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at EWM Advisory since 2014, alongside his roles at Efficient Wealth Management Inc. He is also involved with Nextgen Financial Planning Inc., a registered portfolio manager in Ontario, and Sharp Accounting Professional Corp, a CPA firm in Ontario. EWM Advisory serves individual clients, including some high-net-worth individuals, by providing customized investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and project-based consulting. The firm emphasizes passive, index- and ETF-based portfolios with a focus on asset allocation, low costs, and tax-aware strategies, offering personalized service to a small client base.

Connor Rosenecker is a CFP® certificant with four years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Covenant Wealth, an independent firm he joined in 2026. Prior to Covenant Wealth, Rosenecker held roles at Jensen, Marks, Langer & Vance LLC, Sterling Investment Counsel, LPL Financial, Hightower Advisors, and Linwood Investment Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a cantor for the Diocese of Buffalo. Covenant Wealth provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and other institutional clients. The firm generally constructs portfolios using diversified asset allocations and fundamental analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with retirement planning and investment consulting.

James Primiano is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has worked at Clear View Wealth Advisors LLC since 2018. Prior to that, he operated Primiano Financial and was affiliated with Next Financial Group Inc. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a variety of delivery options such as financial planning, model-portfolio advisory programs, and third-party asset management, supported by an in-house research team and a broad network of investment adviser representatives.

Brian Pearson is a financial advisor at Amazz Investment Management, Inc. with 4 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and has been managing Amazz Investment Management since 2005. Outside of advisory work, he serves as managing member of several businesses including Valuation Advisors, LLC, which provides business valuation services, and MergeShark, LLC, a merger and acquisition database. Amazz Investment Management primarily serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and trustees seeking long-term equity management through a value-oriented approach. The firm integrates accounting, tax, and valuation expertise into its advisory services and manages portfolios typically on a discretionary basis, concentrating holdings in well-capitalized, historically profitable firms.

Welcome! I’m Brett, and I’m glad you’re here. I’m a proud born-and-raised Buffalonian passionate about helping others make the most of their money and their lives as they navigate the transition into retirement. In 2019, I founded Eudaimonia Wealth, a fee-only financial planning firm in Buffalo, NY, dedicated to helping local families retire on their terms by providing independent, objective advice. At Eudaimonia Wealth, we know we can’t be all things to all people, and we don’t pretend to be. We specialize in helping people at or near retirement who need help putting the pieces together. We partner with families to help them generate income from their savings, optimize their investments, and create a tax-efficient distribution plan that supports their needs. Eudaimonia (pronounced you-day-mo-nia) is a term from Greek philosophy that describes an ultimate state achievable by living a life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. It was considered a state of “peak performance in the art of living,” and it represents, at its core, what I believe real financial planning is all about.

Russell D'Alba is the principal of Russell J. D'Alba, an independent advisory firm based in Williamsville, NY. He has 17 years of industry experience and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to founding his independent practice, he has been associated with Paramax Securities, LLC and serves as president of Paramax Corporation. Outside of his financial advisory activities, he is an amateur saxophonist with over 20 years of experience performing in orchestras and smaller ensembles and holds several trustee and board member roles in local organizations. The firm serves a small client base that includes business owners and parties involved in corporate transactions, focusing on investment advisory services and financial consulting with an emphasis on transactional and negotiation expertise rooted in accounting and investment banking. It offers access to investment banking through an affiliated broker-dealer but does not engage in ongoing portfolio management or typical retail brokerage services.

Prior to founding Sherwood Financial Management, I spent my career at a local wealth management firm for 24+ years working with clients as they near retirement. As a fee-only advisor, I cultivate long-term relationships advising individuals, spouses, partners, and extended families on personal financial planning, investment management and wealth accumulation strategies, and guiding them through their retirement years. By educating, providing perspective, and maintaining investment discipline, I strive to help you maximize your resources, identify those areas that may deserve additional attention, and encourage you to pursue the things you enjoy. I live in Clarence with my husband and our children - two maturing, young men - one in college and the other in high school. We share an interest in I am currently a member of three leading organizations in the financial planning industry, XYPN, NAPFA, and the FPA. XYPN - XY Planning Network, a leading organization of fee-only advisors who go above and beyond to serve you and don't sell product. National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a committed group of fee-only, fiduciary financial advisors who continuously strive to provide financial planning services to their clients with excellence. Financial Planning Association (FPA) the leading membership organization for CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and those engaged in the financial planning process. I serve on the local FPA of WNY chapter’s board to help guide the chapter and the program committee to help deliver stimulating and relevant content to our membership.

Carrie Fahey is a CFP® and ChFC® with 39 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is the principal of Fahey Financial in Buffalo, NY, where she has worked since 1986. Prior to founding her firm, she held roles at Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. and Emergent Wealth Advisors, LLC. Fahey serves as a board member of the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, a women's high school in Buffalo. Fahey Financial provides fee-based financial planning, consulting, and retirement-plan advisory services to institutional plan sponsors and individual clients. The firm focuses on delivering written financial plans and ERISA plan services while typically referring clients to third-party managers for asset management.

Michael Brady is a financial advisor at Clarity Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at multiple firms including Pfs Investments Inc. and Maus Software LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in insurance sales as a sole proprietor and works as an account executive for an estate planning software company. Clarity Advisors serves individual investors and business clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, business advisory and valuation services, and access to tax and digital estate-planning providers. The firm emphasizes a long-term, passive asset-allocation strategy and provides retirement-plan consulting and educational seminars with a particular focus on plan sponsors and business owners.

Matthew Krajna is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has been with Alpine Advisory Partners, LLC since 2026 and previously worked at Nottingham Advisors for 14 years. He serves as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Buffalo. Alpine Advisory Partners is a fee-only independent investment adviser offering investment management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement plan management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, employer-sponsored plans, corporations, and other advisers. The firm employs diversified asset allocation and model portfolios based on modern portfolio theory, blending passive and active investments with periodic rebalancing, and also provides ERISA 3(38) investment management and sub-advisory services.

I am so glad you are here! My name is Jeff Arber, the founder of Triple Play Planning. I am a lifelong Western New Yorker with a knack for helping people organize and plan out their complex financial life. Money was always important to me. While I can’t quite pinpoint why, I knew that when I grew up, I didn’t want money (or lack thereof) to be a problem. About 15 years ago, I decided to investigate a career switch to financial services. Those years of experience through the various channels of financial advisement has led me to this point. I am very excited to introduce you to the type of firm I have always wanted to create. What I hear most often from clients I work with is that they are happy they have someone to help guide them to through the gradually increasing complexity of their financial lives. Several of us set up our 401k’s one time and forget about it. Set up a 529 plan when the kids were born, but haven’t looked at it since? Should I consider a Roth contribution over a 529 plan? What are the tax consequences of these decisions? Restricted stock options, what are those? These are all the things we talk over and help you navigate. Of all the things in my life, my family is the most important. I am the proud husband of an awesome wife, Brooke, and the proud Dad of Nolan and Everett. Brooke and I came from different money philosophies. We have worked hard to find a common ground and have a system that works for us both. Nolan is headed to college soon, and Everett will be there soon enough as well. If any of these things resonate with you, let’s chat about it. I am always happy to pass on my life experiences and learnings to help you get on track.

Taunya Abaya is a financial advisor at Abaya Wealth Management LLC in Buffalo, NY, holding the CFP® designation and Series 65 license with five years of industry experience. She previously worked at Buffalo First Wealth Management for ten years. Abaya Wealth Management LLC offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and foundations. The firm employs a blended investment approach incorporating fundamental, technical, and quantitative methods, and provides specialized pension consulting alongside ongoing portfolio monitoring.