Hi, I'm Kevin. I'm a financial advisor in Washington, D.C., and the founder & CEO of Illumint. In 2017, I launched Illumint to offer financial planning for Millennials. I specialize in helping our generation answer the question, "Are we going to be ok financially?" For you, this may mean investing more of your savings. Or smartly managing an inheritance. Perhaps you want to put your kids on the right track financially. My work as a Certified Financial Planner™ draws on my past finance experience. I previously held financial roles in the NFL and in the commercial real estate industry. The birth of my first child, though, inspired me to become a financial advisor for Millennials in Washington, DC. Around this time, I noticed that couples like us lacked good options for financial advice. The limited advice that we did receive wasn't specific to our stage in life. And the industry's compensation structure often wasn't in our best interest. I wanted to see more fee-only financial advisors. I wanted to see financial advisors with expertise in student loans and renting vs. buying. I wanted financial planning to start making inherited IRAs, Health Savings Accounts, and 529 plans work for our generation. I work hard to put myself in a position to answer any questions that Millennials have on topics like these. To this end, I serve as a resource for many journalists. Over the years, I've provided insight to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and NBC News. And I've written for Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Kiplinger, and Fatherly. I've also worked with employers and brands on a variety of Millennial-driven personal finance events and projects. I've partnered with John Hopkins University, Nestle, and General Assembly, among others. I'm proud to hold an undergraduate business degree from Georgetown University (Hoya Saxa!). I later added an MBA in finance from Georgia Tech (THWg!). Last, but certainly not least, I'm the father of two young boys, who couldn't care less about any of this stuff. They only care that I play with them after school.

John Bell is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently the sole advisor at Free State Financial Planning, LLC, having previously worked at Charles Schwab and Ameritrade, Inc. Beyond his advisory work, he serves as a FINRA arbitrator and acts as the financial secretary and council member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where he manages donation tracking and budgeting. Free State Financial Planning LLC provides fee-only financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm’s guidance is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing passive investments through low-cost ETFs and no-load mutual funds, and focuses on delivering educational resources without discretionary investment management.

Michael Hoffman is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as Co-Managing Director of Forty W Advisors. He previously worked at Verdence Capital Advisors and held roles at Hightower Securities and Hightower Advisors. Forty W Advisors delivers comprehensive wealth management across three critical areas: financial administration, proactive tax-aware planning, and investment management with institutional access. Together, these services help align your personal wealth, family priorities, and business strategy into one coordinated plan, with the goal of reducing complexity and maximizing post-tax wealth.

Jessica Horner is a CFP® professional at Tender Wealth with experience that includes roles at Chevy Chase Trust and JMH Financial LLC. She also runs an after-school program combining ultimate-frisbee instruction with basic financial literacy lessons. Tender Wealth provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, offering educational seminars and workshops on financial literacy, budgeting, and retirement planning. The firm focuses on comprehensive planning and supports clients in implementing recommendations through custodians or brokers of their choice.

Raymond Gazelle Jr. is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience, operating as the sole advisor at his independent firm, Raymond L. Gazelle Jr., since 2005. His background includes providing consulting services to small banks on internal operations and data processing. The firm offers comprehensive financial and investment planning services to individuals as well as corporate and nonprofit clients, frequently collaborating with financial officers or committees. It uses a long-term, strategic portfolio allocation approach focused on asset allocation, diversification, and mutual fund and ETF selection, delivering advice on a consultative, non-discretionary basis without managing client assets.

Alexander Levy is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license, currently serving as the sole advisor at Noordzee Capital LLC with one year of industry experience. He has held management roles at Jetway Intel LLC, a news media and market intelligence firm focused on the airline and aerospace industries, and at Noordzee Consulting LLC, which provides research and consulting services. Noordzee Capital offers advisory services mainly to institutional clients, employer retirement plans, family offices, and high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, including a significant non-U.S. client base. The firm’s investment approach centers on fundamental analysis supported by economic and technical tools, providing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and sector-specific research.

Christopher Rhim is a CFP® with 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the principal of Green View Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2008. The firm provides discretionary asset management, ongoing financial planning, and specialized divorce financial analysis for individual and trust clients. Green View Advisors manages approximately $25.2 million for a small roster of clients, using active management across multiple asset classes tailored through model portfolios and client risk assessments. The firm offers a formal divorce financial analysis service and focuses on individualized client service through a deliberately small client base.

Monte Hoover is a financial advisor at Rockbound Capital LLC in Washington, DC, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. He has a background that includes positions at Microsoft and currently serves as a self-directed PhD student and research assistant at the University of Maryland, focusing on generative AI safety and efficiency. Rockbound Capital LLC provides discretionary portfolio management services primarily to individuals and high net worth clients using model portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, treasuries, and REITs. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, operating as a newly formed, single-owner adviser with a distinctive technology and machine-learning research background.

Sloan Hatfield is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He has been with SVA Capital Management LLC since 2019 and previously worked at Goldman Sachs from 2014 to 2019. SVA Capital Management LLC is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on publicly traded equities and exchange-traded funds. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a long-term investment horizon and offers a performance-based fee option for qualified clients.

Kathleen McQuade is a Certified Financial Planner® with three years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at her independent firm in Laurel, MD. She has been managing her practice since 2010 and holds a Series 65 license. Her firm provides fee-only financial planning and consulting services to individual clients, focusing on investment, retirement, insurance, education, and estate planning. The practice employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach, primarily recommending no-load, low-cost, tax-efficient mutual funds with asset allocation as the key factor in portfolio returns.

Samir Bhatt is a financial advisor at SHB Advisors in Washington, DC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with SHB Advisors since 2013. SHB Advisors is an independent investment adviser serving a small number of qualified high-net-worth individuals, families, and trusts. The firm employs a global macro and relative-value trading approach across multiple asset classes, utilizing futures, derivatives, leverage, and margin in actively managed portfolios.

Katrina Riddick is the sole advisor at People First Financial Advisors in Landover, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 30 years of industry experience. She has served as a financial advisor consultant to state and local governments on debt issuances and leads a related minority business advisory effort. Riddick previously worked at Percival Financial Partners, Ltd and has longstanding ties to Faim Group Strategic Solutions Center, LLC. People First Financial Advisors is an independent firm specializing in municipal financial advisory services, primarily for Maryland state and local government issuers. The firm focuses on structuring bond transactions, reviewing documentation, and acting as a bidding agent for bond proceeds investments, typically providing non-discretionary advisory support rather than primary asset management.

Paul Cocozza is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of experience, operating Cocozza Financial Planning, LTD. in Arlington, VA since 2000. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and focuses exclusively on independent financial planning. Cocozza Financial Planning is a solo practice providing comprehensive, written financial plans and limited-area hourly consultations to individual clients. The firm’s non-discretionary investment guidance centers on an asset-allocation framework using primarily index funds and avoids more complex trading strategies, with recommendations tailored to client-specific factors.

Ryan Lund is a financial advisor at Lund Capital Management LLC in Washington, DC, with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and founded Lund Capital Management in 2023 after periods of self-employment and work with the Charlotte Symphony and ASM Global. Lund Capital Management is an independent advisory firm serving both individual and entity clients with discretionary and non-discretionary investment services. The firm develops client-specific Financial Profiles and Investment Plans, implements portfolios mainly through mutual funds and ETFs, and employs asset allocation strategies informed by fundamental and technical analysis, incorporating artificial intelligence tools as part of its research process.

Hi, I’m Matt. My job as a financial planner is to make your life simpler. To help you efficiently and effectively narrow down your options, so you can make the right decisions. And be confident in those decisions for the long-term. Financial planning and investment management are often muddied by unnecessary complexity (usually in an effort to sell you something). It doesn’t need to be this way. I began my career in the financial services industry in 2003 as an analyst with the due diligence law firm Snyder Kearney, LLC (Columbia, MD). At Snyder Kearney, I reviewed public and private securities offerings and evaluated national securities sponsoring companies, focusing on real estate investments and non-traditional investment products. It was there that I realized that I wanted to know more about the practice of law and a lot more about the pretty co-worker in the cubicle next to me, Sylvie. I earned my law degree in 2007 from the University of Baltimore School of Law and married Sylvie in 2008; further proof that education and personal relationships are the investments that produce the best returns. After law school, I practiced law with the firm David Albert & Associates, LLC (Bethesda, MD), focusing in estate planning and administration, guardianship administration, taxation of estates and trusts, and business formations. There, I recognized that helping clients through complicated and often stressful issues was intellectually stimulating and emotionally fulfilling. In 2010, I opened Patuxent Financial Partners, LLC, registered as an Investment Adviser with the State of Maryland in 2017. Here, I leverage my legal background to provide clients with value-added insight in the overlapping areas of estate and financial planning. More importantly, as a personal financial planner and small business owner, I can build lasting relationships with clients and their families; these connections make my work fulfilling, because client success becomes intertwined with my own. I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and hold the FINRA Series 65 securities registration. Raised in Columbia, Maryland, I graduated from McDaniel College with a bachelor's degree in English. Outside of the office, I enjoy running, reading, and hiking with my wife, son, and our mutt hound, Kodi.

Dixie Butler is a CFP® with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at U.S. Advisors, Inc. She has been with U.S. Advisors, Inc. since 1999 and also maintains a role at Butler Financial, Inc. since 1993. U.S. Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and hourly consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, and business clients. The firm’s investment approach focuses on broad asset allocation tailored to client goals, utilizing mutual funds and ETFs, with ongoing portfolio monitoring and a preference to remain invested rather than time the market. It also offers educational seminars and workshops to various organizations as part of its services.

Jeff Mitchell is the principal of JRM Capital Management Inc., an independent advisory firm based in Mitchellville, MD. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to founding JRM Capital Management in 2003, he has been associated with Lifemark Securities Corp. since 2009. JRM Capital Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis to manage portfolios across various asset classes and offers specialized pension consulting services alongside unique engagement models such as performance-based fees and subscription publications.

Gerardo Martinez Y Carriles is a CFA® charterholder with one year of experience in financial advising. He is the sole advisor at BLU Capital and previously worked at Berlin Wealth Group Advisors and International Fintech Intelligence. BLU Capital serves institutional and individual clients, including foundations, pension plans, and small businesses. The firm uses a combination of fundamental research, quantitative modeling, factor-based strategies, and ESG screening, and offers services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and consultant selection.

Michael Braswell is the principal of Braswell Capital, LLC in Arlington, VA, with two years of experience as a financial advisor. He holds a Series 65 credential and has a background that includes roles at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, as well as legal experience at Latham & Watkins LLP. He maintains an inactive sole practitioner law firm, Erwin Osborne Law, PLLC. Braswell Capital provides financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individuals and small businesses in disadvantaged communities. The firm offers hourly, low-cost financial planning focused on cash flow, retirement, and debt counseling, emphasizing a fiduciary standard and fundamental investment analysis without charging asset-based fees or taking custody of client assets.

Veska Kita is a financial advisor at ACI Group with 24 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been associated with Arete Wealth Management since 2011 and AFC Asset Management Services, Inc. since 2010. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as the treasurer for the nonprofit City Wildlife and is a board member and shareholder of Accustrata, Inc., a company specializing in thin film technology. ACI Group provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial and business planning, and corporate retirement-plan advisory, employing a range of strategies that include fundamental and technical analysis, with a formal communications and education program for clients.