Brian Willey is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Patriot Growth Insurance Services, Ifg (Incisive Financial Group), Business Benefits Group, Human Circuit, PFS Investments, and Primerica Financial Services. He is involved with Incisive Financial Group and Business Benefits Group, focusing on retirement plans, wealth planning, and commercial benefits. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm utilizes a range of portfolio management approaches, including model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, supported by various program platforms and third-party technology.

Brandon Schumacher is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including The Colony Group, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Bank of America, Merrill, and Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management, financial planning, and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Richard Allison III is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor with Savant Wealth Management, bringing three years of industry experience. He previously served at Alliant Wealth Advisors and is a part owner of an online retail family business. Allison also serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve, acting as a liaison between the FAA and the Department of Defense. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and family office services to a broad client base, including individuals, families, and institutions. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed investment strategies and supports these offerings with affiliated accounting, legal, and trust services.

Tiffany Liggon is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 18 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked with SunTrust Advisory Services, SunTrust Investment Services, and SunTrust Bank since 2014. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by AI-enabled equity research tools and a range of affiliated platform arrangements.

Carol Zirkle is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. She has worked with LPL Financial since 2018 and has managed her own CPA firm, Carol Zirkle CPA PLLC, since 1990. In addition to her advisory roles, she serves on the board of Pinnacle Consulting Services. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm offers customized investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing a long-term investment approach combined with multiple model and wrap options.

Bradley Howe is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with Intellisource Financial Services, LPL Financial, and Integrated Wealth Concepts. Outside his advisory role, he is employed part-time with MobileNow in McLean, VA. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office services, and sponsors wrap-fee programs, managing portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income with a primarily long-term strategy.

Gerald Ketchum is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing five years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory career, he served 26 years in the U.S. Army. First Command Advisory Services serves individuals, corporate, and charitable clients, with a particular focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers a range of financial planning and wrap-fee asset management programs, utilizing a centralized team to design and manage investment portfolios.

Amanda Merrill is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. She previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC, and Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Hannah Collman is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC since 2021. Her prior experience includes roles at Kitces.Com and Savant Capital Management. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Robert Wells is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Valic Financial Advisors for five years before joining Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial in 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Wells is involved in coffee roasting and performs as a musician with The Imaginary Blues Band. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model, utilizing both proprietary and third-party investment platforms and strategies.

Richard Suh is an investment advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies and affiliated entities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the President of CBMC Y Federation, a Christian nonprofit focused on evangelism and discipleship among young business professionals. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors, institutional clients, and retirement plans. The firm provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, offering a range of program types tailored to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria.

John Brosnahan is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. based in Fairfax, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014 and previously worked at Voya Financial Partners, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an independent insurance agent specializing in fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. is an enterprise-scale advisory and broker-dealer affiliate that serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, unified managed accounts, and third-party money manager access, combining in-house and external strategists with technology-enabled tools to support client investment decisions.

Matthew Marquez is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF and its affiliate TIAA since 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers model-based and customized portfolio management under a fiduciary standard and also acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Kip Siedling is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with a Series 66 designation and 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Truist Investment Services and BB&T Securities. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, and corporate entities. The firm provides point-in-time planning alongside ongoing portfolio management and serves as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Shawn Wilson is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC in Fairfax, VA, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. His prior firms include Ameriprise and Osaic FA, Inc., before joining Integrated Wealth Concepts and LPL Financial in 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing customized portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income through both internal management and third-party managers.

Gary Ritterstein is a financial advisor with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Voya since 2025. His prior work experience includes roles at M+R Strategic Services, TNR Campaigns, Lake Research Partners, and GMMB, as well as running his own business from 2019 to 2025. Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement advisory services. The firm employs a combination of in-house and external strategists, model portfolios, and technology tools to deliver both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions through a large network of advisors.

Samantha Stidham is a financial advisor with First Command Advisory Services in Woodbridge, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. Her background includes service in the US Army from 2016 to 2019 and roles at various First Command entities since 2023. Outside of financial services, she has experience in homemaking and worked at Hampden Optical. First Command Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, corporate, and charitable clients with a focus on active-duty service members and their families. The firm offers financial planning and multiple wrap-fee asset management programs managed by a centralized Investment Management Team and Wealth Portfolio Managers using model portfolios and third-party managers from prescreened lists.

Jeffrey Fischer is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. He has 18 years of industry experience with prior roles at Morgan Stanley, Strategic Financial Associates, and NYLife Securities. Fischer also operates Fischer Financial Services, Inc. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and estates. The firm delivers advisory and brokerage services through independent representatives and employs a primarily non-discretionary asset management approach.

Linda Cheng is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. She has worked at VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2015 and previously held positions at Ameriprise. In addition to her advisory work, she is a certified yoga instructor through her own business, Dragonfly Method LLC. VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. serves a broad client base including individuals, pension plans, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement advisory services. The firm utilizes both in-house and external strategies, providing many accounts on a non-discretionary basis while also offering select discretionary management options.

George Rapp Jr. is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Manassas, VA. He holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic, he held roles at Agia, where he sold non-securities insurance products, and has a background involving community sports organizations including the Virginia Soccer Association. Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors. The firm leverages centralized technology and model solutions to support its advisors and manages approximately $29.2 billion in assets.