Eli Weissman is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the sole advisor at Advocate Wealth, LLC, an independent firm based in Washington, DC. Prior to founding Advocate Wealth, he held roles at Spire Investment Partners, Truist Advisory Services, BB&T Securities, and Alexandria Capital. Outside of his advisory work, he operates as an independent insurance agent. Advocate Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as business owners, offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and passive management using diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and provides portfolio monitoring, rebalancing, and limited-scope ERISA fiduciary services, supported by regular educational seminars.

Mary Norris is a financial advisor at MKN Wealth Management LLC in Washington, DC, with 23 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at MKN Wealth Management since 2012, following nine years with Columbia Financial Advisors LLC. MKN Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management and tailored investment advice to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate entities. The firm employs individualized investment strategies with ongoing portfolio supervision, combining fundamental and technical analysis across a range of securities while maintaining client custody through a recommended institutional custodian.

George Munoz is the sole advisor at Munoz Group, holding CFP® certification along with Series 63 and Series 66 licenses, and has 21 years of industry experience. His career includes longstanding roles as a board member for multiple organizations including Altria Group, Anixter International, Marriott International, National Geographic Society, and Laureate Education, Inc. He is also a partner at Tobin & Munoz, a legal practice. Munoz Group provides financial advisory and investment-banking services primarily to business entities and high-net-worth individuals focused on emerging-market investments. The firm emphasizes project-level financial analysis and transaction advisory work, including financing, capital raising, M&A, and valuations, while clients retain control of investment decisions.

Tamana Rajwani is a Series 65-licensed advisor at SteadyRise Financial LLC with one year of industry experience. Prior to founding SteadyRise, she worked at Holistiplan LLC and held roles at Curriculum Associates, LLC, Amalie Financial Advisors LLC, Supreme Taxes LLC, and Bloomberg Industry Group. Rajwani also has experience in tax preparation and financial services. SteadyRise Financial LLC provides financial planning and tax preparation services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and small business owners. The firm focuses on long-term, passive asset-allocation strategies and integrates CPA-led tax preparation with financial planning, offering fixed-fee or hourly engagements without managing client assets or custody.

Andrew Omidvar is a financial advisor at Avesta Venture Advisors with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Triad Advisors since 1999. Outside of his advisory role, he has been affiliated with the University of DC since 1988. Avesta Venture Advisors provides technology-focused research and advisory services to qualified investors and institutional clients, including pension plans and endowments. The firm specializes in evaluating future technologies in computer and electronics using public information and employs a project-based billing approach.

Michael Wroblewski is a CFP® professional with 17 years of experience, serving as the sole advisor at Financial Advisor For You, LLC since 2009. He is based in Washington, DC, and has a background in federal consumer policy and consumer-education projects. Financial Advisor For You, LLC provides fee-only comprehensive financial planning, hourly consultations, and educational seminars primarily for individual clients and also serves business clients such as sole proprietorships, LLCs, and corporations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation using low-cost, passive investments with a focus on tax-efficient rebalancing and plan-specific constraints, offering investment recommendations as part of comprehensive planning without discretionary management or product sales.

John Sharrock is the principal advisor at Rising Tides Financial Planning LLC in Alexandria, VA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of experience in financial advising, following a 23-year career at the Department of Defense. Rising Tides Financial Planning LLC offers fee-only financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, federal employees, and military personnel. The firm provides customized, ongoing planning services across a range of areas including retirement, tax strategies, estate planning, and investment analysis, without offering discretionary investment management or custody of client assets.

Freeman Jelks is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He has led FNJ 3, LLC since 2008, operating as an independent advisor in Alexandria, VA. FNJ 3, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios with a buy-and-hold approach and offers specialized pension consulting, including 401(k) plan setup, serving a diverse client base with discretionary management and quarterly reviews.

David Middleton is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He founded Middleton Advisory in 2010 and serves as its sole advisor. His credentials include Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. Middleton Advisory is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, families, qualified retirement plans, and institutional clients such as foundations and trusts. The firm uses diversified, low-cost funds and may incorporate individual securities, commodities, and options, with options for socially and environmentally conscious strategies.

Nicholas Herman is a financial advisor at Elite Financial Group in Gaithersburg, MD, holding a Series 65 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Capital Financial Partners from 2005 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Herman is the CEO of a general contracting company and is also active as a real estate agent and insurance agent. Elite Financial Group provides portfolio management services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, using a combination of charting, fundamental, and technical analysis within a long-term trading framework. The firm’s approach includes managing portfolios with mutual funds, equities, fixed income, ETFs, annuities, and TIPS.

Stephen Moroz is a financial advisor at Concord Atlantic, Inc. in Falls Church, VA, holding a Series 65 designation with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Concord Atlantic since 1993. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as an NFL-registered player financial advisor. Concord Atlantic provides discretionary investment advice and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, foundations, and corporate pension plans. The firm employs a thematic, fundamentally driven investment approach focused on cash-generative companies and manages diversified portfolios across equities, fixed income, and selected mutual funds.

Gobinath Balasubramanian is the sole advisor at GB Investments LLC, an independent firm based in Alexandria, VA. He holds the Series 65 designation and has 10 years of industry experience, having worked at GB Investments since its founding in 2016. Prior to his advisory role, his background included engineering and quality assurance before earning an MS in finance. GB Investments provides discretionary investment management through separately managed accounts tailored for individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm follows a fundamental, value-oriented philosophy emphasizing concentrated, long-term equity ownership and customizes portfolios based on documented client goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

Mark Burkhardt is the sole advisor at Stonebrook Investment, LLC in Ashburn, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Stonebrook since 2013. Stonebrook Investment LLC provides discretionary asset management and ongoing portfolio management to individual investors, high net worth individuals, and trusts, tailoring investment programs to clients' goals, time horizons, and risk tolerances through a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, cyclical, and sector analyses.

Rebecca Schreiber is a financial advisor with Flexible Finances in Silver Spring, MD, holding a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. She has worked at Flexible Finances since 2020 and is a partial owner of Holy Chow LLC, a restaurant in Silver Spring, where she contributes in a bookkeeping capacity. Flexible Finances serves individual and small business clients, providing financial planning, counseling, benefits analysis, budgeting, debt management, and investment recommendations. The firm emphasizes client education and independence, using a fee-for-service model with hourly or project-based billing and focuses on low-cost, liquid investments without discretionary asset management or commission-based fees.

John Ellison is the sole advisor at Ellison Investment Advisors in Fairfax, VA, with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has led his independent firm since 1996. Ellison Investment Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, professionals, trusts, small corporations, and small business retirement plans. The firm employs a disciplined, long-term investment approach combining value and growth styles, individualized policy statements, and asset allocation models, and offers specialized retirement solutions including lump-sum distributions and qualified-plan exchange modeling.

Henry Stern is the sole advisor at HDS Capital Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Potomac, MD. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. Stern has led HDS Capital Management since 1999. HDS Capital Management provides tailored portfolio management and investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis and manager review across a broad range of securities, combining long-term and short-term strategies while continuously monitoring client accounts.

Stephanie Bigwood is a CFP® and ChFC® with 30 years of experience in financial advisory and related fields. She is the principal of Goldsborough Capital Management, LLC, a firm she has led since 2012. In addition to her advisory work, she manages Goldsborough Tax and Accounting Services, LLC, where she prepares tax returns. Bigwood is also involved with the TowsonTowne Rotary Foundation as a board member. Goldsborough Capital Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, employee benefit plans, corporations, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm designs portfolios tailored to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, employing a range of strategies including asset allocation, option strategies, and the use of sub-advisers.

Christopher Smith is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Origin Wealth Management LLC in Reston, VA. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as well as service in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to his advisory work, he operates an affiliated insurance practice involving insurance and annuity product sales. Origin Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios, which include long-term holdings, short-term trades, and option strategies, managing accounts on a discretionary basis through a selected custodian.

Justin Bacon is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal of Own Your Monday Wealth Management, LLC, and previously worked at VWG Wealth Management, Avendra, and Fidelity. Own Your Monday Wealth Management, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with wealth management services that combine discretionary portfolio management and financial planning. The firm utilizes an investment approach based on asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, employing both passive and active vehicles tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Victoria Mcgruder is a Series 66–registered financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at FinPowered Female LLC, an independent firm she has led since 2021. Prior to founding FinPowered Female LLC, Mcgruder worked at Bank of America and Merrill from 2015 to 2019. FinPowered Female LLC primarily manages pooled investment vehicles and institutional assets while also serving a limited number of individual non–high-net-worth clients. The firm combines institutional portfolio management with investor education through seminars and workshops and offers certain advisory services on an hourly fee basis rather than a percentage of assets under management.