David Marks is a financial advisor at Valley Financial Management, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at CITIGROUP, Popular Community Bank, and Infinex Investments, Inc. His current roles also include positions at Valley Wealth Managers, Inc. and Valley National Bank. Valley Financial Management operates the Valley Digital Investor platform, serving individual and high-net-worth clients through an online, discretionary portfolio management service that utilizes model ETF portfolios tailored to client profiles. The firm requires electronic account management through Valley National Bank and employs automated implementation and rebalancing strategies based on client information and market conditions.

Michael Mclane is a Certified Financial Planner® with 28 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Redwood Financial Planning, LLC and has previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc. In addition to his advisory role, he owns a part-time tax preparation and business consulting practice. Redwood Financial Planning, LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and tactical overlay strategies, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary mandates while managing approximately $213 million across three advisors.

Francis Noonan is a financial advisor with Personal Financial Specialists, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2025 and previously operated his own sole proprietorship under Personal Financial Specialists from 1999 to 2025. He also has extensive experience with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Bauman, Noonan and Associates, and American United Life Insurance Company. Personal Financial Specialists primarily serves retirement plans and plan participants, along with IRA and money-management clients, providing plan communication, administrative services, and investment advice tailored to participant needs. The firm’s investment approach is largely non-discretionary, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs selected from Charles Schwab’s no-transaction-fee lists and guided by a primary-market-trend framework, combining technical and fundamental analysis.

Anna Bronstein is a financial advisor at Springreef LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Springreef since 2011. Springreef serves high net worth families and large nonprofit organizations by providing independent consulting services focused on financial advisor evaluations, searches, and ongoing monitoring. The firm emphasizes a structured due-diligence process and does not manage client assets or offer financial planning, instead operating on hourly or fixed-fee arrangements.

Thomas Scotto is a financial advisor with Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. Scotto has operated Thomas Scotto Consultants, LLC since 2005, which focuses on third-party marketing and group health insurance for union clients. He also works in business development for a law firm specializing in securities litigation. Trustee Empowerment & Protection, Inc. serves retirement plan sponsors and trustees, as well as individual investors, through an internet-based platform that connects clients to a network of registered investment advisers. The firm uses a patented decision-assistance tool to help clients evaluate and compare investment options while maintaining client decision-making authority.

Cheryl Werbeloff is a financial advisor at Kensington Financial Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and National Wealth Management, LLC. Kensington Financial Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary investment management with financial planning and consulting services, using a range of strategies and instruments while providing plan-level services and participant education for retirement plans.

Dorota Pietryka is a financial advisor with Compass Private Wealth Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 21 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Merrill and J.P. Morgan Securities over a combined span of nine years. Dorota is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating a portion of her time to insurance sales and implementation of insurance recommendations. Compass Private Wealth Group LLC manages approximately $113 million for around 80 clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Joel Schreiber is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial planner at SFI Advisors, LLC since 2017. His prior experience includes over a decade with Kestra Investment Services, LLC and Kestra Advisory Services, Inc. He is also a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, teaching economics, data analytics, labor institutions, and finance courses. Additionally, Schreiber serves as a trustee for a family irrevocable life insurance trust. SFI Advisors serves individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and qualified retirement plans, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm employs tailored investment approaches such as modern portfolio theory and long-term purchase strategies while providing a range of investment advice across equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.

Alexander Mac Knight is a financial advisor at Rimac with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. Prior to joining Rimac Capital in 2024, he worked at Upstart Network Inc., UBS AG, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., and Mizuho Bank Ltd. Rimac Capital provides tailored investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of analytical approaches and trading strategies to implement client-specific investment plans, managing approximately $7.6 million in client assets across about 20 accounts.

Danna Jacobs is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Lavish Financial Planning since 2013. She holds the Series 66 designation and was previously involved with Legacy Care Tax, LLC for six years. Jacobs is also a 50% managing member of Legacy Care Holdings, LLC, a holding company that invests in a media startup. Lavish Financial Planning serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, as well as employer plan sponsors and businesses, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and employee benefit advisory services. The firm emphasizes goal-based asset allocation with a preference for passive, index-based portfolios and integrates employer plan advisory with retail wealth management.

Michael Schupak is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor at Astra Wealth Partners with 11 years of industry experience. He has served as managing member, chief compliance officer, and investment adviser representative at both Astra Wealth Partners and Schupak Financial Advisors, LLC. He is based in Jersey City, NJ. Astra Wealth Partners serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, corporations, and foundations. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation with passive and active management techniques and is notable for managing a private pooled vehicle that utilizes ETFs, options, and equities.

Daniel Spiegel is a financial advisor at VCP Financial LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at VCP Financial since 2013 and Sterne Agee from 2012 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Spiegel is a co-founder and managing partner of LIFE 143, LLC, a life and health insurance business, and Vessel Capital Management, LLC, where he is involved in client portfolio management for related private funds. VCP Financial LLC offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies, including fundamental and technical analysis, and manages accounts on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Our clients and community value us for both our personal approach as well as our background experience. Our clients are amazing but do not always have the time and energy to go it on their own. We help bridge family and business conversations, and align our clients paths with their intended priorities. We have backgrounds in institutional investments, and consulting financial advisors, but we are perpetually students as well as surrounding ourselves with amazing professional alliances to help support our clients and community in every way we can. Growing up, my parents were owners of a small business that did paving and excavation services. I was able to work summers and through college and miss operating equipment. Same time I saw many of their challenges through each stage of ownership. I love helping business owners and consultants bridge their investments and behavior in alignment with their prioritized goals and intent. Working at an institutional asset manager and broker dealer allowed me to spend countless hours with amazing financial professionals (advisors, portfolio managers, economists and strategists). There is alot to learn in good times, and even more to learn in challenging times. We try to bring a long term vision and healthy perspective to meetings where clients are the ones driving to their goals with the full support of our firm and every resource we have.

Richard Polo Sr. is a financial advisor with Retirement Wealth Management, LLC, holding the PFS™ and Series 63 designations and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC from 2005 to 2020 and has maintained a separate public accounting and tax consulting practice, Polo Financial, since 2000. Polo Financial provides personal and corporate tax return preparation and consulting services. Retirement Wealth Management, LLC manages approximately $60.7 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and strategies, and offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and insurance consulting.

Christopher Cullina is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. He is currently with M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC and previously worked at Cetera Advisors LLC/Nicholas Pascarella & Co. as OSJ and Jennison Associates. M.K. Byrne & Co. LLC provides tax planning, personal financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth families. The firm employs a tactical asset-allocation approach within a modified Modern Portfolio Theory framework and combines investment management with coordinated tax and financial planning.

Michael Kelly is a financial advisor at Podell Financial Group LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Eagle Strategies LLC and Nylife Securities LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent in New Jersey. Podell Financial Group LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and plan sponsors. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies tailored to client objectives and manages both individual and employer-sponsored retirement accounts.

Jared Friedman is a CFP® professional with over 21 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has worked at IFS Securities, Inc. and IFS Advisory, LLC, and has been with Redwood Financial Planning, LLC since 2010, where he currently serves as President. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent specializing in life and health insurance. Redwood Financial Planning, LLC manages approximately $213 million for individual, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, third-party asset manager selection, and financial planning, using a combination of fundamental analysis and tactical overlay strategies.

Pradeep Niphadkar is a financial advisor at Excel Capital Management Corp with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 designation and has been with Excel Capital Management since 2000. Excel Capital Management Corp. provides discretionary investment management and financial advice primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, small businesses, and corporations. The firm uses a core-and-satellite investment approach combining index funds with actively managed securities and conducts formal portfolio reviews monthly or quarterly.

Leslie Beck is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Compass Wealth Management, LLC in Rutherford, NJ. She has held roles at Strategic Blueprint, LLC and The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc., and has also taught at William Paterson University and Bloomfield College. Outside of advising, she is a partner in 379 Associates LLC, a small business consulting and personal coaching firm. Compass Wealth Management provides financial planning and investment advice focused on retirement, education, estate, insurance, and special-needs planning. The firm emphasizes comprehensive written plans tailored to clients’ goals and does not directly manage client assets, instead facilitating implementation through affiliated registered advisers.

Robert Mastrandrea is a financial advisor at East Coast Wealth Management, Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with the firm since 2005. In addition to his advisory role, Mastrandrea owns a CPA and tax consulting practice. East Coast Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts and business entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm constructs portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and third-party managers, applying a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term orientation.