Sean Whalen is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as Managing Director and Wealth Manager at Strategic Wealth Management LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Concorde Investment Services, Asset Strategy Advisors, Santander Securities, Sovereign Bank, and others. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a multi-family rental property in Natick, MA. Strategic Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and financial planning, applying a long-term investment approach that combines cyclical, fundamental, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative analysis to build diversified portfolios.

Michele Russell is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience and has been with Ceres Financial Group, Inc. since 2002. She is also associated with OSAIC Wealth Inc. (formerly Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.) as a registered representative. In addition to her advisory roles, she operates an insurance brokerage as a sole proprietor. Ceres Financial Group, Inc. is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm provides portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning, using customized asset allocations and third-party model portfolios, and manages client accounts exclusively on a non-discretionary basis.

Rana Choubah is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience, currently practicing at Meridian Financial Advisors, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Parsons Capital Management, Inc. and Finivi. Outside of her advisory work, she serves on the advisory board of Maronite Servants of Christ the Light, advises on financial matters for Our Lady of Purgatory church, and is vice president of St. Joseph Sodality New Bedford, coordinating spiritual and community events. Meridian Financial Advisors provides fee-only financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, and small businesses. The firm manages accounts with a fiduciary approach, tailoring portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerances, and also offers participant account management through a third-party platform.

Matthew Pierce is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor at Kastel Capital Advisors, LLC, with 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Asset Strategy Consultants LLC, Island Light Capital Corp, and New Frontier Advisors, LLC. He also serves as President of Island Light Capital and holds treasurer roles in several private realty companies and nonprofit organizations. Kastel Capital Advisors provides investment advice and wealth management to individuals, business retirement plans, and institutional clients such as endowments and foundations. The firm emphasizes long-term investing with selective short-term trading, employing fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, and offers integrated services including portfolio management, financial planning, institutional asset management, estate planning, and tax planning.

Stephen Doucette is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Proctor Financial since 2005 and previously worked at Lexington/Bridgewater Wealth Management, Lexington Advisors, and Wingate Planning Corp. Proctor Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses, focusing on clients at or near retirement. The firm provides comprehensive investment management and integrated financial planning, employing a proprietary Time-weighted Cash-flow Methodology to create customized, globally diversified portfolios that include alternative exposures and structured notes.

John Ollquist is a financial advisor at Exchange Place Advisors, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Exchange Place Advisors since 2003. Exchange Place Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, corporations, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on asset allocation and diversification, using mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, and conducts ongoing account monitoring with formal quarterly reviews.

Joshua Gould is a financial advisor and managing partner at RMW Wealth Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Ameriprise Financial Services, Equitable Advisors, and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory practice, he is involved with Common Time Pathways, an online recruiting portal connecting musicians and higher education institutions for scholarships. RMW Wealth Management provides personalized wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, foundations, retirement plan sponsors, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and specialized business exit planning, with a focus on fundamental analysis and customized asset allocation.

Samuel Chud is a financial advisor at Reciprocal Wealth, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he held positions at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. and its predecessor companies from 2015 to 2026. Reciprocal Wealth is a state-registered advisory firm providing discretionary wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients. The firm employs an investment approach combining fundamental analysis with an efficient market hypothesis-based asset allocation, typically focusing on low-cost mutual funds and ETFs while allowing the use of individual securities and short-term trades when appropriate.

Robert Mc Carthy is a Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with Alternative Capitalis, LLC and has concurrently worked at KBC Holdings LLC since 2008. Alternative Capitalis, LLC, doing business as Kanon Bloch Carré, is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services, employing a mix of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern-portfolio analysis strategies.

Terry Wells is a CFP® and ChFC® with 34 years of industry experience. He is the managing principal of TSW Wealth Management, a firm he has been affiliated with since 1996, and previously worked at Triad Advisors Inc and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. TSW Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management, retirement and variable annuity oversight, as well as standalone financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a primarily long-term, asset-allocation driven approach using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, integrating third-party tools and sub-advisers to tailor portfolios to client goals and risk tolerance.

David Wiech is a financial advisor at Statera Financial, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at The O.N. Equity Sales Company and Ohio National Financial Services. Statera Financial, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual clients, offering portfolio management, risk assessment, and estate-planning coordination. The firm’s investment approach is tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, using asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and periodic reviews, with attention to tax considerations and specific risks such as those related to cryptocurrency.

Daniel Ollquist is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Exchange Place Advisors, LLC since 2019. Prior to this role, he worked at CreditSights for nine years. Exchange Place Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, corporations, and other entities. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification, implementing portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

John Choe is a financial advisor at Finarc Investments, Inc. in Norwood, MA, holding a Series 65 designation with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Finarc Investments since 2014. Finarc Investments is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and financial planning, using fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes with ongoing supervision and client reviews.

Drasko Kovrlija is a financial advisor at Kastel Capital Advisors, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Kastel since 2015. Kastel Capital Advisors provides portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth-management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm combines long-term investing with selective short-term trading, uses a variety of analysis methods, and integrates estate-planning services through a partnership with Wealth, Inc.

Nicholas De Peyster is a CFP® and CFA® with 15 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Genesis Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Managing Director of Surge Ventures, LLC, a family-oriented limited partnership. Genesis Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm’s investment approach centers on fundamental analysis and long-term portfolio construction, using model and custom portfolios with ongoing monitoring and periodic rebalancing.

Lauren Fakonas is a CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 66 licensed advisor with four years of industry experience. She is currently with Rise North Capital Investment Advisors and previously worked at MML Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance, and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of her advisory role, she is active as an insurance broker, selling life, fixed annuities, disability, long-term care, and health insurance. Rise North Capital Investment Advisors provides discretionary asset management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm operates with a co-advisor model, offering customized portfolio proposals, ongoing reviews, and public educational workshops.

I began my career in the financial services industry nearly ten years ago. Prior to founding Dreamfield Planning Group, I served as an associate wealth management advisor at Sconset Wealth Management—an advisory practice nested in the downtown Boston office of Northwestern Mutual—where I developed financial plans and managed investment assets. In a preceding role in the same office, I led an internal business unit providing investment consulting services to multiple financial advisors representing more than $200 million of assets under management (AUM). Previous to that, I served as an associate financial advisor at a Foxborough, Massachusetts financial planning practice and as a research analyst at a Cambridge, Massachusetts public policy research firm. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in History from Hendrix College and a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University. I am both a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a CFA Charterholder. I have lived for many years in Milton, Massachusetts with my wife Allie and our son Ben. In my spare time, I enjoy travel, reading, playing guitar, and taking long walks with the family dog, Louie.

Christopher Byrne is a financial advisor at Byrne Financial Freedom, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at The Vanguard Group, Inc. and LPL Financial LLC. Byrne has been with his current firm since 2019. Byrne Financial Freedom, LLC is an SEC-registered wealth management firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and a long-term investment approach, using low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, while offering discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan advisory services.

Alisa Skatrud is a financial advisor at Plum Street Advisors, LLC in Newton, MA, holding CFP® and CFA® designations with six years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Sawyer Business School and the Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, as well as a period of volunteer work. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors and trustees. The firm combines financial planning with discretionary portfolio management, using strategic asset allocation, low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware strategies, while also offering access to third-party separately managed account platforms.

Kennan Startzell is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Stablepoint Partners, LLC. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley for eight years. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in insurance sales and implementation. Stablepoint Partners provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to a broad range of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm delivers customized, primarily long-term investment strategies using a mix of ETFs, mutual funds, and other securities, supported by ongoing monitoring and formal reviews.