Jay Mc Neill is a CFP® with five years of experience at Main Street Financial and over nine years as Managing Member of LaRusso & McNeill LLC, where he provides tax, accounting, and consulting services to individuals and small businesses. He also worked for five years at ATS Advisors, a certified public accounting firm. Main Street Financial offers discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $71 million across about 98 clients, using customized asset allocations and portfolio strategies that combine fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term focus while allowing tactical adjustments.

Vikram Kaul is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He has been a managing member of NorthStar Portfolio Investments, LLC since 2012 and has worked at the firm since 2014. NorthStar Portfolio Investments provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm uses fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, with a focus on higher asset-per-client relationships supported by technology for held-away account management.

Stephen Varlotta is a Series 65-credentialed advisor at ProAthlete Wealth Management LLC with experience across several firms including SL Green Realty Corporation and Piper Sandler. He is based in Scarsdale, NY. ProAthlete Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and concierge services primarily to professional athletes and clients with complex personal and lifestyle needs. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with strategic and tactical asset allocation, utilizing third-party managers for securities-level decisions while maintaining overall allocation control.

Brett Howard is a financial advisor at Howard Wealth Management, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has worked previously at APW Capital, Inc. and Cherry Street Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of 47 Lafayette Place, LLC, which manages a real estate property for rental income. Howard Wealth Management serves individual, pension, and corporate clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm manages approximately $397 million in assets, typically building low-cost, diversified portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, and other investments while providing employer-engaged educational seminars and combining pension consulting with family-office style wealth planning.

Robert Schaefer Sr. is a financial advisor at Buckram Securities Ltd with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC for nine years. Outside of his advisory role, Schaefer serves as an officer at the Northampton Colony Yacht Club, a community organization. Buckram Securities Ltd provides investment advisory, brokerage, and insurance services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and retirement accounts. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through its Buckram Wealth Management Program, combining advisory, broker-dealer, and insurance agency functions.

Markus Lammer is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor at Diamond NestEgg with 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at UBS Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. He also owns income-producing real estate in London, United Kingdom. Diamond NestEgg works primarily with individual clients, offering comprehensive financial planning, coaching, retirement and education planning, and modular advisory services. The firm emphasizes planning and client-directed implementation over discretionary management and supports investment strategies focused on passive vehicles such as mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and REITs.

Ian Post is a CFP® and CFA® affiliated with Fifth Set Private Wealth Management LLC, bringing four years of industry experience. He has been with Fifth Set Investment Advisors LLC since 2011. Fifth Set Private Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered independent advisory firm that serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory and the efficient market hypothesis, emphasizing diversified asset-class allocations and customized portfolios aligned with client risk profiles.

Brian Herbst is a financial advisor with The Herbst Group, LLC in Westport, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Wellington Shields & Co., LLC for 11 years before joining The Herbst Group in 2020. The Herbst Group offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, college athletes, and employer-sponsored plans. The firm employs a long-term, multi-disciplinary investment approach using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct diversified portfolios incorporating low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities, along with options and derivatives when appropriate.

Brandon Sherwood is a financial advisor at Strong Wealth Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at firms including George K. Baum & Company and Cortex Technology Capital Management. Sherwood also serves as Vice President of Investment Banking at Strong Capital Markets, LLC. Strong Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients by offering financial planning, portfolio management, private placement investments, and consulting. The firm constructs customized portfolios using various analytical methods and manages accounts on a discretionary basis, with a notable role in structuring private pooled vehicles and employing performance-based fees for qualified clients.

Michael Robinson is a financial advisor at Ridgeview Asset Management Partners, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Ridgeview since 2016 and serves as a director of a small private company. Ridgeview Asset Management Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and endowments through customized separately managed accounts and discretionary management of closed-end private funds and special purpose vehicles. The firm employs rules-based, risk-controlled investment programs across global asset classes, combining mathematical models, professional oversight, and selected sub-advisers to tailor portfolios to clients' risk profiles.

Matthew Hickman is a financial advisor at Greenwich Creek Capital Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at American Century Investments and Vision Advisors, as well as operating a commission-based wealth management advisory business serving clients in Santiago, Chile. Greenwich Creek Capital Management primarily serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, providing tailored portfolio management and investment advice across a broad range of securities and strategies. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, incorporating fundamental, mutual fund/ETF, and technical analysis with regular portfolio reviews.

Brant Root is a CFP® with 21 years of industry experience and is a principal at Firethorn Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 2003. He previously worked at Firethorn Capital Management, LLC from 2005 to 2022 and serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mallard Farms, Inc., a family-held real estate business. Firethorn Capital, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm follows a research-intensive, opportunistic value approach, managing concentrated portfolios and operating a private pooled investment vehicle alongside separately managed accounts.

Irwin Milch is a financial advisor at M & I Financial Planning Services with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with M & I Financial Planning Services since 2003. Milch also maintains a long-term association with Gary Goldberg & Co., Inc. since 1997. M & I Financial Planning Services provides investment management and financial planning primarily to individual investors and family trusts. The firm employs a conservative, asset-preservation investment approach with discretionary portfolio management and considers clients’ broader financial situations including real estate, insurance, and tax factors.

Leo Cunningham is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience and has been with Main Street Financial since 2011. He holds a Series 66 license and works out of Purchase, NY. Outside of financial advising, Cunningham serves as an on-call flight simulator instructor and pilot. Main Street Financial provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm designs customized portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, stocks, and bonds, and integrates tax and investment services through its affiliation with an accounting firm.

Douglas Hedley Jr. is an advisor at Longwall Family Office with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Praxia Financial Services, Dominari Securities, and UBS Financial Services. Longwall Investment Partners, LLC provides investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans, offering customized portfolio management through a primarily long-term approach using fundamental and technical analysis. The firm manages a concentrated client base with a high assets-per-client profile and serves as adviser to pooled investment vehicles, including a Cayman Islands private fund currently in liquidation.

Marcy Mashioff is a financial advisor at Municipal Asset Management Inc. with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and is based in Rye Brook, NY. Municipal Asset Management Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management to high net worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on fixed-income securities through separately managed bond portfolios tailored to client goals and restrictions. The firm employs fundamental economic and relative-value analysis to support active portfolio management across various strategies and maintains a small client base to deliver highly customized fixed-income solutions.

Michael Wehrli is a financial advisor at LCR Wealth Management LLC in Westport, CT, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LCR Capital Partners and Nudge Capital, LLC, as well as an extended period as a student. LCR Wealth Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, institutions, and retirement plans, focusing on high-net-worth clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management with a tax-aware, long-term approach and manages a venture-capital private fund alongside traditional investment strategies.

Brian O'Rourke is a financial advisor at Prato Capital Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for ten years before joining Prato Capital Management in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is a silent investor in Rufus Labs, Inc. Prato Capital Management provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and ERISA plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework combining strategic, dynamic, and tactical approaches, and offers services through both traditional advisory and wrap fee programs.

Donato Settanni is a financial advisor with Settanni Financial LLC in Armonk, NY, holding a Series 63 designation and over 30 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Sutton Place Investors, Cetera, and his own firm, Settanni Financial. Outside of advisory work, he serves as president of Special Kids of New York, a nonprofit supporting children in need, and holds board positions with several local organizations including Oakland Cemetery Association, St. Patrick’s Church, and Cabrini of Westchester. Settanni Financial is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, managing approximately $397 million across 155 client relationships. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement-plan advisory, financial planning, and integrated wealth management, employing diversified portfolios constructed through fundamental and cyclical analysis with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.

Kent Whitaker is the principal and chief compliance officer of KP7 Investors LLC in Greenwich, CT, with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked at Castle Hill Capital Partners and spent 21 years at Davis Selected Advisors. Whitaker holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. KP7 Investors provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and estates classified as qualified clients. The firm follows a long-term, low-turnover approach supported by proprietary research and third-party analysis, integrating artificial intelligence tools for decision support and maintaining an institutional custody relationship.