Gary Williams is a CFP® with over 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is the founder of Williams Asset Management and has also spent significant time at Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of his advisory work, he is the author of the book *Art of Retirement* and holds several nonprofit roles, including chairing the investment committee and serving on the executive board at the Y of Central Maryland. Williams Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management, wealth management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a multi-disciplinary investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis, and incorporates options strategies alongside long-term trading.

Alec Sunners is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving at The Financial Consulate since 2020. Prior to his advisory role, he worked at Saucon Valley Country Club from 2016 to 2019 and was a student until 2021. The Financial Consulate provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management services to individuals, corporate retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a "Risk Opportunity Investing" approach that combines tactical asset allocation with fundamental, macroeconomic, and technical analysis, and integrates tax and accounting services alongside its advisory offerings.

Richard Schaeffer is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 41 years of industry experience. He is associated with Schaeffer Financial LLC, where he has worked for over two decades, and currently serves as part of a five-advisor team. His prior experience includes roles at Grove Point Investments and LPL Financial. Schaeffer Financial serves individuals and families, including federal employees and foreign nationals holding G‑IV visas, as well as trusts, foundations, and small businesses. The firm provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, emphasizing diversified asset allocation tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance, and frequently coordinates with outside professionals to implement client plans.

Joseph Colman is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Colman Knight Advisory Group, LLC since 2019. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at JP Morgan for two years and spent four years at Kenyon College. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a trustee for two non-investment related family trusts, overseeing maintenance, accounting, and tenant management. Colman Knight Advisory Group is a fee-only, SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services. The firm employs a fundamentally oriented, global buy-and-hold investment approach with individualized policy statements and offers both project-based and comprehensive planning on fixed-fee or retainer arrangements.

Veronica Fuentes is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She joined Audible Wealth Management in 2024 after spending 13 years with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory role, she is also active as a life insurance agent. Audible Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, business development clients, and retirement plans, offering financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and provides unique services such as educational seminars, bill-pay services, and a wrap-fee program.

Colin Gerrety is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Glassman Wealth Services, LLC since 2015. Glassman Wealth Services serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach includes diversified portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with a focus on aligning portfolios to client objectives and incorporating non-managed assets into reporting and advice.

Katherine Groce is a financial advisor with Prostatis Financial Advisors Group in Hanover, MD, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Peak Brokerage Services LLC and Taylor Capital Management Inc. Groce manages client service operations and assists with financial planning within her firm. Prostatis Financial Advisors Group serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutions with investment management and financial planning, utilizing a top-down, tactical asset-allocation strategy that includes sector rotation and oversight of third-party managers employing AI and machine-learning models.

Austin Edmunds is a financial advisor at TritonPoint Wealth, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining TritonPoint, he worked at First Command Insurance Services and First Command Advisory Services. Edmunds serves as Treasurer for the Rotary Club of Fairfax, where he manages financial activities and prepares financial reports. TritonPoint Wealth, LLC provides financial planning, discretionary investment and wealth management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm emphasizes long-term asset allocation based on modern portfolio theory, utilizing model portfolios, independent managers, and a combination of fundamental and quantitative security selection.

Arian Vojdani is a financial advisor at Mv Capital Management, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Mv Capital Management since 2012. Mv Capital Management, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional entities such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting, with an investment process focused on customized asset allocation, security selection, and periodic monitoring by an Investment Committee and in-house research.

Mary Kolesar is a financial advisor at Promethium Advisors LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Promethium, she held roles at Focus Catholic for four years and had academic and government-related positions including at Harvard University and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Promethium Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals—including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients—as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs diversified investment approaches that combine passive and active strategies, alternatives, and tactical asset allocation, and it offers continuous portfolio monitoring and oversight of Independent Managers.

David Poch is a financial advisor at Promethium with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Promethium, he worked at Challenger Performance Optimization, Inc. for five years and spent four years at Miami University. Promethium Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active strategies, alternatives, options strategies, tactical asset allocation, and cash management tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Bernard Kavanagh is a financial advisor with EquityCompass Investment Management, LLC in Baltimore, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated since 2013 and has been with Equity Compass Strategies since 2011. EquityCompass Investment Management provides model portfolios and discretionary investment management to financial intermediaries, institutions, and individual clients. The firm uses a research-driven, rules-based process that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis to implement focused, diversified, equal-weighted portfolios across various asset classes and strategies.

Thomas Arnold is a financial advisor with Sentinel Asset Management, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) and New York Life Insurance Company. Sentinel Asset Management, LLC is a fee-based advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs a mosaic investment approach, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides ongoing account monitoring alongside due diligence of third-party managers.

Brian Hawthorne Codato is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Glassy Mountain Advisors, Inc. since 2021 and previously held roles at Cherry Bekaert LLP and CTS Capital Advisors. Glassy Mountain Advisors provides wealth management to individual and institutional clients, focusing on high-net-worth individuals through discretionary investment management combined with integrated financial planning at no additional charge to investment clients. The firm follows a value-oriented, fundamentals-based approach and manages customized equity and income portfolios, also offering ESG-focused and fund-only options.

Stephen Knapp is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Carderock Capital Management, Inc. since 2020. Prior to joining Carderock, he worked for eight years at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Carderock Capital Management is an independent SEC-registered investment manager serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, pension, and charitable accounts. The firm employs an active, long-term management approach with customized investment plans and continuous portfolio supervision, managing approximately $666 million in discretionary assets.

Michael Canet is a financial advisor with Prostatis Financial Advisors Group in Hanover, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Peak Brokerage Services LLC and TCM Securities, Inc., alongside operating his own law practice since 1997. He serves on the board of a nonprofit organization. Prostatis Financial Advisors Group manages approximately $509 million in client assets through a team of about 18 advisors, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutions. The firm employs a top-down, macro-environmental approach to tactical asset allocation, utilizing both customized and model portfolios, and offers a range of investment and financial planning services.

Timothy Sommer is a financial advisor with Legacy Edge Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 32 years of industry experience, including long tenures at TIAA and The Capital Group Investment Advisory Services. He has been with Legacy Edge Advisors since 2024 and also works with PKS Investments. Legacy Edge Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as trusts, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a sponsored wrap-fee program. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to tailor investment strategies to client goals and manages approximately $896 million across 14 advisors.

Jason Huggins is a financial advisor with Bull Harbor Capital LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Leigh Baldwin & Co., MML Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, Park Avenue Securities, and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, Huggins serves as Vice President of the Terry College of Business Alumni Board at the University of Georgia and is President of Wolf Trackers, an organization that raises funds for athletics programs. Bull Harbor Capital LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes long-term strategic asset allocation with tactical adjustments and offers portfolio management primarily on a discretionary basis.

Abbie Frishman is a CFP® professional with two years of experience in financial advising. She is currently with Councilor Wealth LLC and has previously worked at May Barnhard Investments LLC and Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C. Frishman also engages in divorce financial planning. Councilor Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and not-for-profit organizations, providing portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning while integrating tax and advisory services through its parent accounting firm.

Edward Lamade is affiliated with Sargent Investment Group and holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has prior experience with the Carnegie Institution for Science and Brown Advisory, LLC. Sargent Investment Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, corporations, defined-contribution plans, and pooled investment vehicles, utilizing a consultative, goals-based approach to construct customized asset allocations and manage portfolios on an ongoing basis.