Tracey Labrecque is a financial advisor with Planning Alternatives Ltd, holding Series 65, Series 63, and Series 66 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors before joining Planning Alternatives. Planning Alternatives Ltd. provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individual clients, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, and business entities. The firm employs a risk-based, globally diversified investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and serves as an ERISA fiduciary and Section 3(38) investment manager for qualified retirement plans.

David Mc Dermott is a Series 65-registered financial advisor with McDermott Investment Advisors, LLC in Naples, FL. He has three years of industry experience and has been with McDermott Investment Advisors since 2021. His background also includes work at McDermott Investment Services, LLC since 2016 and ongoing studies since 2008. McDermott Investment Advisors is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $203 million using firm-developed models, third-party portfolios, and both fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment vehicles.

Robert Strommen is a financial advisor with Oakwood Capital, Inc. in Naples, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 46 years of industry experience. He has been with Oakwood Capital since 2013 and has operated Strommen and Associates since 1978. Outside of his advisory work, he is the author and sole owner of Purpose +3, a non-investment-related business. Oakwood Capital serves individuals, trusts, estates, and small-business retirement plans, managing approximately $260 million in client assets across 591 relationships. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, typically constructing portfolios on a non-discretionary basis while providing discretionary options and third-party manager solutions.

Karen Chancy is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as CEO and Managing Partner at Intellus Advisors, LLC. She previously worked at Raymond James & Associates for 11 years. Through Chancy Ventures, LLC, she provides management and strategic oversight for Intellus Advisors. Intellus Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and consulting, implementing tailored asset allocation strategies and managing portfolios using a range of investment vehicles.

Noah Seidenberg is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience and has been with Inspirion Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2012. He is the owner of Seidenberg Investment Group, a management company, and also owns Xenon Paddle, a manufacturer and distributor of platform tennis paddles. Inspirion Wealth Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages discretionary wrap fee portfolio accounts using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and offers tax and corporate planning services alongside its advisory and brokerage offerings.

Katherine Lauer is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with The High Net Worth Advisory Group, LLC in Naples, FL, and has three years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, Seaglass at Bonita Bay, and The Ritz Carlton. The High Net Worth Advisory Group, LLC offers wealth management, portfolio review, consulting, and pension services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a variety of strategies including option writing and exchange-traded products, managing approximately $861.7 million for around 418 clients.

Charles (Chad) Atkins is a financial advisor with Private Capital Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and six years of industry experience. He has been with Private Capital Management since 2013 and also maintains a role with Carnes Capital Corporation since 2004. Private Capital Management is an employee-owned investment and wealth advisory firm managing approximately $1.35 billion for individual and institutional clients through a seven-advisor team. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental value investment approach with a multi-year horizon and offers discretionary portfolio management, wealth advisory services, and acts as adviser or sub-adviser to registered and private funds.

Joshua Wardell is a financial advisor at Black Coral Financial Advisors, LLC in Naples, FL, holding a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at Raymond James & Associates and Cvent, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he briefly owned a travel-related LLC that he plans to close. Black Coral Financial Advisors manages approximately $936 million in assets, primarily serving high-net-worth individuals and employer-sponsored programs. The firm integrates portfolio management teams, model allocations, and third-party manager recommendations with individualized planning, and offers comprehensive financial counseling that includes tax and estate considerations.

Jack Brown is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Aviance Capital Partners LLC since 2011. Brown serves as an adjunct economics professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, a role he will begin in early 2025. Aviance Capital Partners provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other business entities. The firm employs multiple investment strategies and uses internal research and client-specific objectives to tailor portfolios across various asset types.

Steven Merkel is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with 24 years of industry experience. He is currently with Ciccarelli Advisory Services Inc and has previously worked at FSC Securities Corporation and OSAIC. Merkel serves as a board member of the Greater Naples YMCA Endowment Board. Ciccarelli Advisory Services serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers comprehensive financial management and planning services, emphasizing strategic long-term investing with a primarily non-discretionary portfolio management approach.

John Cheesborough is a financial advisor with Naples Global Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Naples Global Advisors in 2021, he worked at Investors Trust Company and Brownstone Investment Group, LLC. Naples Global Advisors provides discretionary investment management to individuals—including high net worth clients—as well as retirement accounts, corporations, trustees, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a global, multi-cap value investment approach combining quantitative screening and in-house fundamental research, managing portfolios primarily composed of individual equities with fixed income and cash equivalents.

Richard Romano is a financial advisor with Romano Brothers and Company in Bonita Springs, FL, holding a Series 66 designation and over 62 years of industry experience. He has been with Romano Brothers since 1964. Outside of his advisory role, Romano is a principal in Romano Ventures Partnership, which invests in privately held startup companies. Romano Brothers and Company serves individuals, employee benefit plans, non-profits, trusts, estates, and corporate entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm employs a generally conservative, long-term investment approach with both active and passive strategies, managing accounts through an eight-advisor team.

John Cimino is a financial advisor at Naples Wealth Planning with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 license and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors, Laidlaw Wealth Management, and Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. Naples Wealth Planning manages over $356 million in client assets, providing investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and institutions. The firm focuses on customized, primarily long-term portfolios using a range of investment vehicles and conducts ongoing client oversight and portfolio monitoring.

Kathleen Herget is a financial advisor at Moran Wealth Management, LLC in Naples, FL, with 17 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. Moran Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, providing financial planning, consulting, family office services, and investment management. The firm employs proprietary model portfolios using quantitative, technical, and fundamental analysis across various asset classes and offers specialized strategies through its Pelican Bay Capital Management division.

Anthony Wauterlek is a financial advisor with HBKS Wealth Advisors in Naples, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Shore Partners LLC since 2008 and Hbk Sorce Advisory LLC since 2001, serving as a portfolio manager for a hedge fund through Park Shore Partners. HBKS Wealth Advisors is an enterprise firm with 73 advisors that provides comprehensive wealth management services.

Colleen Murphy is a financial advisor at CWA Asset Management Group with 12 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63, Series 66, and Series 65 licenses. Her career includes roles at Merrill and KeyBanc Capital Markets, and she also works as a consultant. Outside of finance, she serves as a consultant managing parking revenue operations during the New York State Fair. CWA Asset Management Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, and institutional investors. The firm uses in-house research and proprietary models to offer both active and quantitative investment strategies that are globally diversified and may include advanced techniques such as short selling and tax-aware strategies.

Shad White is a financial advisor at CWA Asset Management Group in Naples, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at CWA Asset Management Group since 2016 and previously spent five years at Wells Fargo Clearing. CWA Asset Management Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, foundations, pension plans, and institutional investors. The firm employs both active and quantitative strategies using in-house research, proprietary models, and artificial intelligence, offering globally diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives.

Keith George is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. in Naples, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at Foresters Equity Services, Inc. and his ongoing work as an independent insurance agent since 2005, specializing in life, disability, long-term care insurance, and fixed annuities. He is also involved with University Funding Professionals, LLC, a company providing ACT exam preparation and career consulting referrals. Lifemark Securities Corp. offers fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual investors and sponsors of participant-directed retirement plans. The firm provides tailored, suitability-driven advice through various managed account programs and allows discretionary or non-discretionary management, with custody maintained by third-party custodians.

Brian Tolin is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with CWA Asset Management Group and has previously worked at Ariel Capital Advisors and Raymond James, where he has maintained roles since 2012. CWA Asset Management Group serves individual and high-net-worth clients, family offices, trusts, foundations, pension plans, and institutional investors. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning using proprietary research and models, incorporating active, quantitative, and AI-driven strategies with a globally diversified approach.

Uriel Castillo is a financial advisor with RFG Advisory, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including Fifth Third Bank, Bank of America, and Merrill prior to his current role. Castillo is based in Naples, Florida. RFG Advisory provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients such as investment companies and government entities. The firm’s investment approach primarily utilizes discretionary portfolio management with a range of model strategies and third-party platforms, and it acts as sub-adviser to multiple Bluemonte ETFs.