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 financial advisor at Diamond NestEgg with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at UBS Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he owns income-producing real estate in London. Diamond NestEgg serves individual clients by providing comprehensive financial planning, coaching, and educational programs. The firm focuses on client-directed implementation and favors passive investment strategies, emphasizing education through workshops and online courses rather than discretionary portfolio management.

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 8 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. His prior experience includes roles at Cortex Technology Capital Management, Cortex Technology Capital Advisors, Sherwood Capital Advisors, and George K. Baum & Company. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as Vice President in investment banking at Strong Capital Markets, LLC. Strong Wealth Advisors serves high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and institutional clients, providing financial planning, portfolio management, private placement investments, and consulting. The firm constructs customized portfolios using various analytical methods and offers active management of private pooled vehicles, employing performance-based fees for qualified clients.

Michael Robinson is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Ridgeview Asset Management Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. He has a total of 16 years of industry experience, including a decade at General American Investors, Inc. Robinson also serves as a director of a small private company. Ridgeview Asset Management Partners advises high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and endowments through customized, discretionary separately managed accounts, and sponsors private pooled vehicles for institutional investors. The firm employs rules-based, risk-controlled investment programs tailored to client risk profiles, using diversified and tax-sensitive portfolios guided by technology and quantitative benchmarks.

Matthew Hickman is a financial advisor at Greenwich Creek Capital Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations. Prior to his current role, he worked at American Century Investments and Vision Advisors. Hickman is also a partner in 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, with tailored portfolio management and investment advice across a range of securities and strategies. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management and emphasizes individualized investment policies developed through detailed client discussions.

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 a financial advisor with Longwall Family Office, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Praxia Financial Services, Dominari Securities, and UBS Financial Services. Longwall Investment Partners, LLC provides customized investment advisory services primarily to high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and retirement plans, employing a long-term investment approach that uses fundamental and technical analysis. The firm manages a concentrated client base through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and also serves as adviser to a Cayman Islands private fund currently in the process of winding down.

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.

Anthony Olivieri is a financial advisor at Dunham Lane Capital Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Dunham Lane since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, Olivieri is a founding principal of Banyan Real Estate Group, where he is involved in identifying and selecting property investments. Dunham Lane Capital Partners LLC offers discretionary investment management services to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, and endowments. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental analysis approach focused on long-term capital appreciation through concentrated portfolios and uses a variety of investment instruments, including derivatives.

Steven Baker is a financial advisor with Investors Capital Management Inc. in Darien, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Investors Capital Management since 2012. Outside of advisory work, he is a member of several LLCs involved in personal and multifamily real estate holdings. Investors Capital Management, Inc. is a fee-only registered investment adviser that offers discretionary portfolio management and financial guidance to individuals, families, trusts, foundations, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, low-turnover investment approach based on fundamental research, emphasizing growth, valuation, and global trends, while tailoring portfolios to client risk tolerance and specific preferences.

Theodore Krauss is the principal of Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors LLC in Stamford, CT, holding a Series 65 license and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He is also the managing partner and founder of Krauss Whiting CPAs LLP, a certified public accounting firm where he performs public accounting services. Krauss Whiting Capital Advisors provides individualized portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and asset-allocation analysis, conducts regular portfolio reviews, and performs mutual fund and ETF due diligence as part of its investment process.

Naoka Nakagawa is a financial advisor at Prism Planning and Solutions Group with 24 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Insight Advisors, LLC, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Merrill. Prism Planning and Solutions Group is a newly formed supported investment adviser offering financial planning, coaching, consulting, estate-planning document services through a third party, investment advice, and wealth management. The firm serves both individual and high-net-worth clients and follows a structured multi-step planning process with an emphasis on diversified, low-cost core portfolios and formalized estate-document services.