Jessica Scola is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with three years of industry experience. She has worked at Sound View Financial Advisors since 2024 and previously spent two years with Montis Financial, LLC. Prior to her financial career, she spent over a decade with Mary Kay Cosmetics. Sound View Financial Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses, offering comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm utilizes a strategic asset allocation approach with a blend of passive and active funds and operates on a fee-only basis without account minimums.

Wenhua Zhang is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with three years of industry experience. They are currently with Atlas Capital Investment LLC and previously worked at Azia Capital Partners for ten years and Tan Lane Holdings, Ltd. for one year. Outside of advising, Wenhua serves as CFO and investor for Hourly Work LLC, a recruiting phone app. Atlas Capital Investment LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and business entities. The firm employs a combination of cyclical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis, using both long- and short-term trading strategies, and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Jonathan Asher is a financial advisor at Exemplar Wealth Partners LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has served as a volunteer in Hingham Town Government for 18 years. Exemplar Wealth Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as charitable organizations, providing discretionary portfolio management and standalone fixed-fee financial plans. The firm uses a client-specific Investment Policy Statement and multiple analysis methods combined with a long-term trading orientation to tailor portfolios to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Akhil Shah is an advisor at Holmes Investment Management, Inc. with a Series 65 designation. He has been with Holmes Investment Management since 2023. Prior to his current role, Akhil’s background includes positions at Boston University, Bansal Infraprojects Private Limited, Atharva Real Infra Pvt. Ltd., Avenues Payments Ltd., Angel One Pvt., and studies at the London School of Economics. Holmes Investment Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm combines individualized asset-allocation advice with factor-based equity model portfolios and employs advanced trading techniques such as margin borrowing, short sales, options strategies, and derivatives for approved clients.

George Noyes is a CFP® and CIC certified financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Hanover Strategic Management, LLC since 2008. Hanover Strategic Management, LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach that combines fundamental research with quantitative analysis, utilizing globally diversified portfolios and sector-level positioning to manage risk.

Mary Anne Gucciardi is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with four years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Wealthmind Financial Planning, where she has worked since 2023. Prior to that, she spent three years at Old Peak Finance and was involved with Charles Waban Group, LLC DBA Dragonwing girlgear for thirteen years. Wealthmind Financial Planning is a fee-only firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm employs a mix of passive and active strategies based on modern portfolio theory and offers customized planning across various financial areas.

Jake Bulian is a CFA® charterholder at Traub Capital Management with one year of industry experience. He previously worked at Deloitte for three years and State Street Corporation for five years. Traub Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement and profit-sharing plans, and trusts. The firm employs a value-oriented, quantitatively driven approach to investing, with an emphasis on closed-end fund premium/discount analysis and cost-efficient trade execution.

Katharine Davidge is a financial advisor at Dorfman Value Investments LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Dorfman Value Investments since 2012. Dorfman Value Investments LLC is a state-registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a fundamentals-driven, value-oriented approach, constructing customized equity portfolios tailored to client risk, tax, and restriction profiles, with an emphasis on long-term capital appreciation across a broad range of market capitalizations.

Jay Lebed is a financial advisor with Lebed Asset Management LLC in Boston, MA, holding a Series 65 designation and 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with Boston Portfolio Advisers, LLC since 2014 as vice president and indirect minority owner, managing client relationships and providing investment advice. Lebed Asset Management LLC provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and family partnerships, focusing on separately managed equity portfolios and diversified strategies using fundamental analysis and intrinsic-value principles. The firm shares operational resources with its affiliate, Boston Portfolio Advisers, LLC, and manages roughly $24 million in assets across about a dozen accounts.

Nora Rho is a financial advisor at Rhotopia Financial Advisors with a Series 65 license and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc. Nora also assists with training advisors on insurance products for multiple carriers, including Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Lafayette Life. Rhotopia Financial Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management and project-based financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm primarily uses passive, broadly diversified portfolios built with index mutual funds and ETFs, emphasizing low costs and tax efficiency, and manages roughly $12 million for a select group of clients.

Matthew Di Ruggiero is an investment advisor representative at Generations Retirement Group, LLC with eight years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at AE Wealth Management, Citizens Securities, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. He serves as a board member for My Brother's Keeper Food Pantry, where he contributes by maintaining the organization's social media. Generations Retirement Group provides investment advisory and managed-account services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering tailored asset allocation and written investment strategies. The firm’s investment process is goal- and risk-driven, incorporating multiple approaches and conducting at least quarterly account reviews.

Walter Downey is the principal of Downey Capital Management, Inc. in Boston, MA, with 27 years at the firm and 20 years of industry experience. Downey Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm focuses on tailored portfolio management using fundamental and technical analysis, typically managing portfolios composed of equities, fixed income, ETFs, and selectively, privately placed securities.

Hendrix Berry is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with nine years of industry experience. He currently works at Obran Capital Advisors LLC, where he has been since 2023, following prior roles at Obran Cooperative LCA, Boston Ujima Project, and Balanced Rock Investment Advisors LLC. Obran Capital Advisors LLC is a fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of traditional and modern portfolio techniques, integrates values-based screening and social-movement alignment, and offers customized wealth management and financial planning services.

Amir Alamir is a financial advisor at Holmes Investment Management, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2024. His prior experience includes roles as a quantitative analyst and positions at Boston University and Sharif University of Technology. Holmes Investment Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm combines factor-based equity model portfolios with individualized asset allocation and employs advanced trading techniques such as margin borrowing, short sales, options strategies, and derivatives for approved clients.

Caroline Hedges is a financial advisor at Fairfield Financial Advisors with 7 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Fairfield Financial Advisors since 2012. Fairfield Financial Advisors provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and select small businesses and nonprofit entities. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach using no-load mutual funds, individual stocks, ETFs, and fixed-income securities, and is noted for its work with institutional client structures and fiduciary roles such as trusteeships.

Ilda O'Brien is a CFA® charterholder with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Delta Wealth Management, LLC since 2016. Based in Hanover, MA, she is part of a two-advisor team at the firm. Delta Wealth Management primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering fee-based investment management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm utilizes a fundamental analysis and long-term asset allocation approach, combining internally selected equities and fixed-income instruments with third-party asset managers, and manages client relationships through master household agreements and multiple sub-accounts.

Michael Mc Dermott is a financial advisor with Polaris Financial, LLC in Wellesley, MA, holding a Series 65 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Richr Money LLC, Douugh Wealth, Polaris Portfolios, LLC, and concurrently at Oracle as a Staff Solutions Consultant in a non-investment role. Polaris Financial provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, businesses, non-profits, and credit unions, utilizing a combination of model portfolios and customized strategies. The firm employs a disciplined investment approach involving macroeconomic, tactical, and fundamental analysis, and serves a large client base primarily composed of smaller accounts and institutional relationships.

Mark Everett is a financial advisor with Diversified Financial Management in Norwell, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Diversified Financial Management since 2015. Diversified Financial Management is an independent, fee-only SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning with a holistic, tax-aware approach, incorporating both quantitative and fundamental analysis.

Raymond Bligh is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed advisor at Bounty Management Corporation with 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Bounty Management since 2008 and previously at Bofa Advisors, LLC for one year. Bounty Management Corporation provides discretionary investment management and limited financial consulting to individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations, focusing on separately managed accounts invested in publicly traded stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining macroeconomic analysis with fundamental company valuation metrics, tailoring portfolios to client constraints and preferences.

Ryan Forness is a financial advisor with Forness Financial LLC in Needham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Forness Financial since 2014 and previously worked at Ameriprise from 2006 to 2014. Forness Financial serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates by providing discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentals-driven investment approach, constructing diversified portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.