Nicholas Gorton is a financial advisor with Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC, holding one year of industry experience. He also serves as an accountant at Gorton & Company, P.C., an accounting firm he has been with since 2015. Fortis Capital Advisors provides portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and educational workshops to individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm employs a mix of discretionary management, advisor-specific investment styles, and model portfolios, including ESG options, while managing $1.615 billion in discretionary assets as of December 31, 2025.

James Baga is a financial advisor at VestGen Advisors, LLC with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Huntwicke Securities, Huntwicke Advisors, Sentinel Pension Advisors, and Fidelity. VestGen Advisors manages approximately $6.66 billion for over 22,000 clients and offers a range of services including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and ERISA 3(21) retirement plan services. The firm utilizes a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis along with modern portfolio theory to develop client-specific strategies, serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, and other investment advisers.

James Balfour is a CFP® and CFA® with six years of industry experience. He currently works at F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co., where he has been employed since 2021. Prior to that, he held positions at Lowell, Blake & Associates, Inc. and Loomis, Sayles and Company, LLC. F.L. Putnam serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, and institutions, offering customized investment management, financial planning, and OCIO-style advisory services. The firm’s team-based approach incorporates internally managed strategies and third-party managers across various asset classes, with options for sustainable investing and tax-aware rebalancing.

Yvan Bodart is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently with F L Putnam Investment Management Co., joining in 2023. His prior roles include positions at Boston Financial Management LLC, Cabot - Wellington, LLC, and Bank of America Private Bank. F L Putnam serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, institutions, and registered investment companies. The firm employs a team-based investment approach that integrates internally managed strategies and third-party managers across multiple asset classes, offering customized solutions such as discretionary and non-discretionary management, financial planning, and family office services.

Robert Heitzman is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co., where he has worked since 2023. His prior experience includes roles at SVB Wealth LLC, Banyan Partners, LLC, and Rushmore Investment Advisors Inc. F.L. Putnam serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, and institutions, offering customized, team-based investment management and consulting services. The firm combines macroeconomic and security-level analysis with a mix of internally managed strategies and third-party managers across various asset classes.

James Beville is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC since 2016. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Manchester, MA. Main Street Financial Solutions serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an academic-based, multi-asset class investment approach, focusing on low-cost mutual funds and ETFs while also utilizing active funds, individual securities, and alternative investments.

Ryan Mcquilkin is a CFP® and CFA® with 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co. since 2021 and previously spent seven years at Boston Private Wealth LLC. Mcquilkin is based in Lynnfield, MA. F.L. Putnam serves a diverse client base including individual investors, families, and institutions such as foundations and family offices. The firm employs a team-based, customized investment approach utilizing internally managed strategies and third-party managers across multiple asset classes, with options for sustainable investing and tax-aware rebalancing.

Michael Paluch is a financial advisor at ValMark Advisers, Inc. with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at MFS Investment Management and Beauport Financial Services. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner and Chief Operating Officer at Beauport Financial Services. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional clients through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm offers diversified, goal-based model portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, supported by proprietary platforms and a range of advisory and sub-advisory services.

Tucker Bixby is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 28 years of industry experience. He has been with Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2008 and has prior experience at Ameriprise and New England Securities. He serves as President and a board member of the nonprofit Family Promise North Shore Boston. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to third-party money managers, utilizing both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations.

Alan Pransky is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. in Peabody, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 40 years of industry experience. He has worked with Lifemark since 2018 and previously with Foresters Equity Services, Inc. from 2012 to 2018. Outside of advisory work, Pransky serves on the board of the Temple Torat Emet Men's Club in Boynton Beach, FL, and on the board of the Maple Hill Cemetery Association in Peabody, MA. Lifemark Securities Corp. provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual investors and sponsors of participant-directed retirement plans, using suitability-driven advice with discretionary and non-discretionary account management supported by platform tools and third-party custodians.

Hind Azzaoui is a financial advisor at Santander Securities LLC with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including John Hancock, TD Bank, and Citizens Bank. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, providing investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, and goal-based financial planning. The firm delivers investment management primarily via the FMAX wrap-fee platform, utilizing third-party discretionary managers and offering various overlay options.

Nathan Budrow is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Newport Capital Advisers and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC. Guardian Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm employs a systematic investment approach that combines technical and fundamental analysis, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, options, and equities.

Nicholas Forgione is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor at Allworth Financial, L.P. with two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Sachetta, LLC, CA Brandt, and Fidelity Investments. He also has experience in the fitness industry and academia, having worked with Forge Fitness, Achieve Fitness, and Framingham State University. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios using various model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts without client login credentials.

David Basile is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 47 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Basile serves as a member of the Board for the Middlesex Community College Foundation. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

William Riquier is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America and The Retirement Financial Center, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with United Planners and The Retirement Financial Center since 2011 and operates a non-variable insurance business under his own name. United Planners serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan services, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers.

Christina O Connell is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has two years of industry experience and previously worked with Rocco Insurance & Financial Group, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a notary public. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria, with a significant portion of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Hannah Webb is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Danvers, MA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of experience in the industry. Her prior work experience includes roles at NBT Bank and retail positions at Victoria’s Secret and American Eagle Outfitters. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services, supporting both individual and institutional investors.

Jason Hutchinson is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has seven years of industry experience, including prior roles at Lincoln Investment and Edward Jones. Outside of his financial advisory work, he is employed part-time in a non-investment role involving appointment scheduling. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities LLC, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs using both proprietary and third-party models.

Dianne Webster is a CFP® professional with 29 years of industry experience, affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. She has been the president and owner of Integrated Financial Strategies, Inc., operating as Insight Financial Horizons, since 1999. Her career includes fixed insurance sales alongside her advisory work. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and support services. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support, allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction and access to proprietary model portfolios.

Daniel Sherr is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Danvers, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 17 years of industry experience. He has been operating Sherr Financial since 2010. Outside of advisory work, he is a co-owner of Trident Benefit Solutions, LLC, which provides employee group benefits consulting. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and manages approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad platform including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custodial services, supporting both discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management approaches.