Maxime Kasanda is the principal of Kasanda Capital with 13 years of experience in the financial industry. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Morgan Stanley Private Bank since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, Kasanda is a licensed insurance agent and owns a talent representation company called Millie Management. Kasanda Capital provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of analytical methods and offers discretionary portfolio management alongside one-time and ongoing financial planning.

Steven Hecht is the sole advisor at Steven Hecht Investments, Inc., an independent firm based in Teaneck, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2007. Steven Hecht Investments, Inc. provides portfolio management services to individuals and a variety of institutional clients, including small businesses, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of securities and uses fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to tailor and monitor portfolios on an ongoing basis, often managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Thomas Mullarkey Jr. is a CFP® professional with 31 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the principal advisor at Hive Retirement Planning LLC since 2023 and has prior experience at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC from 2003 to 2017. He also serves as a Senior Advisor with Shelter Rock Capital Group LLC, an activity that accounts for part of his time during trading hours. Hive Retirement Planning specializes in retirement-focused financial planning and investment advisory services for individuals and high-net-worth clients near or in retirement. The firm offers fixed-fee, tailored advice that includes both passive and fundamental investment strategies, with options for discretionary management or client-directed implementation.

Lloyd Stabiner is a financial advisor with Fulcire Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked as a CPA since 2010. Fulcire Wealth Management serves well-to-do individuals and families, focusing on portfolio management combined with tax and wealth-transfer guidance. The firm emphasizes managing assets designated for short-term investments and income generation through dividend-paying equities and covered-call writing, with a tax-aware, options-focused investment approach.

Adrian Kierans is a financial advisor at Cloverhill Capital Management in New York, NY, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Cloverhill Capital Management since 2015, following a prior role at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Cloverhill Capital Management is a small, independent registered investment adviser serving individual investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm focuses on asset-class investing and long-term allocation using low-cost institutional index funds and model portfolios, with a distinctive emphasis on pension consulting, corporate retirement plan services, and educational workshops.

Vincent Grosso is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He is the founder of Grosso Wealth Management LLC in Montclair, NJ, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to founding his firm, he spent three years at Kestra Private Wealth Services. Outside of his advisory role, Grosso is the President of the Joanne Grosso Foundation Inc. Grosso Wealth Management LLC is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm typically employs long-term, passive buy-and-hold strategies using mutual funds and ETFs and offers project-based planning, educational seminars, and fiduciary retirement plan services.

Mark Vogel is the sole advisor at Mark Vogel Wealth Management, LLC, located in North Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in financial advising. In addition to his work in wealth management since 2003, he has practiced law as a sole proprietor since 1991, dedicating a significant portion of his time to his legal practice. Mark Vogel Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and small-company pension accounts, managing approximately $96 million in assets. The firm employs a concentrated, growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy focused on a small number of individual stocks and offers performance-based compensation options for qualified clients.

Michael Nisiotis is a financial advisor with Nisiotis, Michael, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has served as Managing Director and President of Michael Anthony & Associates since 2002, a management consulting firm focused on project and process management for new products and services. Surpass Yourself Advisors provides financial and retirement planning, education, and coaching to individuals, families, small businesses, and organizations through virtual one-on-one sessions, webinars, and workplace programs. The firm emphasizes asset allocation with diversified, primarily passive portfolios and operates on flat or hourly fees without managing client assets or accepting discretionary authority.

Eric Gabor is a Certified Financial Planner® and holds a Series 66 license. He is the sole advisor at Eagle Grove Advisors LLC, an independent firm based in Westfield, NJ, and has 14 years of industry experience. He has led Eagle Grove Advisors since its founding in 2016. Eagle Grove Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management and various financial planning services. The firm employs a primarily passive investment strategy, using diversified portfolios of index mutual funds and ETFs tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerances, with regular portfolio reviews and rebalancing as needed.

Manikanthan Velayutham is a financial advisor at Sakthi Capital LLC with Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Sakthi Capital, he worked at Korn Ferry ICS, Open Systems, SEQ Technology, and INTL FCStone. Sakthi Capital provides portfolio management, financial planning, and financial education services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, trusts, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory and offers both discretionary account management and financial education workshops.

Richard Pasiuk is a financial advisor at Duracapital with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Duracapital since 2017. Pasiuk also has a long tenure at Con Edison beginning in 2005. Duracapital provides portfolio management and pension consulting services primarily to pension, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plans, as well as to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a variety of investment strategies and instruments tailored to clients’ objectives, with a focus on ongoing account monitoring and asset allocation.

Priyanka Ranjan is a financial advisor at Pioneer Advisory LLC holding a Series 65 designation with experience at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Venerable, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Fidelity Investments. Prior to entering the industry, Ranjan completed five years of full-time education. Pioneer Advisory operates PiTrade, an SEC-registered internet investment adviser delivering automated, algorithm-driven portfolio management and copytrading through a mobile application. The firm uses a subscription-based model and provides continuous automated advisory services with real-time monitoring and adjustments to align with client risk tolerance and objectives.

Kyrill Asatur is a financial advisor at Centerfin Capital in New York, NY, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Centerfin since 2020, Gallatin Capital LLC since 2017, and Jerica Capital Management from 2016 to 2017. In addition to his advisory role, Mr. Asatur engages in private placement activities under the name Sophron Advisors as a registered representative with a broker-dealer. Centerfin Capital provides discretionary, model-based portfolio management primarily for individual investors, families, trusts, retirement accounts, and other registered investment advisers through an online platform. The firm manages portfolios using strategic asset allocation combined with tactical positioning and active rebalancing across multiple asset classes, implemented mainly with ETFs and mutual funds.

Martin Costello is a financial advisor with Preakness Retirement Advisors, LLC in Verona, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Aura Financial Services, Inc. since 2005. Preakness Retirement Advisors offers diversified asset-allocation advice and financial planning to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes a non-discretionary investment approach using low-expense index funds and combines fundamental and technical analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework.

Ravi Chahil is a financial advisor at Sabattis Capital with a Series 65 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Volaris Capital Management and Citigroup. Sabattis Capital Management LLC offers customized portfolio management through separately managed accounts for individuals, family offices, registered investment advisers, and institutional clients. The firm uses a systematic, rules-based approach incorporating technical, quantitative, and fundamental analysis to implement option-based strategies such as income generation and risk mitigation tailored to each client’s objectives.

Nikolaos Paloumbis is a financial advisor at Retired Capital LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Alexander Capital, L.P. He is also the fund manager of VC Fund Ventures LLC, focusing on pre-IPO and private equity investing. Retired Capital LLC is a single-advisor independent investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management across public and private instruments, combining fundamental, quantitative, technical, and charting analysis with strategies ranging from long-term investing to short-term trading and private fund advisory services.

Jeffery Wimer is the principal of Wimer Investment Management and holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 27 years of industry experience. He worked at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. for 12 years before founding his independent advisory firm. Wimer Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, managing approximately $85.6 million across about 15 accounts. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to construct and monitor portfolios, using strategies that include trading equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and options.

Milan Patel is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Ascent Physician Wealth LLC with one year of experience in financial advising. He has a background in healthcare, having worked at several medical institutions including St. Mary's General Hospital and CHRISTUS Health. Outside of his advisory role, he maintains a senior hospital position. Ascent Physician Wealth LLC provides comprehensive wealth management and discretionary portfolio management primarily to physicians, healthcare professionals, executives, and high-net-worth families. The firm employs a core-satellite investment strategy combining diversified low-cost index funds and selective individual securities, and offers a range of financial planning services including retirement, tax, education funding, insurance, debt management, and estate planning coordination.

Rachael Lam is a CFP® and principal at Auriex Wealth Advisors LLC in New York, NY. She has 17 years of industry experience, including a long tenure at Bank of America, and currently operates a tax and bookkeeping business alongside her advisory role. She is also licensed as a real estate agent affiliated with a broker. Auriex Wealth Advisors LLC is an independent, fee-only firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning using a combination of passive and active strategies, and it provides ERISA retirement-plan management services as a 3(38) investment manager.

Jeffrey Lieberman is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Caldwell Fairfield Advisors and has been involved with Weinberg Lieberman, P.C., a tax accounting firm, since 1987. His professional background includes over a decade at Jay H. Weinberg Investment Advisor, LLC. Caldwell Fairfield Advisors offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, focusing on non-investment advice such as tax and estate planning. The firm refers clients to independent investment advisers for portfolio management and does not provide discretionary investment management or custody of client assets.