Nicholas Joseph is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Sentinel Wealth Management, Inc. with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Sentinel, he worked at Ernst & Young LLP for a total of six years and held academic positions at the University of Virginia and James Madison University. Sentinel Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios focusing on risk management, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and alternative strategies, and manages approximately $389 million in assets across about 97 clients.

Daniel Ryan is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with nine years of industry experience. He has been with Alikos Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Alikos Wealth Management serves individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes long-term, broadly diversified portfolios using primarily passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, and offers customized solutions including ESG and tax-sensitive strategies.

Daniel Cohen is a financial advisor with Impact Capital, LLC in Rockville, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Impact Capital since 2018 and has prior experience at Ameriprise Financial Services and Kestra Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, Cohen has served as a Tax Manager at E. Cohen and Company, CPAs since 2011, where he is involved in tax return preparation and tax planning. Impact Capital provides discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting for employee benefit plans, and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach combining fundamental, quantitative, technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary, asset-based fee basis.

James Birks is a financial advisor with Birks Financial Corp. in Herndon, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked with Birks Financial Corporation since 1996 and previously with Signator Investors, Inc. since 1989. In addition to his advisory role, he is an insurance agent representing various companies, including John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Birks Financial Corp. advises individual and trust clients on retirement planning and investment management through written financial plans, ongoing planning, and assistance with investment policy statements. The firm follows a long-term, risk-tolerance based investment process, managing assets on a non-discretionary basis and offering clients access to third-party estate-planning services.

Anise Faircloth is a financial advisor with Berg Faircloth Investment Advisors in Leesburg, VA, holding 12 years of industry experience. She has been with Berg Faircloth Investment Advisors and related entities since 2010. Outside of advising, she serves as a firm administrator for Berg Faircloth & Company, an accounting firm. Berg Faircloth Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans and business entities. The firm employs fundamental and cyclical analysis in managing a range of securities and integrates tax and accounting advice through its affiliation with an accounting practice.

Jeffrey Zures is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with 23 years of industry experience. He has been a principal at Sanchez & Zures, LLC since 2006. The firm provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on a long-term, passive investment approach using primarily exchange-traded funds. Sanchez & Zures offers portfolio construction, ongoing rebalancing, written financial plans, and retirement rollover advice, operating under ERISA fiduciary standards when applicable.

Hossameldin Abdelkarim is a financial advisor at Poise Investment Advisors with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Poise Investment Advisors since 2021. Prior to this, he was employed at HSBC Egypt from 2014 to 2017 and currently operates Hossameldin Abdelkarim PLLC, providing legal services as an attorney. Poise Investment Advisors offers discretionary investment management and wealth-management services, focusing on an asset-allocation approach driven by macroeconomic analysis. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, and educational workshops, utilizing tools such as options and derivatives, and emphasizes in-house research and public client education.

Carlton Fitch is a financial advisor at Houlihan Financial Resource Group, Ltd. in Ashburn, VA, holding a Series 65 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Houlihan Financial Resource Group since 2006. Houlihan Financial Resource Group, Ltd. is a privately owned advisory firm providing discretionary portfolio management and integrated financial planning to individuals, trusts, foundations, pensions, and corporations. The firm primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and tailors asset allocation guidelines through five internal investment program categories, managing accounts on a discretionary basis or via Schwab’s automated platform for smaller clients.

Keron Smith is a financial advisor at Brighter Financial Capital Management, LLC in Reston, VA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Avantax and Wells Fargo Advisors. Brighter Financial Capital Management provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and multi-tiered planning. The firm conducts regular account reviews, sponsors educational seminars, and often uses sub-advisors while maintaining ongoing client relationships.

Ameen Estaiteyeh is a financial advisor at Investology Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Investology since 2004. Investology provides portfolio management and advisory services to individual clients, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods combined with modern portfolio theory and manages a broad range of investment instruments across both long-term and short-term strategies.

Joseph Kilner is a financial advisor at Kilner Capital Advisors, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Kilner Capital Advisors since 2014. Kilner Capital Advisors provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial consulting to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on broadly diversified, passively managed asset-class mutual funds and conservative fixed-income securities.

Tyler Harper is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Variant Private Wealth LLC. Before joining Variant, he worked at Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Precision for Medicine. Outside of finance, he has experience in secondary education and worked at Manhattan Pizza. Variant Private Wealth provides fee-based financial planning and individualized investment management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, pension plans, and corporations. The firm builds investment recommendations from client-specific financial plans using fundamental and technical analysis, and manages wrapped accounts through its sponsored wrap-fee program.

Luke Avery is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor at DecisionMap Wealth Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining DecisionMap, he worked at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and has experience in both financial services and other sectors including education and logistics. DecisionMap Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a core-satellite investment strategy that combines passive and active approaches, tailoring portfolios to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Mark Eid is a financial advisor at Acts Financial Advisors with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Qualderm Partners since 2020 and was previously employed at VA Dermatology and Skin Surgery Center. Outside of advising, Mark Eid practices as a Mohs micrographic surgeon at Qualderm Partners and co-founded Rich to Wealthy, a personal finance education and entertainment media company. Acts Financial Advisors is a small SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and public entities. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory framework using primarily passive index mutual funds and ETFs, while also offering financial planning, investment management, business consulting, and real estate analysis services.

Tirumala Kollur is a financial advisor at Sampatti Financial LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Sampatti Financial since 2015, as well as at Isolvers Inc and CGH Technologies, Inc. Kollur is based in Leesburg, VA. Sampatti Financial LLC provides discretionary asset management and employee benefit plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a blend of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis across various investment strategies, managing portfolios on a discretionary basis tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and objectives.

Thiago Glieger is a financial advisor at RMG Advisors with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including H. Beck, Inc. and Grove Point Investments. Since 2020, he has contributed as an author to FedSmith.com, an online resource for federal employees. RMG Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and financial planning, specializing in areas such as divorce-related financial planning, federal employee retirement planning, and oversight of variable annuity and life-insurance sub-accounts. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification through SEI Asset Allocation Models and sub-advisors, managing approximately $137 million for about 174 client households with a two-advisor team.

Ryan Scott is a financial advisor at Brighter Financial Capital Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and KLDiscovery. He is also affiliated with Clark & Associates, Inc., where he is involved in insurance services. Brighter Financial Capital Management provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, plan advisory, multi-tiered financial planning, and educational seminars, often implementing client programs through discretionary authority with third-party managers.

Edward Lu is a financial advisor at Blackfield Capital Management LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley and Cambrian Asset Management. Lu is also a licensed insurance agent and offers insurance products to clients when appropriate. Blackfield Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, focusing on a small number of client relationships. The firm’s investment process is based on fundamental analysis and includes a broad range of strategies, with a notable emphasis on including held-away private investments in fee calculations.

Erich Imphong is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Peakstone Financial Advisors and has previously worked with Independent Financial Group, LLC and Plotkin Financial Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he also provides various insurance products as a licensed agent and serves as an officer of a consulting firm focused on human resources and office leasing. Peakstone Financial Advisors serves individual and corporate clients, including high-net-worth and non-HNW individuals, as well as employer-sponsored defined contribution plans. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and participant education, using customized asset-allocation strategies and third-party asset managers when appropriate.

Asitha De Silva is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Capital Squared Financial LLC and has previously worked at Rock Den Advisors, Sweetbay Capital Management, UBS AG, and UBS Securities. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. De Silva is a shareholder in MRQ Holdings, a property investment and charitable foundation in Sri Lanka, though he has no operational duties there. Capital Squared Financial provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a combination of passive and active investment vehicles guided by modern portfolio theory and offers socially responsible investment options upon client request.