Nolin Frias is a CFP® with 12 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Briggs Advisory Group, and John Hancock Investment Management among others. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporate, and institutional clients with a broad range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using both active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Christopher Obrien is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Citizens Bank, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Bourne-Sandwich and is President of the Blue Shutters Condominium Association, both nonprofit organizations. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, and offers investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency with a variety of investment solutions.

Theodore Rampini III is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. Prior to his current role, he worked at Santander Securities, LLC and Citizens Bank, N.A. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner of Textovert App, a technology management venture. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans. The firm offers investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services, with advisory offerings that include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program.

Patrick Hurley is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, and KPMG LLP. Outside of his advisor role, Hurley volunteers as a youth soccer coach for a U12 recreational league. Citizens Securities serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory services include a digital advisory program managed with SigFig and a Managed Account program, while operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Mohamed Elhannawi is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Citizens Securities, he worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities. Citizens Securities serves individual and high-net-worth investors as well as retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides both a digital advisory program, which uses algorithm-driven ETF portfolios, and a managed account program, operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Daniel Fitzmaurice is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Santander Securities, LLC, Santander Bank, NA, and Merrill. Fitzmaurice also served 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program.

Matthew Smolko is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has 10 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Merrill, Bank of America, Santander Securities, and Santander Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a rental property. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans. The firm offers investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services, with advisory offerings that have included a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program.

Garfield Davidson is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in managing family rental properties. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Melissa Couch is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. She has worked at Principal Financial Services since 2020 and has prior experience with Principal Life Insurance Company, Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., and Jhfn Sii. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions, with investment implementation typically managed on a discretionary basis by third-party managers.

Charles Kunzelman is a CFP® professional with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Citizens Securities, Inc. since 2000. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is also a notary public commissioned by the State of Connecticut. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors as well as individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program managed with SigFig and a Managed Account program, operating as both a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Kevin Daley is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Johnston, Rhode Island, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Santander Securities, Eastern Bank, and Investment Professionals, Inc. since 2020. Citizens Securities serves a diverse retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory approach includes a digital advisory platform and managed accounts, supported by its affiliation with Citizens Bank, N.A.

Brian Hertzberg is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Ames Financial Services in multiple periods since 2010, and previously held roles at Pruco Securities, LLC and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Hertzberg is also involved in fixed insurance sales as an agent under the name Ames Financial Services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and support services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment options, while providing operational, compliance, and practice-management resources to affiliated advisors.

Joseph Tallman is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Sowa Financial Group, Dave's Marketplace, Bryant University, and Community College of Rhode Island. 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 managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Liam Patel is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Equitable Advisors, LLC, NorthStar Financial, Method 3, and TurnKey Lender. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans. The firm offers investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services, with a focus on ETF-based portfolios through its digital advisory platform and Managed Account program.

Octavio Fonseca is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Johnston, RI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 26 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at AXA Advisors, LLC and Colony Capital, LLC. He serves as Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care for his spouse. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs, brokerage, and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, operating also as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Ryan Donovan is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm operates both a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, and is wholly owned by Citizens Bank, N.A.

Philip White is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Citizens Securities since 2015. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program while operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Delcarme Francois Le Fort is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at TIAA, Charles Schwab, and Citizens Bank. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s integrated services emphasize long-term portfolio returns and savings rates, delivered through platforms tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative systems.

Christopher Peterson is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including Edward Jones, Bank of America, and Merrill. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in fixed insurance sales based in Natick, MA. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm provides a broad range of managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody services, supporting discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management.

Jackson Wellman is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Johnston, Rhode Island, holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Citizens Securities, he worked at Equitable Advisors and has experience outside finance, including a role at Door Dash. He also serves as a volunteer assistant football coach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering both investment advisory programs and brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides various advisory options, including a digital advisory program and managed accounts, alongside commission-based brokerage operations.