Michael Edwards is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors and previously worked at Municrest Investment Management Company, LLC and Boston Hill Advisors, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an editor for the New Hampshire sections of an internet-based magazine focused on outdoor sports. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, employing a manager selection and multi-manager approach that includes both affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

Brian Pirri is a CFP® professional with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has held prior roles at The Colony Group, Connectus Wealth Advisers, NEIRG Wealth Management, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, New England Investment & Retirement Group, and Mintz Levin Financial Advisors. Outside of his advisory work, he is a principal at Business Succession Advisers, LLC, where he provides strategic planning for business exit plans. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth management and advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds across discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Michael Dempsey is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He previously worked for The Financial Advisors, LLC for 18 years and is involved as treasurer of the Andover Trails Committee, a nonprofit focused on land and river trail conservation. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines active and passive investment strategies with due diligence on third-party managers and maintains proprietary private funds alongside interval fund advisory roles.

Nina Deschene is a CFP® professional with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. Her prior roles include positions at Wipfli Financial Advisors, Ameriprise Financial Services, Bank of America, Merrill, LPL Financial, and Northeast Planning Associates. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a wide range of clients including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies for long-term goals, supplemented by tax-loss harvesting and selective private market exposure.

Scott Gingras is a financial advisor with Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has also worked with LPL Financial since 2010. Outside of his advisory roles, he co-manages a family business in Nashua, NH. Independent Advisor Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm combines discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with a network model of independent advisory representatives and uses a range of analytical techniques and technology platforms to support client services.

Robert Waskiewicz is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 37 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Brookstone Financial Services and MetLife Securities Inc. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, offering a variety of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Masroor Hassan is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and five years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at TD Bank N.A. from 2018 to the present, alongside a brief tenure at SunTrust Bank in 2017. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients. The firm combines strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from affiliated and third-party managers, offering ongoing portfolio management, financial planning support, and custody services.

Ai Welch is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with three years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Life from 1996 to 2023. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals and institutional investors such as pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a multi-manager approach with a focus on manager selection and offers access to a range of investment vehicles, including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and private funds.

John Routhier is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including The Colony Group, Connectus Wealth Advisers, and Hemenway Trust Company. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside various portfolio tools.

Anna Larina is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with three years of industry experience. She previously served as president and investment advisor representative at The Financial Advisors, LLC for 19 years and is currently involved in transitioning advisory business following an acquisition. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC offers wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services to individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party Independent Managers across public and private asset classes and provides comprehensive reporting, analytics, and participant education for retirement plans.

Lucas Deslauriers is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at The Financial Advisors, LLC, where he served as president and managed the transition of the advisory business following an acquisition. His background also includes roles at Morgan Stanley and involvement with the Newport Gulls Baseball Club. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to a diverse client base including individual investors, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines proprietary asset-allocation modeling with third-party independent managers, utilizing both active and passive strategies across public and private markets.

Todd Myatt is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Treasurer for the Danvers Youth Lacrosse league. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often working with clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time financial planning with ongoing portfolio management through model and customized portfolios.

Melissa Herbert is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors. Her prior work experience includes roles at Wells Fargo Advisors, TIAA-CREF, Jefferies LLC, and Raymond James & Associates. Outside of her advisory work, she was involved with Wamesit Lanes from 2023 to 2025. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser that serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management and financial planning services and utilizes technology and centralized due diligence in its multi-structured advisory programs.

Daniel Hinchey is a financial advisor at Integrity Alliance, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining Integrity Alliance in 2026, he worked at Lincoln Investment and National Financial Services, LLC. Hinchey is also a managing member and attorney at Bespoke Trusts & Estates, LLC, where he creates and implements estate plans and assists with probate administration. Integrity Alliance, LLC is a large advisor network serving individual investors, corporations, and qualified retirement plans. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and both wrap and non-wrap programs, utilizing various investment approaches and third-party sub-advisers through platforms such as Envestnet and AssetMark.

Megan Swanson is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with eight years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Fidelity Investments. 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 options include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, and it operates as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Curtis Whitcomb is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Fidelity Investments and M&T Bank. Outside of finance, he has held roles at DoorDash and Dunkin', among others. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering investment advisory programs along with brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides both digital and managed account advisory solutions and operates as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Rawad Kassem is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. since 2024. He previously worked at Santander Securities, LLC and Santander Bank, NA, and spent one year at Morgan Stanley. Outside of his advisory role, he is a Notary Public and serves as power of attorney for his brother. 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 with ETF-based portfolios managed via proprietary algorithms, as well as commission-based brokerage and non-discretionary services.

Leeann Martino is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for 17 years. 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’s offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Timothy Jordan is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) holding the ChFC® designation and over 31 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2018 and has been operating Jordan Financial and Insurance Services since 2008. Jordan is involved in several community roles, including serving as President of the Haverhill Rotary Club and as a city councilor in Haverhill, MA. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base of individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advisory solutions and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis through a wide network of affiliated representatives within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Stephen Lucero is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time planning with ongoing portfolio management, offering both model-based and customized investment solutions.