Benjamin Brown is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He has been with Entelechy LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Focus Wealth Management, Ltd. from 2014 to 2017. Entelechy serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing comprehensive financial planning, investment management, tax preparation, and educational seminars. The firm employs a primarily passive investment strategy using diversified portfolios of index funds and ETFs, managing approximately $250 million in discretionary assets for around 80 clients within a single-advisor practice.

Denislav Dantev is a financial advisor at MG Capital Partners, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously with The Prudential Insurance Company of America and at Uber. MG Capital Partners, LLC provides ongoing portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a non-discretionary advisory model focused on modern portfolio theory and long-term trading, primarily recommending mutual funds and ETFs.

Heather Mcgolerick is a financial advisor at Meritis Wealth Management, Inc. with 29 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing for a combined 17 years. Meritis Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, and businesses with customized wealth management that integrates investment management, financial planning, and insurance consulting. The firm uses a tailored, generally discretionary investment approach with ongoing monitoring, drawing on a combination of third-party research, fundamental and technical analysis, and may include sub-advisors as part of client strategies.

Ramzi Baklouti is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as Vice President at Law & Associates Inc in Glen Echo, MD. He has been associated with Raymond James Financial Services since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he prepares investment performance and financial reports for the firm. Law & Associates Inc provides wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, including specialized Divorce Financial Analysis. The firm emphasizes a financial-planning approach with diversified asset allocation and manages accounts primarily through Raymond James–administered programs on a non-discretionary basis.

Valeria Suaza Salamanca is a financial advisor at Ortman Financial Planning with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at LifeGuide Financial Advisors, Wolford Companies, Inc, and Messiah University. Ortman Financial Planning serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning. The firm uses a passive, asset-class investment approach complemented by fundamental and cyclical analysis, and offers educational seminars at no cost to attendees.

Evelyn Ovando Flores is a financial advisor at Omega Wealth Management LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Omega Wealth Management in 2022, she held roles in education and community service, including positions at the University of Mary Washington and Action in Community Through Service. Omega Wealth Management is a six-advisor firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities with life and wealth planning, portfolio management, and consulting. The firm employs a goals-based investment process, managing assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and incorporates borrowing and derivative strategies within client accounts.

Jeffery Erber is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Grey Owl Capital Management, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in a retail food business called CHEESETIQUE. Grey Owl Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth individual clients. The firm manages approximately $47.7 million in assets across 33 client relationships and is noted for publicly disclosing historical performance results in its ADV materials, a practice uncommon among similar-sized supported firms.

John Bacci is a CFP® and ChFC® with 41 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has been with Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. since 1997, where he also serves as President and Owner. Outside of his advisory role, Bacci has taught a finance-related course at Anne Arundel Community College. Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. provides fee-for-service financial planning and consulting to individual clients, covering areas such as investment analysis, tax planning, risk management, and estate planning. The firm focuses on tailored written financial plans without discretionary asset management and offers implementation through Commonwealth Financial Network.

Genti Cici is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He is the founder of StandUP Advisors, where he has served as a fiduciary advisor since 2017. In addition to his work at StandUP Advisors, he provides financial planning and fiduciary advice to clients through an independent contractor relationship with InvestEd. StandUP Advisors is a fee-only fiduciary firm serving individuals, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a customized, goals-based process and manages assets on a discretionary basis with a broadly diversified, ETF-style global investment approach, offering both all-ETF core strategies and core-satellite options.

Johnny Medina is a financial advisor at RidgeOak Wealth with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including Merrill, KPMG, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Medina is also associated with NHABLA, where he has been involved since 2019. RidgeOak Wealth is a registered investment adviser serving primarily individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages approximately $33.3 million for about 25 clients and combines Modern Portfolio Theory and passive, low-cost ETFs with quantitative, fundamental, technical, and economic analysis to guide its rules-based portfolio strategies.

Sarah Slattery is a CFP® and Series 66 professional with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at PieCapital Wealth Management LLC since 2026 and previously spent 11 years at Truist Bank. PieCapital provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods, offering a range of investment strategies including options and access to private placements and venture capital.

Kartik Pawar is a financial advisor at One Oak with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at HarbourVest, Dyson Capital Advisors, Cambridge Associates, and Investure LLC. One Oak provides outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) and customized investment advisory services primarily to institutional clients, including endowments, foundations, and family offices. The firm emphasizes an integrated OCIO model involving investment policy development, manager selection, due diligence, and performance reporting, serving a relatively small client roster with a focus on larger or institutional mandates.

Laura Marrero Garcia is a financial advisor at Capital Area Planning Group in Washington, DC, holding a Series 65 license. She has one year of experience in the financial industry following a 13-year career at NASA and concurrent work at Southern New Hampshire University. Capital Area Planning Group provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and employee benefit plan advising for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm offers customized, actively managed portfolios and integrates tax preparation, mortgage brokerage, and insurance services under common ownership.

Davita Alford Cooper is a financial advisor at Law & Associates Inc with 33 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 license. Her prior roles include positions at Raymond James Financial Services and WealthSpire Advisors. Cooper is also the owner and president of The Fishel Group, Inc., a support company focused on financial services and portfolio management. Law & Associates serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and business entities, providing wealth management that includes comprehensive financial planning, investment advisory, and investment management services. The firm employs a planning-driven investment process emphasizing asset allocation and diversification, administering a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Micah Patashnik is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Macroview Investment Management LLC. He has worked at Absolute Investment Management since 2012. Macroview Investment Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, non-profits, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a top-down, macroeconomic investment approach and manages portfolios with diversified strategies that may include third-party managers.

Peter Timmons is a financial advisor with T/R Financial Management Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Lotus Investment Management, LLC for 17 years and serves as Managing Member of Lotus Fund, LLC, an investment pool no longer open to new investors. T/R Financial Management Group provides personalized, discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily to individual clients and trusts. The firm employs a blend of proprietary technical, cyclical, and fundamental analysis to construct diversified portfolios, operates as a fee-only adviser, and does not sell commission products.

Joseph Warren is a financial advisor at Warren Capital Group with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Warren Capital Group since 2005, following a three-year tenure at Cheytac LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards of several companies, including Mortgage Harmony LLC, AmplfiedAg, and Stash Storage, and manages multiple private holding entities. Warren Capital Group provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, and business entities. The firm manages diversified portfolios across multiple asset classes using fundamental and cyclical analysis and offers a bundled wrap fee program with in-house portfolio management.

Christopher Brown is a CFP® professional with 23 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Ivy League Financial Advisors LLC, formerly Commonwealth Advisory, since 1999. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. Ivy League Financial Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, emphasizing documented client objectives and ongoing portfolio monitoring and rebalancing.

William Powell is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management, Inc. since 2013. Ferguson-Johnson Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser providing investment management and financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and nonprofit entities. The firm employs a research-based passive investment approach emphasizing broad diversification through ETFs, no-load index funds, and engineered-index funds, managing roughly $316 million across about 190 client relationships.

Samuel Brownell is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience, currently serving at Stratus Capital Management, LLC. He has held roles at affiliated entities including Stratus Valuation, Stratus Legacy Planning, and Stratus Wealth Advisors since 2018, focusing on business valuation and succession planning. Outside of investment advisory, he manages a family LLC and leads legacy planning and valuation services for independent business owners. Stratus Capital Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals, families, and select institutional clients such as foundations and endowments. The firm employs a goal-based process to create diversified portfolios aligned with client risk profiles, supported by affiliated firms specializing in valuation and legacy planning.