Nicholas Thompson is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He currently works at Beacon Trust and has prior experience at CNR Securities, Hartford Funds Distributors, Villanova University, and JPMorgan. Outside of his advisory role, he personally manages two rental properties. Beacon Trust offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities, managing over $4 billion in assets. The firm utilizes an open-architecture investment platform that includes in-house and third-party strategies, with a focus on tax efficiency and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Nikolas Piccolo is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at multiple firms including Corient Services LLC, RegentAtlantic, RBC Wealth Management, and Equitable Advisors. Prior to his advisory roles, he studied at Seton Hall University from 2018 to 2022. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs with both discretionary and consultative services, catering to diverse client needs through customized allocations and access to alternative investments.

Louis Russo is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust in Morristown, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Truist Investment Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, where he spent over a decade in total. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm uses an open-architecture investment platform combining in-house strategies, factor-based and ETF model portfolios, and monitored independent managers, with a focus on tax awareness and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Henry Szawlowski is a financial advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Hennion & Walsh since 2009. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $768.8 million for over 1,000 clients through a team of 73 advisors, utilizing multiple program structures and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across a range of asset classes.

Stephen Zarubnicky is a financial advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with 20 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 credential and has been with Hennion & Walsh since 2011. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $768.8 million for over 1,000 clients, employing a range of strategies across multiple asset classes and offering various program structures including wrap fee and personalized unified managed account programs.

Joseph Sreshta is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ, holding a ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. He has 42 years of industry experience, including roles at Northwestern Mutual Life and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, and currently with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. He is also a notary public in the state of Texas. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management approaches with a blend of proprietary models and third-party managers. The firm integrates technology and operational outsourcing into its service delivery and recently rebranded from Bleakley Financial Group in 2025.

Christopher Bukowczyk is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Bleakley Financial Group, LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, RoundAngle Advisors, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management to a diverse client base, including individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a variety of portfolio management approaches and third-party managers, supported by technology and operational outsourcing.

Patricia Hall is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Beacon Investment Advisory Services, Inc. since 2015. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain business entities. The firm manages approximately $4.3 billion in regulatory assets and offers an open-architecture investment platform that emphasizes a risk-first framework, tax-aware management, and customization across equity, fixed income, and separately managed accounts.

Michael Giannotto is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LS Securities, Lotus Advisory, MUFG, Royal Alliance, and Ladenburg Thalmann. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for around 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs, combining discretionary and consultative services tailored to client needs.

Lauren Cecala is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Beacon Trust in Morristown, NJ, where she has been with the firm since 2013. She has no prior industry experience before joining Beacon Trust. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain business entities. The firm manages approximately $4.3 billion in regulatory assets and employs a multi-team advisory staff, delivering investment advice through an open-architecture platform with a risk-first framework and tax-aware management.

Andy Schwartz is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 41 years of industry experience. He is currently with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Private Advisor Group. Schwartz serves as a board member for the BSCF Charitable Foundation and is involved in motivational speaking through Epic Success. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of portfolio management strategies that incorporate third-party managers, proprietary models, and technology-driven operational support.

Jeremy Rhen is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in financial advising, currently serving at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2016. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Parsippany, NJ. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, employee benefit plan advisory, and specialized consulting services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an evidence-based investment approach focused on globally diversified, low-cost passive funds with a long-term perspective and offers discretionary portfolio management along with coordination with outside professionals.

Michael Rasmussen is a financial advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Hennion & Walsh since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at FinPro, Inc. and Ambassador Financial Group, Inc. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and to plan sponsors. The firm offers a variety of programs that combine fundamental and technical analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary management across multiple asset classes.

Brian Schaaf is a financial advisor with OneAscent Financial Services LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and beginning his industry experience in 2025. Prior to joining OneAscent, he worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Nexus Peer Financial Coaching. Outside of his advisory role, he co-owns and operates two data analysis and aggregation businesses, Cobalt Capital Group LLC and True Edge LLC. OneAscent Financial Services LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, broker/dealer customers, and other institutions. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, Unified Managed Account solutions, and consulting through multiple advisory teams and various investment platforms.

Yousef Khan is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners and has held roles at firms including LPL Financial and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a notary, providing notarization services to clients at no charge. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners offers customized financial planning and wealth management to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a variety of proprietary and third-party investment models, with most assets managed on a discretionary basis, and incorporates AI-assisted tools to document client interactions.

Hugh McDonald is a financial advisor with Virtue Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Virtue Capital Management since 2016. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as president and owner of Atlantic College Planning, Inc., which provides college planning services. Virtue Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and qualified plans. The firm employs a combination of active tactical, strategic, and dynamic strategies alongside quantitative analysis and third-party manager selection to tailor portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Steven Pisano is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Simon Quick Advisors since 2016. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, and foundations by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm utilizes a combination of proprietary quantitative analysis, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring to allocate assets among independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and private investment funds, and operates distinctive fund-of-funds structures and affiliated pooled vehicles.

Scott Mackenzie is a financial advisor with OneAscent Financial Services LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Insight Private Advisors. He is involved in insurance sales and marketing activities across multiple entities, including serving as a managing member of a fixed insurance sales firm. OneAscent Financial Services LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, broker/dealers’ customers, and institutions. The firm offers a range of asset management and financial planning services through individualized strategies, model-based platforms, and third-party manager oversight.

Michael Kaup is a financial advisor with Gladstone Wealth Partners in Morristown, NJ, holding a Series 63 designation and 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Gladstone Wealth Partners and LPL Financial, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at MetLife Securities Inc. from 2015 to 2017. Gladstone Wealth Partners provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm operates through a network of independent advisers who tailor strategies and monitor accounts, offering discretionary portfolio management and access to third-party managers and model portfolios.

Jason Apuzzio is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Truist Investment Services Inc. and PNC Investments LLC. Beacon Trust serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm employs an open-architecture investment approach with a risk-first framework and provides integrated trust and banking referral capabilities through its affiliation with a chartered trust company and bank holding company.