Richard Polo Sr. is a financial advisor with Retirement Wealth Management, LLC, holding the PFS™ and Series 63 designations and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC from 2005 to 2020 and has maintained a separate public accounting and tax consulting practice, Polo Financial, since 2000. Polo Financial provides personal and corporate tax return preparation and consulting services. Retirement Wealth Management, LLC manages approximately $60.7 million for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentally driven investment approach, utilizing a range of investment vehicles and strategies, and offers discretionary wealth management, financial planning, and insurance consulting.

Paul Reback is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Capital Estate Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 1993. In addition to his advisory work, he holds insurance agent licenses in several states and is appointed with various carriers. Capital Estate Advisors, Inc. provides discretionary investment supervisory services primarily to individual clients, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and other legal entities. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis with a generally long-term holding horizon and occasional option writing, offering both portfolio management and standalone financial planning services.

Deborah Liguori is a CFP® professional with 20 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Comprehensive Wealth Solutions, LLC since 2004. Comprehensive Wealth Solutions provides advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm focuses on asset allocation and the selection of outside managers, offering discretionary portfolio management and tailored financial planning.

Brian O'Rourke is a financial advisor at Prato Capital Management with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for ten years before joining Prato Capital Management in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he is a silent investor in Rufus Labs, Inc. Prato Capital Management provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and ERISA plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation framework combining strategic, dynamic, and tactical approaches, and offers services through both traditional advisory and wrap fee programs.

Leslie Beck is a CFP® with 26 years of experience in financial advising, currently with Compass Wealth Management, LLC in Rutherford, NJ. She has held roles at Strategic Blueprint, LLC and The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc., and has also taught at William Paterson University and Bloomfield College. Outside of advising, she is a partner in 379 Associates LLC, a small business consulting and personal coaching firm. Compass Wealth Management provides financial planning and investment advice focused on retirement, education, estate, insurance, and special-needs planning. The firm emphasizes comprehensive written plans tailored to clients’ goals and does not directly manage client assets, instead facilitating implementation through affiliated registered advisers.

Philip Fabrizio is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has worked with Kingsbridge Advisors, LLC and Axa Advisors, LLC, and has served on the executive committee of the Knickerbocker Country Club, overseeing golf and social activities. Equitable Advisors serves individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, corporations, and charitable organizations by offering financial planning, retirement-plan support, and access to asset management through LPL programs and third-party managers. The firm uses a hybrid referral and implementation model, combining advisory and brokerage channels to tailor services based on client goals and risk tolerance.

Rodrigo Curiel is a financial advisor with Blue Ox Capital Management, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Citigroup Global Markets and Citicorp Investment Services before joining Blue Ox Capital Management in 2021. Blue Ox Capital Management offers advisory services primarily by selecting and directing clients to third-party investment advisers and funds, focusing on a consultative, referral-oriented approach rather than discretionary management or direct trading.

Thomas Kahn is a CFA® charterholder with 57 years of industry experience. He is a principal at Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC in New York, where he has worked since 2007. Kahn serves as a manager and analyst at several affiliated investment firms. Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm uses a modified value investing approach focused on bottom-up fundamental analysis of U.S. equities, emphasizing downside protection and long-term investment horizons.

Robert Canzani is a financial advisor at Saiph Capital, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and WELLS FARGO Advisors. Saiph Capital provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, pension plans, and banking and thrift institutions. The firm employs a long-term strategic asset allocation approach with tactical adjustments and utilizes a range of investment vehicles, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis tailored to client risk tolerance and time horizon.

Leslie Quick is the managing partner of The Quick Group LLC and holds a Series 66 designation with 19 years of industry experience. Prior to founding The Quick Group in 2025, Leslie spent ten years at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated. Leslie also serves as a registered representative for Finalis Securities LLC. The Quick Group LLC provides discretionary asset management primarily to high net worth individuals, families, and related trusts or foundations. The firm emphasizes separate-account portfolio management with a combination of top-down and bottom-up investment processes, tax-aware strategies, and cost-conscious portfolio construction across a range of asset classes.

Naoka Nakagawa is a financial advisor at Prism Planning and Solutions Group with 24 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Insight Advisors, LLC, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Merrill. Prism Planning and Solutions Group is a newly formed supported investment adviser offering financial planning, coaching, consulting, estate-planning document services through a third party, investment advice, and wealth management. The firm serves both individual and high-net-worth clients and follows a structured multi-step planning process with an emphasis on diversified, low-cost core portfolios and formalized estate-document services.

Cheng Luo is a financial advisor at HHL Wealth Advisors Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked with multiple firms including Cetera Financial Specialists LLC and Prime Number Capital, LLC. Luo also serves as an adjunct assistant professor teaching accounting courses at Baruch College since 2015 and provides tax planning services through a separate tax advisory business. HHL Wealth Advisors Inc. offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, employer-sponsored plans, and small businesses. The firm employs asset-allocation strategies based on modern portfolio theory and fundamental analysis, combining passive and active investment vehicles tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Andrew Kutz is a CFP® professional with over 30 years of experience at Kutz and Company Inc. He serves as president and CPA of Kutz & Kutz CPA's P.C., a non-investment related accounting firm based in Great Neck, NY. Kutz and Company Inc. provides tax and accounting services alongside personal financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, executives, trusts, and high net worth clients. The firm integrates its active tax and accounting practice with advisory services, developing client-specific written plans and managing portfolios primarily composed of no-load mutual funds and ETFs.

Tyler Kennedy is a financial advisor at Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has previously worked at Betterment. Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. provides discretionary investment advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach includes individual portfolio management, financial planning, and the use of third-party managers, with strategies aligned to clients’ objectives and reviewed regularly.

Catherine Gilhuley is an advisor at Sterling Legacy Advisors Inc. with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Equitable Advisors, LLC. Outside of her advisory roles, she was involved with USATF New Jersey for two years. Sterling Legacy Advisors Inc. is a New Jersey-based firm offering portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and family office services to individuals, corporations, and municipal entities. The firm employs an individualized approach using various analytical methods and integrates financial planning with ongoing portfolio management.

Lauren Wong is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Tandem Capital Management, Inc. since 1990. She also serves as Vice President of SYS Investors Corp., the parent holding company for Tandem Capital Management. Tandem Capital Management provides wealth management and investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions. The firm employs a combination of top-down macro and sector analysis with bottom-up fundamental research, focusing on long-term growth and a defensive fixed income strategy, while managing portfolios with a concentrated, personalized approach.

William Chen is a financial advisor at Tandem Capital Management, Inc. with eight years at the firm and a total of four years in the industry. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at CLSA Americas for two years. Tandem Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning for individual clients, including high-net-worth households. The firm manages approximately $280 million across about 84 client relationships, employing a growth-at-a-reasonable-price equity approach combined with selective fixed-income security selection and integrated wealth planning.

Christina De Marval is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with Target Rock Wealth Management, LLC in New York, NY. She has one year of industry experience, including a brief tenure at JP Morgan Private Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she volunteers with Savvy Ladies Inc., a nonprofit that provides free financial education to women. Target Rock Wealth Management serves affluent and high-net-worth individuals as well as institutions, offering discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm employs passive index-based funds and ETFs alongside fundamental analysis, and it can create customized ESG portfolios upon client request.

Julia Peloso Barnes is a CFP® professional with 42 years of industry experience. She has worked at Prism Planning and Solutions Group since 2026, and previously held roles at Insight Advisors, LLC and Morgan Stanley. Barnes serves as Immediate Past President and a member of the Board of Directors for the Estate Planning Council of Westchester, a nonprofit focused on the exchange of ideas among estate planning professionals. Prism Planning and Solutions Group is a newly formed supported investment adviser offering financial planning, coaching, consulting, estate-planning document services, investment advice, and wealth management. The firm employs a structured planning process with low-cost, diversified portfolios and utilizes third-party providers for estate documents and investment management services.

Chaim Deutsch is a CFP® professional with five years at Oak Private Wealth LLC and a total of three years in the financial advisory industry. He previously worked at SimkowitzCo LLC and owns Deutsch Tax Advisory, which he operates alongside his advisory activities. He is licensed to sell and advise on life and health insurance in New York and New Jersey. Oak Private Wealth LLC provides wealth management and financial planning services to individual and institutional clients, including pension plans and charitable organizations. The firm combines tax-aware financial planning with portfolio management using both passive and active strategies and coordinates its services with a separate tax advisory practice owned by the principal.