Alek Turkmen is a financial advisor at Silk with a Series 65 designation and approximately one year of experience. His prior work includes roles at Parallel Distribution, Northrop Grumman, and Jaros, Baum & Bolles, as well as a multi-year tenure at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Silk provides discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth investors, and institutional clients, focusing on U.S. equities and exchange-traded funds through a single AI-driven equity strategy. The firm employs autonomous large-language-model agents to manage portfolios actively, incorporating long and short positions and margin, with human oversight and pre-trade controls.

Tabor Butler is the sole advisor at The Butler Group LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in New York, NY. He holds a Series 66 designation and has five years of industry experience, with The Butler Group LLC operating since 2004. The Butler Group LLC primarily serves individual clients, including some high-net-worth households, as well as businesses, charities, and small pension accounts. The firm provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management, using a tailored asset allocation approach based on fundamental analysis, multiple research ratings, and geopolitical commentary.

James Keenan Jr. is the sole advisor at Keenan Private Wealth Management in New York, NY, with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has led Keenan Investment Management, Inc. since 2001. Keenan Private Wealth Management serves individual clients by providing private wealth management, financial planning, and investment consulting through written plans or ongoing advisory relationships. The firm primarily utilizes third-party managers via the BNY Advisors Managed 360 wrap program, focusing on tailored asset allocations and periodic portfolio reviews while clients retain responsibility for custody and implementation.

Patrick Hsu is the sole advisor at Hawkeye Investment Management LLC in Demarest, NJ, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with 14 years of industry experience. He has managed Hawkeye since 2011. Outside of investment management, Hsu works as a licensed New Jersey REALTOR. Hawkeye Investment Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to individuals, families, trusts, and small-business retirement plans, focusing on larger or qualified investor accounts. The firm employs a discount capture strategy in closed-end funds, utilizing both hedged long/short and long-only approaches, with portfolio management supported by Morningstar data and Insider Score institutional ownership information.

Jeffrey Weintraub is the principal and sole advisor at Dr. Jeff Finance, LLC, an independent firm based in Rye Brook, NY. He holds the CFP® designation and a Series 65 license, with nine years of experience advising clients. Prior to founding his firm, Dr. Weintraub worked as an emergency physician at Norwalk Hospital and continues to practice part-time at Greenwich Hospital. He also prepares personal income tax returns for clients and participates in the IRS Annual Filing Season Program. Dr. Jeff Finance, LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, and businesses. The firm integrates tax preparation and insurance assistance with a long-term investment approach that combines passive allocations and various analytical methods, offering socially responsible investing options and a holistic focus on wealth and health.

Prem Hira is the principal and sole advisor at Investry, LLC, an independent registered investment advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience. Prior to founding Investry in 2020, he was involved with Hira Investments, LLC, a family-managed private investment fund, where he performs administrative duties outside of trading hours. Investry, LLC manages approximately $9.63 million in discretionary assets for a small client base, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and tax preparation services. The firm generally employs a passive investment strategy using index funds and ETFs, with the option for socially responsible investing based on client preferences.

Ivan Thornton is a financial advisor with Fiduciary Management Group, LLC in New York, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has seven years of industry experience. Thornton has been with Fiduciary Management Group since 2005. Fiduciary Management Group primarily serves high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as corporate retirement plans, Taft-Hartley accounts, and nonprofit organizations. The firm provides multi-client family office services and comprehensive financial planning, implementing individualized investment policies with discretionary portfolio management.

Edward Papier is a financial advisor at Amadeus Wealth Alternatives, Inc. in Hackensack, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with eight years of industry experience. He has been associated with Amadeus Wealth Advisors entities since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a CFP at Livingston Wealth Management LLC, a non-investment related activity. Amadeus Wealth Alternatives provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management across public equities, fixed income, and a broad range of alternative investments, with a focus on tailored investment policy statements and a long-term buy-and-hold strategy.

Leslie Giordano is a ChFC® credentialed advisor with six years of industry experience. She is the sole advisor at Leslie Marie Giordano, an independent firm based in Garden City, NY. Leslie also serves as Director of Employee Benefits at Independent Group & Life Agency, Inc., a health and life insurance agency where she has been involved since 1992. Her firm provides discretionary investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, families, small businesses, and charitable organizations. It manages equity, fixed-income, and balanced portfolios using both fundamental and technical analysis, with a generally long-term holding horizon and periodic reviews.

Bryan Weisgal is a financial advisor at Ruth with a Series 65 designation. He has no prior industry experience but has worked in legal and technology roles, including at Lowenstein Sandler LLP and My Technology, Inc. He also completed law school at the University of Georgia. Ruth is an independent advisory firm serving individual retail clients through a digital-first, non-discretionary platform. The firm focuses on a single long-term buy-and-hold investment strategy using the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and offers clients exposure to the U.S. large-cap equity market with a flat advisory fee structure.

Rakesh Budhram is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Prolific Solutions and has previously worked at Redwood Advisory, LLC, MML Investors Services, LLC, Center for Wealth Preservation, and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. Prolific Solutions serves individuals, businesses, and retirement plans by providing financial planning, consulting, discretionary investment management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a "Lifestyle Planning" framework that incorporates clients' living styles, family dynamics, and long-term goals, and employs third-party research to manage portfolios tailored to individual risk tolerance and objectives.

Nevada Carter is a financial advisor at Elessar Wealth with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Elessar Wealth, Carter held roles at Columbia University and Dynamic Wealth Strategies. Elessar Wealth is a registered investment adviser offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm emphasizes tailored client strategies through individualized investment objectives, portfolio management, and the option to allocate assets to third-party managers.

Leslie Lewis is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of MultiGenerational.Black Inc., with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has a background that includes roles at Business Insider, Bookmark Publications, and Broadview Phoenix Productions. Outside of her advisory work, Ms. Lewis serves as a board member Emeritus of the Reginald F Lewis Foundation, oversees publishing at Bookmark Publications, produces theater and film projects with Broadview Phoenix Productions, and organizes events for Black Harvard Alumni United, LLC. MultiGenerational.Black Inc. provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, including 401(k) plan design services. The firm operates as a fiduciary and employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach using low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by educational programming and fee-based training products aimed particularly at increasing financial fluency among first-time African American stock market investors.

Stephen Parker is the principal of TSN Management Inc. in New York, NY, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 39 years of industry experience. His career includes multiple periods at TSN Management and positions at Cape Securities and Dawson James Securities. TSN Management Inc. serves primarily individual clients who are not high-net-worth, offering advisory and brokerage services with a focus on portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. The firm combines broker-dealer affiliation with performance-based fee arrangements, operating on a small scale with direct client service by its principal.

Truman Hobbs III is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 63 license, with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Boyar Value Group, Overbrook Management Corporation, and currently leads TwentyThree Advisory. Truman serves on the Board of Directors of The Adwell Corporation, where he acts as Treasurer and an Executive Committee Member. TwentyThree Advisory provides portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, focusing on long-term equity investments supported by fundamental analysis. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements and maintains a small, concentrated client base.

Jonathan Russo is a financial advisor at LightedWay Advisory Services, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial LLC and Global Retirement Partners, LLC. LightedWay Advisory Services provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, as well as consulting services to pension and employee benefit plans and charitable organizations. The firm employs model allocations and a long-term trading approach based on multiple analytical methods, maintaining a high client count supported by standardized processes and model portfolios.

Michael Kramer is the sole advisor at Mott Capital Management LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Garden City, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience, having led Mott Capital Management since 2014. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, primarily focusing on U.S. equities and exchange-traded funds. Mott Capital follows a long-term thematic growth investment approach and supplements its advisory services with commercial publishing and model-licensing activities through third-party platforms.

After almost two decades on Wall Street, Jay decided to follow his passion of helping like-minded working professionals and families achieve their financial goals. With experience spanning across financial planning, investment research, portfolio construction, and alternative investments, Jay has extensive and diverse perspectives to help clients secure their financial futures. His client base has spanned the rising affluent to the ultra-high net worth. Jay has been quoted in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Barron's and has attained the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP) and Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) certifications, widely considered gold standards in financial planning and investment designations.

Arthur Flores is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with six years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Flores Wealth Planning, LLC, an independent firm based in New York, NY. Outside of his advisory work, he serves part-time as a family life and personal finance counselor for a human services organization supporting military and veterans. Flores Wealth Planning, LLC provides financial planning, investment consultation, and employee benefit plan consulting to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm follows a fiduciary standard and employs a diversification-focused, long-term investment approach using passive, low-cost vehicles, offering both discretionary supervisory services and access to institutional platforms and third-party managers.

Jason Hochstadt is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience and has been the sole advisor at Jedi Management, Inc. since 2000. He also serves as the chief executive officer of Lifeco Associates, Inc., an independent insurance agency specializing in life, disability income, and long-term care insurance. Jedi Management, Inc. provides investment advisory services, qualified retirement plan consulting, financial and estate planning, and business consulting to individual investors and institutional plan clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management using a blend of actively managed and index funds, ETFs, and U.S. Treasury securities, and has a particular focus on qualified plan consulting, including serving in ERISA capacities such as a 3(38) investment manager.