James Desrocher is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Middleton, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Primerica Advisors since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he engages in public speaking and coaching on marketing and business planning. Primerica Advisors operates as part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a diverse retail client base with both brokerage and advisory services. The firm offers a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party managers, supporting various account types and financial planning needs.

Cassia Shoaf is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2018. Prior to her career in financial advising, she worked at Farmer's Kitchen and Chesters Coffee Shop at Gordon College. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Stephen Curran is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Hightower Advisors since 2023, following a 14-year tenure at Boston Hill Advisors, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to pooled vehicles and private funds. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, combining proprietary research and a range of investment vehicles, including alternative investments and custom indexing.

Joseph Sachetta is a CFP® and PFS™ professional at Allworth Financial, L.P. with 28 years of industry experience. He worked at Sachetta & Callahan, LLC for 19 years before joining Allworth Financial in 2026. He serves as a director of Everett Cooperative Bank outside of his advisory role. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolio management using a range of model strategies and employs both discretionary and non-discretionary engagements, with distinctive operational features including private investment ownership and specialized industry divisions.

Domenica Lurvey is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Allworth Financial, L.P. She has held positions at firms including Sachetta, LLC, NYLIFE Securities LLC, LPL Financial, and AXA Advisors. Allworth Financial is a fee-based SEC-registered adviser serving individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized portfolios using a variety of model strategies and employs technology to manage held-away employer retirement accounts without requiring client login credentials.

Kathy Hamm is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and Omnica Wealth, holding a ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 36 years of industry experience. She has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2005 and at Principled Wealth Advisors from 2004 to 2025. Her other business activities include fixed insurance sales conducted at her branch location. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and services. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors, who have discretion to construct client portfolios from a broad selection of securities and insurance products.

Richard Lunetta II is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities since 2020 and has been affiliated with Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an Education Coordinator for Business Network International. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, employing a variety of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and providing financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and business consulting.

David Richards is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 19 years of industry experience, including over 12 years with CRR Wealth Management, LLC, and more than 30 years as managing partner of CRR, LLP, a public accounting firm where he performs tax and consulting services. Richards is also a partner in Calculated Exit Partners, LLC, providing merger and acquisition advisory services. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad advisor-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and comprehensive custody and clearing services.

Howard Nellhaus is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 27 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has previously worked at VOYA Financial Advisors and Financial Horizons. Nellhaus also engages in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, offering 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.

Erin Babineau is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Blakely Financial, Raymond James Financial Services, and Lightship Wealth Strategies. Outside of financial advisory, she has operated Babineau CPA LLC and has experience working in a university budget and financial office. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform with discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

Colleen Tchorz is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at First Guaranty Mortgage Corp from 2016 to 2019. Tchorz has been with Empower Retirement since 2019. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary and third-party methodologies to deliver point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions within a large, scaled platform.

Sean Condon is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Danvers, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2013 and with New York Life entities since 2008. Condon serves on the board of The Wilson House, a nonprofit organization in East Dorset, VT, dedicated to preserving the legacy of Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, charitable, and corporate clients. The firm offers multiple advisory programs and tailors recommendations to client objectives, managing most assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Denise Lacause is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in Danvers, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 13 years of industry experience. She has been with Lincoln Investment Planning Inc. since 2013. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm offers a range of financial planning and investment services, utilizing both strategic and tactical investment approaches overseen by an in-house Investment Management & Research team.

Louis Bonasera is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe in 2026, he worked at The Financial Advisors, LLC for 18 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as trustee and property manager for a family realty trust. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. The firm employs a manager-of-managers approach, utilizing third-party independent managers selected through a formal due-diligence process and supported by quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Michael Houghton is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors holding a Series 66 credential and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at NewEdge Advisors since 2021 and previously at Flagship Harbor Advisors and LPL Financial. Houghton also operates Brandt Wealth Advisors and FP Focus LLC, both related to investment activities. NewEdge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program, utilizing asset allocation across mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities with regular portfolio reviews.

Jonathan Ayres is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Georgetown, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 16 years of industry experience. Ayres has been affiliated with Eagle Strategies since 2019 and also operates Ayres Financial & Insurance Services, focusing on brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program options and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis while working within the integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Jason Navarro is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial Network and New England Pension & Benefit Group, LLP since 1998. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers, supported by a comprehensive platform offering operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management resources.

Jonathan Ayres is an investment adviser representative with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Georgetown, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 42 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles at Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company, as well as operating Ayres Financial & Insurance Services since 2009. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients with financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm’s approach includes multiple program types tailored to client objectives and emphasizes non-discretionary asset management within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Craig Eaton is a certified public accountant affiliated with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, where he has worked for three years. He has prior experience with Granite Peak Associates, Inc. and Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, spanning over two decades. His professional background includes accounting alongside his financial advisory roles. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, utilizing customized portfolios with a long-term investment approach and oversight of third-party asset managers.

Jeffrey Peras is a financial advisor at Lincoln Investment with 41 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and previously worked at Bolton Securities Corporation and Bolton Global Capital for 20 years. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a focus on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm offers a range of financial planning and advisory services, utilizing both strategic and dynamic investment approaches managed by an in-house Investment Management & Research team.