Daniel Ballister is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Creative Financial Designs, Inc., where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services and MetLife Securities Inc. Ballister also maintains a licensed insurance agent position covering various lines, including life, health, and fixed annuities. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, charitable, corporate, and retirement plan clients through discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and modular financial planning. The firm’s investment approach incorporates asset-class model allocations informed by third-party research and offers a range of strategies from passive ETFs to tactically managed portfolios, including Biblical Responsible Investing options.

Alexandra Hoff is a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. She has been with SAX Wealth Advisors since 2020. Prior to that, her work experience includes roles at Peter E Schmitt Co Inc and Intac Actuarial Services, as well as time as a student and employee at Free People. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and wealth-management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, evidence-based approach using low-cost, passively managed funds supplemented with customized fixed-income strategies, third-party sub-advisers, and tax-efficient account management.

William Connor is a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and CFA® designations and previously worked at Baker Avenue Asset Management for 11 years before joining SAX Wealth Advisors in 2024. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term, evidence-based asset allocation primarily using low-cost, passively managed funds, supplemented by customized fixed-income strategies and third-party advisory services.

Richard Hveem is a financial advisor with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Nori, Hennion, Walsh, Inc. since 1995 and is also involved with Campus Corner. Outside of his advisory work, he is an owner and provides funding for an online resale business operated by his wife. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of programs using both discretionary and non-discretionary management, employing fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes.

Donald Callahan is a financial advisor with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank and JPMorgan Securities LLC since 2014. Outside of finance, he was involved with The Piano Workshop at Chester from 2014 to 2019. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and plan sponsors. The firm employs both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies across a range of asset classes and offers various managed account programs and financial planning services.

Francis Lepore is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, Bleakley Financial Group, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of advising, he is the owner of a restaurant, Lepore's Prime and Proper. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners offers customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a range of proprietary and third-party investment models, with most assets managed on a discretionary basis and supported by formal monitoring and AI-assisted documentation tools.

Marnie Hards is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. She is currently with SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC and has been with Azar Financial Advisors, LLC since 1999. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, evidence-based asset-allocation approach using primarily low-cost, passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented with customized fixed-income strategies and third-party sub-advisers.

Allen Sista is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. He has seven years of industry experience, including previous roles at Meteora Capital and independent advisory work. RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $2.9 billion and serving individuals, retirement plans, and institutional accounts. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, fiduciary services, sub-advisory roles, and educational seminars, with a range of traditional and specialist investment strategies.

Michael Surbrug is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Lord Abbett Distributor LLC since 2003. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and self-directed brokerage solutions. The firm integrates top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across equity, fixed income, and tactical approaches, managing over $8.1 billion in discretionary assets and supporting approximately 17,842 clients.

Athishay Gangadharan is a financial advisor with Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC, holding the Series 66 designation and bringing 17 years of industry experience. His prior work includes nine years at TIAA and TIAA-CREF. He is also the managing partner and senior wealth advisor at Evoke Wealth Management, an independent advisory firm affiliated with Kestra. Kestra Private Wealth Services serves individuals and institutional clients through a network of independent advisors and multi-advisor teams, managing approximately $13.45 billion in assets. The firm offers a broad range of investment products and platforms, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

Paul Thompson is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently affiliated with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, Fidelity Investments, and Summit Financial, among others. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners offers customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of proprietary models and third-party managers to manage client portfolios, primarily on a discretionary basis, and utilizes AI-assisted tools to support client meeting documentation and portfolio monitoring.

Melissa Thier is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) at Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC with six years of industry experience. She has been with Main Street Financial Solutions since 2018 and previously worked as a consultant from 2013 to 2018. Main Street Financial Solutions serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs an academic-based, multi-asset class investment approach, utilizing a mix of passive and active strategies tailored to client objectives and risk profiles, and provides ERISA fiduciary consulting and institutional advisor services.

Aron Corin is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ, with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Eastern Bank, Btig LLC, Steward Medical Group, and KPMG LLP. Outside of the financial sector, he serves as an accounting consultant for Advanced Eye Centers, an ophthalmology practice. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to individual investors, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs client-specific investment strategies utilizing a mix of third-party managers, proprietary models, and technology-driven operational support.

Frank Brady Jr is a financial advisor with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. He 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 about 1,087 clients through a team of 73 advisors, using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis and a variety of investment strategies across multiple asset classes.

James Rich is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Quotient Wealth Partners, LLC. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management for seven years and held a position with the United Postal Service. Quotient Wealth Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, consulting, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management. The firm employs diversified portfolios with tax-aware strategies and uses multiple custodians and technology platforms to manage client assets.

Isabella Ciresi is an advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Hennion & Walsh, she held roles in education and youth services, including positions at Kumon Learning Center, Mountain Lakes School District, Pequannock School System, and the Boys and Girls Club of Northwest NJ. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of programs utilizing both discretionary and non-discretionary management, employing fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes.

Jeremy Lieberman is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC since 2015. He is based in Ridgewood, NJ. Advisors Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research, offering customized private accounts, model separate-account and ETF strategies, and specialized solutions such as municipal fixed-income portfolios.

Laurence Celniker is a financial advisor at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners with 39 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, LPL Financial, and Private Advisor Group, LLC. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm uses a combination of proprietary models, third-party managers, and custodian-sponsored programs, with a majority of client assets managed on a discretionary basis.

Zachary Smith is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC in Ridgewood, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience, all with Advisors Capital Management. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts and model strategies. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection and manages over $8 billion in discretionary assets, acting primarily as an outsourced investment manager.

Samuel Urso III is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in Parsippany, NJ. He holds the ChFC® designation and has 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, and Northwestern Mutual. 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 uses a combination of third-party managers, custodian platforms, and proprietary models to implement portfolios aligned with client-specific investment objectives and risk tolerances.