Philip Nydick is a financial advisor at CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Ernst and Young LLP for three years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a student mentor at the TAMID Group. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $2.73 billion in assets and employs a tailored approach using mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and allocations to independent managers.

William Traphagen is a financial advisor with Traphagen Financial Group in Oradell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has five years of industry experience. He has a ten-year affiliation with Loyola University. Traphagen Financial Group provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, and trusts. The firm uses both fundamental and technical analysis, offers discretionary investment management and fee-for-service planning, and integrates tax, accounting, and estate-planning services through its affiliation with an accounting practice.

Edward Reaven is a financial advisor with Aurora Private Wealth, Inc. in Totowa, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 28 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Artisan Advisors, Fcci Consulting, The Mutual Fund Store, and others. Outside of advising, he sells collectibles online on weekends. Aurora Private Wealth, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, consulting, and investment management through a team of 18 advisors, utilizing individualized policies, model portfolios, and third-party platforms.

Benedict Schlatter is a financial advisor at Makrod Investment Associates Inc with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been with Makrod Investment Associates since 2011. Makrod Investment Associates provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a value-oriented approach focused on equities, investment-grade fixed income, and cash/money market funds, managing approximately $803.7 million on a primarily non-discretionary basis.

Reese Little is a financial advisor at Key Client Fiduciary Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at JP Morgan Chase Bank and JP Morgan Securities. Key Client Fiduciary Advisors serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm provides financial planning, consulting, discretionary investment management, and retirement plan consulting, using fundamental analysis to construct portfolios tailored to each client’s objectives and risk tolerance.

John Francisco is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC, holding a Series 66 license and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including LPL Financial, LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he operates an e-commerce business selling clothing online. Fortis Group Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, institutions, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a comprehensive investment approach that integrates fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and manager selection, with an emphasis on institutional due diligence and tax-aware decisions.

Giro Maddaluna is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LUNA Financial Group, BM Financial Group, Eagle Strategies LLC, and New York Life. Cornerstone Planning Group provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm operates as a fee-only fiduciary, emphasizing passive investment strategies through low-cost mutual funds and ETFs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Mark Reitsma is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 23 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Hudson Capital Management LLC doing business as Regency Wealth Management since 2010. Regency Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, foundations, and businesses. The firm serves clients with investible assets generally over $1 million and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis using a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.

Erika Moromisato is an advisor at Brooklyn FI, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Connective Wealth Partners, LLC and The Financial Gym. Her prior work includes a decade at Risk Placement Services, Inc. Brooklyn FI serves individual and high-net-worth clients with household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away assets into client portfolios.

Carmine Coppola is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Strata Capital Group, NYlife Securities, Eagle Strategies, New York Life Insurance, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and Metlife Securities. He is involved in insurance brokering through Strata Capital Group, focusing on non-registered insurance products. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, and institutional clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a model-based investment approach emphasizing low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds, and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting for retirement plans.

Joseph Vanacore is a financial advisor at Fortis Group Advisors LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with firms including LPL Financial and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved with IDS Autoshred, a family-owned business. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm offers diversified portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, using risk-profiling technology and tax-aware strategies to tailor client portfolios.

Zane Belcak is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Zynergy Retirement Planning, as well as in educational roles at Monmouth University and Flanders School District. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, qualified retirement plans, foundations, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and educational seminars. The firm employs a model-based investment approach focusing on low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting and flexible financial planning engagement structures.

Anna Marie Mock is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at HIGHLAND Financial Advisors, LLC since 2014. She is part of a seven-advisor team based in Wayne, NJ. HIGHLAND Financial Advisors provides wealth management and investment services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small business entities. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with strategic asset allocation, using broadly diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and offers integrated tax support and educational programs for clients.

Elizabeth Emr is a ChFC® and holds a Series 63 license, with 45 years of industry experience. She has worked at LPL Financial for 20 years and has been with Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2018. Outside of advisory work, she is a member of Emr Management, LLC, which handles accounting and business expense management for her practice. Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm offers both stand-alone financial planning and comprehensive wealth management services, managing portfolios through a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across five risk-based strategies.

Cristhian Perez is a financial advisor with Corrado Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bloomberg L.P., Cammack Retirement Group, and Cammack Larhette Brokerage, Inc. Corrado Advisors serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that includes equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative strategies, supported by an affiliated professional network of CPAs, insurance agents, and legal counsel.

Timothy Parker is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Regency Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2004. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, and foundations. Regency Wealth Management provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, managing approximately $538 million in regulatory assets with a team of five advisors.

Joseph Lanza is a financial advisor with Vision Retirement, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 39 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Sagepoint Financial. Outside of advising, he owns Juice Journey LLC, a business based in Edgewater, NJ. Vision Retirement is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with integrated financial planning, fiduciary investment management, and retirement plan rollover guidance. The firm operates as a multi-adviser team, combining third-party portfolio strategists and technology-driven solutions with firm oversight and tax-aware investment tools.

Benjamin Stark is a financial advisor with Vision Retirement and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 10 years of industry experience, including roles at LPL Financial and Guardian Life. He is based in Ridgewood, NJ. Vision Retirement is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and fiduciary investment management. The firm combines third-party strategist models with advisor judgment to create tailored portfolios emphasizing global diversification, periodic rebalancing, and tax-aware techniques.

Alexandra Makowski is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC since 2015, with a two-year period at Cambridge Investment Research from 2015 to 2017 before returning to CFS. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a song leader at Our Lady of Pompeii Church, a position she has held since 2012. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, managing approximately $2.73 billion in assets. The firm uses a diversified approach including mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and independent managers, and serves clients on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Christine Cox is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. She has worked at Fortis Group Advisors and LPL Financial since 2022 and previously held roles at The Fortis Agency, West Capital Strategies, and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Cox serves as a board member of the RWJ Community Medical Center Foundation. Fortis Group Advisors LLC offers investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using institutional share classes and third-party managers, employing risk-profiling technology and tax-aware strategies.