Steven Abernathy is the owner of Abernathy Group II LLC and holds a Series 63 designation with 41 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC from 2017 to 2023 and has been involved with Abernathy Group II since 2009. Outside of advisory services, he owns a separate entity that acquires distressed real estate. Abernathy Group II LLC provides family office services and separately managed accounts to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach using factor-based index ETFs combined with active management, and also offers pension consulting and services for employer-sponsored 401(k) plans.

Daniel Veliz is a CFA® charterholder based in New York, NY, currently with Franco Financial Advisors, Inc. He has been working in financial advisory and consulting roles since 2019, including time at Franco Financial Group, Inc. Veliz spends a portion of his time providing corporate and personal financial consulting through Franco Financial Group, Inc. Franco Financial Advisors, Inc. serves individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses, typically with relationships starting at $1 million. The firm manages approximately $72 million in assets and offers customized portfolios using various securities while integrating investment banking and corporate finance services through its parent company.

Most people come to me at a similar point in life: income has jumped, life has gotten complicated faster than anyone prepared them for, and they have no time to sort it out. That's where I come in. I'm a CFP® professional and financial advisor with Firebrand Wealth Management, a women-owned fee-only fiduciary RIA. Our firm serves women, their families & allies, along with people that our industry has traditionally overlooked. That's the work I care about. I'm also a first-generation professional, and many of the people I work with are building wealth without a foundation. That includes LGBTQ+ households. I mentor first-generation business students at Rutgers for the same reason. My clients typically fall under two buckets: - Physicians, from residency training through pre-retirement. Residents and fellows moving into attending roles, mid-career doctors weighing partnership decisions (e.g., private practice, private equity-backed, or non-profit), and attendings planning for their next step. Student loans and PSLF, contract review, retirement plans, estate planning, and asset protection. - Early-career professionals in tech, marketing, law, and consulting whose pay is complicated and who are making these calls for the first time. Equity compensation like RSUs and ISOs, tax planning, cash flow, and an investment strategy you can stick with.

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 at Blue Ox Capital Management, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His career includes roles at Citigroup Global Markets from 2007 and other positions from 2016 to 2020 before joining Blue Ox in 2021. Blue Ox Capital Management provides advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth clients by selecting and directing them to third-party investment advisers and funds. The firm focuses on manager selection and due diligence without discretionary portfolio management or trading of client accounts.

Thomas Kahn is a CFA® charterholder with 57 years of industry experience. He is a manager and analyst at Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC, where he has been working since 1978. His career includes extensive roles within affiliated investment advisory and asset management entities. 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 employs a modified value investing approach focused on bottom-up fundamental analysis of publicly traded U.S. equities, emphasizing downside protection and typically holding investments for three to five years or longer.

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.

Jona Saraci is a financial advisor at Kineo Capital LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has prior experience at Morgan Stanley, Aksia, and PwC. Kineo Capital provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and private investment funds, using a combination of fundamental, technical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning tools. The firm manages multiple strategies, including equity and derivatives programs, and serves as a sub-adviser to private funds and pooled investment vehicles.

Francis Astorino is a CFP® with 42 years of industry experience, currently serving at The Astorino Financial Group, Inc., where he has worked since 1998. He also maintains a long-term association with LPL Financial beginning in 2003. Astorino is a notary public and has experience selling non-variable insurance products through outside companies. The Astorino Financial Group provides stand-alone financial planning and consulting services to individuals and retirement plan clients, delivering written plans and recommendations on investment, estate, insurance, and tax-related matters. The firm does not provide investment supervisory or portfolio management services but assists clients who choose to implement recommendations through LPL Financial or other providers.

Cheng Luo is a financial advisor at HHL Wealth Advisors Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Cetera Financial Specialists LLC and Prime Number Capital, LLC. In addition to his advisory work, Luo serves as an adjunct assistant professor teaching accounting courses at Baruch College. HHL Wealth Advisors Inc. provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, employer-sponsored plans, and small businesses. The firm uses an asset-allocation approach based on modern portfolio theory and fundamental analysis, combining passive and active investments tailored to clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Theodore Fiore is a financial advisor at Diversified Planning Strategies Advisors LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York Life Insurance Company, Jones Lang Lasalle, Primerica Advisors, and Keller Williams. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers as a youth basketball coach at Saint Catherine of Siena School in Cedar Grove, NJ. Diversified Planning Strategies Advisors LLC provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $154 million in assets across about 364 client accounts, using third-party model portfolios and a sub-adviser for trading and reporting, while handling client supervision and advice internally.

Prathumna Reddy is a CFA® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Percent Advisors LLC since 2018 through affiliated entities. His prior experience includes four years at UBS Securities LLC. Reddy holds a Series 63 license and is based in New York, NY. Percent Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional clients and high-net-worth investors, specializing in private credit and structured credit investments through separately managed accounts and privately offered pooled vehicles. The firm integrates underwriting, placement activity, and a technology platform operated by its parent company to support its investment process.

Junyi Yuan is a financial advisor with Quantel Asset Management LLC based in New York, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Quantel AI, Inc., Rutgers Business School, and Shanghai University. Yuan has no prior industry experience outside his current advisory role. Quantel offers investment services to mass-affluent, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through a web-based platform and mobile app. The firm uses a systematic, algorithm-driven process combining fundamental, technical, and sentiment analysis to manage portfolios aligned with client risk profiles, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

Mathew Goldberg is a financial advisor with Manhattan Wealth Management Group in New York, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Manhattan Wealth Management Group since 2010 and has held roles with MWMG Advisors, LLC and MPWM Advisory Solutions, LLC. Manhattan Wealth Management Group is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, plan sponsors, and business entities. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory-based approach with strategic asset allocation, blending internally managed positions, third-party managers, and custodian model portfolios to manage approximately $153.1 million in discretionary assets.

Yijia Fan is a financial advisor at IONE Capital Management LLC with six years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. Since 2019, Fan has served as a general partner of the iOne Multi Asset Strategy Fund, a private investment fund. IONE Capital Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and pooled investment vehicles. The firm uses quantitative, systematic strategies with a focus on risk control and acts as adviser to the iOne Multi Asset Strategy Fund.

Clifford Michaels is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with 38 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Institutional Investment Advisors Corp and has previously worked at Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. and LPL Financial LLC. Michaels is also an author associated with Highland Group LLC. Institutional Investment Advisors Corp provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation using a core-and-satellite framework with passive index funds and actively managed high-dividend equities, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside comprehensive financial planning.

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.