Alissa Garcia is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors, LP since 2018. Her prior roles include positions at Oakmont Capital Management and Covenant Church of Pittsburgh. Outside of advising, she is involved in her family's coffee and floral shop and provides special needs respite care through a local program. Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors serves individuals, trustees, pension plans, charitable organizations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, offering services such as fee-based investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a process-driven approach incorporating manager research, risk tolerance reviews, and diversified portfolio construction, and it is affiliated with a regional accounting firm and related entities.

Jeffrey Bendis is a financial advisor with Good Life Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Good Life Advisors since 2014 and also maintains an affiliation with LPL Financial. Good Life Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a team-based approach with independent research and multiple methods of analysis to tailor advice and manage portfolios aligned with clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Michael Friday is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience and has been with Staley Capital Advisers Inc. for 19 years. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and serves as a board member of The Edgewood Club, a private recreational club in Pittsburgh. Staley Capital Advisers provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals, families, retirement plans, endowments, charitable organizations, and select institutional accounts. The firm employs an active, relative-value investment approach that combines asset allocation and security selection with passive instruments as appropriate, managing both separately managed accounts and private fund vehicles.

Jenifer Koch is a Certified Financial Planner® with seven years of industry experience, currently advising at Facet since 2026. Her prior roles include positions at Allegheny Financial Group and Fidelity Investments. She volunteers with 3rd Decade, a nonprofit providing financial education and guidance. Facet serves individual members across various wealth levels, offering tiered subscription-based financial planning and discretionary investment management with a focus on ETFs. The firm uses a holistic planning approach within its Total Financial Life Resources framework and delivers technology-driven investment strategies without charging percentage-of-assets fees.

Christopher Rondinelli is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Good Life Advisors, LLC since 2014 and also maintains an affiliation with LPL Financial since 2013. His prior experience includes a teaching role at the Community College of Allegheny County from 2012 to 2018. Good Life Advisors is a registered investment adviser with approximately 95 advisors and $4.35 billion in assets under management, serving individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers, utilizing tailored investment strategies and multiple advisory platforms.

Brian Mcinerney is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Staley Capital Advisers Inc in Pittsburgh, PA, bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Staley Capital Advisers since 1996 in various roles. Outside of his advisory work, Mcinerney serves on the board of The Children's Institute, a nonprofit serving children with special needs, where he oversees agency operations, finances, and the endowment fund. Staley Capital Advisers provides discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, families, endowments, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, value-driven investment approach with tactical adjustments and manages both private accounts and a concentrated long/short limited partnership.

Bradley Shear is a financial advisor at Good Life Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at LPL Financial and operated Shear Capital Group. Good Life Advisors provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, families, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a team approach and multiple methods of analysis to deliver tailored advice and offers a range of programmatic solutions, educational seminars, and ongoing planning services.

Garret Rigatti is a financial advisor with Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. in Greensburg, PA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Trustmont, he worked at #1 Cochran for nine years. He is also involved with Horizon Financial Advisors, where he provides sales and service of mutual funds to clients. Trustmont Advisory Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm employs a long-term investment approach drawing on a broad range of public research and offers discretionary portfolio management alongside multiple advisory services.

Kenneth Kaszak is a financial advisor with Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. in Pittsburg, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Trustmont Advisory Group and Trustmont Financial Group since 2010 and has been self-employed since 1986. Outside of advising, he provides educational services in financial and health literacy via Zoom, assists with writing and marketing self-published books, and gives presentations on artist Johannes Vermeer and his connections to Pittsburgh. Trustmont Advisory Group serves individual and institutional clients, including pension plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, investment advice, discretionary portfolio management, and group seminars. The firm employs a long-term investment outlook based on public research and adviser judgment and manages approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets.

Daniel Weimer is a CFP® with 37 years of industry experience currently affiliated with Exodus Wealth, LLC. He has previously worked at Prosperity Wealth Management, Inc., Fortune Financial Services, Inc., WesBanco Securities Inc., and Key Investment Services LLC. He is also the president and owner of Life Goals Financial, a separate financial services business. Exodus Wealth serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans, providing asset management, financial planning, consulting, and referrals to third-party money managers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and emphasizes tailored account supervision with a diversified investment approach using individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, options, and other instruments.

Brandon Haynes is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving at Allegheny Financial Group Ltd in Pittsburgh, PA. He has been with Allegheny Financial Group since 1996 and Allegheny Investments, Ltd. since 1998. Outside of his advisory role, Haynes is a board member of Bridge of Hope, a nonprofit organization. Allegheny Financial Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes mutual-fund-based portfolios supported by in-house research and an investment committee, using diversification and ongoing monitoring for risk control. Allegheny also acts as adviser to private pooled vehicles and private funds, managing approximately $4.9 billion in regulatory assets under management across 28 advisors.

Roselyn Wilkinson is a financial advisor with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. She has 33 years of industry experience, including 23 years at Berthel Fisher and ongoing involvement with Md & A Financial Management Co since 1999. Wilkinson is also the author of the book *It's Good to be the Queen*, which aims to engage women in their financial future. Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of asset management solutions across multiple platforms through approximately 100 independent investment adviser representatives.

James Lee is a financial advisor with JFS Wealth Advisors, LLC in Pittsburgh, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with JFS Wealth Advisors since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in Lee-Mortens Partnership. JFS Wealth Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts and estates, businesses, retirement plans, and municipal government entities. The firm employs a written Financial Goal Plan and an internal Investment Committee utilizing Modern Portfolio Theory to manage portfolios, offering investment management, financial planning, tax preparation, and retirement plan fiduciary services.

Charles Verruggio is a financial advisor at CW Advisors, LLC in Pittsburgh, PA, holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials with 14 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Wolf Group Capital Advisors for 13 years before joining CW Advisors. CW Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach, combining active, passive, quantitative, and ESG strategies, while also providing sub-advisory and family office services.

Thomas Reading is a financial advisor at Courier Capital, LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at HNP Capital LLC from 2016 to 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a director of Win-Sum Ski Corp, which operates Holiday Valley Resort, a year-round facility offering skiing, snowboarding, golf, and tennis. Courier Capital, LLC provides investment advisory services to individuals, banking institutions, charitable endowments, and pension plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation approach with Investment Committee oversight and offers discretionary management, financial planning, and access to alternative investments.

Robert Mckinney is a financial advisor with Advisors Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Advisors Capital Management since 2017 and previously was with Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd and LPL Financial, LLC from 2008 to 2017. Outside of advisory services, he is an independent insurance agent focusing on needs-based delivery of life, health, long-term care, and fixed annuities. Advisors Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, insurance companies, and government entities. The firm manages accounts using a combination of top-down macro analysis and 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.

Mark Ricci is a financial advisor at Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., and BNY Mellon. Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC provides investment advisory services primarily to institutional clients and pooled vehicles, offering discretionary separately managed accounts, non-discretionary advice, and retirement plan services. The firm’s investment process combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection and includes systematic strategies such as Disciplined Value and Managed ETF Portfolios.

Peter Dochinez is a CFP® with 43 years of industry experience, currently serving at Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. since 1997. He also has a longstanding affiliation with Trustmont Financial Group, Inc. dating back to 1986. Outside of his advisory role, Dochinez is involved as a managing partner in the development of a critical care facility and serves as assistant treasurer for a volunteer fire department. Trustmont Advisory Group serves individual and institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment advice, discretionary portfolio management, and group seminars. The firm employs a long-term investment outlook based on public research and adviser judgment, managing approximately $1.1 billion in discretionary assets as of December 31, 2024.

Bart Carletto is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC with a Series 65 credential. He has over 37 years of experience, having previously worked at BNY Mellon from 1988 to 2025 before joining his current firm. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management, separately managed account access, performance reporting, and financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, pension plans, charitable organizations, governmental entities, and institutional investors. The firm employs tailored strategic asset allocation frameworks and typically manages portfolios on a discretionary basis across multiple asset classes, often delegating to third-party managers and using affiliated model strategies.

Tucker Veenis is a financial advisor at Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at BNY Mellon Wealth Management for eight years. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC manages approximately $7.8 billion in discretionary assets for a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and access to alternative investments, utilizing a household-level investment policy approach and leveraging affiliated bank resources for capital market analysis and security selection.