Vincent Famulari is a CFP® professional with 30 years of industry experience. He is currently with The Pinnacle Financial Group, where he has worked since 2018, and has been associated with LPL Financial since 2002. The Pinnacle Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses fundamental analysis across various investment instruments and manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring and reviews.

Scott Gerham is a financial advisor with Capitol Securities Management, Inc. in Massapequa, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 40 years of industry experience. He has been with Capitol Securities & Associates, Inc. since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a broker involved in insurance sales and marketing through Waterview Business Partners. Capitol Securities Management serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate, charitable, trustee, and plan sponsor clients. The firm offers brokerage and investment advisory services alongside financial planning, pension consulting, insurance products, and educational seminars, managing assets through various account platforms and utilizing a diverse range of investment instruments.

Hector Crespo Jr. is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Aegis Capital Corp. since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, Crespo is active as a life insurance agent with John Hancock and MetLife and is involved with ACC Agency, Inc., a general insurance agency. Aegis Capital Corp. serves individual investors, retirement and benefit plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients, providing investment advisory and brokerage services, financial planning, and access to managed account programs through RBC and AXOS platforms. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account options and supports a range of client objectives across multiple program offerings.

Jacqueline Mallinson is a financial advisor with Verity Asset Management, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing eight years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at The Leaders Group DBA Simplicity Investments and Prudential Insurance Company of America. Outside of finance, she operates Jackie’s Craft Room, a crafting business. Verity Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial planning services to individual, corporate, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm employs a model-driven investment process focusing on tactical asset allocation across diverse asset classes and offers both internally managed and third-party manager models.

Israel Harman is a financial advisor with Vanderbilt Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Vanderbilt Advisory Services and Vanderbilt Securities, LLC since 2016. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, trusts and estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, and integrates advisory services with retirement-plan and benefits firms to offer a comprehensive range of solutions.

Dianne Larson is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at National Asset Management, National Securities Corp, and Oppenheimer. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis, employing both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and integrates with affiliated financial businesses and product channels.

Stanley Goldring is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 54 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and National Asset Management. Goldring serves as a trustee managing investment and administrative decisions for two personal trusts. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm primarily manages assets on a discretionary basis using both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and it employs third-party sub-advisers and due diligence processes for recommended managers and private investments.

Barry Goldstein is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has been with Aegis Capital since 2010. Aegis Capital Corp. provides investment advisory and financial services to both individual and corporate clients, offering asset management, financial planning, brokerage, annuities, insurance, and occasional investment banking. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA member broker-dealer, serving clients through various sponsored programs and third-party platforms, with advisory relationships that may be discretionary or non-discretionary.

Thomas Randello is a financial advisor with Kovack Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 24 years of experience in the industry. He has worked with Kovack Advisors since 2007 and Kovack Securities since 2005. In addition to his advisory work, he is an enrolled agent providing accounting and tax preparation services. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporations, pension plans, and banking institutions nationwide. The firm emphasizes diversified asset-class exposure through mutual funds, ETFs, and other vehicles, while also recommending third-party managers and offering financial planning and account aggregation services.

Karsten Appel is a financial advisor with Aegis Capital Corp., holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Aegis in 2025, he worked briefly at Equitable Advisors, LLC and has a background including positions at Stony Brook University and Colorado State University. Aegis Capital Corp. provides investment advisory and related financial services to individual and corporate clients, offering a range of solutions including asset management, financial planning, brokerage, and occasional investment banking. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA member broker-dealer, serving clients through multiple platforms and sponsoring programs with a focus on non-discretionary advisory relationships.

Paul Lorentzen is a CFP® professional with 32 years of industry experience, currently with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. since 2020. His prior roles include positions at Cardea Capital Advisors, Liberty Partners Financial Services, and National Asset Management, as well as leadership at Lorentzen & Trifari CPA's, where he served as president. He is also president of Elite Wealth Management, a non-investment-related business. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. manages approximately $7.03 billion in client assets through 274 advisors, serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers a broad range of advisory programs and financial planning services, utilizing multiple program structures and both proprietary and third-party asset allocation models.

Barry Shapiro is a financial advisor with Strategic Blueprint, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has 33 years of industry experience and has operated Bshapiro Financial, a private S-corporation, since 2011. Strategic Blueprint, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers customized, goal-based strategies through a range of portfolio management and financial planning services, including a subscription advisory program and educational seminars.

Steven Howe is a financial advisor at Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Vanderbilt Securities, LLC and Sterling Monroe Securities, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with True Gritt LTD, operating under the name Vanderbilt Financial Group, which is not investment-related. Consolidated Portfolio Review provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and institutional clients through a multi-advisor platform. The firm’s approach combines strategic asset allocation with fundamental and technical analysis, offering proprietary model portfolios as well as access to independent third-party sub-advisors.

James Mallinson is a financial advisor at Verity Asset Management with Series 66 credentials. He has one year of industry experience and has held roles at The Leaders Group Inc (DBA Simplicity Investments), Eastern Wholesale Fence, and Bethpage Federal Credit Union among others. Outside of financial services, he is involved with Redhead Marketing Group Inc., where he has been active since 2019. Verity Asset Management is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $1.15 billion and serving a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm employs a largely model-based investment process featuring tactical asset allocation across various asset classes and implements both internally managed specialty strategies and third-party models.

Elisa Verna Caspare is a financial advisor with The Pinnacle Financial Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at LPL Financial since 2017 and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC from 2013 to 2017. Caspare is also involved in a separate wealth strategies business for tax and investment purposes. The Pinnacle Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a written Investment Policy Statement for each client and applies fundamental analysis across various instruments, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and the option to allocate to third-party managers.

James De Lucia is a financial advisor at Prosperity Capital Advisors with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Quest Capital & Risk Management, Inc and C2P Capital Advisory Group, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he was involved with Snapper Inn, LLC from 2020 to 2023. Prosperity Capital Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm uses a model-driven, multi-sleeved investment approach featuring core risk-based portfolios, specialized strategies, and access to private and alternative solutions.

Michael Desmond is an advisor at Procyon with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Procyon Advisors, LLC since 2021 following prior roles at Procyon Institutional Partners, LLC and Pivotal Planning Group, LLC. He is a partner at Procyon Tax, LLC, where he refers clients for in-house tax services. Procyon serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, institutional investors, retirement plans, and registered investment advisors. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, institutional consulting, and model-portfolio delivery services with a focus on customized, fundamentally driven portfolios using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Justin Corbin is a financial advisor at Vanderbilt Advisory Services with 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Cadaret Grant & Co., Inc. and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in music performance through a contracting position with Nik Entertainment Co. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach and integrates retirement-plan and benefits services with advisory and plan administration through formal partnerships.

Peter Laplaca is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience. He currently works at Composition Wealth, LLC and has previously held roles at Citi Private Advisory, Boston Private Wealth, SVB Wealth, and First Citizens Investor Services. He is also an adjunct professor at Berkeley College, where he teaches a CFP course. Composition Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans, employing a primarily long-term approach centered on diversified mutual funds and ETFs combined with fundamental and technical analysis.

Christopher Guarino is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. He currently works at Composition Wealth, LLC and previously held roles at SVB Wealth LLC / First Citizens Bank and Bank of New York Mellon. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and private investment funds, and manages approximately $9.47 billion in discretionary assets.