Amy Spalding is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently with District Capital Management, LLC. She previously worked at Walden Wealth Partners, LLC for four years and has experience in entrepreneurial and wellness-related ventures, including roles at Busykid.com and Yoga Lounge & Barre. District Capital Management serves individual clients, businesses, and charitable organizations with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm emphasizes long-term, fundamental analysis and offers diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, complemented by educational workshops on various financial topics.

Jennifer Goodwin is a financial advisor at Re Envision Wealth with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Motley Fool Wealth Management, TMF Investments, and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services. Re Envision Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth households as well as some institutional clients, offering financial planning, investment consultation, wealth management, and discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes asset allocation combined with fundamental and cyclical analysis and performs due diligence on private-market opportunities, managing specialized pooled investment vehicles.

Keron Smith is a financial advisor at Brighter Financial Capital Management, LLC in Reston, VA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Avantax and Wells Fargo Advisors. Brighter Financial Capital Management provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and multi-tiered planning. The firm conducts regular account reviews, sponsors educational seminars, and often uses sub-advisors while maintaining ongoing client relationships.

Ameen Estaiteyeh is a financial advisor at Investology Inc. with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Investology since 2004. Investology provides portfolio management and advisory services to individual clients, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a variety of analytical methods combined with modern portfolio theory and manages a broad range of investment instruments across both long-term and short-term strategies.

Cody Cashman is a financial advisor at Capital Assets Planning Incorporated with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to his advisory roles, he served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for the City of Falls Church from 2021 to 2025. Capital Assets Planning, Inc. provides financial planning and advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, offering customized plans covering cash flow, retirement, tax, insurance, and estate considerations. The firm uses client interviews and risk-tolerance questionnaires to tailor recommendations and typically implements investments through third-party managers.

Joseph Kilner is a financial advisor at Kilner Capital Advisors, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Kilner Capital Advisors since 2014. Kilner Capital Advisors provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan advisory, and financial consulting to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on broadly diversified, passively managed asset-class mutual funds and conservative fixed-income securities.

Kelly Cappello is a financial advisor at Argo Wealth Advisory, LLC with 31 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Raymond James & Associates for 20 years before joining Argo Wealth Advisory in 2025. Argo Wealth Advisory provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamental-analysis approach with a generally long-term orientation, using model portfolios comprised of mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks, bonds, and options, while also incorporating Independent Manager overlays and borrowing within separately managed account structures.

Joshua Zins is a financial advisor at Plandeavor with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management for six years. Plandeavor provides discretionary asset management, ongoing financial planning, and hourly consultations to individuals, business entities, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a quantitative investment approach using ETFs and direct indexing, combined with tax-loss harvesting and tactical asset-allocation adjustments.

Tyler Harper is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Variant Private Wealth LLC. Before joining Variant, he worked at Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Precision for Medicine. Outside of finance, he has experience in secondary education and worked at Manhattan Pizza. Variant Private Wealth provides fee-based financial planning and individualized investment management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, pension plans, and corporations. The firm builds investment recommendations from client-specific financial plans using fundamental and technical analysis, and manages wrapped accounts through its sponsored wrap-fee program.

Luke Avery is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor at DecisionMap Wealth Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining DecisionMap, he worked at Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management and has experience in both financial services and other sectors including education and logistics. DecisionMap Wealth Management provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to a range of clients including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a core-satellite investment strategy that combines passive and active approaches, tailoring portfolios to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances.

Kevin Cope is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience and is currently a managing member of Cope Connelly in Arlington, VA. He has worked at Hutchinson Capital Management and XPS Capital LLC prior to his current role. Cope is also involved with C4M Global Advisors LLC, a related advisory firm, and oversees the governance of Cope Connelly SPV Management LLC, a special purpose vehicle entity. Cope Connelly serves individuals, pension plans, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and private placement consulting. The firm emphasizes documented investment policies, regular portfolio reviews, and incorporates charting and technical analysis within a long-term trading approach while actively advising on private placements and special-purpose vehicles.

Jason Hemeon is a CFP® and ChFC® with 23 years of industry experience. He is currently with Argo Wealth Advisory, LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Raymond James & Associates and nine years at Wells Fargo Advisors. Argo Wealth Advisory provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a fundamental-analysis approach with a long-term orientation, utilizing model portfolios composed of mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks, bonds, and options, and incorporates Independent Manager overlays and borrowing within separately managed accounts.

Christian Polito is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Clarion Wealth Management Partners. He has worked at several firms, including EverSource Wealth Advisors and Commonwealth Financial Network. Polito also holds a Series 66 license and provides licensed non-variable insurance and annuities as part of his practice. Clarion Wealth Management Partners serves individuals, families, small business owners, nonprofit organizations, and retirement plans. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting, utilizing tools like Morningstar and Riskalyze to monitor portfolios and support risk assessment.

Mark Eid is a financial advisor at Acts Financial Advisors with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. He has worked at Qualderm Partners since 2020 and was previously employed at VA Dermatology and Skin Surgery Center. Outside of advising, Mark Eid practices as a Mohs micrographic surgeon at Qualderm Partners and co-founded Rich to Wealthy, a personal finance education and entertainment media company. Acts Financial Advisors is a small SEC-registered firm serving individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and public entities. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory framework using primarily passive index mutual funds and ETFs, while also offering financial planning, investment management, business consulting, and real estate analysis services.

Leah Bryan is a financial advisor at Bryspen, Incorporated, holding a Series 65 designation with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Bryspen since 1993. Bryspen provides advisory services to high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients, offering comprehensive financial planning and investment supervisory services. The firm manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis and emphasizes a fundamental, analytical investment approach tailored to each client’s specific circumstances.

Thiago Glieger is a financial advisor at RMG Advisors with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including H. Beck, Inc. and Grove Point Investments. Since 2020, he has contributed as an author to FedSmith.com, an online resource for federal employees. RMG Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and financial planning, specializing in areas such as divorce-related financial planning, federal employee retirement planning, and oversight of variable annuity and life-insurance sub-accounts. The firm emphasizes asset allocation and diversification through SEI Asset Allocation Models and sub-advisors, managing approximately $137 million for about 174 client households with a two-advisor team.

Ryan Scott is a financial advisor at Brighter Financial Capital Management, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and KLDiscovery. He is also affiliated with Clark & Associates, Inc., where he is involved in insurance services. Brighter Financial Capital Management provides investment and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, plan advisory, multi-tiered financial planning, and educational seminars, often implementing client programs through discretionary authority with third-party managers.

Sherman Ethridge is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He currently serves as an advisor at Capital Area Planning Group, having previously worked at CIC Wealth, LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in public speaking on investment topics through his sole proprietorship, Ethridge Consulting, LLC, and serves on the board of a Bluetooth headphone manufacturer, Dome Audio Inc. Capital Area Planning Group provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and employee benefit plan consulting to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals and pension plans. The firm offers customized, actively managed portfolios using Modern Portfolio Theory and fundamental analysis, and maintains affiliated non-advisory businesses such as tax preparation and insurance brokerage.

Edward Lu is a financial advisor at Blackfield Capital Management LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley and Cambrian Asset Management. Lu is also a licensed insurance agent and offers insurance products to clients when appropriate. Blackfield Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, focusing on a small number of client relationships. The firm’s investment process is based on fundamental analysis and includes a broad range of strategies, with a notable emphasis on including held-away private investments in fee calculations.

Ning Jin is a financial advisor at Florin Group, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Florin Group, Jin held roles at Fortune and Beyond, J&J Premier Financial Alliance, and various companies in other sectors. Florin Group provides personalized investment management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth and multigenerational households, offering portfolio management and financial plans tailored to individual client needs. The firm emphasizes tax-aware implementation and multigenerational engagement, including senior-care planning and assisted-living fee negotiation.