Brenda Sakon is a CFP® with three years of industry experience currently advising at Francis Financial in New York, NY. Her prior roles include positions at Chicory Wealth and Benedetti, Gucer & Associates. Outside of finance, she has experience working with Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and previously operated Numma Numma LLC. Francis Financial is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $803 million, serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers personalized portfolio management, comprehensive financial and divorce planning, and emphasizes strategies including asset allocation and mutual fund/ETF analysis.

Carter Duddy is a financial advisor at Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 66 designation with one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Spartan Capital Securities, LLC and CB Insights, as well as work related to job searches and time as a student at Lehigh University. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management offers personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm provides portfolio management and oversight of third-party money managers, tailoring guidance to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.

Hunter Frey is a financial advisor at Miller Tabak Asset Management with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Global Investment Advisory, Cape Investment Advisory, and American Global Wealth Management. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner at BOOT64 Ventures, providing opinions on potential healthcare investments. Miller Tabak Asset Management offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily focused on fixed-income securities and managed municipal bond strategies. The firm serves individuals, small businesses, and investment entities, emphasizing active fixed-income management and providing clients with regular portfolio appraisals and market commentaries.

Patrick York is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently with Premier Path Wealth Partners, LLC, joining the firm in 2023 after 11 years at Bank of America and 12 years at Merrill. Premier Path Wealth Partners provides investment advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a multi-analytic investment process that incorporates fundamental, technical, and portfolio construction methods across various instruments and uses third-party platforms and managers to implement strategies in both custody and held-away accounts.

Bryan Didonato is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with Abner, Herrman & Brock, LLC since 2005. Abner, Herrman & Brock LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm also serves as a subadviser and model-portfolio provider for wrap-fee programs, managing approximately $2.74 billion in assets with a top-down investment approach focused on large-cap equities and investment-grade fixed income.

Joseph Stabile is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Forefront in Jersey City, NJ. His prior experience includes roles at MML Investors Services, LLC, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, and TD Bank. In addition to his work at Forefront, he founded and serves as a financial planner for Coast Financial, a wealth management business operating through the Forefront Advisor Network. Forefront Wealth Partners is a registered investment adviser that provides discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and estate-planning coordination to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm offers customized investment policies and asset allocation strategies, along with business, succession, and special-needs planning, leveraging multiple offices and affiliated services including tax and insurance solutions.

Eric Schwartz is a financial advisor with Transcend Capital Advisors, LLC in Madison, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and totaling 32 years of industry experience. His work history includes positions at UBS Financial Services Inc and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of advisory services, he is a member of EJD Realty Associates, LLC, a real estate partnership. Transcend Capital Advisors manages approximately $2.9 billion and serves individual clients, family offices, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and private foundations. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management with a focus on long-term, diversified asset allocation across various investment types, including private placements and alternative investments.

Gah Wong is a financial advisor with Grantvest Financial Group LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Calton & Associates, Inc. since 2015 and joined Grantvest Financial Group in 2021. Outside of his advisory role, Wong is involved as an insurance agent and a partner in a firm that processes life and supplemental health insurance business. Grantvest Financial Group provides wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm primarily constructs portfolios using diversified exchange-traded funds, employing both fundamental and technical analysis, and offers discretionary management alongside consulting and held-away account management.

Christina Sharkey is a financial advisor with Investment Partners Asset Management and holds a Series 65 designation. She has one year of industry experience and has worked as a CPA and enrolled agent at Calico CPA LLC since 2018. Her prior work includes roles at Mandel Feketi & Bloom CPAs, Robert Half, Intuit, and operating Sharkey Tax LLC. Investment Partners Asset Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm employs a multi-style investment approach with a focus on value investing, using various strategies including derivatives, structured products, and allocations to mutual funds, ETFs, and private funds.

Paul Gulden is a financial advisor at Wellington Shields Capital Management, LLC in New York, NY, with 55 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Wellington Shields and its affiliated entities since 1978. Gulden serves as Managing Director, Co-Chairman of the Investment Committee, and Portfolio Manager, overseeing day-to-day operations and investment decisions. Wellington Shields Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across various equity strategies and maintains comprehensive client monitoring and third-party manager due diligence.

Leonard Meshberg is a financial advisor at Blue Square Asset Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services. He has been with Blue Square Asset Management since 2018 as part of a seven-advisor team. Blue Square Asset Management serves individuals, family offices, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and other advisers by providing financial planning, investment management, sub-advisory services, and non-discretionary monitoring for private funds. The firm uses a proprietary Dynamic Cash Allocation® process to manage diverse strategies, including those focused on digital assets through affiliated entities and specialized separately managed accounts.

Ka Wai Kevin Cheng is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Seabridge Investment Advisors LLC and previously worked at Eastern Window Investment Ltd, TVC Management Ltd, and JW Childs Asia Equities (HK) Ltd. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a director of Hill 38 Ltd, a holding company based in London. Seabridge Investment Advisors LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, consultative investment advice, and standalone financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as profit-sharing plans, foundations, endowments, and private investment funds. The firm constructs global, equity-focused portfolios across various strategies and also acts as a discretionary sub-adviser to other advisers.

Kevin Cox is a financial advisor at Masterworks Advisers, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Owl Rock Capital Securities LLC and Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he performs administrative functions for Masterworks, LLC, an alternative investment platform. Masterworks Advisers provides investment advice focused exclusively on securitized art investments issued by Masterworks affiliates. The firm offers non-discretionary and limited discretionary advisory services centered on a rules-based investment process involving art market research, appraisal, and allocation modeling, serving individual and high-net-worth investors.

Tanya Walliser is a CFP® and Series 65-registered advisor with 16 years of industry experience. She has been with Condor Capital Wealth Management since 2008. Condor Capital Wealth Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension plan consulting, employing a fee-only approach that includes direct indexing, cryptocurrency exposure via ETFs or third-party managers, and the use of AI tools to support adviser analysis.

Eric Sterner is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He is currently with Apollon Financial, LLC and has held positions at Prudential and State Street. Apollon Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $1.45 billion for individuals, families, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm combines centrally managed model strategies with advisor-led portfolios and utilizes tax-aware techniques alongside access to private and alternative investments.

Eric Tilson is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, working with Tilson Financial Group Inc. He has seven years of industry experience, including roles at PGIM Fixed Income and Prudential Insurance. He joined Tilson Financial Group in 2021 and is based in New Providence, NJ. Tilson Financial Group serves individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and business entities with discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing on globally diversified, multi-asset class portfolios primarily using mutual funds and ETFs, with asset allocation, diversification, and rebalancing as core elements.

Bryan Katz is a financial advisor at OMNI 360 Wealth, Inc. with 27 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at OMNI 360 Wealth since 2018, as well as at Northwestern Mutual and its affiliated companies since 2013. Katz also earns commissions from sales of non-variable life, health, annuity, and disability income insurance products through unrelated insurance companies. OMNI 360 Wealth, Inc. provides financial planning and investment management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, businesses, and employee benefit plans. The firm manages approximately $425.7 million in assets and offers tailored investment strategies using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, complemented by coordinated tax, legal, and insurance planning through affiliated professional entities.

Anthony Uccio is a financial advisor at Geremia Financial Services, LLC with a Series 65 designation and eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining Geremia Financial Services in 2018, he worked at Barnes & Noble for eight years. Geremia Financial Services, LLC provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional entities such as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $103 million across about 115 client relationships, employing a top-down macroeconomic approach combined with bottom-up security selection and using options primarily for hedging.

Andrew Peters is a financial advisor with Oakbourne Advisors in Berkeley Heights, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and founding Invyzia Solutions, LLC, which operates a website designed to help financial advisors create simple investment proposal reports. Oakbourne Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses a range of investment vehicles and combines fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis in managing client portfolios, typically on a discretionary basis with client confirmation before trades.

Gary Scarboro is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management since 2019 and has also worked with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2011. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management provides personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, oversight of third-party money managers, and ongoing investment consultation, tailoring guidance to clients’ objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.