Jillian Dragone is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at United Capital Financial Advisors. Her prior roles include positions at Apexium Financial, AllianceBernstein, and Morgan Stanley. United Capital Financial Advisors provides nationwide financial planning and discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individual and high-net-worth households, retirement plans, and institutional accounts. The firm offers customizable investment solutions and supports other independent advisors through its technology platform, FinLife Partners.

Gene Panasenko is a financial advisor at Alexander Capital Wealth Management LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Landolt Securities, Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC, Moloney Securities Co., Inc., Rutenberg Realty, and LPL Financial LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Panasenko operates a YouTube channel where he interviews professionals about their life experiences. Alexander Capital Wealth Management LLC provides portfolio management services to individual and high-net-worth clients, primarily through wrap-fee programs. The firm employs a combination of cyclical, technical, and fundamental analysis and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

William Mc Enroe III is a financial advisor with Bison Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and three years of industry experience. He has prior experience with firms including NYLIFE Securities LLC and the Center for Wealth Preservation. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a police officer and is a board member of The Paige Keely Foundation, a charity focused on raising awareness for Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM). Bison Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high net worth clients, family offices, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and ERISA retirement plan services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes outcome‑focused, multi‑manager model portfolios that incorporate both tactical and strategic allocations across liquid and private-market strategies.

Scott Cantor is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including National Asset Management, National Securities Corp, and Sovereign Global Advisors. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs discretionary portfolio management utilizing both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and it integrates affiliated financial businesses and product channels as part of its service offering.

Carmine Passante is a financial advisor with Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc., holding the ChFC® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 65. He has 26 years of industry experience, including eight years with American Portfolios Advisors, Inc. and recent tenure at Ausdal Financial Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he provides insurance products to clients. Ausdal Financial Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and business entities, overseeing approximately $3.73 billion in assets through a large network of advisors. The firm offers a variety of investment advisory and brokerage services tailored to client objectives, utilizing multiple custodians and integrating third-party managers.

Gurjot Waraich is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he has held various positions outside the financial industry, including work at Postmates and Dunkin Donuts. Aegis Capital Corp. serves individual investors, retirement and benefit plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients by providing investment advisory and brokerage services, financial planning, and access to managed account programs. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account options and focuses on individual, corporate, and retirement plan business.

Isaiah Aponte is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Arete Wealth Advisors since 2020, with prior experience at National Securities Corporation. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs both advisor-driven and proprietary rule-based model allocations while offering access to third-party money managers and acting as an ERISA fiduciary when applicable.

Michael Blueweiss is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with 44 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including UBS Financial Services and National Asset Management. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers as a charity advisor for The Coltrane Home of Dix Hills. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm employs both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, uses third-party sub-advisers, and offers discretionary portfolio management alongside comprehensive planning services.

Josh Frankel is a financial advisor with Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Capital Financial Services, Inc. and American Capital Partners, LLC. Outside of advising, he is involved in providing fixed insurance products through The Princeton Insurance Agency, Inc. Trustmont Advisory Group serves a diverse range of clients, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charities, and corporations. The firm applies a long-term investment perspective using multiple public research sources and manages all accounts on a discretionary basis, with approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025.

Danny Sookram is a financial advisor at Aegis Capital Corp. with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Aegis Capital Corp. and Equitable Advisors during his career. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of Sookrams Ventur Inc. Aegis Capital Corp. provides investment advisory and financial services to individual and corporate clients, offering asset management, financial planning, brokerage, annuities, insurance, and occasional investment banking services. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA member broker-dealer.

John Marchisotta Jr. is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Procyon. He previously worked for 15 years at Pivotal Planning Group, LLC. Marchisotta also serves as a co-trustee and trustee for several family trusts. Procyon serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, businesses, institutional investors, and retirement plans. The firm offers tailored, long-term investment management and advisory services, managing a majority of assets on a non-discretionary basis while employing both internal and third-party resources, including AI tools, to support its processes.

Thomas Kuhn is a financial advisor with Advisory Services Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Advisory Services Network since 2016. Advisory Services Network provides investment advisory and planning services to individuals, families, corporations, and retirement plans through a large network of independent advisers. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting, using a variety of securities and third-party managers, along with flexible engagement types.

Jason Weindorf is a financial advisor with Composition Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and three years of industry experience. He has worked at Miracle Mile Advisors, LLC since 2022 and is a partner at Weindorf and Company CPAs, LLP, a CPA firm where he has had administrative duties since 2005. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and alternative investments, and manages approximately $9.47 billion in discretionary assets.

Timothy Paradis is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Crestwood Advisors. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors from 2006 to 2023. Crestwood Advisors provides comprehensive investment and wealth management services to individuals, families, foundations, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients. The firm combines global asset allocation with fundamental security selection and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services, including a digital investment program called Pathfinder.

Robert Mann is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at National Asset Management, National Securities Corp, and Maxim Group LLC. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in assets for around 16,821 clients. The firm provides a range of advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through various program structures, including proprietary asset allocation models and third-party sub-advisers.

Raymond Menna is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 36 years of industry experience. He is currently associated with Verity Asset Management and has held roles with Menna Wealth Planning Group and The Leaders Group DBA Simplicity Investments. His career includes nearly two decades at MUTUAL, INC. / US Retirement Partners and nine years at Planmember Securities Corporation. Verity Asset Management is a multi-team SEC-registered firm managing approximately $1.15 billion for individuals, retirement plan sponsors, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm utilizes a model-based investment process with tactical asset allocation across diverse asset classes, offering portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory services.

Randi Engelbrecht is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and joined Summit Financial in 2024 after nine years at Brown Advisory. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for about 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs, including discretionary and consultative services, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory.

Michael Aniello is a financial advisor with The Pinnacle Financial Group in Melville, NY, holding a Series 63 designation and 26 years of industry experience. He has been with The Pinnacle Financial Group since 2016 and also has an affiliation with LPL Financial dating back to 2015. Outside of advisory services, he is licensed as an insurance agent specializing in health, dental, and vision insurance. 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 employs a written Investment Policy Statement for each client and uses fundamental analysis across various instruments, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring and annual reviews.

Shaun Sterling is a financial advisor at The Pinnacle Financial Group with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Financial, Lippencott Financial Group, Eagle Strategies, NYLife Securities, and New York Life Insurance Company. Sterling also provides investment advisory services through North Fork Wealth Management LLC, an independent investment advisor firm he founded in 2024. The Pinnacle Financial Group offers 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 employs a written Investment Policy Statement for each client and applies fundamental analysis across a broad range of instruments, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular reviews.

John Scala is a financial advisor with Gladstone Wealth Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Gladstone Wealth Partners since 2017 and previously spent eight years at Merrill. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals—including high-net-worth clients—corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a network of nearly 100 advisors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to various investment solutions, with investment approaches customized at the representative level and supported by platform-level due diligence.