David Heather is a financial advisor at Gateway Wealth Partners, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Householder Group Estate & Retirement Specialists and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory roles, he is a managing partner of H&A, LLC. Gateway Wealth Partners provides financial planning, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities or Independent Managers when appropriate.

Eliot Axvig is a financial advisor at Alera Investment Advisors, LLC with a Series 65 designation and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at SRPC, Inc., Bank Prov, and Gate City Bank. Alera Investment Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and institutions. The firm’s investment approach focuses on long-term, fundamental analysis and offers integrated advisory services alongside insurance and pension consulting platforms.

Molly Welch is a financial advisor at Grimes & Company with CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 designations and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Grimes & Company in 2021, she worked at athenahealth from 2016 to 2021. Grimes & Company provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, including estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and government entities. The firm builds customized investment strategies using proprietary research and portfolio-management systems, and it also offers trustee services and acts as a sub-adviser to other investment advisers.

Sean Moynihan is a financial advisor with The Patriot Financial Group, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, Securities America, Inc., and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he serves as a national trustee for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is also a screenwriter through his own company, Sean Moynihan, Inc. The Patriot Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and customizes portfolios based on client goals and risk tolerance, utilizing a range of investment options and third-party managers.

Sara Shores is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 19 years of industry experience. She has been with New England Private Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2006. New England Private Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans with fee-based investment advisory and wealth management services. The firm emphasizes broadly diversified portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, monitors third-party managers, and offers alternative investments and income-focused separate-account model strategies.

Joseph Swirbalus is a financial advisor with Mariner Independent in Wellesley, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His career includes tenure at JP Morgan Securities Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., BGC Financial, Liquidnet, and Tp Icap Global Markets Americas LLC. Mariner Independent serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, insurance solutions, and access to alternative investments through a network of investment adviser representatives utilizing both firm-built model portfolios and customized discretionary portfolios.

Theodore Provo is a financial advisor at The Patriot Financial Group, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Provo Wealth Management since 2017. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a Notary Public. The Patriot Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm customizes portfolios based on client goals and risk tolerance, employs various investment strategies including fundamental and technical analysis, and offers a range of products from mutual funds and ETFs to private equity and advisory annuities.

Donald Gaskell is a financial advisor at Verus Capital Partners, LLC with 43 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 66. His prior experience includes roles at Capitol Securities Management and William F. Sullivan Financial Services Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Gaskell is involved with Sullivan Insurance Group, Inc., an agency selling life and disability insurance products. Verus Capital Partners is a fee-based investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and estates. The firm employs a combined fundamental and technical investment approach with strategic asset allocation and offers customized portfolios aligned with client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Gordon Thomas is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently works at Grimes & Company and has previously been employed by MML Investor Services, Baystate Financial, and Fidelity Investments. Grimes & Company provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning for a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and governmental entities. The firm uses proprietary research and portfolio-management systems to build customized investment strategies across various asset classes and also offers trustee services through an affiliated trust entity.

Janet Shetty is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with four years of industry experience. She currently serves as a financial advisor at Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC and has prior experience at Vodia Capital, LLC. Robertson Stephens provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with tax and estate planning. The firm manages $8.76 billion in assets and employs a combination of in-house model portfolios, third-party managers, and sub-advisors to develop and implement client investment strategies.

Gregory Hughes is a financial advisor at McAdam LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He has held his current role since 2014 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc. from 2014 to 2017. Gregory holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. McAdam LLC advises individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and government entities, including high-net-worth households. The firm provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting, managing client accounts on a discretionary basis with a diversified approach that includes traditional and alternative investments.

Gerald Dufault is a CFP® with 40 years of industry experience and is currently with The Patriot Financial Group, LLC. He has worked at multiple firms, including Rollover Advisory Services, LLC, Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, and Securities America Inc. In addition to his advisory roles, he is the owner of a business focused on expense management. The Patriot Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm customizes portfolios based on client goals and risk tolerance, employing a mix of charting, fundamental, and technical analysis, and offers a broad range of investment options including mutual funds, ETFs, private equity, and advisory annuities.

Todd Herman is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Grimes & Company since 2022. His prior roles include positions at iCapital, LLC, Kaplan College for Financial Planning, and Siharum Advisors. Grimes & Company provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning for individual and institutional clients, including estates, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm creates customized investment strategies utilizing proprietary research and offers trustee services through an affiliated trust entity.

Matthew Parrish is a financial advisor at Robertson Stephens with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens in 2024, he spent six years at Georgetown University and three years at Blacksburg High School. Robertson Stephens Wealth Management offers investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm combines individualized advice with centrally developed model portfolios and oversight by an Investment Office, managing over $7 billion in client assets.

William Stott is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Marshfield Associates, where he has worked since 1990, totaling 36 years of industry experience. Marshfield Associates is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $8.12 billion for a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, state and municipal government entities, investment companies, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm employs a long-only value investment approach through a concentrated Core Value Equity Strategy and an optional Balanced Strategy that includes fixed income, emphasizing quality and a strict margin-of-safety buy discipline.

Ira Sager is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Optiwealth, LLC dba Optimum Wealth and First Allied Advisory Services, Inc., among other firms. Outside of advising, he teaches financial literacy courses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, offering discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts and model strategies. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative methods, managing over $8 billion in assets for nearly 18,000 clients.

Emily Wood is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving at Grimes & Company since 2002. She previously worked at NewEdge Securities, LLC for 16 years. Wood holds roles outside of her advisory work, including assistant treasurer at the New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill and a steering committee member for the McNulty Women's Institute for Women's Leadership. Grimes & Company provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, including charitable organizations and government entities. The firm uses proprietary research to build customized investment strategies across a range of investment vehicles and also offers trustee services and sub-advisory arrangements.

Gonzalo Canelas is a financial advisor at Bolton Securities Corporation with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Bolton Global Asset Management and Bolton Global Capital since 2020, following prior roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a trust protector on a trust established in Switzerland. Bolton Global Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans, and banks or trusts. The firm employs an IAR-driven approach that customizes portfolios based on client goals and risk tolerance, using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed-income securities with a generally long-term focus while allowing tactical adjustments.

Kassandra Santana is a Series 66-licensed advisor at Bolton Securities Corporation with nine years of industry experience. She has been with Bolton Global Capital since 2016 and joined Bolton Global Asset Management in 2026. Outside of finance, she was involved with ELCO Cleaning and Disinfecting for two years. Bolton Global Asset Management is a registered investment adviser serving individual, corporate, institutional, and charitable clients. The firm offers customized wealth management using a variety of investment vehicles and emphasizes a primarily long-term investment approach.

John Williams is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc., holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 43 years of industry experience. He has worked at ValMark Securities, Inc. since 2009 and previously spent over three decades with Capital Formation Group Inc. and Capital Formation Insurance Agency. He is also the owner of Capital Formation Group, Inc., a firm that markets financial services to the public. ValMark Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes diversified, goal-based model portfolios and asset allocation, utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and separate-account managers, with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing overseen by an investment committee.