Melanie Kregling is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 24 years of industry experience. She holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. Melanie has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2010. She is a member of the Professional Advisors Council for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, where she provides advice on nonprofit community agencies and development strategies. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large enterprise firm managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients through a combination of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services.

Jessica La Chance is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at DiMatteo Group Financial Services and the University of Tampa. La Chance also engages in fixed insurance sales as part of her business activities. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and manages around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody/clearing services.

Gregory Nappo is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in New Haven, CT, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. His career includes multiple roles at Janney Montgomery Scott since 2017, alongside earlier work with the New Britain Bees and Miami Marlins. He is also involved with Core Training Academy. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base through a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management across multiple advisory programs, and offers brokerage, financial planning, and consulting services.

Richard Esposito is a financial advisor at SPC with nine years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Parkland Securities, Eagle Strategies, New York Life, Allstate Insurance, Park Avenue Securities, and Guardian Life Insurance. He serves as a Gift Officer at Assumption University and is an elected member of the Board of Finance in East Haven, CT. SPC serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related services through a network of over 460 advisers managing approximately $5.66 billion in assets. The firm provides discretionary and nondiscretionary investment management and maintains a corporate structure that integrates affiliated broker-dealers and insurance agencies alongside formal succession and compliance protocols.

Keith Anderson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 34 years of industry experience. He has worked with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. since 1996 and operates his own CPA practice, Keith E Anderson CPA, established in 1992. Additionally, he is part owner of Anderson, Brolin & Coba CPA's, LLC, a tax and accounting service business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform with managed account programs, access to third-party managers, and a range of investment options, acting as both a wrap-fee program sponsor and back-office provider.

Michael Gold is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at Carson Wealth. His prior roles include positions at Gold Family Wealth, People's Securities, and Gerstein Fisher. He was also President and CEO of Gold Family Wealth, where he managed financial planning and client services. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $50 billion through a broad network of partner offices. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, supported by a committee-driven investment approach and tailored portfolio solutions.

Steven Raab is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Fairfield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic in 2018, he worked at Mbsc Securities Corporation for 10 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member and half-owner of 317 Via Tuscany LLC. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and operating at a large scale with over 1,200 advisors.

Paul Kiernan is a financial advisor at Carson Wealth with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Gold Family Wealth, LLC and Cruser, Mitchell & Sanchez, LLC. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $50.6 billion through a network of more than 650 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, supported by an Investment Committee that constructs and monitors model portfolios using both fundamental and technical inputs.

Kevin Small is a CFP® professional with 14 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2024 and previously spent over a decade with Equitable Advisors and Axa Advisors, LLC. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes multi-manager solutions, manager selection, and proprietary research, serving clients through a network of Advisor Practices with access to various investment products and tailored portfolio management strategies.

Joseph Cortese is a financial advisor with Creative Planning in Westport, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He joined Creative Planning in 2016 after two years at NorthCoast Asset Management LLC. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services for a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach emphasizing low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Brandon Buhay is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is currently with CWM, LLC, part of Carson Wealth, and has previously worked at Gitterman Wealth Management, Vanderbilt Securities, WBI Investments, and Millington Securities. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser overseeing approximately $50.6 billion through a network of over 650 advisors. The firm offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan services, supported by an Investment Committee that manages model portfolios and provides tailored investment solutions.

Catherine Gulish is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. She has worked at Commonwealth since 2021 and also operates Gulish and Associates, Inc. alongside her advisory role. Prior to her financial career, she worked at W.B. Mason and studied at Stonehill College. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, providing advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers a range of discretionary model portfolios and customizable investment solutions while supporting affiliated advisors with operations, technology, compliance, and practice management.

Christopher North is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2012. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning-led investment process with low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure managing approximately $217 billion in client assets.

Joseph Mcbride is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at The Colony Group, LLC, GYL Financial Synergies, LLC, and Resnick Investment Advisors, LLC. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside specialized tools such as trend-following and options overlay strategies.

James Hunter is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 36 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Fairfield County Bank and MassMutual, spanning over three decades. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in an insurance brokerage business focusing on individual and group life and health insurance. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, and access to alternative investments, operating a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model with discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Jennifer Pianello is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in New Haven, CT. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 19 years of industry experience. Pianello has been with Janney Montgomery Scott and its related entities since 2014. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs.

Timothy O'Shea Jr. is a financial advisor with NewEdge Advisors, holding Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at GWM Advisors, LLC, since 2021 and spent 15 years at TIAA and TIAA-CREF from 2006 to 2021. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a broad range of portfolio management and consulting services, utilizing multiple program structures and emphasizing centralized due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and technology integration.

William Walsh III is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Cantor Fitzgerald. Key Investment Services LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and model-based advisory products to individuals, trusts, small businesses, and institutional clients. The firm uses a multi-provider model combining platform services from Envestnet and portfolio management from its Chief Investment Office and third-party managers.

John Dimatteo is a CFP® professional with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving at Commonwealth Financial Network since 1998. He also co-owns DiMatteo Group Financial Services Inc. and DiMatteo Group Florida, Inc., entities involved in advisory and insurance services. Commonwealth Financial Network supports a national network of advisors by providing operations, technology, investment management, and compliance services. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and discretionary model portfolios while enabling advisors to construct client portfolios from a broad range of securities and insurance products.

Michael Del Re III is a financial advisor at Prime Capital Financial with 31 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. and Financial Network Limited. He is also an independent fixed insurance agent affiliated with Financial Network Limited. Prime Capital Financial is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans with services including asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan sponsor and trustee services. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies and offers family office services along with affiliated tax advisory and financial administration capabilities.