Ralph Palleschi is a financial advisor at First Long Island Investors, LLC with 39 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Sterling Bancorp and Astoria Financial Corporation prior to his long tenure at First Long Island Investors, where he has been employed since 1983. He is also co-trustee of family office trusts for certain clients, a relationship that predates the firm's founding. First Long Island Investors, LLC is a boutique wealth management firm serving individuals, corporations, pension plans, and charitable organizations with discretionary portfolio management and family-office style services. The firm employs a long-term, diversified asset-allocation approach and manages multiple private investment partnerships, with principals investing alongside clients.

Daniel Mackey is a financial advisor with 7 years of industry experience, currently with 4Thought Financial Group Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. from 2012 to 2017. 4Thought Financial Group provides portfolio management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individual investors, family offices, trusts, pension plans, corporations, non-profits, and other registered investment advisers. The firm employs a Multi-Method Investing® framework and Risk Premium Capital Allocation to offer model-driven and customizable investment strategies, combining active research and publishing with advisory services.

Alan Weingarten is a financial advisor at Comprehensive Capital Management, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Comprehensive Capital Management and APW Capital, Inc. since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates Weingarten Financial Funding, a business that provides pre-settlement funding to plaintiffs in certain types of litigation. Comprehensive Capital Management, Inc. offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses. The firm employs both strategic and tactical asset-allocation approaches and provides a range of portfolio management and consulting services.

Andrew Laskaris is a CFP® and CFA® with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Altfest Personal Wealth Management since 2018, including a prior role at Willis Towers Watson. Altfest Personal Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning with an individualized approach, and is notable for its active role as a private fund adviser and sponsor of multiple pooled investment vehicles.

William Ullman is a financial advisor at Connective Wealth Partners, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Water Street Advisors LLC, Berkshire Global Advisors LP, and Greystone Wealth Advisors, LLC. Ullman serves as a board member of Alpha Modus Corp., a data-driven technology company. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory that provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm’s investment approach relies on fundamental analysis with a generally long-term orientation, constructing portfolios from ETFs, equities, bonds, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Joseph Spina is a financial advisor at Platform Technology Partners with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at BNY Mellon for seven years before joining his current firm in 2022. Platform Technology Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.09 billion for a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial consultation, and family-office style administrative services, utilizing a process that combines client interviews, risk assessment, and diversified asset allocation across independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities.

Peter Signori is a financial advisor at Beckerman Wealth with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Beckerman Institutional, LLC since 2013. Beckerman Wealth provides asset management and incidental financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as non-discretionary retirement plan consulting to plan sponsors. The firm manages discretionary and non-discretionary accounts using individualized asset allocation informed by client objectives, risk tolerance, and macroeconomic analysis.

Patrick Gorman is an investment advisor representative with Herold Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 40 years of industry experience. He has worked at Herold Advisors and its predecessor firms since 1986. Outside of his advisory role, he is the president and owner of GF Consultants of NY, an accounting and tax business, and is a co-author of the book *Ghost of the Nightingale*. Herold Advisors, Inc. provides portfolio management services to a broad range of clients including individuals, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm focuses on equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and sometimes covered call options, tailoring portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance with an emphasis on domestic large- and mid-cap securities.

Jonah Blumenthal is a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at Rivkin Radler LLP, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, and Greenwald Weiss. Opal Wealth Advisors is a team-based registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans with comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management services. The firm customizes portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and independent managers accessed via UMA platforms, and offers a range of proprietary model strategies supported by manager due diligence and AI-augmented research.

Mustaque Choudhury is a financial advisor with Soulence Wealth Management in Astoria, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at several firms such as New York Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Soulence Wealth Management provides investment management and integrated financial planning primarily for individual clients, delivering discretionary portfolio management through custom-traded accounts, third-party model portfolios, and access to alternative investments. The firm employs tailored strategies using a combination of asset allocation methods and analysis techniques, with continuous account monitoring and rebalancing.

Katherine Dean Stahl is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC. Her prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved in women’s empowerment initiatives through Living Your Worth, Inc., where she teaches and speaks on financial independence, and serves on the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Women Founders Fund. Opal Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a planning-centric, customized investment process that incorporates proprietary model portfolios, ongoing manager due diligence, and a combination of quantitative and qualitative strategies.

Steven Novack is a CFP® professional at Altfest Personal Wealth Management with four years of industry experience. He has been with Altfest since 2018 and previously worked as a financial services consultant from 2016 to 2018. Altfest Personal Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers discretionary investment management and financial planning, managing portfolios with individualized strategies that incorporate fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and sponsors several private pooled investment vehicles.

Joseph Manno is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Merit Financial Partners LLC with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Loyal Advisors for 15 years and Direct Wines Inc for 12 years. Outside of his advisory role, he co-owns JMSynergy LLC, a marketing and business consulting firm, with his wife. Merit Financial Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering fee-only financial planning and wealth management. The firm employs a fiduciary, consultative investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation and low-cost index funds and ETFs, while allowing active strategies as appropriate.

Harvey Wacht is a Senior Managing Director at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC with 54 years of industry experience. He has been with Shufro, Rose & Co. since 2001 and previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing over $2 billion for individuals, families, trusts, and institutions. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management with a long-term investment approach, utilizing equities, funds, fixed-income instruments, and selectively employing strategies such as options and alternative investments aligned with client objectives.

Stephen Furno is a financial advisor at Quartz Partners Investment Management with 28 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has previously worked at Etico Partners, LLC, Etico Wealth Management LLC, and Dinosaur Securities. Quartz Partners Investment Management serves individual investors, retirement plans, institutions, and financial intermediaries through model-based investment management, combining top-down macro analysis and bottom-up stock selection across various portfolio models. The firm offers discretionary account management and advisory services supported by an investment committee and operates multiple branch offices with affiliations that provide dual-registration pathways for its financial professionals.

Nicolas Sitinas is a financial advisor with Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors in New York, NY. He holds a Series 63 designation and has five years of industry experience, along with fourteen years at Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management, Inc. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors provides discretionary investment management and non-discretionary asset allocation consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pension plans, and trusts. The firm combines bottom-up fundamental research with third-party manager selection and multi-manager portfolio construction across equity, credit, and alternative strategies.

Francis Gemino is a financial advisor at Henley & Company Wealth Management LLC with 50 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Henley & Company in various capacities since 2004. Henley & Company Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers tailored portfolios based on client risk profiles, employing multiple analytical approaches and a range of investment strategies, and manages approximately $90.8 million in discretionary assets as of December 31, 2023.

Dawn Bodami is a financial advisor at Shulman DeMeo Asset Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with 19 years of experience at the firm. She has been with Shulman DeMeo since 2007. Shulman DeMeo Asset Management serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, financial planning, consulting, and portfolio monitoring. The firm uses a wrap fee program combining advisory, trade execution, custody, and reporting, and implements portfolios with a mix of index funds, ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds, generally recommending Charles Schwab as custodian.

John Owens is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Brooklyn FI, LLC and also works at Mason Tax, LLC, providing tax preparation services. His prior experience includes roles at Vintage Financial Services, LLC and WMGH/WLSH Radio. Brooklyn FI serves individual and high-net-worth clients with household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm favors passive investment management while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away assets for comprehensive portfolio oversight.

Philip Malakoff is a financial advisor with First Long Island Investors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has been with First Long Island Investors since 2007 and serves as Executive Managing Director, Director of Research, and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Malakoff also acts as trustee for two trusts. First Long Island Investors, LLC is a boutique wealth management firm that offers discretionary portfolio management and family-office style services to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified asset allocation approach through internally managed equity strategies, tailored fixed income allocations, and selective use of partnerships or third-party managers, managing approximately $1.7 billion in discretionary assets across eight advisors.