Benjamin Sams is a financial advisor at Haviland & Sams, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Haviland & Sams since 2010. Sams is also the managing member of Sams Family Investment, LLC, a family investment vehicle. Haviland & Sams serves corporations, individuals, families, business owners, and professionals by providing financial modeling, wealth management, independent investment manager search, and consulting services. The firm acts as a strategist and advisor, focusing on investment policy development and manager identification, without directly managing client assets or accepting discretionary trading authority.

Dawn Landino is a financial advisor at Bright Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Bright Advisors in 2026, she worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services and MetLife Securities Inc. Dawn is also the owner and manager of Compass Financial Architects, where she provides life, health, and disability insurance to clients. Bright Advisors, founded in 2024, offers investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, foundations, corporations, and individuals with complex financial needs. The firm employs a multi-dimensional, client-centered process with portfolios implemented through various managed account structures and emphasizes the selection and oversight of third-party advisers as part of its investment approach.

Richard Leukart is a financial advisor with Charter Oak Asset Management, Inc. in Cheshire, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Charter Oak since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, Leukart is co-owner of Seventy West, LLC, an LLC established to manage rental property. Charter Oak Asset Management serves individuals, retirement programs, trusts, corporations, and non-profits by providing discretionary investment management through proprietary Managed Account Programs, consulting, and fixed-income purchase advisory services. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and active management informed by chart analysis and economic indicators, and it provides clients with regular performance reporting and access to insurance products.

Ryan Morrissey is a CFP® professional with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Morrissey Wealth Management LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Northstar Wealth Partners, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and his own firm, Retire with Ryan LLC, which focuses on educational content through podcasts, videos, classes, and speaking engagements. He holds the Series 66 designation and is based in North Haven, CT. Morrissey Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and ERISA retirement-plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with a long-term investment orientation and places a significant emphasis on educational programming and content for clients and plan sponsors.

David Torres Onisto is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience and currently serves as an advisor at Top Private Wealth. He has worked at Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates David Torres Tax Services, providing tax preparation services. Top Private Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm employs a fee-only model and utilizes asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, combining passive and active strategies with a focus on tax efficiency and long-term holdings.

Morris Armstrong is a financial advisor at Crionna Wealth LLC with the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. He has one year of experience as an advisor at Crionna Wealth and 25 years of experience owning and operating Morris Armstrong EA LLC, a tax resolution and preparation firm. Crionna Wealth provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement-plan fiduciary services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate retirement plans. The firm employs a variety of investment strategies tailored to client goals and risk tolerance and offers ERISA services as both a limited 3(21) adviser and discretionary 3(38) investment manager.

Robert Malik is a financial advisor at Charter Oak Asset Management, Inc. with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Charter Oak since 1997. Charter Oak Asset Management serves individuals, retirement programs, trusts, corporations, and non-profit organizations by offering discretionary investment management through proprietary Managed Account Programs (MAPs), consulting, and a purchase-advisory service for individual fixed-income securities. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and active management informed by chart analysis, economic fundamentals, and technical indicators, with regular performance reporting that includes benchmark comparisons and beta disclosures.

Divina Marcktell is a financial advisor at Haviland & Sams, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Haviland & Sams since 2012. Haviland & Sams serves corporations, individuals including high-net-worth clients, families, business owners, professionals, and corporate executives. The firm focuses on developing investment policy statements, recommending asset allocations, and identifying independent managers, operating primarily through fixed or hourly engagements rather than discretionary asset management.

Anthony Mandile is a financial advisor with CM Financial Advisors, LLC and holds credentials as a Certified Public Accountant. He has 26 years of industry experience and has worked at Ciampi, Mandile & Company for over 36 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of both Ciampi Mandile & Company, LLC, a CPA firm, and Premier Mortgage Group, LLC, a mortgage brokerage company. CM Financial Advisors, LLC provides investment management and personal financial planning services to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, not-for-profit organizations, and retirement plans. The firm tailors investment programs to each client’s goals and risk tolerance and is noted for its close affiliation with an accounting firm and a mortgage brokerage while focusing primarily on non–high-net-worth individuals and smaller institutional clients.

Eric Powers is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at TOP Private Wealth. His work history includes roles at Private Advisor Group, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates Powers Tax Preparation Services and SkyBlue Wealth Advisors. TOP Private Wealth LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser that serves individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm combines passive and active strategies with a focus on asset allocation, tax efficiency, and long-term holding periods.

Timothy Golas is a financial advisor at Spurstone with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Spurstone Advisory Services, LLC since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Spurstone Wealth Management, LLC, which offers non-variable insurance products including life, disability, and health insurance. Spurstone serves individuals and high-net-worth clients, focusing on business owners and corporate executives. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and business owner exit-planning consulting, often implementing investment strategies using third-party managers and SEI’s asset allocation portfolios.

Anthony Lynch IV is a financial advisor at Mullaney, Keating & Wright Inc with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with the firm since 1998. Mullaney, Keating & Wright Inc provides investment supervisory services and portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis alongside mutual fund and ETF evaluation, using strategies such as long-term purchases and options for hedging or income generation.

Jessica Gilbert is a CFP® with 16 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Mullaney, Keating & Wright, Inc. since 2021 and previously held roles at LPL Financial and Voya Investment Management. Mullaney, Keating & Wright, Inc. provides investment supervisory services and portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis, utilizing strategies such as long-term purchases and options-based hedging or income generation, with client accounts monitored continuously and reviewed at least quarterly.

Brendan Toomey is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience, currently serving at Toomey Investment Management, Inc. and Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC. He holds a Series 63 license and has been with Toomey Investment Management since 2010. Outside his advisory roles, he is self-employed in tax return preparation during the tax season. Toomey Investment Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered adviser providing model portfolio management, pension consulting, and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, plan sponsors, charities, and businesses. The firm employs a model portfolio approach combining diversified asset allocation with tactical overlays based on technical and fundamental analysis, managing roughly $321 million across a broad client base.

Peter Dellagrotte is a financial advisor with Wealth Management Advisers, LLC in Middletown, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Wealth Management Advisers since 2003 and has been working as an independent advisor since 1994. In addition to advisory work, he dedicates time to tax preparation and tax planning. Wealth Management Advisers, LLC serves individual investors, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm provides portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, pension consulting, and access to model-based advisory solutions, emphasizing asset allocation and long-term strategies aligned with client goals.

Francis Carpentier is a CFP® with 27 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mullaney Keating & Wright Inc., where he has worked since 2003. The firm provides investment supervisory services and portfolio management to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. Mullaney Keating & Wright employs fundamental and technical analysis combined with mutual fund and ETF evaluation, utilizing strategies such as covered calls and spreading for hedging or income generation, with continuous account monitoring and client-specific investment policies.

Andrew Madlener is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He has worked at Open Circle Advisors, LLC since 2012. Open Circle Wealth Partners manages approximately $31.4 million in discretionary assets for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and other entities. The firm employs a long-term, asset-class investment strategy based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing passive mutual funds, ETFs, laddered fixed-income portfolios, and occasional less liquid vehicles.

Nicholas Broska is a financial advisor at Financial Resources Group, LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Sanford and Hawley and Express Kitchens. He is in the process of starting a part-time bookkeeping business. Financial Resources Group provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm follows a value-oriented investment style using multi-asset portfolios and offers discretionary portfolio management along with a wrap fee program.

Richard Rake is a CFP® with 48 years of industry experience, currently serving at Financial Resources Group, LLC since 2018. His prior experience includes roles at Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation and Independent Advisers Group Corp. He is also the owner of Insurvest Group, which markets insurance and annuity products. Financial Resources Group provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach using multi-asset portfolios and offers discretionary management through various programs, including a wrap fee option.

Mark Pappa is a financial advisor with Financial Resources Group, LLC in Glastonbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 22 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Lincoln Financial Securities and a long-standing sales position with The Energy Authority. Outside of advising, he is involved in developing a social media app as president and board member of SpatsApp, Inc., and operates Facts Report, LLC, a website focused on combating fake news. Financial Resources Group provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach combining growth and value stock selection with diversified multi-asset portfolios, and it offers discretionary management, a wrap fee program, and oversight of held-away retirement accounts.