Brooke Weise is a CFP® professional operating Weise Financial Wellness, an independent advisory firm in Middlebury, CT, with five years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Ellevest, LPL Financial LLC, and Avantax Advisory Services. Outside of financial advising, she has managed two LLCs related to holiday décor and tree services. Weise Financial Wellness is a fee-only firm that provides comprehensive financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients without managing or custodying assets. The firm focuses on holistic, goals-driven planning and offers periodic reviews while coordinating with third-party professionals as needed.

Stephen Lupkas is a CFP® professional with over 31 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has operated MyFinancialPro, LLC since 2005, providing advisory services from Shelton, CT. MyFinancialPro offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, families, and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a long-term, strategic asset allocation approach enhanced by proprietary quantitative and algorithmic analysis, managing a focused client base with an institutional platform for research and operational support.

Sean Sullivan is a financial advisor at Thrivealike LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Lifeworks Advisors, Arete Wealth Management, National Securities Corp, and Voya Financial Advisors. Sullivan is also an independent insurance agent. Thrivealike LLC is an independent, solo registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, 401(k) plan management, and tiered financial planning subscription services. The firm employs a diverse investment approach incorporating fundamental, quantitative, technical, and cyclical analyses, with recommendations that include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and insurance products.

Jonathan Stephens is a financial advisor at New Line Capital, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Stires, O'Donnell and Co., Inc. since 1998. New Line Capital provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, as well as businesses and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm offers customized advice based on a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.

Paul Schatz is a financial advisor at Heritage Capital, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Heritage Capital since 2003. Heritage Capital advises individuals, retirement plans, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an active, risk-managed investment approach using proprietary asset-management programs based on momentum, trend-following, and mean-reversion models, with portfolio allocations typically including mutual funds, ETFs, and variable annuity sub-accounts.

Robert Dunbar is a financial advisor at Dunbar Associates, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services and Massmutual Life Insurance Co. outside of his advisory role, he is involved as a managing partner in real estate development and aggregate sales through Turkey Roost Development and Quarry Ridge Development. Dunbar Associates, LLC provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term investment approach, managing both discretionary and a significant amount of non-discretionary client-directed assets.

Keith Cuomo is a financial advisor at Dunbar Associates, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Quint Capital Corporation, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Guardian Life. Dunbar Associates provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental and technical analysis with a long-term orientation, while maintaining ongoing personal contact to align portfolios with clients’ goals and risk tolerance.

Benjamin Edmund is a financial advisor at Pasnau Investment Management, Inc. with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Pasnau Investment Management since 2023. Prior to this, he was involved with 1610 Capital, a firm focused on short-term equities trading for its own capital, and he operates Cronk Studios, a web design agency specializing in building online stores for small businesses on Shopify. Pasnau Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and individualized investment advice to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $129 million in discretionary assets. The firm develops investment strategies through client-specific consultations and employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside buy-and-hold and asset-allocation approaches.

Christopher Angle is a financial advisor with Heritage Capital, LLC in Redding, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Heritage Capital since 2015 and has worked in asset and risk management since 2005. Outside of his advisory role, he operates a book publishing business and teaches judo to children and adults. Heritage Capital advises individuals, retirement plans, business entities, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs an active, risk-managed investment approach using proprietary models focused on momentum, trend-following, and mean-reversion to reposition assets rather than follow a buy-and-hold strategy.

John Witek is a financial advisor at Sladek & Witek, LLP with 24 years of industry experience. He is a Series 65 credential holder and has been a partner at Sladek & Witek since 1994. In addition to his advisory role, he is a partner in a CPA firm operating under the same name and address. Sladek & Witek, LLP is a fee-only advisory and accounting firm serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines financial planning and investment management with traditional tax preparation and accounting services, emphasizing asset allocation and a disciplined mutual-fund and ETF approach.

Frederick Busk III is a financial advisor at Netherby Advisors LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Netherby Advisors since 2008. Netherby Advisors serves individuals, families, trusts, foundations, endowments, plan sponsors, and institutional sub-advisory clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, fiduciary co-trustee services, and consultative business and strategy advice. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes modern portfolio theory with a core-and-satellite framework featuring global diversification and low-cost, semi-passive core holdings supplemented by satellite exposures.

Noah Schwartz is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently with Magnolia Private Wealth, LLC and has previous work history at Sterne Agee Investment Advisor Services, Inc., Sterne Agee Financial Services, Inc., and Wrp Investments, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member of Yankee Advisor Network, an insurance agency, where he is involved in administrative duties. Magnolia Private Wealth is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides customized financial planning and portfolio management, utilizing fundamental and technical analysis, and offers access to private fund investments for qualified clients.

Paul Harrigan is a financial advisor at Wharton Midmarket Investment Advisors Inc with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked with Wharton Midmarket Securities, Inc. since 2013, Independent Investment Bankers Corp. since 2012, and Wharton Midmarket Advisors LLC since 2001. Outside of advisory work, he owns and operates a management consulting business, Wharton Midmarket Advisors, LLC. Wharton MidMarket Investment Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory, portfolio management, and financial planning services primarily to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes customized, primarily non-discretionary investment management based on long-term fundamental analysis and also offers an Ambassador wrap program administered by Raymond James.

Joan Guccione is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience. She is currently with Value Investment Professionals, LLC, where she has worked since 2023 following a 19-year tenure at Fleetwood Asset Management Ltd. Value Investment Professionals, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and ERISA retirement-plan advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $246.7 million and employs an investment approach that combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory to construct IPS-driven portfolios.

Joseph Sladek is a partner at Sladek & Witek, LLP, with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with the firm since 1994 and is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant, practicing full time in the affiliated CPA firm under the same name. Sladek & Witek, LLP is a fee-only advisory and accounting firm that provides financial planning, investment management, and traditional tax preparation services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines advisory services with an accounting practice, serving primarily non-high-net-worth clients through a disciplined investment approach and personalized service.

Michele Dunbar is a financial advisor at Dunbar Associates, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at LPL Financial and Mass Mutual Investors Services, among other firms. Michele is based in Monroe, CT. Dunbar Associates provides wealth management, financial planning, and investment management services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs both fundamental and technical analysis with a predominantly long-term investment approach while maintaining flexibility for client-specific needs.

Kevin Kennedy is the sole advisor at Kennedy Wealth & Tax Management, LLC in Southbury, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Kennedy Wealth & Tax Management since 2014 and has also been associated with Kennedy & Company, P.C. since 1995. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of the Pomperang Office Park Condominium Association. Kennedy Wealth & Tax Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and employer retirement plans, providing discretionary asset management, comprehensive portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm integrates tax preparation and corporate-structure advice through its affiliation with a related CPA firm and employs an efficient-markets investment approach with portfolios reviewed at least semiannually.

William Pasnau is the principal advisor at PASNAU Investment Management, Inc. in New Milford, CT, with 26 years of industry experience. He has led PASNAU Investment Management since 1999. PASNAU Investment Management, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and individualized investment advice to both individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $129 million in discretionary assets. The firm develops client-specific investment strategies using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and employs buy-and-hold and asset-allocation approaches.

Kyle Matson is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Matson Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2020 and previously spent six years at Harrison and Star. Matson Financial Advisors provides financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm focuses on a comprehensive planning process and collaborative, plan-driven portfolio construction, offering investment advice combined with retirement, tax, estate, insurance, and education planning.

Michael Perri is a financial advisor with Thrive Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Equitable, LPL Financial, Fidelity Investments, TD Ameritrade, Merrill, and Wells Fargo Clearing. Thrive Capital Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, and charitable organizations, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, seminars, and access to private placements. The firm uses diversified model portfolios with fundamental analysis and incorporates third-party sub-advisors to tailor strategies and enhance diversification.