John Rathnam is the sole advisor at Rathnam Capital, LLC, an independent firm based in Bluemont, VA. He holds the CFA® designation and Series 65 license, with 21 years of industry experience. Rathnam has led Rathnam Capital since its founding in 2010. Rathnam Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $81 million across about three dozen households. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, utilizing customized asset allocation strategies and third-party sub-advisers to address a range of investment needs.

Uttam Bharwani is the sole advisor at SagePro Wealth Management, an independent firm based in Chantilly, VA. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has nine years of industry experience, including roles at Bharwani Asset Management LLC, Osaic FA, Inc., and Ameriprise. SagePro Wealth Management offers tailored portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations. The firm combines fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to develop personalized investment strategies, employing a variety of tactics such as long- and short-term positions, short sales, margin transactions, and options strategies.

Srinivas Vaidya is a financial advisor at AlphaPlus Wealth Management LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background as a software engineer at Navy Federal Credit Union, where he worked for 18 years. AlphaPlus Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm uses a blend of active and passive investment strategies, incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, separate account managers, and option strategies, guided by both quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Ketan Mehta is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 18 years of experience. He is the sole advisor at Mehta Services Company, an independent registered investment adviser based in Reston, VA, where he has worked since 2008. Mehta Services Company offers investment advisory services, financial planning, and tax preparation primarily to individual clients who meet specific intake criteria. The firm uses Modern Portfolio Theory and portfolio optimization to create customized portfolios with broad-based no-load mutual funds and ETFs, emphasizing limited discretionary authority and quarterly rebalancing.

Eric Norberg is the principal of EAN Equity Financial Services LLC, an independent firm based in Leesburg, VA. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has 11 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he worked at PKS Investment Advisors LLC for one year. In addition to his advisory work, Norberg provides CPA tax preparation and small life insurance sales through his firm. EAN Equity Financial Services offers personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation using both active and passive investment vehicles and fundamental security analysis, and maintains a tax-preparation practice alongside its advisory services.

David Pickei is the sole advisor at Reye Partners Asset Management LLC in Leesburg, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Reye Partners since 2005. Reye Partners Asset Management provides discretionary, separately managed investment management and portfolio consulting services primarily for individual clients and trusts. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth clients, emphasizing portfolio composition, due diligence, diversification, and capital preservation through a manager-of-managers approach.

David Brandolph is the sole advisor at David B. Brandolph, J.D., CFP, an independent firm based in Fairfax, VA. He holds CFP® and Series 65 designations and has 32 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his advisory practice in 1993, he worked for Bloomberg BNA for 39 years. Since 2019, he has also operated a communications consulting business providing writing and editing services for nonprofit organizations. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and families, focusing on a buy-and-hold strategy using diversified, low-expense mutual funds and ETFs. It manages approximately $2.45 million in client assets and emphasizes tailored asset allocation and client selection, often providing one-time or hourly consultations for lower-asset clients.

Hilary Carroll is a CFP® professional with 35 years of industry experience. She has been with Lander & Associates Inc., an independent firm based in Oak Hill, VA, since 2005. Lander & Associates is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation and global diversification, using both active and passive investment vehicles tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and objectives.

Ravikanth Puttagunta is a financial advisor at RR Portfolios, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has managed portfolios since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he owns a shopping complex in India. RR Portfolios, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as other investment advisers. The firm employs a combined investment approach using cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis along with leveraged strategies such as margin and options trading.

Xolani Ndlovu is a financial advisor at DABA Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Old Mutual Limited for twelve years. He has also been involved with the Age of Learning Foundation. DABA Advisors LLC offers online robo-advisory portfolio management and membership subscription services focused on investing in and out of Africa. The firm uses an algorithmic process combined with oversight from advisory personnel to recommend investments across multiple asset classes, including equities, ETFs, fixed income, and digital assets.

Eric Smeby is the principal advisor at EsmeB Inc, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Waterfall Wealth LLC, FTToken Inc, Dash.Fi, and Capital One. He leads multiple ventures related to digital financial platforms. EsmeB Incorporated provides automated investment management and self-directed financial planning tools via its WaterfallWealth.ai platform. The firm serves individual investors and companies seeking rules-based portfolio solutions, delivering services exclusively online using a quantitative, algorithm-driven investment process.

Kevin Bernard is the principal of Pivot Capital Management, LLC, an independent advisory firm. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to founding Pivot Capital Management, he worked with several firms including Avantax Insurance Agency and Solomon Edwards. Outside of his advisory role, Bernard is also a licensed CPA and leads an accounting and consulting firm, in addition to managing a bookkeeping and tax preparation business and serving as a real estate referral agent. Pivot Capital Management provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a tailored approach incorporating technical and fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and various asset classes, including equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, options, structured products, publicly traded REITs, and digital assets.

Bryan Lohr is a financial advisor at Present Value Financial Services LLC with seven years of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. He has been with Present Value Financial Services since 2018 following a period of semi-retirement from 2015 to 2018. Present Value Financial Services serves individual and family clients with financial planning, investment management, tax preparation, and financial education. The firm employs a fiduciary standard, using bottom-up fundamental analysis combined with capital market techniques to construct diversified, tax-aware portfolios and offers fee structures that do not rely on assets under management.

Wan Mccormick is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been the principal of Reliable Alliance Financial since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a business consultant for a family business, dedicating up to 50% of his time monthly to this activity. Reliable Alliance Financial provides financial planning and education to individuals and small businesses through modular engagements, hourly consultations, and educational workshops. The firm’s approach is tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, emphasizing diversified, tax-aware investments without managing client assets or exercising discretionary authority.

Robert Allen is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has been the principal at Allen Investment Management since 2014. Allen Investment Management serves individual investors, foundations, charitable organizations, businesses, and pension/profit-sharing plans by providing discretionary investment supervisory services combined with integrated financial planning. The firm emphasizes a value-oriented, long-term investment approach supplemented by active sector rotation or limited short-term trades and manages roughly $27.1 million in discretionary client assets across approximately 41 client relationships.

Jonathan Winter is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience and is the sole advisor at Continuum Wealth Strategies, LLC, an independent firm based in Reston, VA. He previously worked at Cetera Wealth Services and UBS Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he teaches skiing seasonally at Vail Resorts. Continuum Wealth Strategies serves individual and other clients through wrap investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and ERISA/retirement consulting. The firm offers individualized, discretionary wrap accounts using multiple analysis methods and access to third-party portfolio managers via LPL Financial’s Manager Access Select program.

Bruce Kaserman is the sole advisor at B.G. Kaserman & Associates L.L.C. with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked previously at Portfolio Medics, First Advisors National, and Horter Investment Management. Kaserman is also an independent insurance broker licensed to sell insurance products as well as gold and silver. BGK Financial provides investment advisory and retirement income planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm primarily constructs portfolios using ETFs, bonds, and low-cost mutual funds, employs a long-term fundamental analysis approach with periodic rebalancing, and oversees unaffiliated independent managers through an institutional platform.

Mark Helm is the sole advisor at Helm Financial Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Purcellville, VA. He holds CFP® and Series 65 designations and has 22 years of industry experience, having founded Helm Financial Advisors in 2003. Helm Financial Advisors is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals and families with comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services. The firm emphasizes non-discretionary, tax-aware investment strategies and integrates tax preparation and planning into its ongoing client engagements.

Roger Ma is a CFP® professional affiliated with lifelaidout LLC, bringing two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Capital One and Google. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in public education through seminars and finance-related content production. lifelaidout LLC offers comprehensive and project-based financial planning and investment management services to individual clients and small business owners. The firm emphasizes a passive, asset-allocation approach using diversified portfolios primarily composed of index mutual funds and ETFs, integrating investment recommendations with broader financial planning considerations.

Jonathan Peyton is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Different Investments, LLC, formerly known as Horizon Ridge Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2016. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, USAA Financial Planning Services, Fidelity, and Ameriprise. Outside of advising, he has founded several non-investment-related businesses, including a publishing firm that produces educational content such as books and podcasts. Different Investments, LLC (doing business as C‑Suite Planning) provides discretionary investment management and comprehensive financial planning services for individuals, including executives and entrepreneurs, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business clients. The firm employs a variety of analytical techniques to tailor portfolios and offers specialized planning services such as divorce consulting, exit planning, and special-needs planning.