Donald Adam is a CFA® charterholder affiliated with TIAA-CREF in Baltimore, MD. He has been with TIAA since 2011 and with TIAA-CREF since 2025, holding a Series 63 license. Adam serves on the investment committee of Archbishop Curley High School, acting as a liaison between the school board and the endowment’s investment manager. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals with existing relationships through TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios.

Grant Palmer III is a financial advisor at Mariner with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Mariner since 2026. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Waypoint Wealth Management and has been a partner and shareholder at Callan & Palmer LLP, an accounting firm, since 1988, where he devotes part of his time to CPA practice. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, and coordinated tax services. The firm employs customized discretionary portfolios supported by in-house research and third-party managers, with notable integration of tax and accounting capabilities uncommon for a firm of its size.

Lane Jerdal is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving at Valic Financial Advisors since 2017. He previously worked at Keel Point and Keel Point Capital, LLC from 2008 to 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he is also an agent for non-securities insurance products with Agia. 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, consulting, and brokerage services through its broker-dealer operations.

Andrew Jerdal is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Linthicum Heights, MD. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2000 and also has a role as an agent with Agia. Outside of his advisory work, he holds a minority ownership interest in a restaurant partnership. 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, wrap programs, financial planning, consulting, and brokerage services through its broker-dealer operations.

Jeffrey Hill is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at HB Wealth Management, LLC since 2025 and was previously with Wms Partners LLC for 11 years. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser providing wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management aligned with clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, combining quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a range of public and private investment strategies.

Chad Norfolk is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at HB Wealth Management, LLC. He previously worked for 11 years at WMS Partners, LLC. Norfolk holds the Series 66 license and is based in Towson, MD. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser offering wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm employs a combined quantitative and qualitative investment process across a range of public and private strategies and provides outsourced chief investment officer and institutional advisory services.

Geoffrey Carey is a CFA® charterholder with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company since 2001. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse range of clients, including high net worth individuals, endowments, foundations, pension plans, and corporations. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental research approach to construct concentrated portfolios and offers a variety of strategies, including sustainable-investment integration and access to private funds and venture programs.

Emilio Egea is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He has worked at HB Wealth (formerly WMS Partners, LLC) for four years and spent one year at Circle Wealth Management, LLC. Prior to his advisory career, he was affiliated with Loyola University for five years. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm combines quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a range of public and private investment strategies and offers both discretionary portfolio management and institutional advisory services.

Daniel Mento is a CFA® charterholder currently with HB Wealth, where he has worked since 2025, bringing a total of five years of industry experience. Prior to joining HB Wealth, he held roles at WMS Partners, LLC and Pinnacle Advisory Group. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers wealth and investment management as well as financial planning, utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a diverse range of public and private investment strategies.

Brian Rosenbaum is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory who holds the CFP® designation and has 27 years of industry experience. He previously worked for Hornor Townsend and Kent, Inc. and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for 19 years. He is also President and CEO of Vero Advisory, an insurance and wealth advisory firm in transition from its current operating name. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and advisor-managed accounts. The firm serves a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds, with a broad range of third-party and proprietary investment platforms.

Michael Thompson is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at various Truist-related entities since 2011, including BB&T Bank and BB&T Investments. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation analysis, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program, utilizing a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary approaches supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Jeffrey Smith is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He has worked exclusively with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2016. 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, estates, and institutional clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, advisory programs, and professional asset management through both in-house and third-party portfolio managers.

William Peck is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Janney Montgomery Scott since 2018, including prior experience at Tufton Capital Management LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Peck serves on the investment committee at Pickersgill Retirement Community and holds board and audit committee positions with nonprofit organizations. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients through a variety of brokerage, advisory, and managed account programs.

Marion Barkley is a Series 66-registered financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Pasadena, MD. She has over 19 years of industry experience, including a lengthy tenure at Wells Fargo from 2005 to 2024. Barkley joined Empower Advisory Group and Empower Financial Services, Inc. in 2026. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary and third-party methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and utilizes an integrated model tied to Empower’s administrative platforms.

Joseph Walsh is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, where he has worked since 2014. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 registrations. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides the Retirement Advisory Service for individual investors and households focused on retirement goals, combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management using model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs.

Daniel Middelton is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked with T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. since 2006. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides a retirement-focused advisory service combining nondiscretionary financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management using T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm serves individual investors and households primarily through a digital platform with financial advisor support, employing model allocations and tax-aware portfolio management.

Amelia Huppert is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. She previously worked at WMS Partners, LLC, Helion Technologies, and AALS, among other roles. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, and family offices, as well as institutional clients and investment companies. The firm provides wealth and investment management, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer services, combining quantitative and qualitative research across public and private strategies.

Leslie Ashley is a financial advisor at William Blair with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at William Blair since 2019, following a 17-year tenure at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and provides proprietary models, third-party sub-advisers, and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Lenee Dirzuweit is a financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. Her background includes roles at T Rowe Price, Maryland Capital Management, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets, Legg Mason Wood Walker, and M&T Securities. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services that incorporate both proprietary quantitative methods and access to alternative and private market solutions, supported by a suite of affiliated businesses that provide expanded investment opportunities.

Jordan Vinas is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. He has six years of industry experience and has been affiliated with Bankers Life and its related entities since 2015. His career includes roles at Bankers Life Securities, Inc. and Bankers Life Advisory. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored investment strategies and manages client portfolios with periodic reviews and rebalancing.