Kenneth Shapiro is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience and has been associated with Kenneth B. Shapiro & Co., Inc. since 1982. He is based in Hazlet, NJ, and also operates an accounting firm alongside his financial advisory practice. Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc. provides financial planning, investment management, and consulting services primarily to individual clients. The firm integrates tax preparation and accounting services with its advisory offerings and emphasizes risk management by tailoring portfolios to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Mark Guastaferri is a financial advisor at Origin Wealth Advisers with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has worked at several firms, including Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services and Sentinel Solutions. Guastaferri spent a year in extended travel before joining Origin Wealth Advisers, where he has been since 2018. Origin Wealth Advisers serves individual and high-net-worth clients, small businesses, trusts, and retirement accounts, offering comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes tailored investment policies, disciplined manager selection, and incorporates employer equity compensation and small-business planning into its advice.

Xiaoyu Li is a financial advisor at Next GEN Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Next GEN Advisors, Li worked at Meiwu Technology Company Limited and Superior Trading Ltd. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Li is also involved with Cathay Securities Inc., a FINRA-member broker-dealer affiliated with his firm. Next GEN Advisors primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, small businesses, and pension or profit-sharing plans by providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical investment methods and is notable for its affiliation with Cathay Securities, which allows its advisors to offer both advisory services and commissionable brokerage.

Douglas Bycoff is a financial advisor at The Bycoff Group LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Triad Hybrid Solutions, Bank of America, Merrill, and Honeycomb Asset Management. The Bycoff Group LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services primarily to high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, business owners, and institutions. The firm employs an equity-focused, growth-oriented approach with concentrated allocations and offers portfolio management, consulting, and third-party manager evaluation services.

Priya Malani is a financial advisor at Stash Wealth, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Stash Wealth since 2012. Stash Wealth serves individual clients, primarily high-earning professionals, offering a multi-step financial planning process and optional ongoing investment management through the Stash Management Service. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, focusing mainly on passive asset allocation using ETFs and mutual funds, supplemented by active strategies and tax-loss harvesting.

Matthew Mcnelis is a financial advisor with Stage Wealth Management, Inc. in Middletown, NJ, holding a Series 66 credential and bringing 11 years of industry experience. His prior firms include Hornor Townsend & Kent LLC, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and AXA Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is an assistant varsity basketball coach at Red Bank Catholic High School. Stage Wealth Management serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and other business entities with discretionary portfolio management and pension consulting services. The firm integrates fundamental, technical, and charting analyses into tailored investment advice, managing approximately $103 million in discretionary assets across about 200 clients.

Tamir Shabat is a financial advisor at VCP Financial LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with VCP Financial since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, Shabat is a co-founder and managing partner of LIFE 143, LLC, which focuses on life and health insurance sales, as well as Vessel Capital Management, LLC, where he is involved in client portfolio management for private funds. VCP Financial LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to individuals, pension plans, and business entities. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, and manages accounts on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Steven Fishman is a financial advisor at Mint Asset Management LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in Savvy Investor LLC, a marketing consulting firm serving financial firms and newsletter publishers. Mint Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individuals and families, including high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with predominantly rules-based, systematic models, and utilizes derivatives and borrowing strategies that are less common among similar firms.

Jacob Katz is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Katz Family Financial Advisors, LLC in New York, NY. He has two years of industry experience and previously worked at Greenhill & Co. and Rogo. Katz also had a role in the restaurant industry at Café O'Lei Restaurants. Katz Family Financial Advisors provides investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses fundamental analysis and proprietary screening focusing on safety, quality, growth, and value to construct portfolios and offers these services through a fee-based wrap program along with limited financial planning and educational seminars.

Bhimeswararao Grandhi is a CFA® charterholder with 11 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with IndoUsequities LLC and has worked at Citigroup Global Markets INC since 2006. IndoUsequities LLC provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth and accredited individuals, family offices, and pooled investment vehicles, focusing on long/short, hedge-fund-style strategies primarily in the technology, media, and telecom sectors. The firm employs a bottom-up, growth-oriented stock-picking process that includes derivatives and selective short positions to manage risk and pursue absolute returns.

Bonnie Gurry is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with GreenPortfolio Inc. in New York, NY, bringing two years of industry experience. She has been with GreenPortfolio since 2020 and previously worked at Pirque Ventures from 2017 to 2021. GreenPortfolio provides an online climate-scoring tool for publicly traded securities and a software-based referral service connecting individual and high-net-worth clients with third-party investment advisers. The firm operates entirely through interactive websites, using proprietary algorithms to assess companies’ carbon intensity and business practices without offering direct investment recommendations or portfolio management.

Yisha Wang is a CFP® and Series 66 credentialed advisor with nine years of industry experience. She currently works at Taurus Financial and has previously held positions at Goldman Sachs Group, Clearbrook Advisory Inc, and LPL Financial. Wang is a co-founder of Taurus Solution Inc, an accounting and tax preparation business. Taurus Financial serves individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, managing approximately $162 million across about 90 client relationships. The firm uses fundamental, quantitative, and modern portfolio analysis to guide portfolio construction, offering discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside financial planning and pension consulting services.

Maria Garyfallos is a financial advisor at Tepp Wealth Management with a Series 65 credential and three years of industry experience. She has worked at Tepp Wealth Management since 2018 and previously spent 23 years at Pantagis Renaissance. Tepp Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension plans and corporate clients, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting. The firm manages approximately $146 million in assets, utilizing firm-developed model portfolios and a range of investment strategies.

Oscar Casas Jr. is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience and is currently a principal at Tranquility Path Investment Advisors, LLC. He previously worked at Ernst & Young for eight years. Casas also serves as a volunteer treasurer for a local Cub Scouts pack in Monmouth County, NJ. Tranquility Path provides investment consulting, managed-account guidance, and financial planning to a range of clients including individuals, families, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified, passive investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and partners with established sub-advisers such as Dimensional Fund Advisors and Vanguard.

Harvey Kraus is a financial advisor at Walnut Investment Services LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been a principal and managing partner at Walnut since 2001. In addition to his advisory work, he has maintained an accounting and tax preparation practice since 1980. Walnut Investment Services primarily serves individuals and families, as well as small businesses, pension plans, and trusts, offering fee-only investment advisory and financial planning services. The firm’s approach emphasizes fundamental securities analysis and asset allocation, with a focus on long-term holdings supported by regular account monitoring and use of third-party research.

Moses Silver is a financial advisor at Kensington Wealth Management, LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked with Kensington Capital Corp. since 1994. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of Beis Menachem, attending monthly meetings. Kensington Wealth Management, LLC is a newly organized investment adviser that plans to provide discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party asset managers for individuals, high-net-worth clients, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm’s approach involves tailoring portfolios across various asset classes and employing multiple trading strategies while maintaining discretion over third-party manager selection and oversight.

Bernard Schonfeld is a financial advisor at Schonfeld Wealth Management, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Co. Bernard serves on the advisory board of Yeshiva & Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher and is involved in local community financial oversight projects. Schonfeld Wealth Management offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting primarily to businesses and institutional clients. The firm utilizes diversified investment allocations and third-party platforms like Betterment Advisor Solutions and AssetMark to provide customized portfolio solutions and retirement plan services.

Michael Powsner is a CFP® and PFS™ with 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Upstart Wealth Management, LLC since 2014 and was previously associated with Michael Powsner CPA d/b/a Powsner & Thomas CPA's and Michael Powsner, CPA. Upstart Wealth Management provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs discretionary, asset-allocation strategies using model portfolios and various implementation vehicles, including separately managed accounts and derivatives, and manages approximately $294 million across about 89 clients.

Dhvani Udani is a financial advisor at Unique Financial Advisors LLC with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before entering the financial sector, Dhvani worked at Verizon from 2016 to 2024 and is currently engaged in study related to the field. Unique Financial Advisors LLC provides financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, and businesses, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients. The firm primarily employs passive investment management using index funds and ETFs, complemented by fundamental analysis, and integrates tax services through a separate practice operated by its principal.

Anna Christakos is a financial advisor at Westfield Wealth Management, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has a longstanding career that includes ownership of Christakos & Co., PC, a CPA firm specializing in tax preparation, accounting, and bookkeeping since 1988. She is also active in real estate sales as an associate with Century 21. Westfield Wealth Management serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans by offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs tailored asset allocations and a combination of fundamental, cyclical, and technical analysis, emphasizing long-term strategies while maintaining flexibility for short-term trading when appropriate.