Molly Welch is a financial advisor at Grimes & Company in Westborough, MA, holding CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentials with four years of industry experience. Before joining Grimes & Company in 2021, she worked at athenahealth for five years. Grimes & Company provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional clients. The firm offers customized investment strategies supported by proprietary research and portfolio management systems and serves other advisers as a sub-advisor, while also providing ERISA and participant-directed retirement plan services.

Sean Moynihan is a financial advisor with The Patriot Financial Group, LLC in Norfolk, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, Securities America, Inc., and LPL Financial, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Moynihan is a national trustee for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and owns a screenwriting business. The Patriot Financial Group offers investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a variety of securities and investment strategies, managing approximately $2.4 billion across 37 advisors.

Sara Shores is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with New England Private Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2006. New England Private Wealth Advisors provides fee-only investment advisory and wealth management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporate entities, and retirement plans. The firm constructs broadly diversified portfolios primarily using ETFs and mutual funds, while also recommending third-party managers and alternative investments for qualified clients.

Jonathan Brandl is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Merrill Lynch and Clear Line Analytics. Main Street Financial Solutions serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs an academic-based, multi-asset class investment approach that emphasizes low-cost passive ETFs alongside active management and alternative investments, while also providing ERISA fiduciary consulting and managing complex institutional and advisor-facing relationships.

Joseph Swirbalus is a financial advisor with Mariner Independent in Wellesley, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His career includes tenure at JP Morgan Securities Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., BGC Financial, Liquidnet, and Tp Icap Global Markets Americas LLC. Mariner Independent serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, insurance solutions, and access to alternative investments through a network of investment adviser representatives utilizing both firm-built model portfolios and customized discretionary portfolios.

Theodore Provo is a financial advisor at The Patriot Financial Group, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at Babson College, Provo Wealth Management, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, Quinsigamond Community College, and St Johns High School. Outside of advising, he serves as a Notary Public. The Patriot Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm constructs customized portfolios using a variety of securities and analytical methods and manages approximately $2.4 billion across 37 advisors.

Donald Gaskell is a financial advisor at Verus Capital Partners, LLC with 43 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and securities licenses Series 63 and Series 66. His prior experience includes roles at Capitol Securities Management and William F. Sullivan Financial Services Inc. Outside of his advisory work, Gaskell is involved with Sullivan Insurance Group, Inc., an agency selling life and disability insurance products. Verus Capital Partners is a fee-based investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and estates. The firm employs a combined fundamental and technical investment approach with strategic asset allocation and offers customized portfolios aligned with client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

Nicole' Keane is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience. She currently works at Dakota Wealth, LLC and was previously with Jonathan D. Pond, LLC for eight years. Dakota Wealth, LLC serves a diverse clientele including individuals, trusts, foundations, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business enterprises. The firm provides wealth management, investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, focusing on customized, primarily long-term portfolios with a range of investment vehicles and active oversight.

Gordon Thomas is a CFP®-certified financial advisor at Grimes & Company with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Grimes & Company since 2021, following roles at MML Investor Services, Baystate Financial, and Fidelity Investments. Grimes & Company provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, pension plans, and government entities. The firm emphasizes customized investment strategies supported by proprietary research and manages a broad range of assets while also serving as a sub-advisor to other investment advisers.

Corey Pomerleau is a CFP® with six years at F L Putnam Investment Management Co. and four years at Boston Private Wealth, totaling ten years of industry experience. He is based in Needham, MA. F L Putnam serves individual investors, families, and institutions including foundations, endowments, and family offices. The firm employs a team-based, customized investment approach using internally managed and third-party strategies across multiple asset classes, with options for sustainable investing and tax-aware rebalancing.

Micheline Dagher is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Foundations Investment Advisors since 2018 and previously spent six years at Kelly Financial Services. Dagher also conducts insurance and annuity sales through her own firm, Dagher Financial. Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC provides financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and registered investment companies. The firm uses a range of analytical approaches and model portfolios, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services through a large network of affiliated representatives.

Cheryl Fortier is a CFP® professional with six years of industry experience. She has worked at Beaumont Financial Advisors, LLC and Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC since 2019 and previously spent eighteen years at BNY Mellon. Beaumont Financial Advisors provides investment management, wealth management, family office services, financial planning, and in-house tax preparation to affluent individuals, families, small businesses, and select institutions. The firm employs a Dominant Benefit Theory of Investing, using a combination of low-cost index funds, ETFs, selective sub-advisors, and alternative investments tailored to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance.

Jennifer Rosenbaum is a financial advisor at F L Putnam Investment Management Co. with seven years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and BNY Mellon. F L Putnam serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, and institutions, providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management alongside financial planning and consulting services. The firm employs a team-based approach with customized strategies across asset classes, incorporating both internally managed and third-party investments.

Gerald Dufault is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 39 years of industry experience. He is currently with The Patriot Financial Group, LLC and has previously worked at Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, Securities America Inc., Bay State Savings Bank, and LPL Financial LLC. He is also the owner of Rollover Advisory Services, LLC, which provides expense management services. The Patriot Financial Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, combining fundamental and technical analysis with a broad range of investment options.

Jeanne Hagar is a financial advisor at OneSeven with 34 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Raymond James Financial and Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors. In addition to her advisory role, she serves as an agent placing term life, long-term care, and disability insurance products. OneSeven provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a primarily long-term investment approach, utilizing diversified portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, and access to alternatives and private placements.

Todd Herman is a financial advisor with Grimes & Company in Westborough, MA, holding CFP®, Series 63, and Series 65 designations and five years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at iCapital, LLC, Kaplan College for Financial Planning, and Siharum Advisors. Grimes & Company provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individual and institutional clients, offering customized investment strategies supported by proprietary research and portfolio management systems. The firm serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, pension plans, and municipal entities.

William Stott is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Marshfield Associates, where he has worked since 1990, totaling 36 years of industry experience. Marshfield Associates is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $8.12 billion for a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, state and municipal government entities, investment companies, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm employs a long-only value investment approach through a concentrated Core Value Equity Strategy and an optional Balanced Strategy that includes fixed income, emphasizing quality and a strict margin-of-safety buy discipline.

Ira Sager is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at Advisors Capital Management, LLC. He previously worked at Optiwealth, LLC dba Optimum Wealth and First Allied Advisory Services, Inc., among other firms. Outside of advising, he teaches financial literacy courses. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, offering discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts and model strategies. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection across fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative methods, managing over $8 billion in assets for nearly 18,000 clients.

Emily Wood is a CFP® with 24 years of industry experience and is currently with Grimes & Company, where she has worked since 2002. She previously worked at NewEdge Securities, LLC from 2009 to 2025. Wood serves as Assistant Treasurer for the New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill and is a steering committee member of the McNulty Women’s Institute for Women’s Leadership. She is also an investment committee member of the Worcester Art Museum. Grimes & Company provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individual and institutional clients, including trusts, pension plans, and government entities. The firm employs customized investment strategies supported by proprietary research and portfolio management systems, serving a diverse client base with a range of investment and financial planning services.

John Williams is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 42 years of industry experience. He is currently with ValMark Advisers, Inc. and has a longstanding role at Capital Formation Group, Inc., which he owns and operates, marketing financial services to the public. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, plan sponsors, and institutional clients through a network of approximately 280 representatives. The firm offers diversified, goal-based portfolios primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and approved third-party managers, along with proprietary platforms and a range of advisory and sub-advisory services.