Jean Peguero is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at GWFS Equities, Inc. and several other companies before joining Empower Advisory Group. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and client savings rates through integrated services tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Michelle Guarino is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Connectus Wealth Advisers, NEIRG Wealth Management, LLC, New England Investment & Retirement Group, Inc., and BNY Mellon. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach under an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, external managers, and private funds.

Paul Garozzo is a CFP® professional with experience at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC since 2026. He previously worked at Ouellette Wealth Advisory, LLC and BNY Mellon Wealth Management, with earlier roles at BNY Mellon and Lasell University. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that integrates active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, offering a range of financial planning, investment management, and specialized consulting services.

Robert Trudo is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Lawrence, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and 29 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and also serves as an agent with Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Additionally, he is the owner of The Lake Mush LLC, an inactive entity with no current operations. Valic Financial Advisors 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, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and overseeing approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets.

Tracy St Onge is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, INC. and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. She has 10 years of industry experience and has worked at Infinex Investments, Inc. and Pentucket Financial Services since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a volunteer board member for the Liz Murphy Open Hand Pantry, a local nonprofit food pantry. OSAIC Institutions, INC. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm provides customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments, operating a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure with a significant non-discretionary asset base.

John Pagliuca is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with three years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with TIAA-CREF and its predecessor firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the boards and finance committees of multiple assisted living and nursing care organizations operated by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirmed. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while employing a fiduciary standard in its RIA services.

Drew Hefflefinger is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and Acorn Financial in Nashua, NH. He has worked as an independent contractor and has experience in fixed insurance sales conducted through Acorn Financial. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors with a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support, while offering advisors discretion to construct client portfolios from diverse securities and insurance products.

Christopher Wilde is a CFA® charterholder with five years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has worked previously at The Colony Group, Connectus Wealth, NEIRG Wealth Management, New England Investment & Retirement Group, and SCS Financial Services. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using a blend of active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds under an enhanced open architecture framework.

Joshua Sanchez is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group and holds a Series 66 designation. He has one year of industry experience, including prior roles at RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Bar Harbor Bank and Trust. Outside of finance, he is the sole proprietor of Tongues Out Hockey Classic, a hockey tournament business that he operates with friends. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as certain retail brokerage clients. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and client savings rates in its financial planning.

Gregory Gonynor is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. in Woburn, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and seven years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Santander Securities, LLC, Santander Bank, NA, and NYLIFE Securities LLC. Citizens Securities serves individual and high-net-worth investors as well as individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory approach includes a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, operating within a combined bank, broker-dealer, and advisory structure.

Daniel Grossman is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2004, with a period at Acorn Financial, LLC, and Financial Strategies Retirement Partners. Outside of his advisory work, Grossman provides life coaching services through Affinity Coaching. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers various advisory programs and support services, including model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team, and provides operations, trading, technology, and compliance support to affiliated advisors.

Jason Hevey is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and Raymond James Financial Services. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as CEO of Marathon Wealth Management, a firm focused on holistic wealth planning including investment, insurance, estate, and legacy planning. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory and financial planning services.

Jharid Pratt is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with three years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Granite Peak Associates since 2012, where he also practices as a CPA. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services, employing a long-term investment approach with customized portfolios that include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Kacey Smith is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Londonderry, NH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 1999. Outside of her advisory role, she is involved in fixed insurance sales through Lexington Financial Group. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients by providing a range of advisory programs, technology, investment management, and compliance services. The firm offers various portfolio management options, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing, and operates as a platform provider with a substantial clearing and custody relationship with National Financial Services LLC.

Eric Vacca is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 10 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF and its related entity, TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, since 2016. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time financial planning and ongoing discretionary management, employing model portfolios or customized portfolios managed under client-approved investment policies.

Kyle Anderson is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC. He has previously worked with AXA Advisors, LLC and holds roles with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company alongside his current position. Anderson is a board member and treasurer of the New England Masters Skiing Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through a broad advisory platform that includes third-party asset managers and both discretionary and non-discretionary account options. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer, offering a combination of investment advice, custody, execution, and brokerage services.

Jonas Brier is a CFP® with 19 years of industry experience and holds a Series 63 designation. He is currently affiliated with Empower Advisory Group and has spent the past 10 years with Gwfs Equities, Inc. in Groton, MA. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management mainly to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and integrates closely with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Willie Ramirez is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Lawrence, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Gwfs Equities, Inc. since 2010. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering integrated services tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing within plan lineups selected by plan sponsors.

Nathaniel Clark is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. in Nashua, NH, holding a Series 66 credential and with three years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Securities LLC, Athas Capital Group, and several companies in the mortgage and real estate sectors. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and retirement plans, offering both investment advisory programs and brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program utilizing proprietary algorithms and a managed account program, alongside commission-based brokerage and other non-discretionary services.

Kevin Henderson is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license, with seven years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC and previously worked at The Financial Advisors, LLC and Woodside Wealth Management LLC. He also has experience at Raytheon Technologies and Grant Thornton LLP. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes and uses a combination of proprietary asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers.