Ryan Streilein is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with West Financial Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2018. Prior to joining WFS, he held roles at MUFG Investor Services and Guggenheim Investments. West Financial Services, Inc. is a fee-only investment adviser that provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $2.8 billion and employs a diversified, client-specific asset allocation approach with a core-and-satellite equity strategy and laddered fixed-income allocations.

Lori Gulin is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 11 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Atwood Financial Planning LLC since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she owns Fearless Finance, LLC, a company she founded to develop budgeting software and an accompanying app. Atwood Financial Planning serves individuals, small businesses, trusts, estates, and charities, providing comprehensive financial planning and non-discretionary investment support. The firm emphasizes low-cost index funds and ETFs, a buy-and-hold investment approach, and personalized risk assessment through advisor-client discussions.

Veronica Fuentes is a CFP® and ChFC® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She joined Audible Wealth Management in 2024 after spending 13 years with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory role, she is also active as a life insurance agent. Audible Wealth Management serves individual clients, including high-net-worth households, business development clients, and retirement plans, offering financial planning and portfolio management. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and provides unique services such as educational seminars, bill-pay services, and a wrap-fee program.

Colin Gerrety is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with 11 years of industry experience. He has been with Glassman Wealth Services, LLC since 2015. Glassman Wealth Services serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm’s investment approach includes diversified portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with a focus on aligning portfolios to client objectives and incorporating non-managed assets into reporting and advice.

Rodrigo Huerta is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience, currently with West Financial Services, Inc. He joined West Financial Services following a year at Aegis Wealth Management LLC and has been with West Financial Services since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Huerta is President and Co-Owner of Water’s Edge Group, a real estate management business. West Financial Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered, fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages approximately $2.8 billion using a diversified, client-specific asset allocation approach that includes core-and-satellite equity strategies and laddered fixed-income allocations.

Austin Edmunds is a financial advisor with TritonPoint Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining TritonPoint, he worked at First Command Insurance Services and First Command Brokerage Services. He serves as Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Fairfax, managing the club’s financial activities and charitable foundation. TritonPoint Wealth, LLC provides financial planning, discretionary investment and wealth management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm uses a long-term asset allocation approach based on modern portfolio theory and employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis alongside model and core-satellite strategies.

Barbara Frank is a financial advisor with Chesapeake Investment Management LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Chesapeake since 2010 and previously spent time at Piedmont Investment Advisors and Lara, Shull & May. Outside of her advisory role, she is the proprietor of Mount Zion Farm LLC, involved in farming and grazing materials activities. Chesapeake Investment Management provides fee-based asset management and consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, not-for-profit associations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs individualized discretionary portfolio management with portfolios concentrated in individual equity and fixed-income securities, maintaining a low turnover approach.

Arian Vojdani is a financial advisor at Mv Capital Management, Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has been with Mv Capital Management since 2012. Mv Capital Management, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional entities such as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting, with an investment process focused on customized asset allocation, security selection, and periodic monitoring by an Investment Committee and in-house research.

Mary Kolesar is a financial advisor at Promethium Advisors LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Promethium, she held roles at Focus Catholic for four years and had academic and government-related positions including at Harvard University and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Promethium Advisors provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals—including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients—as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs diversified investment approaches that combine passive and active strategies, alternatives, and tactical asset allocation, and it offers continuous portfolio monitoring and oversight of Independent Managers.

Jonathan Browning is a financial advisor with Acorn Financial Advisory Services, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Acorn since 2017 and has prior experience at VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. and Great Point Capital, LLC. Acorn Financial Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered, fee-only investment adviser managing approximately $1.4 billion in assets. The firm offers personalized financial planning and portfolio management to a diverse client base, utilizing globally diversified portfolios and a variety of investment strategies, including subadvisory services and tactical tools.

Scott Beck is a financial advisor with Chesapeake Investment Management LLC in McLean, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Chesapeake Investment Management since 2002. In addition to his advisory role, Beck serves as a principal at Washington Financial Planners, LLC, a financial planning company separate from his investment advisory work. Chesapeake Investment Management provides fee-based asset management and consulting services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes individualized, discretionary portfolio management focused on individual equity and fixed-income securities, with a client onboarding process that includes in-depth interviews and ongoing portfolio review.

Paul Harney is a financial advisor at CJM Wealth Advisers, Ltd. in Falls Church, VA, holding a Series 66 designation with 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Kaplan Financial Group, LLC and Mason Investment Adv Svcs. CJM Wealth Advisers, Ltd. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and variable annuity management to individual and institutional clients. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis in portfolio construction, offers a wrap-fee program, and operates a multi-office structure with distinctive policies on cryptocurrency and AI tool use.

David Poch is a financial advisor at Promethium with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Promethium, he worked at Challenger Performance Optimization, Inc. for five years and spent four years at Miami University. Promethium Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, including both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active strategies, alternatives, options strategies, tactical asset allocation, and cash management tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Daniel Trosch is a CFA® charterholder with 25 years of industry experience. He is currently with West Financial Services, Inc., where he has worked since 2018, including prior experience at Untied Brokerage Services from 2016 to 2018. West Financial Services, Inc. is a fee-only investment adviser managing approximately $2.8 billion for individual, retirement plan, charitable, and corporate clients. The firm employs a diversified, client-specific asset allocation strategy with a focus on long-term investment, utilizing a core-and-satellite equity approach alongside laddered fixed-income allocations and tactical adjustments informed by quantitative and qualitative research.

Lindsay Shetterly is a financial advisor at Glassman Wealth Services, LLC with 22 years of industry experience and a Series 65 credential. She has been with Glassman Wealth Services since 2014 and previously worked at Highline Wealth Management, Convergent Wealth Advisors, and Lydian Wealth Management Company. Glassman Wealth Services provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a diversified investment approach, including allocations to mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with distinct practices such as the routine use of Dimensional Fund Advisors funds and formal AI governance for advisory use.

Erick Egender is a financial advisor at The Ithaka Group, LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Cedar Partners, Ltd for 16 years before joining The Ithaka Group in 2025. The Ithaka Group, LLC provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and SEC-registered investment companies. The firm employs a concentrated growth management style focused on US and International Large Cap Growth portfolios, emphasizing fundamental research and low turnover.

Andrew Bellamah is a financial advisor with BNB Wealth Management, LLC in Silver Spring, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and having 34 years of industry experience. He is the owner of BNB Wealth Management and is involved in multiple commercial real estate management and leasing ventures across Florida and Maryland. BNB Wealth Management is a privately owned, SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, small businesses, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm manages diversified portfolios primarily using mutual funds and provides financial planning, pension consulting, and participant education services.

Nicole Davis is a financial advisor with Northwest Financial Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. She has been with Northwest Financial Advisors LLC, Northwest Financial Group LLC, and LPL Financial for over a decade in various roles. Northwest Financial Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a long-term, asset-allocation-driven investment approach, tailoring portfolios based on client time horizons, risk tolerance, and objectives, while utilizing LPL Financial custodial programs and an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer program to support portfolio oversight and manager due diligence.

Eliot Bares is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving at McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. He has held roles at Gold Friday LTD and Chequers Financial Management, LLC and is an investor in a packaging business and a trading fund, though he does not participate in their management. McGlone Suttner Wealth Management provides discretionary asset management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, qualified retirement plans, and businesses, managing approximately $1.0 billion in assets using customized model portfolios and active trading strategies.

John Lienert is a CFP® at OLIO Financial Planning in McLean, VA, with approximately one year of industry experience. Prior to joining OLIO, he spent three years at SignatureFD and has held positions in diverse fields including healthcare and education. OLIO Financial Planning serves individual clients across a broad range of wealth levels, as well as retirement plans, nonprofits, and corporations, managing about $600 million. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis to implement a primarily buy-and-hold investment approach and offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management with a distinctive fee structure that includes project-based and hourly fees rather than traditional asset-based fees.