William Levesque is a financial advisor at Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Fleet Fleet, JackRabbit, Bank of The West - BNP Paribas, and ISTEC Business School. Transatlantique Private Wealth serves primarily high-net-worth individuals and similar private entities, managing about $879 million in regulatory assets across roughly 400 client relationships. The firm focuses on discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and asset allocation advice with an emphasis on cross-border needs, leveraging proprietary modeling and affiliated European research teams.

Chris Heintz is a financial advisor at Perennial with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Perennial Advisors LLC since 2013. Perennial serves individual clients, family offices, trusts, estates, small businesses, and other organizations, providing wealth advisory, financial planning, and portfolio management. The firm employs a customized, tax-aware investment process that includes fundamental research, diversification, rebalancing, and the use of derivatives and borrowing within separately managed accounts.

Candy Batista is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with eight years at the firm and a total of four years in the industry. Her prior experience includes roles at Marsh & McLennan and the Westbury School District. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a team-based advisory model. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs diversified, tailored portfolios with a range of risk management and trading strategies.

Thomas Healy III is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with 11 years at the firm and four years of industry experience. The firm provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. United Asset Strategies manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and operates through a team-based advisory model emphasizing diversified, tailored portfolios and active risk management strategies.

Lee Korn is a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Morgan Stanley Private Bank, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Korn serves as a board member of the Garden City Jewish Center. Opal Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a planning-centric, customized investment approach that integrates proprietary model portfolios, manager due diligence, and both quantitative and qualitative asset allocation strategies.

Cesar Flotat is a financial advisor at Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Banque Transatlantique, Deloitte, and educational institutions such as IAE Lille and HEI Lille. Outside of advisory roles, he has experience with a company named August Porsche Addiction and extended travel. Transatlantique Private Wealth serves primarily high-net-worth individuals and similar private entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management focused on cross-border needs. The firm emphasizes tailored asset allocation using proprietary modeling and benefits from its operational ties to Banque Transatlantique and the Crédit Mutuel group.

Karen Altfest is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She has been with Altfest Personal Wealth Management since 2009. Altfest Personal Wealth Management serves individual clients across wealth levels, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services, managing portfolios with a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis alongside both long- and short-term strategies. It is also notable for its role as a private fund adviser and sponsor of multiple pooled investment vehicles.

Preston Buhrmaster is a financial advisor at Zoe Financial, Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Everlaw and Aflac, as well as experience with a CPA firm and his own company, JH Buhrmaster CO. Zoe Financial, Inc. operates an online referral service that connects individual and high-net-worth clients to third-party registered investment advisers within its Zoe Advisor Network. The firm also offers the Zoe Wealth Platform, providing reporting and administrative support to participating RIAs, focusing on referrals and platform services rather than direct retail account management.

Jiorden Sanchez is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs for four years before joining United Asset Strategies Inc. in 2020, where he is part of a team of 25 advisors. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model with an investment approach that includes diversified, tailored portfolios and active fixed-income management.

Philip Oppenheimer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with the firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a managing member, analyst, and portfolio manager of Oppvest, LLC, which is the general partner of three investment partnerships. Oppenheimer + Close serves individuals, families, retirement-plan participants, trusts, and accredited investors. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented investment approach focused on exchange-listed domestic and foreign equities, offering discretionary portfolio management, fiduciary advice, and coordinated financial planning.

Thorne Perkin is a financial advisor at Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management Inc. since 2014 and Papamarkou Wellner & Co., Inc. since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and board member of Perkin & Perkin LLC, a start-up developing surgical disinfecting soap. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, serving high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs proprietary analytical modeling and a bottom-up equity research process combined with a multi-manager approach, offering a range of investment strategies and sponsoring private funds such as the PW Portfolio and the PW Nordic Tech Fund.

Gerson Ossers is a CFP® with 12 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cerity Partners LLC since 2026. He previously worked at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC for seven years, along with positions at Source Financial Advisors, Procyon Private Wealth Partners, UBS Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Shufro, Rose & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement accounts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes individualized, long-term portfolio management using equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, and cash equivalents.

Laura Asker is a financial advisor at Empirical Research Partners LLC with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Empirical Research Partners for a total of 18 years, with a five-year hiatus. Empirical Research Partners provides data-driven research and on-request investment advice exclusively to institutional investors such as money managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, and broker-dealers. The firm focuses on quantitative models combining macroeconomic and statistical analysis to support professional investors’ independent decision-making rather than managing assets or executing trades.

Ladyanne Castellanos is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license, with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. She has worked at Ameraudi Asset Management, Inc. since 2024 and previously held positions at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors. Ameraudi Asset Management provides portfolio management and asset-allocation services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and trusts, focusing on exchange-traded funds and combining fundamental, technical, and macroeconomic analysis within both discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Interaudi Bank, serving a diverse client base including many non-U.S. investors.

Emily Liao is a financial advisor with Plum Street Advisors, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at Barclays Capital Inc and Barclays and spent two years at Cornell University. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation, low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware implementation, alongside the use of third-party separately managed accounts and occasional options and margin strategies.

Kenneth Gutwillig is a financial advisor at Financial Decisions, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Financial Decisions since 2016, with prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent. He is also involved in insurance sales and services, including life, accident, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Financial Decisions serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach with a mix of bonds, equities, independent managers, and variable annuity management, operating from multiple offices despite a small advisory team.

Yasmeen Mock is a financial advisor at Kimelman & Baird, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with the firm in various capacities since 2002. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the finance committee of Lifeway Network, providing financial oversight. Kimelman & Baird offers discretionary portfolio management to individuals, families, trusts, charitable and institutional investors, including retirement-plan clients, primarily through separately managed accounts. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with both long- and short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Amelia Weir is a financial advisor at Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at Paradigm Capital Management since 2008 and has been associated with C.L. King & Associates since 2001. She holds the Series 63 designation. Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing discretionary assets primarily for pooled investment vehicles and institutional clients, including pension plans, foundations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach with six principal strategies across separate accounts and commingled vehicles, overseeing approximately $2.2 billion in discretionary assets.

Dennis Lee is a financial advisor at Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at both Wilmington Capital Securities and Trident Partners Ltd., where he currently supervises the municipal bond trading activity. Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy using a range of securities and analysis methods, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

James Elliot is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with ELCO Management Company, LLC in New York, NY, since 1995. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through separately managed accounts and as adviser and general partner to a private pooled vehicle. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and employs options, short selling, and leverage where appropriate.