Leslie Ashley is a financial advisor at William Blair with 32 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at William Blair since 2019, following a 17-year tenure at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across multiple asset classes and provides proprietary models, third-party sub-advisers, and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Lenee Dirzuweit is a financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. Her background includes roles at T Rowe Price, Maryland Capital Management, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets, Legg Mason Wood Walker, and M&T Securities. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services that incorporate both proprietary quantitative methods and access to alternative and private market solutions, supported by a suite of affiliated businesses that provide expanded investment opportunities.

Jordan Vinas is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. He has six years of industry experience and has been affiliated with Bankers Life and its related entities since 2015. His career includes roles at Bankers Life Securities, Inc. and Bankers Life Advisory. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with portfolio management, investment consulting, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored investment strategies and manages client portfolios with periodic reviews and rebalancing.

Gennadiy Todd is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is currently with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC and has previously worked at The Colony Group, Verdence Capital Advisors, and Buttonwood Financial Advisors. Before entering financial services, he was involved with Towson University and operated Fashion Your Way for five years. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs an investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework, utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis, trend-following, and options overlay strategies.

Brian Rubin is a financial advisor with Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Benjamin F. Edwards since 2013, following prior roles at Wells Fargo Clearing and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a personal representative for an estate in Lutherville, MD. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through over 500 advisors. The firm provides a range of managed solutions, including proprietary and third-party investment strategies, financial planning, retirement consulting, and brokerage services.

Dwayne Hiltner is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Brookstone since 2016. Outside of his advisory work, he is a member of the LLC that owns Sam's Italian Restaurant in Baltimore, though he is not involved in its operations. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, charitable organizations, other RIAs, sovereign wealth funds, and banking institutions.

Benjamin Kujawa is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked with Eagle Strategies and its affiliated firms since 2012. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations across multiple program types and manages a significant portion of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Charles Woodbury is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 41 years of industry experience, including over a decade at Guardian Life. Woodbury is active in his community through leadership roles at Towson United Methodist Church, including serving on the Stewardship Committee and chairing the Planned Giving Committee. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Life, provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a combination of advisor-led discretionary management and model-based strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms, with tailored client relationships supported by a broad range of financial planning and consulting solutions.

Kirsten Sandberg is a financial advisor at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. Her background includes roles at Fisher Investments, JPMorgan, Merrill, and PNC Bank. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Mercer Global Advisors serves individuals, families, small business owners, plan sponsors, foundations, non-profits, and endowments, offering investment advisory, financial, tax, retirement, and estate planning services. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory and focuses on globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios implemented through low-cost ETFs, index funds, separate account managers, and other vehicles.

Michele Beernink is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory in Towson, MD, holding a Series 65 credential and bringing 16 years of industry experience. Her career includes roles at Verdence Capital Advisors, Private Advisor Group, and LPL Financial. She also serves as Director of Private Wealth Services at Capital Financial Partners, LLC. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan design, and investment advice supported by due diligence, serving a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Peter Delibro Jr. is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He has been with T. Rowe Price Investment Services in various capacities since 2008. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. offers retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily to individual investors and households, utilizing proprietary mutual funds and ETFs. The firm provides goal-based planning supported by technology and employs tax-aware portfolio management within a structured retirement advisory program.

Frederic Bryant IV is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Towson, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, he operates two farms as a sole proprietor. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Andrew Chudy is a financial advisor with Cerity Partners LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He worked at Maryland Capital Management for 13 years before joining Cerity Partners in 2023. Cerity Partners advises a diverse range of clients including individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services that integrate proprietary quantitative methods with third-party strategies and direct security selection, and provides access to alternative and private market solutions for qualified clients.

Antonio Ristaino is a financial advisor with United Planners Financial Services of America, holding the CFP® designation and Series 63 license. He has 43 years of industry experience and has been with United Planners since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner of Ristaino Marketing, a marketing company, and serves as an instructor and owner of Federal Training Corporation, which provides teaching and coaching services. United Planners Financial Services is a national wealth-management enterprise serving individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and institutional clients. The firm offers advisory and brokerage services through independent Investment Adviser Representatives and utilizes a mix of custodians and third-party managers to implement investment and cash-management solutions.

Dorothy Sawyer is a financial advisor at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. with 31 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with T. Rowe Price since 2011. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides a retirement-focused advisory service combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management primarily for individual investors and households. The firm uses model portfolios invested in proprietary mutual funds and ETFs, employing tax-aware rebalancing and Monte Carlo simulations to support planning and account management.

Robert Norman is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group based in Baltimore, MD. He holds a Series 66 designation and has six years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at GWFS Equities, Advised Assets Group, Bank of America, Merrill, and Freedom Mortgage. Norman has also served with the Maryland State Athletic Commission since 2018. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and savings rates through integrated services connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

Thomas Brown is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Advisor Group and LPL Financial since 2012 and has been involved with Joseph Klein Associates, LLC since 1983, where he is active in insurance transactions and financial planning. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model that integrates client goals and risk tolerances with both proprietary and third-party investment strategies.

Michael Cheleuitte is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for nine years. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

David Hodnett is a financial advisor at Carson Wealth with Series 65 credentials and two years of industry experience. He previously worked at Brown Advisory for ten years and has held roles at UPD Consulting and Jacob William Advisory. Outside of his advisory work, he serves on the boards of the Forest Hill Swim and Tennis Club and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Alumni Association. Carson Wealth is an SEC-registered enterprise platform managing approximately $50.6 billion through a network of more than 650 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan management, supported by an Investment Committee that constructs and monitors model portfolios using both fundamental and technical inputs.

Mitchell Whiteman is a financial advisor at William Blair with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with William Blair since 2019 and previously worked at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC for 15 years. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs active, research-driven management strategies across various asset classes and provides clients access to proprietary models, third-party sub-managers, and private investment opportunities.