Jessica Chambers is a financial advisor at Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc. with six years of industry experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for nine years before joining her current firm in 2021. Chambers holds a Series 66 designation. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company is an integrated broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients through more than 500 advisors. The firm offers a range of services including wrap-fee advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, investment management, brokerage services, insurance products, and M&A advisory services.

Loren Harris is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 22 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Harris serves as an independent driver for Uber Technologies and is a partner in a management consulting LLC associated with his family. Valic Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services through a large network of advisors, utilizing discretionary unified managed accounts and centralized technology platforms.

Meredith Mighty is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, and Hornor Townsend & Kent. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and employs a combined quantitative and qualitative investment approach across a wide range of public and private strategies.

Bernard Salzman is a financial advisor at Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC with 56 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including Morgan Stanley and Raymond James Financial Services. Salzman is also the owner of SMH Capital Group, a non-investment-related support company. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, offering a range of advisory, financial planning, and portfolio management solutions.

Timothy Hathaway is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving at Brown Advisory in Baltimore, MD. He holds a Series 63 license and has been affiliated with Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company since 1995. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a bottom-up fundamental research approach and offers a range of strategies including equity, fixed income, and sustainable-investment portfolios, along with private-fund and venture programs managed with affiliates.

Douglas Mcclean III is a financial advisor at Cerity Partners LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for Maryland Capital Management for 10 years before joining Cerity Partners in 2023. Cerity Partners advises a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, business entities, charitable institutions, and institutional investors, managing approximately $166.2 billion in client assets as of December 2025. The firm offers customized wealth management services focused on client-specific investment profiles and asset allocation, with access to alternative and private market solutions and affiliated businesses that expand in-house service options.

Lois Robinson is a financial advisor at Money Concepts Capital Corp with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 2012. Additionally, she has been associated with Aim since 2011. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a variety of managed programs and portfolio strategies, using fundamental and technical analysis alongside modern portfolio theory to guide asset allocation and account rebalancing.

Kevin Parker Jr. is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior work experience includes roles at MML Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance, Equitable Advisors, and LPL Financial, among others. Outside of finance, he has been involved with Pronghorn Elite Training for three years. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm employs discretionary unified managed accounts through Envestnet’s platform and offers portfolio management and financial planning services via a large network of advisors.

Brian Malone is a financial advisor at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at PNC Private Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Edward Jones, and Ridgeworth Capital Management. Malone is based in Baltimore, MD. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management primarily to individual investors and households. The firm uses model allocations invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs, combining goals-based planning, tax-aware rebalancing, and Monte Carlo simulation tools.

Joel Houck is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining HB Wealth in 2025, he worked at WMS Partners, Cicero Capital Partners, and Wells Fargo Securities. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm’s investment process integrates quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private strategies and includes managing registered investment companies and affiliated private funds.

Penelope Spees is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at VALIC Financial Advisors since 2000. She also holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been an agent at Agia since 2022, involved in non-securities insurance products. VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors and utilizes centralized technology and model solutions to support its extensive client base.

William Andrews Jr. is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Stifel for 20 years. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm operates within a vertically integrated structure and offers a range of advisory services including customized portfolio management and donor-advised fund advisory.

Lauren Kobel is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott and holds a Series 66 designation. She has one year of industry experience and previously worked at Bonobos and Nordstrom. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large 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 services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Megan Belliveau is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. She has previously worked at WMS Partners, LLC, and is actively involved as a high school football official with the Maryland Board of Football Officials. Outside of finance, she participates in football-related roles including game day assistance and chain crew duties for various football organizations and serves as a consultant for a cleaning company. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers wealth management, financial planning, and OCIO services, employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across public and private investment strategies.

Matthew Klatsky is a financial advisor at &PARTNERS with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing and Morgan Stanley. Klatsky is the managing member of an LLC created to own shares in &PARTNERS’ holding company. &PARTNERS serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing investment management, financial and tax planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis along with proprietary and third-party strategies to manage accounts on both discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Alexander Price is a CFP® professional at HB Wealth with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at WMS Partners, LLC, and The Financial Consulate. Outside of finance, he has experience working at Fox Hollow Golf Course and Towson University. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combined quantitative and qualitative investment process across a range of public and private strategies and offers outsourced chief investment officer and institutional advisory services.

Thomas Lawson is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently advising at Creative Planning since 2026. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at PNC Investments for two years and The Vanguard Group for nine years. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by selective private market exposure and tax-efficient investing.

Kristin Huber is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Towson, MD. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has recently begun her career in the industry. Prior to entering financial services, she worked for over a decade at Advance Business Systems. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and managing approximately $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, third-party asset manager access, and custody and clearing services.

Cindy Pepple is a financial advisor at William Blair with 28 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. She has been with William Blair since 2021. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across equities, fixed income, and alternative strategies, offering proprietary models and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Kyle Cotoia is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms including LPL Financial and WMS Partners. Prior to his advisory career, he held roles at the University of Maryland and Food Lion. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, and family offices. The firm also serves institutional clients and offers OCIO and institutional advisory services, employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a variety of public and private investment strategies.