Mark Giordano is a financial advisor with Ameriprise in Fishkill, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Ameriprise and its affiliated entities since 2007. Outside of his primary role, he serves as an Associate Financial Advisor at VMCK Associates, Inc., providing client service. Ameriprise Financial Services is a large, diversified advisory firm serving individual and institutional clients, offering specialized retirement income planning through its Ameriprise Premier Retirement Income service, which relies on a combination of proprietary research, third-party data, and algorithmic tools to create personalized recommendations.

David Rudolf is a financial advisor at Osaic with over 34 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co since 1989. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of Rudolf Associates Inc, a company that sells group benefits, Medicare plans, and various types of insurance, and owns a blue stone quarry on forestry property where lumber is sold periodically. OSAIC serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients through a large network of affiliated financial advisers, offering integrated brokerage, investment advisory services, and access to third-party money managers and wrap programs. The firm employs asset-allocation tools, efficient-frontier analysis, and automated rebalancing to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance.

Lucas Ward is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and has previously worked at Hudson Valley Credit Union and Chipotle Mexican Grill. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, credit unions, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning and advisory programs, including discretionary and non-discretionary management, model portfolios, and consulting services.

Michael Carminucci is a financial advisor with LPL Financial in Croton Falls, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has operated Carminucci Wealth Management since 2006 and has been affiliated with LPL Financial and its predecessor since 1998. Carminucci is also the author of the book *Gold Plated Retirement, Putting the Gold in the Golden Years* and is involved in a motor vehicle sales and customization business. LPL Financial provides advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plan sponsors, institutions, charities, and high-net-worth households. The firm offers a wide range of investment solutions supported by an in-house Research team and accommodates customized advisory arrangements through a large network of investment adviser representatives.

Sunho Lee is a financial advisor at Salem Asset Management with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Salem Asset Management since 2004. Lee holds a Series 63 designation. Salem Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management services to individual clients, managing approximately $3.7 million in regulatory assets across four client relationships. The firm maintains a small client base, allowing for direct work with a limited number of households and exercises investment discretion with formal policies outlined in its regulatory filings.