Steven Raab is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Fairfield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Valic in 2018, he worked at Mbsc Securities Corporation for 10 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a member and half-owner of 317 Via Tuscany LLC. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet UMA models and operating at a large scale with over 1,200 advisors.

Paul Kiernan is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining CWM, he worked at Gold Family Wealth, LLC and Cruser, Mitchell & Sanchez, LLC. His background also includes roles outside the financial sector, such as work with Lansing Condo Services and Michigan State University. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement-plan solutions, using model portfolios guided by an in-house Investment Committee and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Daniel Ferrara Jr. is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, LLC, holding the Series 63 designation and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Kestra since 2016 and previously worked at Fusion Financial Group for 16 years. Ferrara is the owner and president of Ferrara Financial, an independent financial planning practice. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a range of institutional and individual clients, including plan sponsors and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions.

Ralph Sessa is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 33 years of industry experience, including multiple tenures at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee for a family trust. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue® Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a variety of investment advisory programs.

Raymond Williamson Jr. is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs along with broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles, including in-house research and acting as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Jack Woods is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Commonwealth and Bailey & Beatty Financial Services, LLC in 2024, he studied at the University of Maryland and Bryant University. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Laurie Ham is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. Her career includes roles at LPL Financial, Triad Advisors Inc, and Reby Advisors, LLC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment process combining passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and quantitative and fundamental research.

Joseph Cortese is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Creative Planning in 2016, he worked at Northcoast Asset Management and Quasar Distributors, LLC from 2014 to 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Slacktide Real Estate LLC as a landlord. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by various active and passive techniques, while managing approximately $295.6 billion in assets across more than 1,100 advisors.

Justin King is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Oppenheimer since 2007. Oppenheimer serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm provides advisory and brokerage services with an emphasis on strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and a range of investment products, managing accounts both on discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Brandon Buhay is a financial advisor at CWM, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Gold Family Wealth, Gitterman Wealth Management, Vanderbilt Securities, WBI Investments, and Millington Securities. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm manages accounts primarily on a discretionary basis using model portfolios, blending fundamental and technical analysis with third-party sub-advisors and customization tools, and offers a range of retirement plan services supported by ongoing fiduciary processes.

Michael Ballestrini is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott. He has been with Janney for over a decade, including his current tenure since 2021. 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, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs supported by both in-house portfolio management and third-party managers.

Christopher North is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Creative Planning since 2012. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, foundations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes a financial planning-led investment process with low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supported by a large advisory team and centralized investment infrastructure managing approximately $217 billion in client assets.

Joseph McBride is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His prior work includes two decades at Resnick Investment Advisors and roles at GYL Financial Synergies and The Colony Group. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture that blends fundamental and quantitative analysis, consultant-derived market assumptions, and third-party managers.

James Hunter is a financial advisor at OSAIC Institutions, Inc. with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Fairfield County Bank, MML Investors Services, Inc., and MassMutual. Hunter is also involved in insurance brokerage through Hunter Financial Group. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients by providing customized advisory services, financial planning, and access to alternative investments. The firm operates a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer model and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management through a network of investment adviser representatives.

Paul Beatty is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2002 and also maintains a role at Bailey & Beatty Financial Services, LLC, which he has been involved with since 1995. Outside of advising, he subleases branch office space to a design firm in Danbury, CT. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and back-office support, including portfolio construction flexibility and model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Cassandra Fullilove is a Series 66–licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at Goldman Sachs Wealth Services since 2021, following prior roles at United Capital and Raymond James & Associates. Goldman Sachs Wealth Services advises a diverse client base including individual investors, corporate participants, executives, and institutional clients. The firm provides financial planning, portfolio management, and specialized wealth services, utilizing strategic allocation models and proprietary analytics, and offers clients access to a broad range of affiliated Goldman Sachs resources.

Edwin Griswold Jr. is a financial advisor with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include 13 years at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp and a lengthy period as a self-employed financial professional before joining Integrated Wealth Concepts and LPL Financial in 2016. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized portfolios that combine internal management and third-party asset managers with a primarily long-term investment focus.

Michael Lopes is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of experience in financial advising. He is currently with Janney Montgomery Scott, where he has worked since 2019. Prior to that, Lopes spent eight years at Magis Group, Inc. 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services.

Christopher Keelips is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has been with GWN Securities since 2015. He is also associated with Oldham Resource Group, where he is involved in fixed insurance and annuity sales. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs and financial planning. The firm employs a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers, utilizing asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory, and is known for its use of market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Jennifer Patten is a CFP®-designated financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, where she has worked since 2005. She has 24 years of industry experience. Patten is also a co-owner of Prosperity, LLC, a private entity involved in securities, advisory, and insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to its affiliated advisors.