Christopher Bukowczyk is a financial advisor with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners, holding a Series 66 designation and 24 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Bleakley Financial Group, LPL Financial, Private Advisor Group, RoundAngle Advisors, and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management to a diverse client base, including individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes a variety of portfolio management approaches and third-party managers, supported by technology and operational outsourcing.

Patricia Hall is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience. She has been with Beacon Investment Advisory Services, Inc. since 2015. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain business entities. The firm manages approximately $4.3 billion in regulatory assets and offers an open-architecture investment platform that emphasizes a risk-first framework, tax-aware management, and customization across equity, fixed income, and separately managed accounts.

Michael Giannotto is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at LS Securities, Lotus Advisory, MUFG, and Ladenburg Thalmann. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets with over 200 advisors. The firm offers investment advisory and portfolio management services, including discretionary and consultative programs, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to alternative investments.

Joseph Villa Jr. is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc. in Livingston, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has been with ValMark Advisers and Valmark Securities since 2004 and has a long tenure with National Life Insurance companies dating back to 1982. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved in an insurance agency, NJ Life & Casualty Associates, Inc. ValMark Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plan sponsors, and institutional entities. The firm utilizes goal-based model portfolios and diversified asset allocation, with oversight from an investment committee, and offers unique investment-company products such as the TOPS® ETF Portfolios and related index licensing arrangements.

Mary Bellofatto is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with three years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has held roles at multiple firms, including Benefit Providers LLC and Roseland Retirement Planning. Outside of her advisory work, Mary is involved in real estate sales through Blue Line Realty and serves as president of Retire Now LLC, focusing on insurance product sales. Simplicity Wealth provides advisory services to a diverse clientele, including individual investors, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm utilizes a fund-of-funds investment approach, combining ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, and offers technology and operational support to other advisers through its managed account platform.

Sean Donovan is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at CW Advisors, LLC since 2025 and previously spent 13 years at Delta Financial Group, Inc. CW Advisors, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing approximately $15 billion in assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, and institutions, and employs a Core-and-Satellite investment framework that integrates active, passive, strategic, quantitative, and ESG strategies across various asset classes.

Lauren Cecala is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Beacon Trust in Morristown, NJ, where she has been with the firm since 2013. She has no prior industry experience before joining Beacon Trust. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals—including high-net-worth clients—as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain business entities. The firm manages approximately $4.3 billion in regulatory assets and employs a multi-team advisory staff, delivering investment advice through an open-architecture platform with a risk-first framework and tax-aware management.

Andy Schwartz is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with 41 years of industry experience. He is currently with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners and has previously worked at LPL Financial and Private Advisor Group. Schwartz serves as a board member for the BSCF Charitable Foundation and is involved in motivational speaking through Epic Success. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners provides customized financial planning and wealth management services to a diverse client base, including individuals, business entities, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a range of portfolio management strategies that incorporate third-party managers, proprietary models, and technology-driven operational support.

Michael Depasquale is a financial advisor with M Holdings Securities, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 35 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Madison Rose Advisors LLC, Madison & Main Advisors LLC, Atlas Advisory Group, LLC, and Provident Mutual. He serves as an advisor for National Social Security Partners, LLC. M Holdings Securities, Inc. serves individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities through a nationwide network of independent Member Firms and Financial Professionals. The firm offers advisory and brokerage services including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, financial planning, and insurance advisory, utilizing a multi-faceted approach supported by third-party sub-advisors and platform providers.

Jeremy Rhen is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC. He has been with SAX Wealth Advisors since 2016. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and wealth management services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm follows a long-term, evidence-based asset allocation approach using low-cost, passively managed funds and offers specialized advisory services including employee benefit plan consulting and real estate exchange advisory.

Michael Rasmussen is a financial advisor at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Hennion & Walsh since 2020. His prior experience includes roles at FinPro, Inc. and Ambassador Financial Group, Inc. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and to plan sponsors. The firm offers a variety of programs that combine fundamental and technical analysis with discretionary and non-discretionary management across multiple asset classes.

Yousef Khan is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently affiliated with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners and has held roles at firms including LPL Financial and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a notary, providing notarization services to clients at no charge. OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners offers customized financial planning and wealth management to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a variety of proprietary and third-party investment models, with most assets managed on a discretionary basis, and incorporates AI-assisted tools to document client interactions.

Hugh Mcdonald is a financial advisor with Virtue Capital Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Virtue Capital Management since 2016 and previously worked at B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. and Asset & Financial Planning, Ltd. Outside of his advisory role, Mcdonald is involved in several business ventures including serving as president of Atlantic College Planning, Inc., which provides college planning services. Virtue Capital Management, LLC is a federally registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, qualified retirement plans, and other advisers. The firm customizes portfolios according to client goals and risk tolerance using tactical, strategic, and dynamic investment approaches, supported by a multi-team model and an investment committee that conducts due diligence on third-party managers.

Steven Pisano is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Simon Quick Advisors since 2016. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, and foundations by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm utilizes a combination of proprietary quantitative analysis, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring to allocate assets among independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and private investment funds, and operates distinctive fund-of-funds structures and affiliated pooled vehicles.

Michael Kaup is a financial advisor with Gladstone Wealth Partners in Morristown, NJ, holding a Series 63 designation and 25 years of industry experience. His career includes tenure at MetLife Securities Inc. and LPL Financial, LLC, in addition to his current roles at Gladstone Wealth Partners and related affiliated advisory entities. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a large network of investment adviser representatives. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, employing a range of investment approaches including individual securities, mutual funds, alternative investments, and tax-managed strategies.

Jake Schermerhorn is a CFP®-credentialed advisor with one year of industry experience, currently with Kintra Wealth, LLC. Prior to joining Kintra Wealth, he worked at Tupler Financial for three years and has additional experience at the University of Delaware, North Jersey Country Club, Oakland Pizzeria & Restaurant, and W's Bar & Grille. Kintra Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, foundations, pension plans, and corporations, offering wealth management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and portfolio management. The firm combines client interviews and model-driven asset allocation with fundamental security analysis, applying these on a household basis to optimize tax efficiency and minimize duplicate holdings.

Jason Apuzzio is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Truist Investment Services, PNC Investments, BlackRock Investment Management, and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Beacon Trust offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services primarily to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages approximately $4.26 billion in discretionary assets and utilizes an open-architecture platform combining proprietary strategies, factor-based models, and independent managers with a focus on tax awareness and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Michael Mac Dougal is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has been with Summit Financial since 2018, following over two decades at Summit Equities, Inc. and Summit Financial Resources, Inc. Outside of advising, Mr. Mac Dougal sells firewood through a farmland property he owns in Hampton, NJ. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for about 17,800 clients. The firm offers a range of advisory and portfolio management programs with both discretionary and consultative services, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to alternative investments.

Lawrence Bell is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience and is currently with Summit Financial, LLC. He has held positions at Summit Financial since 2018, and previously worked at Summit Equities, Inc. and Summit Financial Resources, Inc. from 1991 to 2018. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as president of the Delbarton Athletic Boosters, a high school athletic booster program. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets with 216 advisors and around 17,800 clients. The firm offers investment advisory and portfolio management programs, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services through a combination of discretionary and consultative platforms.

Gavin Charlton is a financial advisor at SAX Wealth Advisors, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked previously at Regency Wealth Management, Murphy Capital Management Inc, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, and Beacon Wealth Management, LLC. SAX Wealth Advisors provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and small businesses. The firm employs a long-term, evidence-based asset allocation strategy primarily using low-cost, passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented with customized fixed-income ladders and third-party sub-advisers.