Shawn Neice is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including PNC Investments LLC, Santander Securities, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, and Uber. Neice is currently based in Princeton, NJ. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients. The firm constructs portfolios using a combination of affiliated and third-party managers, offering ongoing portfolio management, financial planning support, and custody services.

Ou Xu is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 17 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Ernst & Young LLP and Weichert Realtors, among others. He is also the owner of a single rental property inherited in 2016. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, high-net-worth clients, and institutional entities. The firm provides both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party model portfolios, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment options.

Diana Carney is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Berkeley Heights, NJ, holding Series 66 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 23 years of industry experience. She has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and has also worked with Agia since 2022. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and discretionary unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors, leveraging centralized technology and model solutions.

Paul Vecchione is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 32 years of industry experience, including roles at Guardian Life Insurance and Park Avenue Securities. He serves as treasurer and board member for the Montgomery Lacrosse Club and is a board member at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm offers a variety of investment programs and platforms, managing approximately $15 billion in regulatory assets under management through proprietary and third-party strategies.

Justin Cannella is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Bridgewater, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at PNC Investment since 2006. Outside of his advisory role, he owns and operates a residential short-term rental property via Airbnb. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and invests in mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Alexander Vaccarella is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, where he has worked since 2019. Prior to that, he was with AEPG Wealth Strategies from 2014 to 2019. He is also involved with Wealth Enhancement Group as a non-variable insurance representative. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting, using a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by quantitative and fundamental research.

Michael Zangrillo is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group holding a Series 66 credential and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Enterprise, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Altice USA. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm’s integrated approach involves proprietary financial planning tools and managed account solutions aligned with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

William Alvarez is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Berkeley Heights, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2008 and is also an agent with Agia. Outside of his advisory role, Alvarez serves as President of Kearny Thistle United FC, a nonprofit youth travel soccer club. 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-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Patricia Lee is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time planning services with ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to the TIAA Donor Advised Fund.

John Hlywiak is a CFA® charterholder with TIAA-CREF in Princeton, NJ, where he has worked for one year. He previously worked at TIAA for nine years and spent four years at Temple University. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals with prior relationships through TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as to trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans. The firm provides planning services that conclude at delivery and ongoing portfolio management through model-based and customized managed accounts.

Alexander Smith is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 credentials and has two years of industry experience. Prior to his advisory role, he served in various positions, including as a caddiemaster at Bayonne Golf Club and as an employee of Newark Public Schools. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs and financial planning offerings. The firm utilizes both affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers along with model-based allocations grounded in asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory.

Thomas Chun is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management in Princeton, NJ, with seven years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations along with Series 66, 65, and 63 licenses. Prior to joining PNC Wealth Management in 2025, he worked at LPL Enterprise and Prudential Insurance Company of America, among other roles. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account that utilizes algorithmic risk assessment and third-party portfolio implementation.

Scott Cooper is a CFP® with 36 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2011 and is a part owner of Economic Concepts, Inc., a firm involved in securities, advisory, and fixed insurance business. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of nearly 2,900 advisors and a broad base of individual and institutional clients. The firm provides a comprehensive adviser-support platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Jeffrey Kenyon is a financial advisor at GWN Securities Inc. with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with GWN Securities since 2014. In addition to his advisory role, Kenyon owns JK Financial Services, LLC, which provides financial services including client investments and insurance, and he also offers life insurance and annuities as part of his practice. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm manages approximately $3.65 billion across more than 37,000 client accounts and offers a range of managed-account programs, including both traditional asset-allocation and legacy market-timing strategies.

Alan Krichman is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial, M&T Securities, Santander Bank, and Santander Securities. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients, combining strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from both affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Michele Phillippi is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Mount Laurel, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2019 and previously held positions at OneAmerica Securities and American United Life. 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, consulting, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Charles Wang is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and World Financial Group since 2009. His other business activities include the sale of insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with a variety of investment programs and access to third-party money managers, managing over $1.6 billion in discretionary assets.

Kristen Roldan is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 13 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2017. Her prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing employer retirement plan relationships. The firm offers both point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management using model or customized portfolios.

Yan Wang is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012. Wang is also president of Yongan Corp, a role he has held since 2013. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with a variety of proprietary and third-party investment programs.

Andreas Hess is a financial advisor with PNC Wealth Management, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments since 2011. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including a Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering that uses algorithm-driven risk assessment and discretionary model accounts for clients with PNC Bank online-banking credentials.