James Rank is a financial advisor at Aspire Advisors, LLC with 8 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Aspire Advisors since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he dedicates a portion of his time to consulting on retirement plan service engagements and client relations for Hamilton Cavanaugh & Associates, Inc., a broker-dealer. Aspire Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, retirement planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm manages client assets predominantly through discretionary model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis in its research.

Akshat Piprottar is a financial advisor at Night Owl Capital Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Night Owl Capital since 2022. Prior to that, he held positions at Bank of America and Zimmer Biomet and spent several years as a student. Night Owl Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on concentrated, long-term public equity investments primarily in mid- and large-cap companies. The firm manages approximately $865.8 million in client assets through separately managed accounts and private pooled vehicles, employing fundamental analysis and valuation discipline.

Thomas Beattie is a CFP® professional with 31 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked at Samalin Wealth since 2024 and previously spent 13 years with Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc. Samalin Wealth provides comprehensive investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and cyclical analysis in its investment process, managing approximately $490 million in client assets across eight advisers.

Marc Decuffa is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Proxy Wealth Advisors LLC with 14 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Long Island Financial Group, Inc. He has also worked as a freelancer and been involved with Proxy Freedom LLC and Cents Ability LLC. Proxy Wealth Advisors LLC provides fee-based discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across a broad range of instruments and offers specialized services for foreign clients and immigration-related financial planning.

Jeb Armstrong is a financial advisor at Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC with 7 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Clear Harbor since 2018. Prior to joining Clear Harbor, he was employed at Tecogen Inc and was self-employed for a period. Clear Harbor Asset Management provides financial planning, consulting, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to a range of clients including individuals, pooled vehicles, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combined bottom-up and top-down investment approach and manages approximately $1.743 billion in assets across 19 advisors.

Carl Zuckerberg is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience and is a principal at RZH Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2000. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Stamford, CT. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in fixed insurance sales as an insurance agent. RZH Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, business entities, and charitable organizations, providing fee-based wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm manages approximately $2.1 billion in assets, typically on a discretionary basis, and utilizes a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with some portfolios incorporating Dimensional Fund Advisors strategies.

Brian Crane is a financial advisor at Tortoise Investment Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Tortoise since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Spring Street Market and Williams College. Tortoise Investment Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and trusts, focusing on risk management, tax efficiency, and a conservative long-term approach. The firm also offers financial planning and advice on various non-investment matters upon client request.

Michaelangelo Dooley is a CFP® with 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with New Edge Wealth in Stamford, CT, having previously worked at UBS Financial Services for 12 years. Dooley serves on the board of directors for South Florida After-School All-Stars and became Chairman in August 2022. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, foundations, and trusts, offering a variety of advisory services including wealth strategy, portfolio management, and institutional consulting. The firm focuses on asset allocation and investor behavior, utilizing a blend of independent managers, model strategies, and proprietary solutions with technology-enhanced, human-reviewed investment processes.

Raymond Pruzinsky is a financial advisor with Seacrest Wealth Management, LLC, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 44 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. In addition to his advisory work, he operates a non-variable insurance agency providing various insurance policies to clients. Seacrest Wealth Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm offering comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment vehicles and provides specialized services such as divorce financial mediation and consulting related to variable annuities and employer-sponsored plans.

Tobias Tolino is a financial advisor at Citizens Private Wealth with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Richter Bober Asset Management, LLC for six years before joining Citizens Private Wealth in 2020. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals and families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and foundations. The firm emphasizes long-term, tailored asset allocation within an open-architecture investment framework, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside tax, estate, and recently added business consulting services.

Renato Estefano is a financial advisor at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC since 2023, as well as at Leucadia Asset Management and Jefferies & Company, Inc. since 2012. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC provides fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers a customized, collaborative planning process covering a range of topics including tax and estate planning, executive compensation, and philanthropic planning.

Peter Tcherepnine is a financial advisor with Gamco Asset Management Inc., holding Series 63 and 65 licenses and bringing 59 years of industry experience. He worked at Loeb Partners Corporation for 37 years before joining GAMCO Investors Inc. in 2019. He serves on the board of the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS, Inc.) and on the board of Loeb Holding, which is no longer engaged in investment activities. Gamco Asset Management Inc. provides discretionary investment management and separate-account solutions to a diverse client base, applying a research-driven value discipline complemented by growth strategies. The firm manages approximately $11.6 billion in discretionary assets and offers tailored portfolio management with an emphasis on bottom-up analysis and catalyst-driven investment theses.

Gilles Gouraige is a financial advisor at NewEdge Wealth with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at John Hancock Investment Management. NewEdge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as foundations, endowments, and other institutional or charitable clients. The firm offers comprehensive advisory services and employs an investment process that emphasizes asset allocation and investor behavior, utilizing a combination of model strategies, separately managed accounts, and proprietary investment solutions.

Jeffrey Tucker is a financial advisor at BOK Financial Securities, Inc. in Stamford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 39 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets. BOK Financial Securities, operating as BOK Financial Advisors, serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, corporations, retirement plans, government agencies, municipalities, and institutional clients. The firm offers non-discretionary, fee-based investment management through its Guided Portfolio Solutions program, with investment research provided by its affiliate Strategic Investment Advisors.

Jeffrey Kobernick is a financial advisor at New Edge Wealth with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at UBS Financial Services from 2008 to 2020. Kobernick serves as treasurer for Friends of Concordia University and is a board member of Banyan Golf Club. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as foundations, endowments, and other institutional clients. The firm offers comprehensive advisory services and employs a multifaceted investment approach that includes proprietary strategies, third-party managers, and alternative exposures across multiple asset classes.

Patrick Dillon is a financial advisor at NewEdge Wealth with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Securities, and Royal Alliance prior to joining NewEdge Wealth in 2025. NewEdge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, endowments, and other institutional or charitable clients. The firm offers comprehensive advisory services including wealth strategy, financial planning, portfolio management, and institutional consulting, managing over $12 billion in regulatory assets as of year-end 2024.

Brian Schiess is a CFP® professional with 10 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Modera Wealth Management, LLC since 2014. Modera Wealth Management, LLC provides fiduciary, fee-only advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an allocation-driven investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory and offers services ranging from wealth management and portfolio management to retirement plan consulting and tax-related services.

Haoqi Zhang is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 65 license, currently serving as a financial advisor at O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. Prior to joining O'Shaughnessy, Zhang was affiliated with Columbia University and the University of Rochester. O'Shaughnessy Asset Management is a quantitative institutional discretionary investment manager providing equity portfolios and related strategies to individual investors, financial advisers, and various institutional clients. The firm employs a systematic, model-driven investment process based on empirical research and offers a customizable advisor-facing platform alongside sub-advisory and third-party managed options capabilities.

Kevin Miller is a financial advisor at New Edge Wealth with 11 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at New Edge Wealth since 2020, following five years at UBS FS. Miller also serves as a relationship manager providing financial services to high-net-worth individuals. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, foundations, trusts, and other institutional clients. The firm offers a broad range of advisory services with a focus on asset allocation and investor behavior, utilizing both proprietary investment solutions and AI-assisted analytics alongside human oversight.

Melissa Alaimo is a financial planning associate at Pallas Capital Advisors, LLC with two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include work at PKS Investments and Preferred Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery. Outside of finance, she has connections to a consulting services firm through her spouse but holds no active duties there. Pallas Capital Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $4.3 billion for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers long-term, customized wealth management using a variety of investment vehicles and provides specialized family office and retirement plan fiduciary services.