Joshua Barg is a financial advisor with A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at B. Riley Wealth Management and B. Riley Wealth Advisors, with a combined tenure exceeding 17 years, as well as National Securities Corporation. He owns Saratoga Global Partners and has engaged in advisory and insurance-related activities outside his primary role. A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, corporations, and retirement plans, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan services alongside brokerage, capital markets, and investment banking capabilities. The firm employs an open-architecture investment approach, emphasizing international investing and utilizing a combination of in-house management, third-party money managers, and sub-advisers.

Sean Sun is a financial advisor at Maridea Wealth Management with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with Huckleberry Capital Management since 2017. Outside of advisory roles, he serves as a consultant for AnyGo Biosciences LLC, a provider of biopharmaceutical reagents and test kits. Maridea Wealth Management serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm emphasizes personalized, long-term portfolio construction using fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, implementing diversified mutual funds and ETFs while allowing individual securities and alternative investments when appropriate.

Richard Appaluccio is an advisor with Procyon Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. His prior roles include five years at UBS Financial Services and tenure at Procyon Institutional Partners. He also engages in insurance sales on a limited basis. Procyon serves a broad client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, institutional investors, and retirement plans, offering investment management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm emphasizes customized, fundamentally driven portfolios with a long-term orientation, utilizing both internal management and third-party independent managers.

Diana DeFrate is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as owner and CEO of DeFrate & Paavola, LLC. She has been with Vicus Capital, Inc. since 2005 and also holds a role at Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Outside of advisory work, she is licensed to sell life, annuities, and long-term care insurance. Vicus Capital serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, and retirement plan sponsors, offering investment management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and provides specialized fiduciary consulting and plan-sponsor services alongside traditional advisory offerings.

Connor Tyson is a financial advisor at Portfolio Medics, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Portfolio Medics in 2022, Mr. Tyson worked at Altium Wealth Management LLC and TIAA-CREF. He is also an independent insurance agent, selling insurance products including annuities. Portfolio Medics provides investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients, as well as small businesses, retirement plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized portfolios using diversified mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and other strategies, with an emphasis on retail and small-business clients.

Paul Arbeit is a CFP® with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Citizens Private Wealth. He has been with Citizens Private Wealth since 1999 and also holds roles at CITIZENS Bank and Citizens Securities, Inc. His credentials include the Series 63 designation. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser that serves high-net-worth individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on long-term asset allocation within an open-architecture framework and offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside tax, estate, and business consulting services.

Daniel Grijalva is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with five years of industry experience, currently practicing at Citizens Private Wealth in Tarrytown, NY. He has been with Citizens Private Wealth since 2003 and also holds Series 63 registration. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes a long-term, tailored asset allocation within an open-architecture framework, combining discretionary portfolio management overseen by a Chief Investment Officer with quantitative and qualitative research. Its affiliation with Citizens Bank, N.A. provides clients with access to bank deposit sweep programs, securities-based lending, and integrated investment and consulting services.

John Masciandaro is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC since 2017. Prior to joining Belpointe, he worked at LPL Financial and National Planning Corporation. His other business activities include acting as an agent in the sale of life settlements and fixed insurance products. Belpointe Asset Management serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, and corporations. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services, utilizing customized portfolios and a range of investment strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Douglas Pruett is a financial advisor with BCG Securities, Inc. in Park Ridge, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 46 years of industry experience. He has been with BCG Securities since 2016 and previously worked at GPL Wealth Management, Axia Financial Advisors, and Raymond James Financial Services. BCG Securities serves institutional retirement plans and individual clients with portfolios generally above $25,000, offering portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and wealth management services. The firm focuses on developing written investment policy statements and tailoring advice to client goals, primarily through non-discretionary strategies and the use of independent third-party managers.

Christine Valente is a financial advisor with Latitude Advisors, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and over 42 years of industry experience. She has worked at GWN Securities, Inc. since 2018 and previously at J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. and J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. Valente is also a licensed insurance agent specializing in life, accident, health, variable, credit, and travel insurance. Latitude Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, and various institutional and corporate clients, offering financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, third-party manager selection, and pension consulting. The firm employs a combination of in-house and external model strategies to manage portfolios on a discretionary basis with continuous monitoring and rebalancing in line with client objectives.

David Maldonado is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Gradient Advisors, LLC since 2021 and previously spent three years at AE Wealth Management, LLC and two years at Gebhardt Group Inc. Maldonado is also the owner of Income Harbor Wealth Management and Income Harbor Financial Group, where he provides financial planning and insurance services. Gradient Advisors, LLC offers investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm operates primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and third-party money managers in a largely non-discretionary model, managing approximately $289 million in assets and administering about $1.10 billion.

Paulo Aguilar is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Inland Securities Corporation and Bluerock Capital Markets. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner at Wealthstone Group, providing real estate consulting services related to market trends, investment analysis, and portfolio management. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans with customized investment plans delivered through various managed accounts and third-party managers. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical investment analysis and offers integration of alternative assets and consolidated reporting.

Corie Gabriel is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at firms including The Roosevelt Investment Group and Unified Financial Securities. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and RIAs. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management through customized private accounts, model strategies, and a self-directed brokerage solution, combining macroeconomic and security-level analysis across various asset classes.

Kamaldai Rahman is a financial advisor at Citizens Private Wealth with 17 years of industry experience. He has held positions at several firms, including HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Citigroup, and Signature Securities Group. Rahman holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. Citizens Private Wealth, LLC is a multi-team registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and various institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, open-architecture investment approach with discretionary portfolio management overseen by a Chief Investment Officer and offers services including tax and estate structuring as well as business consulting for multigenerational family and closely held business matters.

Christopher Hopkins is an associate advisor at SEIA with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 credentials and previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC for 10 years. SEIA serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional and charitable clients through a multi-team advisory platform of approximately 140 advisors. The firm’s investment approach integrates strategic macro asset allocation with tactical adjustments, combining quantitative and qualitative research, and primarily manages assets on a non-discretionary basis.

David Lieberman is a financial advisor at Advisors Capital Management, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 designations and has been with Advisors Capital Management since 2012. Advisors Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and proprietary model strategies to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm offers customized private accounts and model strategies, combining top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative research.

Angelo Odore is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, MassMutual Life Insurance Company, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he is a consultant and coach at MLL Consulting Inc., focusing on agency and distribution best practices and professional coaching. Lifemark Securities Corp. provides fee-based investment advisory services and financial planning primarily to individual investors and retirement plan sponsors, utilizing tailored, suitability-driven advice and multiple managed account programs.

Jay Nakahara is a CFA® charterholder with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance Company, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and BTIG. Fortis Capital Advisors provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, families, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of discretionary management, advisor-specific investment styles, and model portfolios incorporating passive, active, tactical, and ESG strategies.

Michael Lieberman is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 22 years of experience at Advisors Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2004. He is based in Ridgewood, NJ. Advisors Capital Management serves a diverse client base, including individuals, employee benefit plans, and clients of unaffiliated broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, providing discretionary portfolio management through customized accounts and model strategies. The firm combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up security selection using fundamental, quantitative, and qualitative methods across various asset classes, managing over $8 billion in discretionary assets.

Brennen Ramos is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving at Root Financial Partners. His prior roles include positions at Commonwealth Financial Network, Longwave Financial, Lazard Asset Management, Bank of America, and Merrill. Ramos also worked at Rutgers University and co-managed WestRock Indoor Sports and Entertainment during earlier years. Root Financial Partners provides investment management and comprehensive financial planning to individual clients, trusts, estates, small businesses, and select retirement-plan relationships. The firm favors broadly diversified, passive allocations using index funds and ETFs, with tailored portfolios and access to specialized strategies for clients with complex needs.