David Basile is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 47 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2005. Basile serves as a member of the Board for the Middlesex Community College Foundation. 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 clientele, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

Jack Freedman is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors. Prior to joining Hightower, he worked at Bickling Financial Services and attended Bentley University. Outside of his advisory role, Freedman is the owner of Creatore LLC, a marketing company. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers, along with a variety of investment strategies including alternative investments and custom indexing.

Congqun Jian is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Jian has worked with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also affiliated with J&Z Financial Services, Inc., where they serve as president. Their background includes roles at the Heartland Institute of Financial Education and World Financial Group. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm delivers services through a large advisor network using model portfolios and third-party managers, with a focus on integrated retirement plan solutions and a range of advisory platforms.

Wendy Wong is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with a Series 65 credential. She has previously worked at Save My Cents, CVS Health, Rue Gilt Groupe, AT Kearney, and Dartmouth College. NewEdge Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program that integrates asset management with financial planning and consulting.

Clinton Hyland is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Winooski, VT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2015 and also serves as an agent for Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. 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 for portfolio construction and management.

William Riquier is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America and The Retirement Financial Center, holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with United Planners and The Retirement Financial Center since 2011 and operates a non-variable insurance business under his own name. United Planners serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan services, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform with multiple custodians and third-party money managers.

Brooke Smith is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and co-owner of OpenRoad Wealth Advisors, LLC. She holds a Series 66 designation and has two years of industry experience. Prior to her current roles, she worked at Edward Jones and has experience in other industries including operations at Freight Farms, Inc. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice management while offering access to discretionary model portfolios and multiple program structures.

Christina O Connell is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. She has two years of industry experience and previously worked with Rocco Insurance & Financial Group, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as a notary public. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a variety of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria, with a significant portion of its assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Jason Duponte is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2008. Outside of advising, he owns and manages a single-family rental property. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA retirement plan relationships. The firm’s advisory model separates one-time financial planning from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while employing a fiduciary standard tailored to service scope.

Michael Carretta is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 18 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Commonwealth since 2005. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios, personalized indexing, and retirement plan consulting, while offering operations, technology, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Paul Fisher is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Edward Jones and Empower Financial Services. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders through an integrated model linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. Their approach emphasizes long-term portfolio returns, annual rebalancing, and clients’ savings rates, serving a large participant base relative to advisor headcount.

Lincoln Hurney is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with three years of industry experience. He currently works at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC and previously held roles at Claro Advisors, LLC, Tufts University, Shawmut Design & Construction, and Harvard University. 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, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, with a focus on customized portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income.

Hannah Webb is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Danvers, MA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has one year of experience in the industry. Her prior work experience includes roles at NBT Bank and retail positions at Victoria’s Secret and American Eagle Outfitters. 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 hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad adviser-support platform, including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services, supporting both individual and institutional investors.

John Mc Donough is a Series 66-licensed advisor with Empower Advisory Group, joining the firm in 2026. He has prior experience with Cutter Associates, LLC, where he worked from 2011 to 2025. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm delivers services through a model integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing.

Libby Ricciardi is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 10 years of industry experience. She has been with Commonwealth since 2012. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, and provides operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to affiliated advisors.

Pedro Rodriguez is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience, currently with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. since 2022. Prior to this, he worked for Gwfs Equities, Inc. for seven years. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement-focused advisory program combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management primarily for individual investors and households. The firm employs model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs and delivers financial plans and ongoing reviews through an interactive online platform.

Jason Hutchinson is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has seven years of industry experience, including prior roles at Lincoln Investment and Edward Jones. Outside of his financial advisory work, he is employed part-time in a non-investment role involving appointment scheduling. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Securities LLC, serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs using both proprietary and third-party models.

Michael Savastano is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Andover, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He also operates Savastano Insurance and Financial Services, a DBA used to offer New York Life and other insurance and investment products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm delivers tailored advice through various program types and maintains predominantly non-discretionary assets under management, working within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Julie Ruane is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding 19 years of industry experience. She has worked at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) since 1987. 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 operational support, enabling affiliated advisors to offer customized portfolio solutions and wealth management services.

Paul Beggan is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 40 years of industry experience. His career includes long-term roles with Nylife Securities Inc. and N.Y. Life Insurance Co since 1985, along with tenures at The Incentive Group LLC and The Hilb Group of New England, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member for the Stonehurst Village Condominium Owners Association. Eagle Strategies provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients. The firm offers various program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.