Joseph Rodriguez is a financial advisor at Matriarch Wealth Management, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at UBS Financial Services and Loyola University Maryland. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a business consultant for JALEX LLC. Matriarch Wealth Management is a small advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and sector analysis with modern portfolio theory, offering both active and passive strategies across various asset classes while integrating platform and network relationships into its service model.

Roberto Schwartz is a financial advisor at LifeCapital Partners LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Equitable Advisors for 18 years. Schwartz is also a licensed insurance agent, dedicating part of his professional time to insurance sales and implementation. LifeCapital Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers discretionary investment management, wealth management, and financial planning, using primarily low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs alongside individual securities, alternatives, and digital assets.

Michael Raimondi is a financial advisor with Clarus Group LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Clarus Group in 2021, he worked at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory role, Raimondi is active in the arts and nonprofit sectors, serving on the board of a charitable organization, managing finances for a theater conglomerate, coordinating reservations for the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and teaching Arts & Entertainment Management as an adjunct professor. Clarus Group LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plan participants. The firm manages approximately $158 million across 182 clients, employing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to construct primarily long-term portfolios with flexibility for tax management and market opportunities.

Timothy Mcfadden is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience and currently serves as an advisor at Value Investment Professionals, LLC. Prior to joining his current firm in 2025, he spent 16 years at TJT Capital Group, LLC. Value Investment Professionals, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and retirement-plan advisory services to individual and institutional clients. The firm combines fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory and offers unique features such as performance-based fees and borrowing within separately managed accounts.

Tyler Bowden is a financial advisor at Reik & Co., LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has been with Reik & Co. since 2014. Reik & Co., LLC is a team-based investment adviser managing approximately $383 million for about 57 clients. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations, focusing on concentrated, long-term equity holdings in exchange-traded securities with strategies emphasizing low turnover, compounded returns, and dividend-paying large-cap stocks.

William Villafranco is the principal advisor at Villafranco Wealth Management in Cresskill, NJ, with 30 years of industry experience. He has held Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Apb Financial Group, Inc. He is involved in several nonprofit organizations, serving as a trustee for the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation III and the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, and is the founder of Footprints in the Sand as well as owner of Humble Yoga LLC. Villafranco Wealth Management provides personalized investment management services to wealthy individuals, high net worth families, trusts, private foundations, and internal private investment vehicles. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, sponsors and advises private pooled investment vehicles, and manages related private funds, with a focus on customized portfolios using model allocations, fundamental analysis, and a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and third-party managers.

Ilir Gjoni is a CFP® professional with 13 years of experience at Capital Preservation Partners, Inc. in Bronxville, NY. He has been with the firm since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in real estate brokerage and property management through entities including Alphabet Realty, LTD and Adriatic Holdings LLC. Capital Preservation Partners serves individuals, corporations, trusts, pensions, and profit-sharing plans, providing tailored financial planning and portfolio management. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to construct portfolios and emphasizes ongoing monitoring and specialized planning services.

Kathleen Buske is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. She currently works at Hallmark Capital Management Inc and is affiliated with Valley Financial Management, Inc. in Paramus, NJ. Valley Financial Management operates as Valley Digital Investor, providing individual and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management through an online platform that automates implementation and rebalancing of model ETF portfolios. The firm requires clients to manage their accounts electronically and emphasizes a systematic, profile-based investment approach.

Sam Keylock is a financial advisor at Constitution Investment Advisory and Portfolio Management with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at firms including Reebok and Accavallo & Company. Constitution Investment Advisory and Portfolio Management provides wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $225 million on a discretionary basis for about 130 clients and employs a primarily long-term investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, individual securities, and other vehicles, including derivatives strategies such as covered options.

Justin Hod is a financial advisor with Revel Wealth Management, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. His career includes roles at May Capital Group, L.L.C., Strategic Wealth Management Group, Bank of America, and Merrill. Revel Wealth Management provides discretionary wealth management and financial consulting to a range of clients, including individuals, families, and business entities. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that incorporates quantitative and qualitative analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, and charting, typically managing accounts on a discretionary basis with a focus on a high asset-to-client ratio.

Walter Vester is a financial advisor with Huygens Capital LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 credential and 5 years of industry experience. He has been with Huygens Capital since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Vester serves as Director of Operations Services Excellence at Boston Consulting Group, where he manages internal change programs. Huygens Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and a web-based robo-adviser serving individuals, family offices, registered investment advisers, corporations, hedge fund-of-funds, and nonprofit endowments. The firm employs systematic, low-frequency strategies using proprietary market-stress indicators across multiple asset classes and implements portfolios with broad index-based ETFs and ETNs.

Henry Beck is a financial advisor at UAS Asset Management with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at the State of Maine, McKee Law, and Jabar LaLiberty Dubord LLC. UAS Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, trusts, foundations, corporations, and public pension plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental security analysis and concentrated equity positions for long-term value, while also managing a private pooled investment vehicle that employs a more speculative strategy.

James Korzik is a financial advisor with First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC in Little Falls, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for seven years before joining First Light in 2018. Outside of his financial advisory role, Korzik is a licensed private marine captain. First Light Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $116.3 million in client assets as of December 31, 2025, and serves a mix of individual investors and plan sponsors with a diversified investment approach tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and time horizon.

Louis Berger is a financial advisor at Washington Square Capital Management LLC with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Washington Square Capital Management since 2009. Washington Square Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm’s investment approach focuses on fundamental value analysis supported by technical and macroeconomic factors, and it offers distinct strategies including Capital Core Fixed Income, Global Allocation, and Global Balanced.

Patrick Stadelhofer is a financial advisor at Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC in New York, NY, with three years of industry experience. He holds the CFA® designation along with Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Kahn Brothers Advisors in 2023, he worked at Atlantic Lion Investments and VGI Partners. Kahn Brothers Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual and institutional clients, focusing on equity strategies within a modified value investing framework. The firm emphasizes bottom-up fundamental analysis and multi-year holding periods across U.S. public equities and special-situation securities.

Benjamin Lewinter is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Lewinter Wealth Advisors, LLC with experience beginning in 2026. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Palantir Technologies and held positions at Capital One, Fiserv, Columbia Engineering, and Accenture. Lewinter Wealth Advisors serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, trusts, estates, and endowments, managing approximately $162 million for about 85 clients. The firm employs a long-term, fundamentals-based investment approach centered on asset allocation and diversification, maintaining discretionary authority and conducting regular account reviews.

Christian Carrillo is a financial advisor at Blue Ox Capital Management, Inc. in Tenafly, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Blue Ox Capital Management since 2015. Blue Ox Capital Management provides advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients by selecting and directing them to third-party investment advisers and funds. The firm operates on a consultative, referral-oriented model without discretionary trading or custody of client assets.

Andrew Barnes is a financial advisor with Altar Rock in New York, NY, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 registrations and seven years of industry experience. He has been with Altar Rock since 2020 in various capacities. Altar Rock serves high-net-worth individuals, families, and trusts by providing discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, including managing assets within insurance structures and allocating to third-party managers and alternative investments. The firm employs a blend of qualitative and quantitative analysis overseen by an Investment Committee, with regular portfolio reviews and use of proprietary planning tools.

Stephen Leeb is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Leeb Capital Management, Inc. in New York, NY, bringing 19 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Leeb Index Trader, Emerging Advisory, Tci Enterprises, Leeb Brokerage Services, and Leeb Research Consultants. Outside his advisory work, he serves as editor of investment newsletters The Complete Investor and Real World Investor, writing on general stock investing topics for Capitol Information Group. Leeb Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, institutions, trusts, pensions, and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $112 million across about 60 accounts. The firm employs a top-down macroeconomic approach combined with bottom-up security selection across three core strategies, incorporating explicit sell disciplines and position-weight limits.

Jennifer Kerr is a financial advisor at Podell Financial Group LLC with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Slavic401k and Hollywood Firefighters Pension. In addition to her advisory role, she is a licensed realtor in New Jersey, dedicating a small amount of time monthly to that activity. Podell Financial Group LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and plan sponsors with portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm customizes investment strategies based on client objectives and risk tolerance, managing both individual accounts and employer-sponsored retirement plans.