Ryan Petti is a CFP® and ChFC® with six years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked at Hornor, Townsend & Kent LLC since 2020 and has held roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since 2019. In addition to his advisory work, Petti is involved in multi-line insurance sales and financial advising through several independent ventures. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans with advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines SEC-registered advisory services with broker-dealer capabilities and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account options to tailor client investment strategies.

Peter Vitale is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors who holds a Series 63 designation and has 27 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, MassMutual, and MetLife Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is also active as an insurance broker for products beyond Guardian. Primerica Advisors serves a diverse retail client base with a range of brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm utilizes a variety of proprietary and third-party investment strategies and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management options.

Paul De Sisto is a CFA® charterholder with 12 years of industry experience. He is currently with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and previously worked at M&R Capital Management Inc for 12 years. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active managers, supported by an internal Investment Committee, and offers a range of financial planning, asset management, and retirement consulting services.

Louis Seaman is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, and has 12 years of industry experience. Seaman has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2026 and has been with affiliated New York Life entities since 2012. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisers. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Sanjeev Segan is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Eagle Strategies since 2013 and has a broader tenure with New York Life and its affiliates dating back to 2007. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent contractor brokering non-registered insurance products with outside carriers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individuals, institutional investors, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm provides a variety of program types and emphasizes tailored recommendations, with most assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Katie Clark is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor representative at TLG Advisors, Inc. She has previously held roles at Simplicity Investments and Brian K Adams & Associates. In addition to her advisory work, she is an executive director and co-national sales manager at BKA Financial, LLC, where she is involved in advanced insurance planning and business operations. TLG Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and institutional investors. The firm uses fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to create diversified portfolios and offers both traditional portfolio management and a digital program called Starlight Portfolios.

Darrin Miles is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and eight years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at New York Life, NYLIFE Securities, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a facilitator for Real World Academy, a nonprofit providing youth development services such as life skills training and budgeting. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including 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.

Daniel Smirnov is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Merrill, CitiBank, TD Bank, and Northfield Bank, as well as a four-year period at Baruch College, CUNY. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and leverages both discretionary and non-discretionary programs, combining large institutional scale with unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Liwen Li is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing four years of industry experience. In addition to advisory work, Li co-owns Vert Global LLC, which provides immigration consulting services. She has also owned LW Global Wealth Inc., focused on insurance sales within the World Financial Group platform. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering fee-based advisory programs, commission-based brokerage, and access to third-party money managers through proprietary and external model portfolios.

Elizabeth Newman is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 41 years of industry experience. She has worked at Valic Financial Advisors since 2013 and also serves as an agent at Agia, focusing on non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S. 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 and management.

Jeuris Ramon Pena is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors and holds a Series 66 designation. He has two years of industry experience and has held roles in both financial advising and the music industry, currently serving as Accounting Manager for LVRN Records LLC. Pena’s background includes positions at World Financial Group, City Winery, and Concord Music Group. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to implement its advisory services and offers multiple program platforms such as Transamerica ONE and TFA365.

Shaun Wolcott is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. He has worked at Connolly, Switaj, Fogler & Co LLP since 2005 as a CPA. 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 services, and sponsors wrap-fee programs, utilizing customized portfolios with a combination of internal and third-party management.

Christopher Turso is a CFP® affiliated with Cerity Partners LLC and has four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Round Table Wealth Management and Northwestern Mutual. Cerity Partners provides customized wealth management services to a diverse national client base, including individuals, families, trusts, business entities, and institutional investors. The firm employs tailored asset allocation, manager selection, and periodic rebalancing, utilizing proprietary quantitative screens alongside third-party managers and individual securities.

Mark Macdonald is a financial advisor at Brookstone Capital Management LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been involved with Advanced Wealth Preservation, LLC since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a college planning consulting business focused on college selection, admission, and preparation. Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC-registered adviser providing fee-based asset management and financial planning through a turnkey asset management platform and wrap-fee program. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients such as sovereign wealth funds, employing a variety of discretionary investment strategies and supporting a large advisor network.

Aaron Berlow is a financial advisor at Lincoln Investment with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and serves clients from Cranford, NJ. Outside of Lincoln Investment, Berlow is Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Wildenstein & Co., Inc., where he oversees strategic direction and operational analysis. He is also the owner of Amber USA LLC, a leather goods manufacturing venture. Lincoln Investment serves individuals, charitable organizations, businesses, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, with a particular emphasis on educators and 403(b)/457(b) participants. The firm employs a combination of strategic and dynamic investment approaches across a range of advisory and model portfolio services.

Robert Kelly is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Farther since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Grisanti Capital Management. He is a trustee for Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss, a nonprofit providing free grief services to children. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform and discretionary investment management. The firm’s approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios primarily invested in ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.

Juan Yu is a financial advisor at Transamerica Financial Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Highlevel, United Healthcare, ACV Auctions, and Cosmo Insurance Agency. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in consulting on group health insurance and managing equity compensation programs for digital and vehicle auction companies. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base that includes individual investors, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and broker-dealer services featuring proprietary and third-party model portfolios, with program options that are discretionary or non-discretionary.

Montaha Khatib is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across multiple wealth segments, offering a broad range of investment advisory programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with internal oversight and provides unique market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant services.

Michael Vitkansas is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 40 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. In addition to his advisory role since 2016, he has been president of multiple businesses focused on employee benefit services and retirement income strategies since the mid-1980s. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors, institutional, and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan design, and employee education, and serves a broad client base that includes large institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds.

Kathleen Reilly is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. She has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network since 2021 and has prior experience with MML Investors Services and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company. Reilly is also co-owner of Reilly Financial Group, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing over $212 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad range of managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and comprehensive back-office support services.