Michael George is a financial advisor at Watts Capital Partners LLC with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and has been with Watts Capital since 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Global Arena Capital Corp for nine years. Michael serves as a co-trustee for a trust account under New York State law, a role he has held since 1984. Watts Capital Partners serves individual and family clients, business owners, and enterprises, including Gen X/Gen Y professionals and clients navigating divorce. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and investment management services, employing a mix of core, tactical, and alternative strategies, and uses proprietary quantitative models alongside derivatives and options strategies.

Michael Fishman is a financial advisor with NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC in New York, NY. He holds a Series 65 credential and has one year of industry experience. Prior to joining NerdWallet Wealth Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs for nine years and spent a year in extended travel. NerdWallet Wealth Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as certain charitable organizations, providing discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm uses a team approach and primarily implements passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios supplemented with fundamental analysis, offering access to alternative investments and employing third-party sub-advisers for specialized strategies.

Christine Lucero is a CFP® professional with four years of experience at Satovsky Asset Management LLC in New York, NY. She has been with the firm since 2013, which operates as a team of five advisors. Satovsky Asset Management provides wealth management, holistic financial planning, and investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $844 million in regulatory assets and emphasizes goals-based planning, tax-efficient portfolio construction, and low-cost, often passive investment strategies with flexibility for alternative investments when appropriate.

Preston Buhrmaster is a financial advisor at Zoe Financial, Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 credential with one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Everlaw and Aflac, as well as experience with a CPA firm and his own company, JH Buhrmaster CO. Zoe Financial, Inc. operates an online referral service that connects individual and high-net-worth clients to third-party registered investment advisers within its Zoe Advisor Network. The firm also offers the Zoe Wealth Platform, providing reporting and administrative support to participating RIAs, focusing on referrals and platform services rather than direct retail account management.

Jiorden Sanchez is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Goldman Sachs for four years before joining United Asset Strategies Inc. in 2020, where he is part of a team of 25 advisors. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model with an investment approach that includes diversified, tailored portfolios and active fixed-income management.

Ralph Metz is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, Ralph is a 22% owner investor in a CrossFit gym operated by his brother. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management provides personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers portfolio management, third-party money manager oversight, and ongoing investment consultation, primarily using non-discretionary arrangements and relying on third-party managers and model portfolios.

Emily Liao is a financial advisor with Plum Street Advisors, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at Barclays Capital Inc and Barclays and spent two years at Cornell University. Plum Street Advisors is a boutique wealth management firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plan sponsors. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation, low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware implementation, alongside the use of third-party separately managed accounts and occasional options and margin strategies.

Kenneth Gutwillig is a financial advisor at Financial Decisions, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Financial Decisions since 2016, with prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent. He is also involved in insurance sales and services, including life, accident, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Financial Decisions serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach with a mix of bonds, equities, independent managers, and variable annuity management, operating from multiple offices despite a small advisory team.

Dennis Lee is a financial advisor at Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at both Wilmington Capital Securities and Trident Partners Ltd., where he currently supervises the municipal bond trading activity. Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy using a range of securities and analysis methods, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

James Elliot is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with ELCO Management Company, LLC in New York, NY, since 1995. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through separately managed accounts and as adviser and general partner to a private pooled vehicle. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and employs options, short selling, and leverage where appropriate.

Matthew Delorenzo is a financial advisor with United Asset Strategies Inc., holding a Series 63 designation and four years of industry experience. He has been with United Asset Strategies since 2008. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model with diversified, tailored portfolios that include active fixed-income management and options strategies.

Joseph Mcclellan is a financial advisor with WealthPLAN Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has worked with multiple firms, including Securities America Inc. and LPL Financial, and has been with WealthPLAN Partners since 2014. WealthPLAN Partners provides financial planning, investment management, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional clients. The firm employs a “Strategy Diversification” approach across various asset classes and typically manages client accounts on a discretionary basis with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing.

Ashwini Patil is a financial advisor at GoalVest Advisory LLC in New York, NY, with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been with GoalVest Advisory since 2018. GoalVest Advisory primarily serves high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm combines fundamental equity research, quantitative analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to create tailored investment strategies and generally manages accounts on a discretionary basis.

Daniel Sterling is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He currently serves as a financial advisor at NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2025. Prior to this, he worked at Future You Wealth, LLC for six years and Capital Guardian Trust Company for four years. NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that manages roughly $263 million in discretionary assets for individual and high-net-worth clients as well as certain charitable organizations. The firm employs passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios combined with fundamental analysis and offers integrated financial planning, portfolio construction, and access to alternative investments for eligible clients.

Alan Weingarten is a financial advisor at Comprehensive Capital Management, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Comprehensive Capital Management since 2009. Outside of advisory work, he owns and operates Weingarten Financial Funding, providing pre-settlement funding for certain types of litigation. Comprehensive Capital Management advises individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical strategies, including tactical overlays and market-timing approaches, to manage client portfolios.

John Preston is a financial advisor at WealthEdge Investment Advisors LLC with 39 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Watts Capital Partners LLC and Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. WealthEdge Investment Advisors serves individual investors, retirement plans, and corporate clients with discretionary portfolio management and model portfolio services. The firm manages approximately $402 million across a six-advisor team and employs asset allocation alongside fundamental and technical analysis to guide investment decisions.

James Lombardo II is a financial advisor at Atcap Partners, LLC with 32 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at firms including National Asset Management, National Securities Corp, and Aegis Capital Corp. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as CEO of a real estate company. Atcap Partners provides investment management and financial planning services to individual clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, including market-timing strategies, and offers access to third-party asset managers as well as alternative investments through affiliated entities.

William Ullman is a financial advisor at Connective Wealth Partners, LLC with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Water Street Advisors LLC, Berkshire Global Advisors LP, and Greystone Wealth Advisors, LLC. Ullman serves as a board member of Alpha Modus Corp., a data-driven technology company. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory that provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm’s investment approach relies on fundamental analysis with a generally long-term orientation, constructing portfolios from ETFs, equities, bonds, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Cheung Chan is a financial advisor with Chemistry Wealth Management LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. Before joining Chemistry in 2021, Chan spent nine years at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. He is involved in real estate development and management through a business ownership role in Brooklyn, NY. Chemistry Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered fiduciary firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with a predominantly long-term investment approach and manages over $1.26 billion in client assets.

Andrew Mc Kay is a financial advisor at Cross Border Wealth, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at several firms including Edward Jones and CUSO Financial Services. Mc Kay is based in New York, NY. Cross Border Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, specializing in expatriates, Americans living abroad, and foreign nationals. The firm provides non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, primarily allocating client accounts to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.