Bradley Shermeto is a CFP® professional with one year of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with CWM, LLC and Carson Wealth, both since 2025. Prior to this, he worked at Louis Plung & Company for six years and spent time at Technip FMC and as a student. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm provides portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement-plan services, utilizing model portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Committee and integrating various analytical tools and third-party providers.

Cory Phillips is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently advising at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, Fort Pitt Capital Group, and Edward Jones. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a comprehensive range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Michael Alder is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors based in Pittsburgh, PA, holding a Series 66 license and four years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities since 2021 and has been with Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2014. Outside of his advisory work, Alder serves on the Swissvale Recreation Board and the Swissvale Zoning Board of Adjustments, and he manages a small commercial cleaning business. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage and advisory services with a range of investment strategies implemented through proprietary and third-party portfolios, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Seth Silverman is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Janney since 2016. He serves as chairman of the board of directors for St Margaret's Foundation in Pittsburgh, which assists hospital patients with essential needs not covered by insurance. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing around $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering financial planning, brokerage services, and multiple advisory programs.

Brendan Ward is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Pittsburgh, PA, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth and Wealth Management Partners, LLC since 2011. His other business activities include fixed insurance sales conducted under Wealth Management Partners, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, providing operations, technology, investment management, and compliance support while allowing advisors discretion in constructing client portfolios.

Santo Liberto is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC and Fort Pitt Capital Group Inc. and LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies, third-party separate account managers, and private funds.

Jason Longnecker is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and 24 years of industry experience. He has worked with Principal Life Insurance Company since 2006 and currently serves as president of JWL Wealth Management. In addition to his advisory work, he is an adjunct professor teaching finance and business courses at Westmoreland County Community College and serves as an elder overseeing the benevolent account at Bible Alliance Church. He is also president of a local chapter of a national business networking organization. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third‑party money managers through various adviser and promoter arrangements.

Nolan Dalson is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding a Series 66 designation and currently based in Canonsburg, PA. He began his advisory career at Janney Montgomery Scott in 2024 and has work experience that includes roles at Sharp Raiser Limited and various educational institutions. 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 individuals, families, trusts, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, and advisory programs through a combination of internal portfolio management and third-party managers.

Ryan Hicks is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors and has worked at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance Company, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage and advisory services, financial planning, and retirement and business consulting, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Edward Cehelsky is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, holding a Series 66 credential and with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Hornor, Townsend & Kent and Penn Mutual since 2004. In addition to his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance brokerage through his own business, EC Wealth Design, offering insurance sales and financial planning services. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, providing advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm operates both an advisory and broker-dealer platform, managing a broad range of assets with a focus on tailored asset allocation and diversification strategies.

Daniel Wolfgang is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with eight years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Janney since 2018. His prior roles include positions at Dominion Post, United Bank, and West Virginia University. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base with brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and advisory programs, and offers investment advice through a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management.

John Conway is a financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation based in Pittsburgh, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at PlanMember since 2017 and founded Conway Wealth Management in 2015. Prior to that, he spent over two decades at Woodbury INVESTORS, INC. PlanMember Securities Corporation provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and plan participants, serving as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans. The firm’s investment approach uses a top-down strategic asset allocation framework combined with risk-based mutual fund portfolios, supported by education and personalized planning services.

Mariano Lopez is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 15 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Kovitz Investment Group Partners, Fort Pitt Capital Group, Citizens Securities Inc., and PNC Wealth Management. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients, offering a range of wealth management and advisory services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive portfolio construction through an enhanced open architecture framework that combines active and passive strategies, third-party managers, and private funds.

Brian Smith is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with 32 years of industry experience, currently associated with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities in Pittsburgh, PA. He holds a limited attorney role drafting wills and serves on the boards of the Andrew C. Virostek Foundation and Lifetime Financial Growth. Park Avenue Securities LLC, doing business as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and a range of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management.

Nicholas Cortazzo is a Series 66-licensed advisor with PNC Wealth Management in Pittsburgh, PA, where he has worked since 2013. He has 21 years of industry experience. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an online discretionary model account available by invitation to employees. The firm employs algorithmic risk assessment and delegates portfolio implementation to third parties, using mutual funds and ETFs with annual rebalancing.

Chad Dalson is a CFP® professional with 38 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2011, totaling 15 years at the firm. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, and institutional clients, offering brokerage and advisory services through a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Daniel Brady is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC with a Series 65 credential and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, he worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Dick's Sporting Goods. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, and retirement-plan consulting for individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in assets and employs a diversified investment approach that blends passive and active management, overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

William Gorman is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Pittsburgh, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has worked with Primerica Advisors since 1999 and has concurrent experience with Luttner Financial Group Ltd. and Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America since 1992. Primerica Advisors operates as part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base that includes individual investors, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, including proprietary and third-party investment programs, financial planning, and consulting, supported by an integrated operating model and multiple investment management platforms.

Jonathan Lohman is a Series 65 licensed advisor at Mariner with 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2021 and previously spent a decade with Commonwealth Advisory Group, Ltd. in various roles. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and private funds by providing investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs a discretionary, customized investment approach supported by in-house research and third-party managers, and is notable for its integration of tax, accounting, and administrative family office capabilities.

Mykel Haney is a financial advisor at Key Investment Services LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several financial institutions including Bank of America, Merrill, and PNC Bank. Prior to his finance career, he held roles in the hospitality industry. Key Investment Services LLC serves individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate clients through various advisory programs, model portfolios, managed accounts, and brokerage and insurance products. The firm emphasizes client-directed investment strategies supported by non-binding recommendations and ongoing oversight, operating as part of the KeyCorp group with several affiliated entities.