Matthew Valentine is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC in Needham, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at GW & Wade, LLC and State Street Global Advisors affiliates. Outside of advisory work, he holds a real estate broker license and manages residential rental properties. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial counseling, family office and practice-integrated wealth services, and fiduciary and sub-advisory solutions. The firm employs a tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach with enhanced open architecture, combining fundamental and quantitative analysis, and integrates a broad range of public and private investment strategies alongside affiliated service companies and product relationships.

Brian McGrath is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, McGrath is a guest speaker for The Living Balance Sheet’s Foundations training sessions and is co-managing member of HUB Wealth Strategies, LLC., a marketing and business team entity. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, offering both brokerage and advisory services with a range of proprietary and third-party investment programs. The firm supports various account management approaches and provides additional services such as lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Morgan Mc Master is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with five years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. He has worked at SullivanKreiss Financial and Altara Wealth, among other firms. Outside of his advisory role, he works as a spin instructor at The Core Connection. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors. The firm offers a range of managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custodial services, serving individual and institutional clients.

Jonathan Holt is a CFP® professional with 16 years of experience in financial advising. He is affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and Your Path Financial Solutions, where he has worked since 2012 and 2018, respectively. Holt's background includes prior experience at Malone Financial Consulting. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting services. The firm supports advisors with operations, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice management, while offering multiple program structures including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing options.

Victor Shulman is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Westborough, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 14 years of industry experience. His prior work includes ten years at Prudential Insurance Company of America and Pruco Securities, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in brokering non-registered insurance products and property and casualty insurance with outside carriers. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice through various program types, managing a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis while operating within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Nina Bond is a CPA and CDFA affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. She has nine years of experience providing CPA services through her own firm, Nina D. Bond CPA CDFA PC, and previously worked at Smith Sullivan & Brown P.C. from 2013 to 2018. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and support services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment solutions, while providing operational and compliance support to affiliated advisors.

Jake Rozhansky is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and involvement with sports organizations such as The Kraft Group (New England Revolution II) and several Israeli basketball teams. Primerica Advisors operates under Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a diverse retail client base with brokerage and advisory services, including financial planning and retirement consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary models, third-party managers, and digital advice platforms.

Jennifer Watson is a financial advisor at Savant Wealth Management with 17 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously spent 20 years at Heritage Financial Services, LLC. Watson joined Savant Wealth Management in 2026. Savant Wealth Management serves individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation using mutual funds and ETFs with actively managed strategies and sub-advised mandates.

Bin Chen is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2023. He has previously worked with Boston Hill Advisors, LLC, Ager Group, and CreditEase Wealth Management. Outside of finance, he holds shareholder roles in a family design firm and a family-owned restaurant. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles.

William Hughes is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. He has worked with firms including Infinex Investments, Inc. and Bluestone Bank. Outside of his advisory role, Hughes serves as a board member of Space2Trhive, which involves event planning and coaching youth hockey. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients through a network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers customized advisory services, financial planning, ERISA plan services, and access to alternative investments and lending solutions, operating through a hybrid adviser/broker-dealer structure with a distinctive model that emphasizes firm supervision and client control options.

Jonathan Derby is a financial advisor with Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, based in Newton, MA, and has 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at The Colony Group, LLC since 2021 and previously operated Derby and Company Inc for nearly three decades. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach within an enhanced open architecture framework that integrates active and passive strategies, separate account managers, private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Giuseppe Feraco is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. with 27 years of industry experience. He has been with Citizens Securities since 2015 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Prior to joining Citizens Securities, he worked at Citizens Bank for one year. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm provides a digital advisory program with ETF-based portfolios and a managed account program, operating as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Brian Mc Donald is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at TD Bank N.A., Citizens Bank, New York Life Insurance Company, and the Washington Redskins/Commanders. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail customers. The firm constructs portfolios using a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from affiliated and third-party sub-managers, delivering ongoing portfolio management, financial planning support, and custody services.

Kelli Adams is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. She previously worked at GW & Wade LLC and GW & Wade Asset Management Company. Outside of her advisory role, she owns an investment property with minimal involvement. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to a diverse client base, employing a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that integrates both active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Richard Howell is a Series 66 licensed advisor with Primerica Advisors, where he has worked for 10 years. He also has experience at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company, each for 2 years. Outside of his advisory roles, he holds power of attorney for his spouse. Park Avenue Securities serves a diverse retail client base, offering both brokerage and advisory services along with financial and business consulting. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms and supports various account services including lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Lauren Kuzmak Herrmann is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 66 and Series 63 licenses. She has two years of industry experience and previously worked at Fidelity Brokerage Services, State Street Global Markets, Thomson Reuters, and PNC Bank. Outside of financial services, she was involved with Turbo CrossFIT for five years. She is affiliated with Park Avenue Securities LLC, which operates as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with a range of brokerage, financial planning, and investment advisory services.

Douglas Reiss is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, based in Needham, MA, and has three years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities, LLC since 2021 and has been associated with The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he is the owner of Reiss Capital LLC, a business entity established for a GA contract. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, utilizing a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies along with financial planning and retirement-plan consulting.

John Valentine is a financial advisor with Citizens Securities, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 22 years of industry experience. His career includes multiple tenures at Citizens Securities and a period with the United States Postal Service. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans. The firm offers investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services, including a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program.

Kevin Schneider is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at Park Avenue Securities and The Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the finance and business development committee at Doc Wayne Youth Services and participates in the Bulfinch Group Charitable Foundation's grant evaluation process. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage and advisory services, utilizing proprietary and third-party investment strategies across various account types.

Ashley Woods is a financial advisor at Farther with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at E3 Wealth Management and Commonwealth Financial Network. Farther serves individual investors, trusts, and estates through a technology-driven advisory platform combined with direct client meetings. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based investment approach using bespoke and algorithmic model portfolios, with a focus on ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income.