William Prendergast is a financial advisor at Altfest Personal Wealth Management with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been associated with L. J. Altfest and Co., Inc. since 1993. Altfest Personal Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm manages portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, supported by an investment committee that oversees security selection and rebalancing.

Isabella Mc Closkey is a financial advisor at NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Equitable Advisors, LLC, Nexus Ligas, and Omni 360 Advisors. NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as certain charitable organizations through discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm primarily employs passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios supported by fundamental analysis and offers access to alternative investments and specialized strategies through third-party sub-advisers.

Peter Ostensen is a financial advisor at Geremia Financial Services, LLC with a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Geremia Financial Services, he worked at Fairfield University and Xaverian High School. Geremia Financial Services, LLC provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional entities such as trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm manages approximately $103 million across about 115 client relationships, employing a top-down macroeconomic framework combined with bottom-up security selection, and uses options primarily for hedging within a wrap fee program structure.

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.

Daniel Hayes is a financial advisor at Argos Wealth Advisors LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Bessemer Trust Company, N.A. for 21 years. Hayes is a limited partner in a restaurant business, Eatdrinknj LLC, located in Milburn, NJ. Argos Wealth Advisors provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a risk-based, strategic asset allocation approach and integrates financial planning into portfolio management, employing a variety of investment vehicles and third-party managers tailored to client needs.

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.

Ralph Metz Jr. is a financial advisor with Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is a 22% owner and investor in a CrossFit gym business. Spartan Capital Private Wealth Management offers personalized investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, and other business entities, focusing on portfolio management and oversight of third-party money managers. The firm tailors guidance to clients' objectives and risk tolerance, managing assets primarily on a non-discretionary basis and integrating broker-dealer and insurance activities under common ownership.

Emily Liao is a financial advisor at Plum Street Advisors, LLC with seven years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. Prior to joining Plum Street Advisors, she worked at Barclays Capital Inc. for seven years and has a background that includes experience 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 emphasizes strategic asset allocation, low-cost index funds and ETFs, active rebalancing, and tax-aware implementation, supplementing in-house portfolios with third-party separately managed account platforms.

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 Werner is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at RSW Investments and its affiliated entities since 2017, including RSW Investments Holdings, LLC. RSW Investments manages municipal fixed-income portfolios for individual and institutional clients, primarily through financial intermediaries and wrap-fee program sponsors. The firm focuses on municipal bond strategies emphasizing after-tax total return, employing credit research and duration management across three core mandates.

Joseph Mcclellan is a financial advisor at WealthPLAN Partners with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including Securities America Inc., LPL Financial, and Equitable Advisors. In addition to his advisory role, he maintains a New Jersey insurance producer license authorizing him to write life insurance and variable annuities. WealthPLAN Partners provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes strategy diversification, combining mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and alternative strategies to tailor portfolios to client objectives and risk tolerance.

James Maher is a financial advisor at WJL Financial Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has prior work experience at Renaissance Reinsurance US Inc and Columbia University. WJL Financial Advisors serves individuals, small businesses, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio guidance, and tax services. The firm employs an academic-based investment approach focused on low-cost, passively managed funds and integrates tax planning within its service model.

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 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC. He has previously worked at Future You Wealth, LLC and Capital Guardian Trust Company. NerdWallet Wealth Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as certain charitable organizations, through discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning. The firm primarily uses passive, asset-class-weighted portfolios combined with fundamental analysis and offers access to alternative investments and specialized strategies via third-party sub-advisers.

Gregory Guenther is a financial advisor at GRANTvest Financial Group LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at GRANTvest since 2020 and at Calton & Associates, Inc. since 2013. Outside of his advisory role, Guenther is involved in insurance sales and owns an LLC for tax filing purposes. GRANTvest Financial Group provides wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm manages approximately $230 million in assets and emphasizes diversified, ETF-focused portfolios tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

John Preston is a financial advisor with WealthEdge Investment Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 designations and over 40 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Watts Capital Partners LLC for six years and Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. for eleven years. WealthEdge serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as retirement plans and businesses, providing discretionary portfolio management, model-portfolio services, and access to third-party strategists. The firm employs multi-model core-satellite and dynamic allocation strategies and manages roughly $472 million for around 290 clients through a team of six advisors.

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.

Matthew Sottile is a financial advisor with Bravias Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He previously worked at David Lerner, LLC for 14 years before joining Bravias Financial in 2018. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Sottile owns Wall Street Chef, a catering and private chef business, and is President of Cor8Life, a company focused on organic food products and recipe testing. Bravias Financial serves individual and high-net-worth clients through a six-advisor team, offering discretionary investment management and financial planning. The firm uses a model portfolio approach tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and includes access to a broad range of asset classes.