Robert Rickey is a CFP® with 32 years of industry experience, currently serving at StraightLine. His career includes 25 years at TIAA-CREF and roles at TruNor Consulting & Coaching Services. Outside of his advisory work, he is an investor and advisory board member for Financial Wellness Labs, a company providing digital tools and coaching for personal financial management, and serves on the advisory board of CIO Group, LLC, a registered investment adviser focused on family office portfolio assessments. StraightLine serves individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement-plan sponsors by providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement education services. The firm employs institutional research and proprietary models to guide portfolio construction, offering access to sub-advisers and structured participant education programs.

Raymond Balroop is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His prior roles include positions at Hightower and Fifth Avenue Financial (MassMutual), where he worked for 16 years. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party portfolios, offering financial planning and portfolio management services with strategies that may include passive and active management, hedging, leverage, and derivatives.

Christopher Dunne is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC since 2021. He also has experience with IDB Capital Corp. since 2015. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, accredited investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party model portfolios, utilizing both passive and active management strategies, and serves non-U.S. clients through affiliated entities in India and Singapore.

Albert Akerman is a financial advisor at R & R Financial Planners, Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been associated with RNR Securities, LLC since 2015. Outside of advisory work, he serves as an arbitrator and arbitration panel chairman for the FINRA Dispute Resolution Department and is president of Strategic Management Associates, LLC, a consulting and financial services firm. R & R Financial Planners, Inc. is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $60.1 million for a diverse client base, including individual investors and high-net-worth clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and employs a combination of model portfolios, customized strategies, and options-based approaches while operating with an in-house broker-dealer and insurance distribution capabilities.

Keith Douglas is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms including Lantern Investments, Convera, and Peak Alliance. 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 utilizes a team-based advisory model with diversified, tailored portfolios and active fixed-income management.

William Romeo is a CFP® and Series 63 licensed financial advisor with 44 years of industry experience. He has been with R & R Financial Planners, Inc. since 1983 and RNR Securities, L.L.C. since 1997. In addition to his advisory role, he works as an independent insurance agent for Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of NY. R & R Financial Planners, Inc. is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $60.1 million for individual investors, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, and non-public corporations. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and uses a mix of model portfolios, customized strategies, and options/derivatives alongside third-party managers.

Philip Palumbo is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Palumbo Wealth Management LLC. He previously worked at UBS Financial Services Inc for 10 years and has been with his current firm since 2020. In addition to his advisory role, he is also involved in insurance sales on a limited basis. Palumbo Wealth Management serves high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through wealth management, discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm manages approximately $543 million for roughly 283 clients, utilizing a primarily long-term and discretionary investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, options, private investments, and allocations to independent managers.

John Marx is a financial advisor at Edge Wealth Management, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 63 designation with four years of industry experience. He has been with Edge Wealth Management since 2013. Edge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and ancillary financial planning to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment process is based on fundamental analysis and tailored to each client’s objectives, managing approximately $770.7 million in discretionary assets for about 261 clients.

Mario Giammarco is a Series 66-licensed advisor with 49 years of industry experience. He is currently with Herold Advisors, Inc. and Lantern Wealth Advisors, LLC, and has previously worked at Everbank and Bernard Herold & Co., Inc. Giammarco also serves as president of Herold Insurance Agency, Inc., a life insurance business. Herold Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management using a process that combines computerized screening and fundamental analysis, focusing primarily on domestic large- and mid-cap equities with diversified fixed income and occasional foreign equities.

Anthony Rosa is an investment advisory representative with R & R Financial Planners, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He has been with R & R Financial Planners since 2009 and also operates Tony Rosa Landscaping, a business he has managed since 1978. R & R Financial Planners, Inc. is a team-based SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $60.1 million for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, and uses a combination of model portfolios, customized strategies, and derivatives in separately managed accounts.

Christine Nardella is a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. She previously worked at United Asset Strategies, Inc. for eleven years. Nardella is also licensed as an insurance agent. Opal Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm uses a planning-centric, customized investment process that incorporates proprietary model portfolios, quantitative and qualitative screening, and ongoing manager due diligence.

Andrew Clayton is a financial advisor at Measured Risk Portfolios with a Series 66 designation and over six years of experience in the industry. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley, Equitable Advisors, Anheuser Busch, and Northwestern Mutual. He also has 16 years of experience in education. Measured Risk Portfolios manages nearly $400 million in assets for individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, financial planning, and sub-advisory services. The firm is known for its model portfolios that incorporate derivatives and borrowing strategies and serves as sub-adviser to the MRP SynthEquity ETF.

Mason Coon is a financial advisor at Zoe Financial, Inc. with one year of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. His prior work includes multiple roles at Charles Schwab and employment with AJ Lawn Services. Zoe Financial operates an online referral service that connects individuals and high-net-worth households with third-party registered investment advisers through its Advisor Network, while also providing a separate Wealth Platform that offers administrative and sub-advisory services to RIAs.

Gino Carollo is a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investment and Citibank Global Markets. Carollo is also licensed as a fixed insurance agent. Opal Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and retirement plans. The firm employs a planning-centric, customized investment approach using proprietary model portfolios, quantitative and qualitative screening, and accesses independent managers through UMA platforms.

Lance Armenta is a financial advisor at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Equitable Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC manages over $2 billion for individuals, families, trusts, and institutions, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside fee-based financial planning. The firm employs a long-term investment approach and provides access to alternative private funds, with portfolio management tailored to individual client objectives.

Brian Kelley is a financial advisor with Oath Planning, LLC in Brooklyn, NY, holding a Series 65 credential and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at Oath Planning since 2018 and was previously involved with Oath Law, a professional law corporation, from 2017 to 2024. Prior to his financial and legal work, he was employed at Victoria's Pasta Shop for nine years. Oath Planning manages discretionary investment portfolios for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, qualified retirement plans, not-for-profits, and small businesses, providing investment management, written financial plans, and estate-planning services through its affiliated law firm. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes modern portfolio theory with a buy-and-hold, asset-allocation strategy, typically using passively managed mutual funds and fixed-income securities.

Alexander Saingchin is a Series 65-registered advisor with Just Futures, where he has worked since 2023. He has three years of industry experience and co-founded Flash Friction, a climbing shoe repair business, where he oversees strategic planning and governance. Saingchin also provides non-investment consulting services to nonprofits through his firm, Saingchin Strategy & Consulting. Just Futures serves nonprofit organizations, foundations, family offices, small- and mid-sized businesses, retirement plans, and individual investors, managing approximately $46.7 million in assets. The firm integrates values-aligned, social justice-informed approaches including ESG considerations and a range of public and private market solutions into client portfolios.

Angela Liu is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. She joined Avestar Capital in 2025 after a ten-year period away from the workforce. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for individual and high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, accredited and qualified investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm combines proprietary ETF-based models with outsourced model portfolios, offering financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, due diligence services, and access to private funds and special purpose vehicles.

Joseph Capezza is a financial advisor at Cove Private Wealth, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Banc of America Investments. Cove Private Wealth provides portfolio management and retirement plan consulting for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, sector, and qualitative analysis, and uses a variety of instruments including derivatives and option-writing strategies within separately managed accounts.

Daniel Pompeo Camargo Jannuzzi is a financial advisor at Ameraudi Asset Management, Inc. in New York, NY, with two years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Ameraudi Investment Services LLC, Safra National Bank of New York, Delta National Bank, and Magnetis Investimentos. Ameraudi Asset Management provides portfolio management and asset-allocation services to domestic and foreign high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and trusts, focusing on exchange-traded funds and employing a macroeconomic investment approach with both discretionary and non-discretionary programs.