J. Hunter Hart is a CFP® professional with 14 years of experience, currently serving as an investment advisory representative at CWM, LLC. He has held roles at Cetera Wealth Services, LLC, Equity Planning, Inc., and LPL Financial. Hart is also involved in expense management through a separate business venture. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a large network of advisors. The firm employs discretionary portfolio management using model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis with various sub-advisory and customization tools.

Vertti Iso Ahola is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Commonwealth since 2017, with prior roles at Ameriprise Financial Services and Cypress Wealth Management. He also engages in fixed insurance sales as a secondary business activity. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a variety of advisory programs and services. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction across a broad range of securities and insurance products.

Adam Tobin is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and has held prior roles at Raymond James Financial Services and T. Rowe Price. Tobin is also a licensed notary in Maryland. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides financial planning, 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 managers, supported by quantitative, momentum, and fundamental analysis.

Logan Grossman is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently serving at Valic Financial Advisors. He has worked at Valic since 2014 and also has experience with The Bozzuto Group. Outside of his advisory role, Grossman is a board member at Lighthouse Christian Academy, where he participates in governance and supports the school's mission. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

Wesley Lindquist is a financial advisor at Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. with seven years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at Thrivent Financial, Pruco Securities LLC, and Elite Income Advisors, Inc. In addition to his advisory work, Lindquist is involved in investment educational services through his own business. Bankers Life Advisory Services, Inc. serves mass-affluent and high-net-worth individuals with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, as well as retirement plan consulting. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to create tailored investment strategies aligned with clients’ goals, risk tolerances, and time horizons.

Frank Bartolini is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 designations and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with pre-existing relationships through employer retirement plans. The firm operates a fiduciary advisory model and offers multiple managed account options, including customized portfolios and model-driven strategies.

Ya Meng is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. She has worked with organizations including United Health Care and Kaiser Permanente and is co-owner of Octisys LLC, a company focused on software development and IT consulting. Meng also serves as a college consultant with the Heartland Institute of Financial Education. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base, utilizing a network of advisors and multiple program platforms that emphasize model portfolios and third-party managers. The firm supports individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses.

Oleksa Gerlak is a CFA® charterholder and Series 63 licensee with 14 years of industry experience. He is currently with RBC Rochdale, LLC and has previously worked at CNR Securities, LLC and ProShares. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, institutions, and government entities. The firm employs an active, multi-strategy investment process combining quantitative and fundamental analysis, utilizing proprietary tools and a range of asset classes to construct tailored portfolios.

Michelle Barry is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 29 years of industry experience, currently with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Her career includes roles at Grove Point Investments, H. Beck, and Hornor Townsend and Kent. At Transamerica, she may also perform home office functions supporting other business units. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers a combination of advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment models, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Jennine Lacroix is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 27 years of industry experience. She has been with Wealthspire Advisors in Annapolis, MD since 2002. Wealthspire Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm offers customized wealth management, financial planning, and trustee services, using an institutional-style asset allocation approach and a mix of investment vehicles.

Kelly Nowottnick is a financial advisor at HB Wealth with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at WMS Partners and PNC Bank. HB Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser that provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, and institutional clients. The firm employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative due diligence across various public and private investment strategies and offers services including outsourced chief investment officer and institutional advisory solutions.

Joshua Martin is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, holding a Series 66 designation and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Clearing. He is also an agent for Agia, where he is involved in non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, as well as employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm manages investment portfolios and financial plans through a large network of advisors, utilizing discretionary unified managed accounts and offering tax-aware and impact overlays.

Alex Dansberger is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC. He has worked at several firms including LPL Financial and Planning Solutions Group. Outside of advisory work, he dedicates time as a financial advisor involved in fixed insurance activities. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services manages over $122 billion in assets and serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes diversified, risk-class-based allocations that combine passive and active management, supported by an internal Investment Committee and a range of implementation tools.

Andrea Dykes is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 21 years of industry experience. She is currently affiliated with TLG Advisors, Inc. and has been a Managing Partner and agent at Howard Insurance since 2014. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in the sale of fixed insurance products and acts as a referral source for health insurance and employee benefits. TLG Advisors, Inc. provides investment supervisory services, portfolio management, and comprehensive financial planning to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm emphasizes manager selection and ongoing monitoring through fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory, and offers both sub-advised accounts and a direct-to-consumer digital program called Starlight Portfolios.

Ittai Dvir is a financial advisor with Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding the CFP® designation and Series 66 license, with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Independent Financial Group since 2011 and at Plotkin Financial Advisors since 2009. Dvir is a 50% owner of Monarch Global Partners, LLC, a firm offering institutional marketing and referrals, and is involved in consulting services to an Israel-based Bridge Equity fund through ID Financial Advisors, Inc. Independent Financial Group is a large integrated advisory and brokerage firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm offers investment advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement services through various platforms, combining in-house and third-party manager models, and operates with a mix of advisory and brokerage roles.

Kimberly Magaha is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2004. Magaha serves on the Board of Trustees for two retirement plans sponsored by Wicomico County and related local entities. Wealthspire Advisors serves individuals, corporations, retirement plans, nonprofits, and trustees, offering customized wealth management, investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement-plan services. The firm employs a relationship-driven process and institutional-style asset allocation across a diversified range of investments.

Jackson Traxler is a financial advisor at Rockefeller Financial LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Morgan Stanley and Truist Advisory Services. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves ultra-high and high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, charities, corporations, and retirement plans by providing wealth management, financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines integrated wealth, trust, and insurance services through its Rockefeller Global Family Office platform and offers access to alternative and private investments alongside traditional portfolio management.

Kenneth Clarke is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 11 years of industry experience and has worked at Ameritas since 2016, including roles at Ameritas Investment Corp. and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. Outside of his advisory role, he is a financial representative involved with Peake Financial Group LLC. Ameritas Advisory Services provides fee-based investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of programs including discretionary and non-discretionary solutions, model portfolios, and works with both in-house and third-party managers.

Leah Jones is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors since 2015. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in Bethesda, MD. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services.

Loren Harris is a financial advisor at Valic Financial Advisors with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Valic since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, Harris works as an independent driver for Uber and serves as a partner in MVH Development, a management consulting firm supporting his wife's career. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-based individual investors, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet's UMA models to construct client portfolios.