Vatsal Patel is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ, holding the Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Bank of America, Merrill, Edward Jones, and New York Life. Outside of his advisory work, Patel owns and operates a beer and wine convenience store called Windsor Shoppe. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers multiple program types and focuses on tailoring advice to client goals, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Iglika Dimitrova is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and six years of industry experience. She has worked at TD Bank N.A. and Prudential Insurance Company of America, among other prior roles. Outside of finance, Dimitrova owns and directs Dance Passion NJ, LLC, a ballroom dance school. TD Private Client Wealth LLC offers discretionary wrap-fee managed accounts and brokerage services for institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients, utilizing a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation across affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Brian Segel is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life), holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 37 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at New York Life Insurance Company, Cetera, Allied Wealth Partners, and MassMutual. Eagle Strategies serves a broad range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated investment adviser representatives. The firm offers multiple program types tailored to client objectives and emphasizes fiduciary responsibilities, particularly in non-discretionary asset management and retirement plan consulting.

Perry Koplik is a financial advisor at Kestra Advisory with 40 years of industry experience and holds a Series 63 designation. His career includes roles at PF Compass, Commonwealth Financial Network, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Metlife Securities, and New England Securities. Koplik is co-owner of PF Compass, LLC, a group benefits firm. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services including fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and pooled plan solutions, serving a client base that includes large institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds.

Jared Brown is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 22 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. Outside of his advisory work, he is an independent insurance agent and a sales broker for Creative Risk Management. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through a large network of advisors. The firm offers discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios, with a distinctive legacy use of market-timing and momentum-based investment strategies.

David Cerchio is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Somerville, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Primerica Advisors and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 2007 and has also been involved with International Planning Alliance, LLC since 2004. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member of the Middletown South Alumni Organization. Primerica Advisors operates under Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a diverse retail client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers both brokerage and advisory services, employing a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party platforms.

Daniel Mulligan is a financial advisor with Kestra Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and seven years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Commonwealth Financial Network, Preferred Financial Partners, Hightower, Bank of America, Merrill, and Hennion & Walsh. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to plan sponsors and a diverse range of institutional and individual clients. The firm offers services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, employee education, and access to multiple management platforms, serving clients including large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

David Larocca is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with Creative Planning, where he has worked since 2018, following six years at RDM Capital Associates. Outside of advisory work, he serves as vice president and member of an LLC involved in a real estate investment business. Creative Planning is a large enterprise advisory firm managing approximately $217 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base with a financial planning-led investment process emphasizing low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by specialized equity and tax management approaches, and offers integrated retirement plan services alongside affiliated legal, trust, and recordkeeping businesses.

Elizabeth Espinal is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 24 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC and Santander Securities, LLC. She is based in Princeton, NJ. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm provides discretionary management through model portfolios and customized solutions, applying a fiduciary standard within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds.

Tristan Harding is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He has held various roles within PNC, including positions at PNC Bank and PNC Investments, and currently works at PNC Wealth Management in Bridgewater, NJ. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital discretionary model account that integrates algorithmic risk assessment and executes investments via approved strategies managed by PNC or third parties.

James Marronaro is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Princeton, NJ. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has nine years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Small World Wealth Management, Etorō USA Securities, Neuberger Berman BD LLC, and OppenheimerFunds. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm offers both point-in-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management through various managed account programs.

Evelyn Rubinstein is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer in Princeton, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation with five years of industry experience. She has been with Oppenheimer since 2019 and previously worked for 15 years at Advocate Primary Care / Derma Laser Centers. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves individuals, corporations, pension plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and retirement consulting, with both discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Amira Issa is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Princeton, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she manages two real estate LLCs focused on residential and commercial properties. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm employs a fiduciary standard and provides a range of discretionary management options, including model and customized portfolios.

Randolph Adams II is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, and Mass Mutual Investors Services. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of a rental property with non-family members. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time financial planning and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios.

Joseph Reilly is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Metuchen, NJ, holding the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He is co-owner of Reilly Financial Group, LLC, which facilitates securities, advisory, and insurance business. Reilly also serves as an advisory board member for Thriv, a lifestyle conference in Metuchen. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 advisors and managing about $213 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad platform including managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody services.

Adam Handler is a financial advisor at Centaurus Financial, Inc. with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Parkland Securities, Spc, Sigma Financial Corporation, Ic Advisory Services Inc., and The Investment Center Inc. Centaurus Financial, Inc. provides advisory and brokerage services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, small businesses, corporations, trusts, and foundations. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management through the CLASSIC Plus platform, retirement-plan consulting, and specialized advisory services, using both discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements with a variety of analytical approaches.

George Filepp is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 34 years of industry experience, currently with GWN Securities Inc. since 2014. He has operated his own tax and accounting service as a sole proprietor since 1973. GWN Securities is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individual and business clients through discretionary managed accounts, financial planning, and access to third-party sub-advisers and model portfolios. The firm manages approximately $3.65 billion across over 37,000 client accounts and offers a range of managed-account programs including SMA, UMA, and fund-strategist options.

George Rusnak is a CFA® charterholder with four years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. He has been with Wells Fargo since 2007, including 14 years at Wells Fargo Bank NA and five years at the Investment Institute. Wells Fargo Investment Institute provides institutional research, manager due diligence, model portfolio construction, and asset-allocation guidance primarily to Wells Fargo’s wealth and fiduciary businesses and select external clients. The firm operates through specialized divisions focused on manager research, securities analysis, asset allocation, and portfolio management, offering research and model guidance rather than direct investment discretion.

Oksana Gniza Yurchenko is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Citigroup since 2021, following prior roles including four years at Icap Corporates LLC. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across a range of segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment programs alongside broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm is notable for its large institutional scale, in-house research, and roles as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Michael Correale is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 18 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 credential. He has been with TIAA-CREF since 2010. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as President of the Howell Central Little League and is a board member of the Landsharks Baseball Club, both local youth baseball organizations. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers a range of services including model portfolio management and customized portfolios, applying a fiduciary standard that varies by service.