Nicholas Bruno is a financial advisor with Craft Wealth Services in Tampa, FL, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of experience in the industry. His prior work experience includes roles at Craft Asset Management, T.J. Maxx, Webull LLC, and General Nutrition Center. Craft Wealth Services is a state-registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with portfolio management and standalone financial planning. The firm employs a value-oriented, primarily long-only investment approach that integrates fundamental analysis, technical methods, and tactical asset allocation, offering discretionary management with at least annual reviews.

Audrey Himebaugh is a CFP® professional with 24 years of industry experience. She has worked at Matson Financial Advisors, Inc. since 2020 and has been associated with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, she prepares financial reports and facilitates expenditures for the Congregational Church of Brookfield. Matson Financial Advisors provides financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm focuses on a collaborative, plan-driven approach to portfolio construction and generally works with clients on a non-discretionary basis, integrating investment advice with comprehensive planning across retirement, tax, estate, insurance, and education needs.

Michael Matson is a financial advisor at Matson Financial Advisors, Inc. with 41 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Matson Financial Advisors since 1993. He also serves as a member of the Town of Brookfield Retirement Benefits Advisory Board. Matson Financial Advisors provides comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, families, not-for-profit organizations, and business entities. The firm focuses on long-term planning and offers investment recommendations across a range of securities as part of an integrated planning process.

Dana Esposito is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Happiness in Retirement in Watertown, CT. She has prior experience at Del-Sette Capital Management, LLC, Powell Financial Planning and Tax Services, and the Law Office of Julia M. Brown, LLC. Happiness in Retirement serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates with wealth management, discretionary portfolio management, and financial planning. The firm employs a long-term investment approach using diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, along with fundamental and technical analysis, and integrates planning, estate-planning technology, and tax work into client engagements.

Wilder Carnes is a financial advisor at Trust Advisory Group Ltd with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including StoneX Securities Inc, AGES Financial Services Ltd, and Source Capital Management. Trust Advisory Group Ltd serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and retirement plan sponsors, offering portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting through a team of approximately 30 advisors managing around $494 million in discretionary assets. The firm employs a range of investment solutions including advisor-managed portfolios, proprietary model strategies, and a manager-of-managers approach.

Karen Benin is a financial advisor at Benin Management Corp with a Series 65 designation and 20 years of experience at the firm. She is based in Redding, CT, and works within a two-advisor team. Benin Management Corporation serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and sub-advisory services. The firm customizes investment strategies using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, managing a substantial asset base with a focus on equities, debt, mutual funds, ETFs, and options.

Frank Brill is a financial advisor at Kovack Advisors, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Cantella & CO., Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing. In addition to his advisory role, Brill serves as a fiduciary for multiple family trusts and a family estate. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with around 260 advisors managing over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government entities, employing a risk-based approach using both internally created models and third-party managers supported by an Envestnet workflow.

Joseph Ferry Jr. is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has 31 years of industry experience, including service as Vice President and agent/broker at Chittenden Group, where he has been involved in insurance sales since 1995. Lifemark Securities Corp. provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual investors and retirement plan sponsors, offering programs such as Unified Managed Accounts and Separately Managed Accounts. The firm’s advice is suitability-driven and tailored through risk assessments, with accounts managed on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Peter Aiksnoras is a financial advisor with Compass Financial Management LLC in Oxford, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. His previous roles include positions at Securities America, Inc. and Questar Capital Corporation. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as treasurer for the Naugatuck Fish and Game Club and the Oxford Housing Authority, is a member of the Board of Governors for the Miamogue Yacht Club, and volunteers as a financial educator focusing on retirement planning and social security. Compass Financial Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and estates. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a multi-disciplinary investment approach across various asset classes with ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Jason Fedak is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Core Planning in New Milford, CT, where he has worked since 2021. He has five years of experience in the financial industry and concurrently serves as a Physician Assistant at New Milford Hospital, a role he has held since 2018. Prior to joining Core Planning, he worked in emergency and urgent care settings for over a decade. Core Planning provides fee-based financial planning and wealth management services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm customizes investment strategies based on client goals and risk tolerances, utilizing a mix of in-house advice, third-party money managers, and model portfolios.

Randy Beeman is a financial advisor at Choreo, LLC with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Glass Jacobson Wealth Advisors, Yhb Wealth Advisors LLC, Direct 2 Consumer Marketing LLC, and RSR Group of Virginia LLC. Choreo provides investment and advisory services to a diverse client base including individual investors, family offices, endowments, foundations, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes strategic asset allocation and diversified model portfolios managed by a centralized team and overseen by an Investment Committee.

John Obrien is a financial advisor with Westminster Financial Advisory Corp in Brookfield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp for 15 years before joining Westminster Financial Securities, Inc. in 2018. Obrien is also licensed as an insurance agent, offering various insurance products including health, disability, and life insurance. Westminster Financial Advisory Corporation provides investment supervisory services and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes a diversified, multi-asset class investment approach with a buy-and-hold strategy supplemented by tactical adjustments based on market conditions.

Robert Beckett is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with 41 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Summit Financial since 2018, with prior experience at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and multiple affiliated Summit entities dating back to 2010. He is a 10% owner of Stabilization Plans for Business, Inc., which manages succession plans for insurance clients of retired or deceased agents. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team advisory firm serving approximately 17,800 clients with about $26.35 billion in assets under management. The firm offers investment advisory and portfolio management programs alongside financial planning and retirement plan advisory services, operating a combination of discretionary and consultative platforms tailored to client preferences.

Daniel Jonker is a financial advisor at Summit Financial, LLC with 29 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses. His prior experience includes roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank and Fieldpoint Private Securities. Jonker also refers clients to Fieldpoint Private Bank for lending services. Summit Financial, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $26.35 billion in assets for around 17,800 clients. The firm offers both discretionary and consultative investment management programs, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services.

Jose Da Cruz is a CFA® charterholder with 17 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at International Assets Investment Management, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, METLIFE SECURITIES Inc, and Merrill. Outside of his advisory work, he is an adjunct professor at the Ancell School of Business at Western Connecticut State University and serves on the mission ministry committee of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield. International Assets Investment Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and corporations through a national network of independent representatives. The firm focuses on customized, long-term portfolio construction and offers a range of discretionary and non-discretionary management strategies, including the use of third-party money managers and financial planning services.

Howard Schloss is a financial advisor at SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC with 7 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. Schloss has been affiliated with SeaCrest Investment Management, LLC since 2011 and joined SeaCrest Wealth Management in 2026. SeaCrest Wealth Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a customized, long-term investment approach combining fundamental and technical analysis, utilizing both proprietary and third-party artificial intelligence tools to support decision-making.

Amit Trivedi is a financial advisor at Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations and previously worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massmutual Life Insurance Company, and Foresters Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent selling fixed insurance products. Fortis Capital Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm offers customized portfolio management and financial planning, utilizing a variety of investment strategies and third-party sub-advisors.

Walter Pachniuk is a CFP® professional with 40 years of industry experience, currently serving at Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc. since 2008. He is also affiliated with Advisers Trust, LLC, where he is an owner and provides wealth management and insurance services. Trustmont Advisory Group serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering financial planning, investment advice, discretionary portfolio management, and group seminars with a long-term investment outlook.

Timothy Haas is a financial advisor at Prosperity Capital Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses. Prior to joining Prosperity Capital Advisors, Mr. Haas worked at LifePro Asset Management, Integrated Wealth Concepts, LPL Financial, and National Planning Corporation. Outside of his advisory role, he manages multiple insurance agencies and offers tax preparation services. Prosperity Capital Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered firm that provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth investors, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs model-based, asset-allocation strategies with ongoing portfolio supervision using well-known providers and third-party sub-advisors.

Tobin Walters is a CFP® and CFA® affiliated with Belpointe Asset Management LLC, with four years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Opus Wealth Management, Altfest Personal Wealth Management, First Pacific Financial, Equitable Value, LLC, and DST Systems, Inc. Belpointe Asset Management is a multi-team registered investment adviser with more than 160 advisors managing over $7.5 billion for individuals, corporations, trusts, and other advisers. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, utilizing customized portfolios and third-party manager relationships, and offers a range of administrative and service solutions uncommon among peers.