Linda Krayton is the principal advisor at E.C. Krayton Associates, Inc., an independent firm where she has worked since 1993. She has 22 years of industry experience. In addition to her advisory role, she is president of a separate tax preparation business operated part-time by an employee. E.C. Krayton Associates, Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, families, trusts, and estates, focusing on long-term, income-oriented investments tailored to client goals and risk tolerance. The firm manages a small client base with portfolios that may include equities, bonds, municipal and U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, and interests in partnerships such as oil and gas.

Danilo Santiago is a financial advisor at Rational Investment Methodology, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Rational Investment Methodology since 2016, where he is the sole advisor. Rational Investment Methodology offers discretionary portfolio management for qualified individual investors, employing predefined risk-profile strategies and proprietary discounted dividend models across select consumer and industrial sectors. The firm uses a rule-based investment approach with algorithmic execution and applies performance-based compensation for qualified clients.

Thomas Vetter is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) and the founder of Vetter Planning. He chose to establish Vetter Planning because of his desire to help individuals and small businesses develop financial plans that are designed to achieve their goals. It was founded upon principles that place the utmost value on its clients’ financial goals and objectives. It is in the business of building long-term, solid relationships that are based upon trust and quality client service. Since 2002, Tom has been providing financial planning and investment advice. He graduated from Siena College in Loudonville, NY with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. Prior to founding Vetter Planning, he was a Senior Financial Analyst for Guardian Life and an Investment Analyst for NYC Housing Development Corporation. Tom resides in Randolph, New Jersey with his wife, Jennifer, son Gavin, and daughters, Abigail and Claire. His interests include volunteering, coaching youth sports, golf, and mountain biking.

Gary Feldman is the sole advisor at Grand Ridge Capital, LLC, a state-registered independent investment adviser based in Roseland, NJ. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He has been managing Grand Ridge Capital since 2005. Grand Ridge Capital manages approximately $4.95 million across nine client accounts, serving high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities. The firm primarily manages accounts on a non-discretionary basis and employs a range of investment strategies including fundamental research, technical analysis, and allocations to independent managers and alternative investments.

Rocco Santomenno is the sole advisor at Rocco R. Santomenno, an independent firm based in Fair Lawn, NJ. He holds over 14 years of industry experience and has been practicing as a sole practitioner since 1975. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as president of Gold Ring Investments, Inc., a mortgage placement business. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management focused on publicly traded equities for individuals, trusts, and pension or profit-sharing plans. It emphasizes fundamental equity analysis and manages approximately eighty client accounts with just over $50 million in assets under management.

Ioannis Papatherapontos is a financial advisor with J.Pappas Investments, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has held roles at several affiliated firms, including Pappas Financial Group, First Financial Consultants, and J.Pappas Realty. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as CEO of companies involved in merchant services, energy brokerage, and insurance sales, focusing primarily on sales and business development. J.Pappas Investments provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis, managing accounts largely on a discretionary basis while tailoring advice to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Neil Murphy is a financial advisor with NPM Consulting, LLC in Ridgewood, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Rose Wealth Advisors LLC since 2024 and has been with NPM Consulting since 2012. NPM Consulting provides financial planning, tax preparation, and investment management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, related trusts, and select pension plans and business entities. The firm builds customized portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and active management, incorporating a range of securities and derivatives, and also offers a managed futures program for accredited investors.

Vincent Grosso is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He is the founder of Grosso Wealth Management LLC in Montclair, NJ, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to founding his firm, he spent three years at Kestra Private Wealth Services. Outside of his advisory role, Grosso is the President of the Joanne Grosso Foundation Inc. Grosso Wealth Management LLC is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm typically employs long-term, passive buy-and-hold strategies using mutual funds and ETFs and offers project-based planning, educational seminars, and fiduciary retirement plan services.

Humberto Portillo is a financial advisor at Financial Freedom Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with his current firm since 2015. Financial Freedom Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans with approximately $8.1 million in assets under management. The firm uses a rules-based quantitative approach to asset allocation, incorporating low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, tax-loss harvesting, and leverage strategies, with a focus on special-needs planning and community education through seminars and workshops.

Mark Vogel is the sole advisor at Mark Vogel Wealth Management, LLC, located in North Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in financial advising. In addition to his work in wealth management since 2003, he has practiced law as a sole proprietor since 1991, dedicating a significant portion of his time to his legal practice. Mark Vogel Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and small-company pension accounts, managing approximately $96 million in assets. The firm employs a concentrated, growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy focused on a small number of individual stocks and offers performance-based compensation options for qualified clients.

Michael Nisiotis is a financial advisor with Nisiotis, Michael, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has served as Managing Director and President of Michael Anthony & Associates since 2002, a management consulting firm focused on project and process management for new products and services. Surpass Yourself Advisors provides financial and retirement planning, education, and coaching to individuals, families, small businesses, and organizations through virtual one-on-one sessions, webinars, and workplace programs. The firm emphasizes asset allocation with diversified, primarily passive portfolios and operates on flat or hourly fees without managing client assets or accepting discretionary authority.

Shawn O’Brien is a financial advisor at Cois Dara Investing with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Cois Dara Investing, he worked at Diageo and Loudpack. Cois Dara Investing provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing a long-term trading strategy supported by charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis. The firm prepares Investment Policy Statements for clients and seeks discretionary authority to implement portfolio decisions, primarily recommending equities along with mutual funds, ETFs, commodities, non-U.S. securities, and venture capital funds to diversify portfolios.

Martin Costello is a financial advisor with Preakness Retirement Advisors, LLC in Verona, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has worked at Aura Financial Services, Inc. since 2005. Preakness Retirement Advisors offers diversified asset-allocation advice and financial planning to individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities. The firm emphasizes a non-discretionary investment approach using low-expense index funds and combines fundamental and technical analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework.

Alexander Selem is the principal at Archedia Capital LLC, an independent advisory firm, and holds a Series 65 credential with six years of industry experience. He also works as Director of Data and Research at The Travelers Companies, where he conducts predictive modeling and data science related to workers compensation claims. Archedia Capital LLC provides discretionary investment management and portfolio advisory services to a small client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and certain business entities. The firm combines passive ETF-based allocations with active, systematic strategies driven by quantitative models and statistical arbitrage, employing risk controls such as position limits and diversification.

Jeffrey Lieberman is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Caldwell Fairfield Advisors and has been involved with Weinberg Lieberman, P.C., a tax accounting firm, since 1987. His professional background includes over a decade at Jay H. Weinberg Investment Advisor, LLC. Caldwell Fairfield Advisors offers financial planning and consulting services to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, focusing on non-investment advice such as tax and estate planning. The firm refers clients to independent investment advisers for portfolio management and does not provide discretionary investment management or custody of client assets.

Kenneth Gibbons is a financial advisor at Financial Engineering LLC in Sparta, NJ, with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at AXA Advisors LLC, David Gerson CPA, and Professional and Reliable Accounting Services LLC. In addition to his advisory role, he owns Financial Strategies LLC, an insurance and annuities business. Financial Engineering LLC serves individuals, families, business owners, and pension/retirement plan sponsors with financial planning, investment advisory services using third-party managers, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm combines accounting and tax preparation services with financial planning and offers insurance and annuity products through an affiliated insurance practice.

Jonathan Durant is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Durant Financial Planning LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2019. Prior to founding his firm, he worked at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Strategic Advisers. Durant Financial Planning LLC serves individual clients, including both non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth households, managing approximately $22.2 million across about 54 accounts. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with comprehensive financial planning, primarily focusing on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds through firm-developed model portfolios and a range of investment strategies.

Frank Avena is a financial advisor at 191 Godwin Associates, Inc. d/b/a Godwin Capital Management, holding a Series 65 credential with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Godwin Capital Management since 2001 and also operates Warsaw & Avena CPA's PC, a certified public accounting firm. 191 Godwin Associates provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and non-profit organizations. The firm integrates fundamental and technical analysis in its investment process and offers services including Investment Policy Statement development, asset allocation, and wrap-fee program sponsorship.

Steven Kampschmidt is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional dedicated to assisting individuals and families in their pursuit of financial freedom. After establishing a practice within Merrill Lynch, he had an increasing desire to service his clients in a way that was unavailable at almost all other firms within the industry. It was at this point that he opted to create something new, and thus Freedom Found Financial was born. Steven also has his MBA in finance and economics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently resides in Boonton, NJ with his wife Jessica, his two daughters Adeline and Evelyn, as well as his two dogs Meadow and Summer. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He also uses his free time training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, playing beach volleyball down the shore, and snowboarding during the winter months.

Alfred Frank is the sole advisor at Frank Capital Management LLC in Parsippany, NJ, holding a Series 65 credential with 23 years of industry experience. He has led Frank Capital Management since 2009. Outside of financial advising, he is a minority member and associate of Rubin & Frank Marketing LLC, which provides search engine optimization services for e-commerce clients. Frank Capital Management LLC manages discretionary separately managed accounts for individuals and trusts, focusing on fundamental, value-oriented analysis to build concentrated, long-term portfolios primarily of undervalued common stocks listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. The firm also incorporates options and other derivatives in client accounts for risk management and position adjustments, a practice that is uncommon among independent advisory firms.