Bradley Schell is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 17 years of industry experience. He is currently with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Schell also serves as an independent contractor associate financial advisor with Potomac Financial Group. Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans with a long-term, portfolio-driven investment approach utilizing ETFs, mutual funds, and selected individual securities.

Ashley Helm is a CFP® professional with 10 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Merit Financial Advisors. Her prior roles include positions at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, LLC. Merit Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $10.6 billion and serving a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporate and business clients, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and institutions. The firm utilizes a long-term, diversified investment approach through customizable model portfolios and offers specialized services such as fiduciary and ESOP trustee work alongside financial wellness programs.

Curtis Harris IV is a financial advisor at Navy Federal Investment Services, LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Pruco Securities LLC and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He has been with Navy Federal since 2017. Navy Federal Investment Services primarily serves members of Navy Federal Credit Union, individual investors, and trusts, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan fiduciary services, and an automated ETF-based Digital Investor product. The firm uses third-party portfolio managers on the Envestnet platform and other subadvisers to manage client accounts, providing ongoing monitoring, rebalancing, and optional tax and impact overlay services.

Connor Flach is a financial advisor with Verus Capital Partners, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial, LLC and Securities America Inc., and was previously employed at Loyola University Maryland. Verus Capital Partners is a fee-based investment management firm serving individuals, trusts, pension plans, and estates. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with strategic asset allocation and offers customized portfolios across multiple asset classes.

Chris Holcomb is a CFP® professional with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving at Vicus Capital, Inc. He has held roles at Heritage Financial Advisors, LLC and Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Holcomb mentors entrepreneurs through SCORE and provides guidance on a customer experience certificate program at Ashland University. Vicus Capital serves a diverse client base including individuals, businesses, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and providing specialized fiduciary consulting and plan-sponsor services.

Jason Perlman is a financial advisor at AlphaCore Capital LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 66 license. Prior to joining AlphaCore Capital in 2025, he worked at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. for eight years and SPC Financial, INC. for eleven years. He also acts as a producing agent for AlphaCore Insurance Services, an insurance agency affiliated with his firm. AlphaCore Capital LLC is an independent wealth advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as entities and institutional investors. The firm integrates traditional and alternative investment strategies with comprehensive wealth planning, including tax preparation and ERISA retirement plan advisory services.

Robert Kantor is a financial advisor with XML Financial Group in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 35 years of industry experience. He has worked with XML Financial, LLC since 2004 and XML Securities, LLC since 2019, and was previously with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Kantor serves as managing partner of BR Financial Associates Management Company, LLC, and volunteers as treasurer for two homeowners associations. XML Financial Group is a multi-advisor wealth management firm overseeing approximately $3.3 billion in client assets. The firm serves nearly 2,900 clients with discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and access to alternative investments.

Patrick Moriarty is a financial advisor at Foundations Investment Advisors LLC with 38 years of industry experience. He has worked at Foundations Investment Advisors since 2019 and previously was with CETERA Advisor Networks LLC from 2016 to 2019. Moriarty holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and is also involved in fixed insurance sales and operates Moriarty Financial Services as an investment advisor representative. Foundations Investment Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser managing approximately $10.1 billion for around 29,615 clients. The firm serves individuals, trusts, estates, and registered investment companies, providing portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan support, and sub-advisory services through a large network of affiliated investment adviser representatives.

Christopher Pratt is a CFP® with six years of industry experience, currently serving as an investment advisor at Spire Wealth Management, LLC. He has worked at Cardinal Wealth Management since 2017 and was an independent contractor prior to that. Pratt serves on the board of the Lilabean Foundation, providing financial guidance to the nonprofit. Spire Wealth Management offers investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plans, utilizing a diverse range of strategies including passive, active, hybrid tax-aware allocations, and tactical solutions. The firm also provides financial planning and access to separately managed portfolios and wrap programs.

Winter Troxel is a financial advisor at Apollon Wealth Management, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked for Monumental Financial Group, Inc. dba Bridgemark Wealth Management for 13 years. In addition to advisory services, he is also an Independent Insurance Agent involved in selling insurance products. Apollon Wealth Management is an SEC-registered firm serving individuals, families, businesses, and charitable organizations with investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm combines centrally managed and locally managed strategies, employs fundamental analysis with tactical allocation, offers ESG-focused models, and uses various tax management tools, overseeing approximately $11.6 billion in client assets through a broad network of advisors.

Ivan Nalibotsky is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience, currently with Regal Investment Advisors LLC since 2019. He also has a long tenure at Capital Solutions Group dating back to 1993. Outside of investment advising, he is a licensed health insurance agent working with Health Markets, assisting Maryland residents with individual and small group health insurance. Regal Investment Advisors LLC, operating as LionShare, provides discretionary investment management services to independent advisers and their clients, including individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers proprietary and third-party model portfolios across various asset classes and grants discretionary authority to implement and manage these strategies.

Todd Feldman is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience currently serving as a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, OSAIC, Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Triad Advisors, and National Planning Corporation. Feldman serves on the board of directors for the Exit Planning Exchange DC-Metro Chapter. Merit Financial Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 260 advisors managing approximately $23.9 billion in client assets across 66 offices. The firm offers coordinated wealth-management services and employs a long-term, diversified investment approach utilizing centrally managed portfolios overseen by an internal investment team.

Sean Dillon is a financial advisor with CW Advisors, LLC in Columbia, MD, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and six years of industry experience. He previously worked at Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc. for 16 years and Congress Wealth Management LLC for five years. CW Advisors serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering wealth management, financial planning, family office services, and retirement plan advisory. The firm employs a core-and-satellite investment approach combining active, passive, quantitative, and ESG strategies, and provides sub-advisory and operational outsourcing services to other independent advisers.

Heather Ramlal is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016 and also serves as president of HLR Financial Solutions Inc. outside of her advisory role. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with proprietary and third-party investment models, providing discretionary and non-discretionary program options.

Daniel Goldman is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with a Series 66 credential and one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Truist Bank and educational services firms Revolution Prep and C2 Education. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, employing a mix of discretionary and non-discretionary solutions supported by third-party platform and manager relationships.

Larry Whaley is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with PlanMember Securities Corporation in Elkridge, MD, bringing 37 years of industry experience. He has been with PlanMember since 2008 and also serves as president and owner of Paladin Advisor Group. Outside of his advisory work, Whaley leads worship music at a camp for families affected by disability and has involvement with the nonprofit organization Joni and Friends. PlanMember provides retirement-plan advisory services to employers and participants, acting as an ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary for many plans and offering education, support, and a range of risk-based mutual fund portfolios managed through a defined strategic asset allocation and rebalancing process.

Haixia Cheng is a financial advisor at Independent Financial Group, LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with approximately one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Independent Financial Group in 2026, Cheng operated her own practice from 2023 to 2026 and held positions at several asset management firms, including YongAn GuoFu Asset Management Co. and China Asset Management Co. She has an MBA candidacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Independent Financial Group is a large, integrated advisory and brokerage firm serving individuals, trusts, corporations, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm offers a range of investment advisory programs and financial planning services, utilizing both in-house and third-party model portfolios within discretionary and non-discretionary strategies tailored to client risk profiles.

Max Meltzer is a CFP® professional with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Wealthspire Advisors since 2015. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, retirement plans, and nonprofit organizations, offering wealth management, financial planning, and trust-administration services. Wealthspire employs a relationship-driven, customized investment approach with diversified, institutional-style asset allocation.

Matthew Burnell is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 66 registrations and bringing 28 years of industry experience. His career includes 11 years at Wells Fargo Securities and multiple roles at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2020. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Treasurer for Washington Men's Camerata, Inc. and Mastersingers USA, Incorporated, and is active in Master Networks. Park Avenue Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage, financial planning, retirement consulting, and advisory programs using both proprietary and third-party models.

Hermann Cruz is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with six years of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America, Merrill, and the DC Government Office. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with pre-existing employer retirement plan relationships. The firm distinguishes between point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management, applying a fiduciary standard to its RIA services.