William Crossan III is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 16 years of industry experience, including roles at New York Life Insurance Company and Eagle Strategies before joining Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Campfire Culture, a life coaching business. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers brokerage, financial planning, retirement consulting, and advisory programs, utilizing both proprietary and third-party models.

John Blair is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 25 years of industry experience. He currently works at Cerity Partners LLC and previously spent 18 years at Maryland Capital Management, LLC. Cerity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm offers a range of services such as investment management, financial planning, tax and insurance support, retirement plan services, and access to alternative and private-market investments, with a focus on diversified asset allocation and customized portfolios.

Martin Eby is a CFP® with 32 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He has worked at HB Wealth since 2025 and previously spent 31 years at WMS Partners, LLC. He serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee and a board member for Cristo Rey, a nonprofit organization. HB Wealth Management 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 combined quantitative and qualitative investment approach across a broad range of public and private strategies.

Steven Dengler is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Kestra Advisory since 2018. Prior to this, he worked at Mariner Finance LLC for one year. In addition to his advisory role, Dengler is a non-credit instructor at Cecil Community College. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services including plan design, fiduciary consulting, and employee education. The firm manages approximately $79.8 billion in assets and serves a broad range of clients, including large institutional investors.

Coleen Beal is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 23 years of industry experience. She has worked with Janney Montgomery Scott and its affiliates since 2013. Outside of her advisory role, Beal serves on the boards of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, the Marriage and Relationship Education Center, and the Carroll Community College Foundation, and is part owner of a hauling and moving services business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipalities, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Pierce Dahlka is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds the Series 66 designation and has three years of industry experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2024, he worked at Bank of America and Merrill. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement-focused advisory program combining goals-based planning, retirement income strategies, and discretionary investment management using proprietary mutual funds and ETFs. The firm serves individual investors and households, providing financial plans and account management with a distinctive regulatory posture and investment approach.

Tony Smith Jr. is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience, currently with Truist Advisory Services. He has prior experience at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wachovia Bank. Outside of his advisory work, he maintains and manages a rental property. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a mix of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools.

Kenneth Watson is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services who holds a Series 66 designation and has 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Truist Advisory Services and its affiliated entities since 2018, following prior roles at BB&T Investments. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm offers asset allocation analysis, fiduciary support, and a manager-selection program, implementing advice through a combination of discretionary and non-discretionary arrangements supported by an Equity Research team and supervisory oversight.

Christopher Maas is a financial advisor with Creative Planning in Parkton, MD, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and 15 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Empower Advisory Group, Empower Financial Services, and Prudential Investment Management Services. Creative Planning offers wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Todd Wickwire is a financial advisor with HB Wealth who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at WMS Partners, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. He is also an adjunct professor at Loyola University Maryland. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management aligned with client objectives, incorporates a capital markets outlook, and utilizes a comprehensive investment process that includes both public and private strategies.

Michael Grossman is a CFP® professional with 12 years of industry experience. He currently works at &PARTNERS and previously held roles at Wells Fargo Clearing Services, EMSAR, ICSEP, and T. Rowe Price. &PARTNERS serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, foundations, universities, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm offers investment advisory and brokerage services, financial planning, ERISA consulting, retirement plan participant management, and investment banking, employing a range of proprietary and third-party investment strategies.

Gregory James is a financial advisor at T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 66 and Series 63 designations and has worked in various capacities within T. Rowe Price firms since 2019. His background also includes roles at the National Museum of Transportation and American University. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management to individual investors and households, using proprietary model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm combines goals-based planning, tax-aware rebalancing, and Monte Carlo simulation-based projections, operating with a unique regulatory registration and a limited client focus.

Kali Lambert is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Janney, she worked at Raymond James & Associates and Morgan Stanley. Outside of her advisory career, she is involved with Rev Cycle Studio and FS8 Pilates. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate sponsors, and municipal clients, offering services such as brokerage, financial planning, and advisory programs supported by both in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Robert Ankuma is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 10 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Clearing, J.P. Morgan Securities, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Edward Jones, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and PNC Bank. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement-focused financial planning and investment management program for individual investors and households, using model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm combines nondiscretionary financial planning with discretionary account management and employs tax-aware strategies and Monte Carlo simulations in retirement planning.

Kaitlyn Rothaus is a CFP® professional at Kestra Advisory with one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Kestra Advisory, she worked at Mosaic Asset Partners for three years and has experience in educational institutions including Johns Hopkins University and The SEED School of Maryland. 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 and third-party managed solutions.

Andrew Hoffman is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, he worked at several mortgage firms and served in AmeriCorps City Year. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services offers a retirement-focused advisory program combining goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management using proprietary mutual funds and ETFs. The firm serves individual investors and households, implementing model portfolios with tax-aware strategies and providing interactive financial planning tools.

Jason Zephir is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 21 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Charles Schwab Bank SSB, Charles Schwab & Co., Ameriprise Financial Services, Merrill, and Bank of America. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily for employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, utilizing an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and savings rates while serving a large participant base relative to its advisor headcount.

Charles Fuller is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds the CFP® designation and has 22 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Charles Schwab, Merrill, and TD Ameritrade. Fuller is based in Owings Mills, MD. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides retirement-focused financial planning and discretionary investment management to individual investors and households. Its Retirement Advisory Service uses model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs, combining goals-based planning, tax-aware strategies, and Monte Carlo simulations for retirement income projections.

Nicholas Dawson is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has eight years of industry experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2018, he worked at Chesapeake Financial Advisors and Towson University. Outside of his advisory role, he has been employed at Chick-Fil-A since 2013. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. offers a retirement-focused advisory program combining financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management primarily for individual investors and households. The firm employs model portfolios invested exclusively in T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs, using asset-location and tax-aware rebalancing strategies, and provides financial plans and income projections through an interactive online tool.

Stacy Albrecht is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 12 years of industry experience and holds a Series 66 designation. She has worked at Janney Montgomery Scott since 2010 in various roles. Outside of advising, she serves as a notary for Janney clients. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.