Mike Saul is a financial advisor with Cary Street Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and over 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Transcend Capital Advisors, Bank of America, and Merrill. Outside of his advisory activities, Saul serves as a trustee of a condominium association and is involved in local Jewish community organizations as a board member and investment committee member. Cary Street Partners serves a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, trusts, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm uses a client-profile-driven investment approach, engages third-party managers, and incorporates AI-assisted tools while maintaining human oversight.

Jitender Gidwani is a financial advisor at Arkadios Wealth Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Triad Advisors, Inc. and Equitable Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member at Gulf Atlantic Bank. Arkadios Wealth Advisors is a multi-team SEC-registered firm serving individuals, trusts, businesses, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized investment plans using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, deploying portfolios through various internally managed and third-party programs.

Diane Radossich is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with six years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Beacon Trust since 2017. Beacon Trust serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management through a multi-team advisory staff and employs an open-architecture investment platform with a risk-first framework and tax-aware strategies.

David Severe is a financial advisor with Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation. He has one year of experience in the financial industry and a prior career of over two decades at AT&T. Main Street Financial Solutions serves a broad client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and business entities. The firm employs an academic-based, multi-asset class investment approach, combining passive and active strategies while offering ERISA fiduciary consulting and managing held-away accounts through third-party platforms.

Reuben De Almeida is a financial advisor with Santander Securities LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America N.A., Merrill, Pruco Securities, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is currently based in Scotch Plains, NJ. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in regulatory assets under management across about 10,800 client relationships. The firm offers investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, and access to securities-based lending and insurance products, primarily onboarding retail investors through its FMAX wrap-fee platform and third-party discretionary managers.

Thomas Trynin is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Red Hook Management, LLC for ten years before joining Simon Quick Advisors in 2022. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial and tax planning, and administrative services. The firm combines private fund management, sub-advisory relationships, and integrated back-office offerings, including tax return preparation and bill-pay services.

Denise Vecchione is a financial advisor with Gladstone Wealth Partners, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 33 years of industry experience. She has worked at Gladstone Wealth Partners and LPL Financial since 2020 and previously spent seven years with Ameriprise Financial Services. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through nearly 100 investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of investment and retirement plan services, including discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, with investment approaches tailored at the representative level.

Joseph Palermo is a financial advisor with Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Crestline Investors and Alta Park Capital, as well as positions in education at Penn State University and Poly Prep Country Day School. He is also involved in insurance sales through the Palermo Insurance Agency. Chelsea Advisory Services provides financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, and some corporate clients. The firm typically manages diversified portfolios on a discretionary basis with a fundamental, long-term approach and integrates its advisory services with an affiliated broker-dealer and custody platform.

Jeffrey Crystal is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes positions at Morgan Stanley, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and BrookeReed Consulting. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm utilizes a fund-of-funds investment approach, combining ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, while providing advisory services alongside operational technology solutions and a third-party asset management platform.

David Pitt is a CFP® certificant with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Beacon Trust and previously worked at Hennion & Walsh Inc. and Allied Wealth Partners, among other firms. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages roughly $4.26 billion in discretionary assets and employs an open-architecture investment approach that includes in-house strategies, factor-based models, separately managed accounts, and independent managers, with a focus on tax awareness and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Daniel Weitz is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC since 2011. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Morristown, NJ. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and nonprofit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients, offering wealth management, investment consulting, financial and tax planning, and administrative services. The firm employs a diversified investment approach including unaffiliated independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and affiliated private funds, and provides integrated tax and back-office services.

Richard Gustafson is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including Beneficial Wealth, C2P Capital Advisory Group, and M Holdings Securities. Outside of his advisory role, he is an Assistant Director of Divorce Professionals of Ft. Lauderdale, a networking organization supporting professionals assisting clients with divorce-related services. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering model portfolios with ongoing monitoring and rebalancing as well as technology and operational support for advisers through its managed account platform.

Anthony Catapano is a financial advisor at Regal Investment Advisors LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 credentials. Prior to joining Regal and its affiliate Regulus Financial Group, he worked for Morgan Stanley for four years. Outside of finance, his background includes roles in the restaurant industry. Regal Investment Advisors, operating as LionShare, provides model portfolio implementation and discretionary investment management through a sub-advisory platform serving SEC- and state-registered advisers and their clients. The firm manages approximately $2.88 billion across proprietary and third-party strategies and handles trade execution, rebalancing, and overlay management within strategy parameters.

Marina Ditommaso is a financial advisor at Arax Advisory Partners with seven years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Transcend Capital Advisors, and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Outside of her advisory role, she is a co-founder and manages day-to-day operations of Ravello Intimates LLC, an online retail business. Arax Advisory Partners is a multi-team SEC-registered wealth manager with over 200 advisors overseeing approximately $26.5 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and retirement plans, combining internal portfolio management, third-party models, and tailored asset allocation to meet client objectives.

Matthew Kasper is a CFP® certified financial advisor with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. and Cohn Financial Group, where he serves as a director and insurance producer, providing insurance consulting for corporations and high net worth clients. Kasper's prior experience includes roles at Citigroup Inc. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. M HOLDINGS SECURITIES, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through a nationwide network of independent firms. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, and insurance advisory, utilizing both in-house portfolio managers and third-party sub-advisors.

Daniel Song is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors in Westfield, NJ. His prior experience includes roles at Westfield Financial Planning and Newbridge Securities. Merit Financial Group, LLC manages approximately $10.6 billion for a diverse client base that includes individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment strategy using model portfolios and customizable sleeves, with oversight from a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

David Konikow is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc., holding the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license, and has 25 years of industry experience. He has been with ValMark Advisers and ValMark Securities since 2004 and has operated Konikow Associates Inc., a company specializing in employee benefits and life insurance, since 1984. He is a 50% owner of Konikow Associates, which he runs with his brother. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, plan sponsors, and institutional users through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm offers diversified, goal-based portfolios primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, and supports its advisors with due diligence, back-office services, and specialized advisory solutions.

William Lalor is a CFP® professional at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Simon Quick Advisors since 2011. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and nonprofit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm employs a diverse investment approach including unaffiliated independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, affiliated private investment funds, and offers integrated tax and back-office services.

Meghan Stein is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Beacon Trust, she worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for three years and has held various roles in education and other sectors. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages approximately $4.26 billion in discretionary assets and employs an open-architecture investment approach with a focus on tax awareness, active loss harvesting, and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Hongwei Liu is a CFP® professional with six years of experience in financial advising, currently with Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC. He has prior experience at Ni Advisors Inc and operates an accounting and tax services business as a CPA. He also serves as Vice President of Amerelite Financial Group LLC, a life and health insurance firm. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm uses a goals-based advisory approach that incorporates proprietary software and behavioral economics, combining quantitative metrics, fundamental analysis, and both passive and active investment strategies.