Marc Foti is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at Fortis Group Advisors since 2019 and previously held roles at LPL Financial, MML Investors Services, MassMutual, and M&T Securities. Outside of his advisory role, Foti serves as an adjunct lecturer of mathematics at Middlesex Community College. Fortis Group Advisors is a multi-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates. The firm offers comprehensive investment management and financial planning services, employing a process that combines fundamental and technical analysis, strategic asset allocation, and institutional manager due diligence, with attention to tax-aware decisions.

Stephen Burke is a Series 63–licensed financial advisor with ARS Investment Partners, LLC, based in New York, NY. He has 35 years of industry experience, including over 10 years with ARS Investment Partners. ARS Investment Partners is an SEC-registered adviser serving individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm employs an Investment Committee approach combining macro and sector analysis with fundamental research to provide tailored portfolios, including separately managed accounts and ETF-based strategies.

Arden Gayle Santos is a financial advisor at Cross Border Wealth, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation. Santos has been with Cross Border Wealth since 2020, with prior experience at Concentrix and Interpublic Group. Cross Border Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, focusing on expatriates, Americans living abroad, and foreign nationals. The firm provides non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting, primarily allocating client accounts to exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Scott Drown is a financial advisor at Regency Wealth Management with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Beacon Pointe Advisors and Heller Wealth Advisors. Regency Wealth Management is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plans, trusts, foundations, and charitable organizations, typically with investible assets above $1 million. The firm creates individualized investment policy statements, combining fundamental and technical analysis to manage portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis, and offers financial planning and retirement plan consulting.

Mustaque Choudhury is a financial advisor with Soulence Wealth Management in Astoria, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 15 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at several firms such as New York Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Soulence Wealth Management provides investment management and integrated financial planning primarily for individual clients, delivering discretionary portfolio management through custom-traded accounts, third-party model portfolios, and access to alternative investments. The firm employs tailored strategies using a combination of asset allocation methods and analysis techniques, with continuous account monitoring and rebalancing.

William Platt is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Momentum Advisors since 2014 and previously worked at Farther. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a varsity secondary football coach at St. Anthony's School in Melville, NY. Momentum Advisors is a registered investment adviser that provides wealth management, financial planning, and portfolio management services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable institutions, foundations, pension plans, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes customized portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring, using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers.

Steven Novack is a CFP® professional with eight years at Altfest Personal Wealth Management and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Altfest, he worked as a financial services consultant for two years. He is based in New York, NY. Altfest Personal Wealth Management provides investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, and trusts. The firm manages individualized portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis, employing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers proprietary pooled investment vehicles alongside retirement-plan services.

Eric Glassbrenner is a financial advisor at Cross Border Wealth, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Claraphi Advisory Network, Brookstone Capital Management, and Merrill. Outside of his advisory role, he occasionally assists at a jazz club owned by friends. Cross Border Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities, with a focus on expatriates, Americans living abroad, and foreign nationals. The firm operates on a non-discretionary advisory model, combining fundamental and technical analysis to manage client portfolios primarily allocated to exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Margaret Bonner is a financial advisor at Equita Financial Network, Inc. in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation with two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at WealthChoice, Cask, and Cisco Systems. Equita Financial Network, Inc. is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with financial planning, investment management, and ongoing consulting services. The firm employs a market efficiency and strategic asset allocation approach, offering discretionary management and support through a network model that includes paraplanning and community membership programs.

Joseph Manno is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Merit Financial Partners LLC with three years of industry experience. He previously worked at Loyal Advisors for 15 years and Direct Wines Inc for 12 years. Outside of his advisory role, he co-owns JMSynergy LLC, a marketing and business consulting firm, with his wife. Merit Financial Partners serves individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering fee-only financial planning and wealth management. The firm employs a fiduciary, consultative investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis with an emphasis on asset allocation and low-cost index funds and ETFs, while allowing active strategies as appropriate.

Robert Goodman is a financial advisor at Strategic Wealth Management Group with eight years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at Edward Jones from 2009 to 2012. Goodman has been with Strategic Wealth Management Group since 2016. Strategic Wealth Management Group provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and consulting services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs customized asset allocation strategies using a combination of fundamental, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses, including proprietary ETF portfolios and tactical investment approaches.

Robert Jaffe is a financial advisor at CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He has held positions at CFS Investment Advisory Services since 1999, with a break between 2005 and 2017 during which he worked at Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. CFS Investment Advisory Services provides financial planning, consulting, investment management, and retirement plan consulting for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $2.73 billion in assets and customizes client portfolios using mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, and independent managers.

Samandar Kasimov is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Neuberger Berman LLC and Frisch Financial Group, Inc. Avestar Capital manages approximately $2.06 billion and serves individual and high-net-worth clients, private funds, accredited investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management using a combination of proprietary ETF strategies, third-party model portfolios, and access to private funds and SPVs.

Nicolas Sitinas is a financial advisor with Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors in New York, NY. He holds a Series 63 designation and has five years of industry experience, along with fourteen years at Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management, Inc. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors provides discretionary investment management and non-discretionary asset allocation consulting primarily to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pension plans, and trusts. The firm combines bottom-up fundamental research with third-party manager selection and multi-manager portfolio construction across equity, credit, and alternative strategies.

Joel Orris is a financial advisor with Key Client Fiduciary Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Wachovia Securities Financial Network, Raymond James Financial, and RBC Capital Markets. Orris is also involved in insurance sales through Coastal Insurance Consulting, LLC. Key Client Fiduciary Advisors, LLC serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other business entities, providing financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management. The firm’s approach combines fundamental analysis with tailored portfolios, ongoing monitoring, and a mix of in-house and independent managers.

John Owens is a CFP® professional with seven years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Brooklyn FI, LLC and also works at Mason Tax, LLC, providing tax preparation services. His prior experience includes roles at Vintage Financial Services, LLC and WMGH/WLSH Radio. Brooklyn FI serves individual and high-net-worth clients with household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm favors passive investment management while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away assets for comprehensive portfolio oversight.

David Kressner is a CFP® and CFA® with 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Altfest Personal Wealth Management since 2016, following roles at Assetmark, Inc. and ARIS Wealth Services Inc. in prior years. Altfest Personal Wealth Management serves a mix of individual and institutional clients, offering investment management, financial planning, and ERISA fiduciary services. The firm manages individualized portfolios using fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and provides retirement plan services alongside its wealth management offerings.

Benjamin Bernard is a CFP® credentialed financial advisor with five years of industry experience, currently practicing at Bridgewater Advisors Inc. He has been with Bridgewater Advisors since 2005, working within a team of 14 advisors based in New York, NY. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation across traditional and alternative asset classes using a combination of actively managed and index-related strategies, with ongoing due diligence and quarterly portfolio reviews.

Charles Pouliot is a financial advisor with Wealth Effects in West New York, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 18 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bridgeway Wealth Partners, Allied Millennial Partners, Avenir Private Advisors, Procyon Private Wealth Partners, and Merrill Lynch. Outside of advising, he serves as a board member and equity partner of LVXP, LLC, a real estate development company. Wealth Effects is a multidisciplinary team serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, retirement plans, and businesses with discretionary wealth management and financial planning. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to manage primarily long-term portfolios using a range of investment vehicles, with a multi-office presence uncommon for its size.

Timothy Feeney is a financial advisor at Bridgewater Advisors Inc. with Series 65 credentials. He has been with Bridgewater Advisors since 2018 and previously worked at Clarfeld from 2005 to 2018. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.14 billion for about 540 clients through a multi-advisor team. The firm serves individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, focusing on thoughtful asset allocation across traditional and alternative asset classes and combining actively managed and index-related strategies.