Elena Ladygina is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor at Veris Wealth Partners, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. She previously worked at Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. and Withum Wealth Management. Elena serves on the Board of Directors and the Investment, Audit, and Finance Committee of Springpoint Senior Living, a nonprofit providing senior housing and care services. Veris Wealth Partners advises endowments, foundations, high-net-worth individuals, and families, offering investment management, OCIO-style services, financial planning, and philanthropic advisory support. The firm focuses on sustainable and impact-oriented investment strategies and is a majority woman-led Certified B Corporation.

Edward Doherty is a financial advisor at Ascend Interplay, LLC in New York, NY, holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses with 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ascend Interplay in 2025, he worked at Alastar LLC and Houlihan Lokey. Ascend Interplay provides investment advisory services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, offering non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning, referral services, and a travel-planning service. The firm employs a broad investment approach focused on asset allocation and third-party model portfolios, and manages approximately $390 million in client assets.

Joshua Garcia is a financial advisor with The Northstar Group, Inc. in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Royal Alliance and The Northstar Group since 2013. Outside of finance, he is also a musician and songwriter who performs original music under his own name. The Northstar Group, Inc. is a five-advisor team managing over $870 million in discretionary assets for individuals, trusts, pension plans, and business entities. The firm provides customized portfolio management and financial planning, emphasizing risk tolerance assessment and adapting strategies to client circumstances and market conditions.

Robert Moskowitz is a financial advisor at Chatham Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked previously at Prudential Investment Management Services LLC and PGIM Investments, LLC. Chatham Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm uses fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to build tailored portfolios and regularly employs derivatives such as options and structured products in separately managed accounts.

Yoel Landau is a CFP® professional with two years of experience at Park Avenue Investment Advisory, LLC and over 19 years at Guardian Life Insurance Company. He is based in Brooklyn, NY. Outside of his advisory role, he dedicates time to the LCRL Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Park Avenue Investment Advisory provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, corporations, trusts, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm manages client assets primarily on a discretionary basis using model portfolios and third-party managers, and offers additional services such as financial planning and business exit consulting.

Xing Wang is a financial advisor at Bluesphere Advisors LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. His prior work includes roles at Light Horse Securities, Inc., Score Priority Corp., Just2Trade, Inc., and Whotrades FX, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Wang serves as an executive committee member at Ainvest Fintech Inc., where he assists with business strategy and product planning. Bluesphere Advisors serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other institutions by providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management as well as financial planning and business-transition consulting. The firm emphasizes a long-term, portfolio-driven approach using institutional mutual funds and ETFs alongside equities and fixed income, incorporating margin and options strategies for portfolio construction and risk management.

Andres Garcia is a financial advisor with Zoe Financial, Inc. in New York, NY. He holds a Series 63 designation and has five years of industry experience. Garcia has been with Zoe Financial and its related entity Zoe Financial & Co. since 2016. Zoe Financial operates an online referral service that connects individuals and high-net-worth households with third-party registered investment advisers through its Advisor Network. The firm also offers a separate Wealth Platform providing reporting and administrative services to RIAs, while not managing client assets or charging users for referrals.

Robert Russo is a financial advisor with TKG Wealth Advisers LLC, holding the CFP® and PFS™ designations and possessing 32 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at RMR Wealth Builders, Inc., Calton & Associates, Inc., and Koenig, Russo & Associates. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as a board member and treasurer for the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance and provides accounting services for the From Tessa With Love Foundation, Inc. TKG Wealth Advisers LLC is a New Jersey-registered firm offering discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, families, businesses, and plan sponsors, managing approximately $102 million in client assets. The firm integrates investment management with affiliated accounting services and utilizes co‑advisory arrangements and third-party manager research to customize diversified portfolios.

James Cifelli is a financial advisor at Masterworks Advisers, LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in various capacities within Masterworks-affiliated entities since 2021, as well as at Northwestern Mutual and Independent Brokerage Solutions. Masterworks Advisers provides investment advice focused exclusively on securitized art investments issued by Masterworks affiliates. The firm serves individual and high-net-worth investors through a rules-based investment process that incorporates art market research, third-party appraisals, and an allocation model developed with Mercer.

Robin Condon is a financial advisor with Willis Towers Watson Securities, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He also owns Lido Consulting Group LLC, a compliance consulting firm. His work history includes roles at Georgetown Financial Group, Inc., Cetera, and Willis Towers Watson Securities. Willis Towers Watson Securities, LLC provides retirement-focused investment advisory services to individuals and high-net-worth clients through its Via Retirement platform, which features web-based financial planning tools, discretionary model portfolios, and access to investment adviser representatives. The firm’s approach emphasizes diversified model portfolios guided by Monte Carlo simulations and client inputs, supported by affiliated fund research and insurance referrals.

Sardar Iftikhar is a financial advisor at ARCH Global Advisors, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including LPL Financial, Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., and VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. ARCH Global Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm constructs customized portfolios primarily using ETFs, individual equities, and mutual funds, with a long-term investment approach that incorporates tactical rebalancing and the use of options and margin in separately managed accounts.

Carol Cho is a financial advisor with Irc Wealth, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 11 years of industry experience. She has worked at IRC Wealth since 2022, following roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC and New York Life from 2015 to 2022. Irc Wealth provides advisory services to individuals, corporations, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes long-term value and income-oriented strategies, combining technical screening, fundamental analysis, and proprietary research, and is noted for its affiliation with a registered Commodity Trading Advisor that allows for commodity transactions and the use of option-writing and limited short-term trades.

Paul Elliot is a CFA® charterholder with 47 years of industry experience. He has been with ELCO Management Company, LLC since 1995 and worked previously at Bruderman Brothers, LLC. Based in New York, he holds the Series 63 designation. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis across various strategies and manages private pooled vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Frank Davidson is a financial advisor at ARCH Global Advisors, LLC with 33 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has previously worked at Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. and Prudential Financial Planning Services. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in insurance sales and related activities. ARCH Global Advisors serves individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm uses customized portfolios with ETFs, equities, and mutual funds, and may utilize options and margin to pursue specific objectives.

Cheryl Grandfield is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. She has been with Grandfield & Dodd, LLC since 2001. Grandfield & Dodd provides customized investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, foundations, retirement plans, and select not-for-profit institutions. The firm employs a fundamental, long-term investment approach with an emphasis on valuation, diversification, and integration of tax and estate planning, managing approximately $2.03 billion across about 733 client relationships.

Matthew Falkowski is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Seabridge Investment Advisors LLC since 2014. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, consultative investment advice, and standalone financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as profit-sharing plans, foundations, endowments, and private investment funds. Seabridge constructs global, equity-focused portfolios using research on companies, funds, and macro conditions, and also serves other investment advisers as a sub-adviser.

Kevin Heal is a financial advisor at Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc. with 31 years of industry experience. He has held positions at Triad Securities Corp. and Sandler Capital Management before joining Argus in 2018. Argus Investors’ Counsel provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and institutions, offering Core Equity strategies focused on bottom-up stock selection and specialized approaches such as activist turnaround and sustainable impact portfolios. The firm also licenses model portfolios and provides model-management and consulting services to other investment advisers and platform sponsors.

Christopher White is a financial advisor with Masterworks Advisers, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Masterworks Advisers, he worked at Jenkinson's South Inc for four years. He is also employed as a Masterworks Platform Associate at Masterworks, LLC, focusing on administrative functions related to the firm's alternative investment platform. Masterworks Advisers provides investment advice exclusively on securitized art investments issued by its affiliates, serving individual and high-net-worth investors. The firm’s approach centers on rules-based recommendations of single-artwork investments, bundles, and model portfolios, supported by proprietary art market research and third-party appraisals.

Sevasti Balafas is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. She is currently a financial advisor at GoalVest Advisory LLC, where she has worked since 2016, and previously held roles at City National Rochdale, Rim Securities LLC, H. Beck, Inc., VWealth Advisors, and First Liberties Financial. Balafas serves as CEO of GoalVest Advisory LLC. GoalVest Advisory LLC primarily serves high-net-worth and individual clients, providing portfolio management, financial planning, and subadvisory services. The firm employs fundamental research, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory to build long-term, client-specific portfolios and also sponsors private pooled investment vehicles.

Zacharia Waxler is a financial advisor at Equinum, LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Equinum since 2019, following a one-year tenure at RVW Wealth LLC. Outside of his advisory role, Waxler is the president and owner of ZACHARIA WAXLER CPA P.C., where he provides accounting services to businesses and individuals. Equinum offers investment supervisory services, financial planning, retirement plan advice, and family office services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm uses both fundamental and technical analysis, providing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, including automated ETF-based model portfolios via its robo-advisor platform.