Lauren Urbanski is a financial advisor at N10° WEALTH with four years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Wells Fargo Clearing for five years and McKenna Orthodontics for fifteen years. Lauren joined N10° WEALTH and its affiliated firm N10° Assets in 2026. N10° Wealth provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and third-party manager selection for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment approach combining individual securities, ETFs, options, alternatives, direct indexing, and digital assets with fundamental, technical, ESG, and quantitative analysis, while leveraging third-party managers and technology platforms for implementation.

Francis Mckiernan is a financial advisor with Third View Private Wealth and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 12 years of industry experience and has previously worked at firms including Procyon Advisors, Baker Tilly, Bank of America, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley. Mckiernan is also a licensed insurance agent through Third View Risk, LLC, providing life insurance products to clients as needed. Third View Private Wealth offers personalized investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to a diverse client base that includes individuals, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and institutional and charitable entities. The firm uses a combination of in-house and third-party model portfolios, separately managed accounts, and alternative investments to implement tailored strategies.

Philip Oppenheimer is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC in New York, NY, with 11 years of industry experience and a Series 63 designation. He has worked at Oppenheimer + Close since 2006. In addition to his advisory role, he is a managing member of OppVest, LLC, which serves as the general partner of three investment partnerships. Oppenheimer + Close provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plan participants. The firm employs a long-term value investing approach focused on fundamental research and balance-sheet strength, while also managing multiple private partnerships that pursue opportunistic strategies through affiliated pooled investment vehicles.

Thorne Perkin is a financial advisor at Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management Inc. since 2014 and Papamarkou Wellner & Co., Inc. since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is an owner and board member of Perkin & Perkin LLC, a start-up developing surgical disinfecting soap. Papamarkou Wellner Perkin Advisors primarily manages pooled vehicles and institutional assets, serving high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, pensions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm employs proprietary analytical modeling and a bottom-up equity research process combined with a multi-manager approach, offering a range of investment strategies and sponsoring private funds such as the PW Portfolio and the PW Nordic Tech Fund.

Justin Singer is a financial advisor at Tortoise Investment Management, LLC with 15 years of experience. He has been with Tortoise since 2011. Tortoise provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and trusts, focusing on risk management, a conservative long-term approach, and tax efficiency. The firm offers comprehensive financial advice beyond investments, including college and retirement planning, mortgage financing, insurance, charitable giving, and estate planning.

Daniel Portnoy is a financial advisor at Greenwich Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Chrysaetos Capital Advisors, LLC from 2012 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he is the proprietor of Pavonia Technology, Inc., a technology and recruitment consulting firm, and managing member of Ayerport, LLC, which provides educational and coaching consultation services. Greenwich Advisors, LLC is a Delaware-registered investment adviser with a five-advisor team managing approximately $293 million for about 72 clients. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and some businesses, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Laura Asker is a financial advisor at Empirical Research Partners LLC in New York, NY, with 19 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Empirical Research Partners for a total of 18 years, with a five-year hiatus from active employment between 2017 and 2022. Empirical Research Partners provides data-driven research and on-request investment advice exclusively to institutional investors such as money managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, and broker-dealers. The firm leverages quantitative models combining macroeconomic and industry data with statistical analysis to produce research that informs professional investors’ decision-making, focusing on equities and portfolio strategy without managing client assets or executing trades.

Howard Duncan is a financial advisor at Avity Investment Management Inc. with 26 years of industry experience. He has worked at Avity Investment Management since 2000. Avity Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension funds, profit-sharing plans, and corporations. The firm emphasizes fundamental research, high-quality liquid securities, and active fixed-income management, overseeing approximately $1.86 billion in client assets.

Ladyanne Castellanos is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. She is currently with Ameraudi Asset Management, Inc., where she has worked since 2024. Her prior experience includes roles at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing. Ameraudi Asset Management provides portfolio management and asset-allocation services to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and trusts, focusing on exchange-traded funds and employing a macroeconomic approach to risk and return. The firm operates both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and maintains a notable non-U.S. client base through its affiliation with Interaudi Bank.

Gary Schwartz is a financial advisor with Madison Advisory Services, Inc. in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cambridge Investment Research, Lion Street Financial, Royal Alliance Associates, VOYA Financial Advisors, and Madison Planning Group. He serves as a board member and volunteer for the Divided Sky Foundation. Madison Advisory Services, Inc. provides investment supervisory, financial planning, and consulting services to individual clients, high-net-worth households, and participant-directed and sponsor retirement plans. The firm utilizes both fundamental and technical analysis to implement strategic and tactical asset-allocation models and offers a range of solutions through multiple third-party platforms.

Kenneth Gutwillig is a financial advisor at Financial Decisions, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at Financial Decisions since 2016, with prior roles at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Hornor Townsend & Kent. He is also involved in insurance sales and services, including life, accident, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Financial Decisions serves individual and high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, and charitable organizations by providing portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm employs a diversified investment approach with a mix of bonds, equities, independent managers, and variable annuity management, operating from multiple offices despite a small advisory team.

Yasmeen Mock is a financial advisor at Kimelman & Baird, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. She holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Kimelman & Baird since 2002. Outside of her advisory role, she serves on the finance committee of Lifeway Network, providing financial oversight to the organization. Kimelman & Baird offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and institutional clients, employing both fundamental and technical analysis alongside tailored long- and short-term investment strategies.

Amelia Weir is a financial advisor at Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. She has worked at Paradigm Capital Management since 2008 and has been associated with C.L. King & Associates since 2001. She holds the Series 63 designation. Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment adviser managing discretionary assets primarily for pooled investment vehicles and institutional clients, including pension plans, foundations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach with six principal strategies across separate accounts and commingled vehicles, overseeing approximately $2.2 billion in discretionary assets.

Dennis Lee is a financial advisor at Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at both Wilmington Capital Securities and Trident Partners Ltd., where he currently supervises the municipal bond trading activity. Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC provides fee-based portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, pensions, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical asset allocation strategy using a range of securities and analysis methods, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services.

James Elliot is a CFA® charterholder with 28 years of experience in the financial industry. He has been with ELCO Management Company, LLC in New York, NY, since 1995. ELCO Management Company, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through separately managed accounts and as adviser and general partner to a private pooled vehicle. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across multiple strategies and employs options, short selling, and leverage where appropriate.

Christopher Kenneally is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at LPL Financial LLC and INVEST Financial Corporation. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified, asset-allocation portfolios using risk-profiling technology and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and ERISA plan services.

James Zahakos is a financial advisor with Fortis Group Advisors LLC in Westwood, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Edward Jones and Voya Financial Advisors before joining Fortis Group Advisors and LPL Financial in 2020. Outside of advisory work, Zahakos is involved in recruiting through S4 Search Partners. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a diversified, asset-allocation approach using institutional share classes and risk-profiling technology, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning and plan services.

Kevin Leeds is a financial advisor at Vision Retirement with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has maintained a long-standing accounting practice as president of Kevin L. Leeds, CPA, PC since 1980. Prior to joining Vision Retirement, he worked at Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. for five years. Vision Retirement is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients with comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm combines third-party strategist models with advisor judgment to create tailored portfolios, incorporating technology and tax-aware strategies.

Thomas Carhart is a financial advisor with South Street Advisors, LLC in New York, NY, holding four years of industry experience. He has been with South Street Advisors since 1998. Outside of his advisory role, Mr. Carhart serves as vice president of Baronne Services, a management company for family-owned oil and gas partnerships, and is a director of two not-for-profit organizations: Arts for Art in New York and Prevent Child Abuse America in Chicago. South Street Advisors provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, including U.S. non-profit endowments and private foundations. The firm employs a systematic, research-driven investment process with a focus on asset allocation and quantitative screening, managing roughly $825 million across U.S. equity, balanced, and fixed-income strategies.

Michael Kettner is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Kestra Financial Services, Inc. and Coastline Wealth Management. He is also the owner of MCK Wealth Management, a personal non-investment business entity. Avestar Capital is an SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for individuals, high-net-worth clients, private funds, charities, and corporations. The firm offers financial planning and portfolio management through proprietary ETF strategies and third-party models, combining passive and active management with options and derivatives, while serving both U.S. and non-U.S. clients and acting as an investment manager for proprietary funds and private investment vehicles.