Alexandra Azara is a financial advisor at Mariner with one year of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has held multiple roles at Mariner since 2022. Prior to her career in financial advising, she worked in various roles including at Cafe Gelato and the University of Delaware. Mariner serves a diverse client base including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations through investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm combines in-house research with third-party manager allocations and offers integrated tax, accounting, and family office services alongside traditional portfolio management.

Susan Lehnerd is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience. She has worked at Mercer Global Advisors Inc. since 2023 and previously spent nine years at Mallard Financial Partners Inc. Mercer Global Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth families, small business owners, corporate plan sponsors, foundations, and nonprofits. The firm’s investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing globally diversified, risk-appropriate portfolios with multi-factor tilts and a range of implementation options.

Stacey Altemus is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 20 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 license and has worked at several firms including CUNA Brokerage Services, Sun FCU, Diamond State Financial Group, Minnesota Life, and Securian Financial Services. Stacey serves as a volunteer board member for the Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education, contributing to strategic oversight. 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 financial planning, brokerage services, and advisory programs.

Justin Josephs is a CFP® professional at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including The Vanguard Group and Hornor Townsend & Kent LLC prior to joining Beacon Pointe Advisors. In addition to his financial advisory role, he briefly worked in non-financial roles such as at Tuna Bar and Temple University Rome. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced chief investment officer solutions to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party Independent Managers across active and passive strategies and offers proprietary private funds alongside comprehensive performance reporting and analytics.

Robert Boswell is a financial advisor with Equity Services, Inc. (ESI Financial Advisors) and has 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Equity Services Inc. and National Life Group since 2002. Outside of his advisory role, Boswell is involved as an insurance agent with Evolution Financial Group and a partner and insurance agent at Azenith Financial Group. Equity Services, Inc. provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employer retirement plans. The firm offers multiple advisory platforms and combines long-term strategies with options for shorter-term trading, utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios.

Christopher Ianni is a financial advisor at Principal Financial Services with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Financial Advisors of Delaware Valley, Principal Securities Inc, and Principal Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he provides tax preparation services to a select group of clients and writes life, disability, annuities, group, individual, and long-term care insurance products. Principal Securities offers brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel abroad. The firm’s advisory services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.

Michael Nolan is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Bryn Mawr, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a membership screener for Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, PA. 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 and retirement plans, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services through a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Norman Wilde III is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 35 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Janney Montgomery Scott and its predecessor firms since 1990. 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, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Michael Gonzalez is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC in various roles since 2020 and previously held positions at SEI Investments Management Corporation. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, financial planning, retirement-plan services, and outsourced CIO solutions to a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm utilizes a combination of asset-allocation modeling and third-party independent managers, employing both active and passive strategies across public and private markets.

Rizwan Khokhar is a financial advisor with Truist Advisory Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and eight years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at KeyBank and New York Life Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, he owns Grizzly Meals LLC, a healthy meal prep company, and works as a food delivery driver. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, offering asset allocation, fiduciary support, and manager‑selection programs through a mix of discretionary and non‑discretionary approaches.

Thomas Shumosic is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently affiliated with Kestra Advisory and has previously worked with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., among others. Shumosic is the founder and president of MidAtlantic Retirement Planning Specialists and serves on the advisory board for the Financial Planning major at the University of Delaware as well as on the Board of Trustees for the Delaware Art Museum. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to institutional and individual clients, offering services such as fiduciary consulting, plan design, and manager due diligence. The firm serves a diverse client base that includes large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Laura Day is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Newark, DE, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has operated Laura Day & Associates since 2006 and has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company throughout her career. In addition to her advisory work, she serves as Secretary on the board of the Mockingbird Homeowner's Association. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a broad network of affiliated representatives. The firm delivers tailored advisory solutions, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and works extensively with insurance and annuity products within the New York Life affiliate structure.

James Catanese is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Springfield, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and with 41 years of experience in the industry. He has been with Commonwealth since 2000. Catanese is also involved in fixed insurance sales as an agent and is the sole owner of Keybridge Financial, LLC. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and managing roughly $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm provides a broad adviser-support platform that includes managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Robert Kedra is a CFP® professional with eight years of experience currently serving at Private Advisor Group, LLC. He has also worked with LPL Financial and FPA Wealth Management since 2018. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Main Line Fashion Week and is the founder of a clothing brand company. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering a range of portfolio management and financial planning services. The firm employs a fiduciary-based advisory model and utilizes various technology platforms and investment strategies, often implementing advice through third-party managers and TAMPs.

Christy Rivera is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management in Wilmington, DE, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. She has been with PNC Financial Services Group since 1999 and PNC Investments since 2005. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through several model-based programs, including an invitation-only Portfolio Solutions Strategist Digital Offering that uses algorithmic risk assessment to recommend investment models managed by PNC or third-party strategists.

Johan Scholdstrom is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Malvern, PA, holding a Series 63 designation and totaling 35 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth Financial Network and Insurance & Investment Strategies since 2007. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers. The firm supports advisors with operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice management, while offering various investment program structures and discretionary model portfolios.

Scott Jefferys is a financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with one year of experience at the firm and over 30 years running his own CPA practice, Jefferys & Associates, P.C. He holds a Series 63 designation and is involved in insurance brokerage through affiliated entities. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm combines advisory services with broker-dealer capabilities and manages a multi-billion dollar asset base through a network of advisors and third-party asset manager relationships.

Craig Galello is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with PNC Investments since 2004 and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. PNC Wealth Management provides retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only employee pilot offering that uses algorithm-driven risk assessments and discretionary model portfolios managed by PNC or third-party strategists.

Kevin Harris is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2015 and also owns Harris Asset Management LLC, a private entity through which he conducts securities, advisory, and insurance business. Prior to joining Commonwealth, he worked at WSFS Bank, Merrill, and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. Commonwealth Financial Network is a dual-registered broker/dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,900 affiliated advisors and hundreds of thousands of clients. The firm offers a broad platform that includes managed-account programs, third-party asset managers, retirement consulting, and custody services.

Denis Hill is a financial advisor with Lincoln Investment in West Chester, PA, holding the CFP® designation along with Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses. He has 23 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Sheppard Financial Group, Brinker Capital Securities, Orion Portfolio Solutions, Forethought Distributors, Global Atlantic Financial Group, and Eaton Vance Management. Lincoln Investment Planning, LLC is a large enterprise advisory and broker-dealer serving individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, charities, and retirement plans, with a history of working with educators and 403(b) and 457(b) programs. The firm offers financial planning, consulting, and portfolio management through both advisor-managed and firm-managed models, supported by an in-house Investment Management & Research team and third-party managers.