Shane Siederman is a financial advisor at Bayridge Financial Group, Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. His prior work includes roles at LPL Financial and IFS Securities Inc. He is also an author. Bayridge Financial Group provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a long-term investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and fixed income, with continuous monitoring and periodic rebalancing tailored to client goals and risk tolerance.

Theodore Goneos is a financial advisor with Chesapeake Asset Management LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 63 credentials. He has over two decades of industry experience, including a 23-year tenure at Endevon Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee for The RETEP Trust and has held managing member positions in business consulting entities. Chesapeake Asset Management provides wealth management and investment advisory services to individuals, families, family offices, endowments, foundations, and registered investment advisers. The firm employs fundamental analysis in its public-markets investment process and offers both discretionary portfolio management and non-discretionary advisory support for alternative investments.

Andrew Cabrera is a financial advisor with Matrix Private Wealth Management Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has two years of industry experience. Cabrera has been with Matrix Private Wealth Management and Colonial Life for ten years each. In addition to advising, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in life and health insurance sales in New York and New Jersey. Matrix Private Wealth Management serves individual clients, high net worth individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers portfolio management, third-party money manager selection, and retirement plan referrals, primarily using model portfolios and outside managers with investment approaches grounded in modern portfolio theory and various analytical methods.

Yosef Stilerman is a financial advisor at Creative Capital with a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. He has been involved in real estate investment management through multiple entities, including YZ Builders LLC and Sayaset Capital Financing LLC, where he serves as manager. Creative Capital provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses, using a tactical allocation approach that incorporates fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis. The firm customizes portfolios based on client objectives and utilizes various investment strategies, including equities, options, and real-estate partnership interests.

Robert Desalvo is a financial advisor at Stratacore Capital Management, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked as a sole proprietor since 2003, alongside his role at Stratacore since 2014. Desalvo is also licensed to sell insurance products, an activity to which he devotes a small portion of his time. Stratacore Capital Management serves individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses, managing approximately $97 million in assets. The firm combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in its investment approach, providing both discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and ERISA plan advisory services.

Jacob Oleshansky is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with eight years at Radix Organization, Inc. and five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Radix, he held roles at Nur Restaurant and Breads Bakery. Radix Organization, Inc. provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and consulting primarily to high-net-worth individual investors. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis alongside both long- and short-term trading strategies to tailor and actively manage portfolios.

Natalie Munn is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at Northwest Bank and held roles at the University of Pittsburgh and Callahan Ice Arena. Hightower Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management through an Advisor Directed wrap program, utilizing proprietary analysis and a range of investment vehicles while emphasizing ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews.

Thomas Efthimiou is a financial advisor at Meadowbrook Wealth Management, LLC with 4 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Meadowbrook Wealth Management since 2015. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in managing a family-owned commercial real estate business and operates a marine equipment sales and service company. Meadowbrook Wealth Management provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, small businesses, and trusts. The firm manages approximately $86.2 million across about 121 client accounts, offering tailored investment strategies aligned with clients’ objectives, time horizons, and risk tolerances.

John Roscoe is a CFA® charterholder with three years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Osprey Private Wealth LLC, where he has worked since 2025. His prior experience includes roles at Corient, Roosevelt Investments, and The Roosevelt Investment Group, Inc. Osprey Private Wealth LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for high-net-worth and multi-generational families. The firm offers individually managed portfolios incorporating fundamental and technical analysis, combines planning with investment services, and often accepts fiduciary roles for client trusts and private foundations.

John Mcguire is a CFP® professional at MSM Financial Strategies with four years of industry experience. He has been with MSM Financial Strategies since 1997, a firm based in Bronxville, NY. MSM Financial Strategies is a partner-owned investment adviser serving individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting, emphasizing mutual funds alongside a broad range of securities using fundamental and cyclical analysis tailored to client objectives.

Anthony Minko is a financial advisor with Minko Wealth in Brooklyn, NY, holding a Series 65 credential and five years of industry experience. He has been involved with Minko Wealth and Wealth Coach, LLC since 2014 and also practices law through Minko Law Office. Occasionally, he offers legal advice and services to clients separately from his advisory role. Minko Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser that provides personalized asset management to individuals, families, businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm employs fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to construct portfolios tailored to clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon, and offers access to alternative investments and third-party money managers.

Robert Hayden is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving at Total Alignment Wealth Advisors, LLC since 2013. He holds the Series 66 designation and has prior experience teaching as an adjunct professor of financial planning at New York University. Hayden also served as a director on the CFP Board of Directors for a four-year term beginning in 2011. Total Alignment Wealth Advisors, LLC serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through comprehensive financial planning and family office services. The firm emphasizes planning and oversight without discretionary portfolio management, coordinating with outside managers and providing clients with detailed financial plans and action lists.

Wylie Wang is a financial advisor at Astra Wealth Partners with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Schupak Financial Advisors, HubSpot, Amazon, and the University of Virginia. Astra Wealth Partners serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans, corporations, and foundations. The firm’s investment approach combines strategic asset allocation with passive and active strategies, utilizing institutional funds, equities, bonds, and alternatives when appropriate.

Michael Livian is the sole advisor at Livian & Co. in New York, NY, holding the CFA® designation and Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He has led Livian & Co. since 2010. Livian is also the managing member of another SEC-registered investment adviser, Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, LLC. Livian & Co. primarily serves high-net-worth investors, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, investment consulting, and advisory services for pooled investment vehicles and private funds. The firm’s investment approach integrates a top-down macro perspective with fundamental and technical security selection, employs multiple model portfolios, and uses strategies such as listed options and tactical hedging to manage risk.

Lauren Crossett is a financial advisor at Rebellion Research with 11 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Rebellion Research Advisors, LP since 2014 and MassMutual Financial Group since 2010. Rebellion Research Advisors, L.P. is a boutique firm managing approximately $16.5 million for about 75 clients, employing a systematic, machine-learning-based investment approach across discretionary portfolios and a hedge fund. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW individuals with strategies focused on U.S.-listed equities and multi-asset absolute return investments.

Peter Vlachos is a financial advisor at Adalta Capital Management LLC with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Adalta Capital Management since 2016. Adalta Capital Management provides asset management primarily through customized separately managed accounts and advises private investment funds. The firm serves high-net-worth and non-HNW individuals, trusts and estates, family offices, and institutional clients, employing a long-only, value-based investment approach focused on financially strong companies and incorporating third-party manager allocation after due diligence.

George Spritzer is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years at Southland Investments and 18 years of experience in the financial industry. He is based in Roslyn Heights, NY, and has worked at Bright Trading LLC since 2008. Outside of advisory work, he receives nominal compensation from a public blog. Southland Investments provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a proprietary trend-tracking methodology focused on passively managed index funds and ETFs, managing downside risk through a trailing sell-stop discipline and proprietary indexes.

Vito Abbondandolo is a financial advisor with Abbondandolo Wealth Management Corp in Glen Cove, NY. He holds a PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and 65 licenses and has 14 years of industry experience. He has worked at Abbondandolo Wealth Management Corp since 2013 and has been a CPA at Abbondandolo & Company CPAs LLP since 1989. Abbondandolo Wealth Management Corp provides fee-only investment supervisory services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and trusts, focusing on strategic asset allocation with diversification and disciplined rebalancing. The firm operates with a small advisory team affiliated with a CPA firm and manages portfolios exclusively through the SEI investment platform.

Bahman Mossavarrahmani is a financial advisor at UAS Asset Management in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with United American Securities, Inc. since 1987. UAS Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, trusts, foundations, corporations, and public pension plans. The firm employs fundamental security analysis with a focus on concentrated equity positions for long-term value, and also manages a private pooled investment vehicle that pursues a more speculative strategy involving derivatives, short selling, and margin.

Darnel Bain is a financial advisor at Passive Management LLC with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Passive Management, he worked at Prospective Professional Services, Samsung/Mosaic, and Sprint. Passive Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and retirement-plan consulting to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm uses a combination of quantitative, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and economic analysis to guide its investment decisions and employs borrowing and derivative strategies when requested by clients.