Caitlin De Groat is a CFP® with seven years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Cary Street Partners. She previously worked at Beacon Trust Company for 13 years before joining Cary Street Partners. Cary Street Partners provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm uses a broad investment menu and proprietary strategies to serve clients, including specialized institutional niches such as state and municipal government entities and insurance companies.

Derren Burse is a financial advisor at Gladstone Wealth Partners with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Charles Schwab, LPL Financial, and MetLife/Brighthouse Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he is employed with Abound Health and is involved with a basketball-related organization called Yes, I Can Basketball. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a network of nearly 100 advisers. The firm offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, with investment approaches tailored at the representative level and supported by platform-level due diligence.

Emilio Rivera is a financial advisor with Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 designations and possessing 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Simplicity Investments, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Eagle Strategies, Axa Advisors, Santander Securities, and J.P. Morgan Securities. Rivera serves as President and CEO of E. Rivera & Associates and is a board member involved in fundraising activities for the Staten Island University/Northwell Hospital Foundation. Fortis Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered multi-team firm serving individuals, families, businesses, retirement plans, institutional clients, and other advisers. The firm offers customized, primarily discretionary portfolio solutions with a flexible investment approach that includes passive, active, tactical, and ESG-aware strategies, alongside various consulting and financial planning services.

Anthony Caruso is a financial advisor with Gladstone Wealth Partners, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 43 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. from 2013 to 2020, and he has been with Gladstone Wealth Partners and LPL Financial since 2020. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a network of nearly 100 advisors. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and utilizes a range of investment strategies including individual equities and bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and tax-managed strategies.

Colleen Sylvester is a financial advisor at SpiderRock Advisors, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with BlackRock since 2010. SpiderRock Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of clients including institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm employs systematic, technical, and quantitative strategies combined with fundamental analysis to deliver option-based hedges and yield-enhancing overlays, operating under proprietary software and real-time risk monitoring.

Anibal Guerrero Russo is a CFP® professional at Kintra Wealth, LLC with five years of industry experience. He has held roles at several firms, including Premier Path Wealth Partners, Peapack Private Bank & Trust, and Rockwood Wealth Management. Russo is also a silent partner in a family-owned handyman business. Kintra Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, families, and institutions, offering integrated wealth management and financial planning services with a model-driven investment approach that emphasizes tax efficiency and customized portfolio management.

Michael Dugan is a financial advisor with Private Client Services, LLC in Raritan, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Client Services since 2010. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in youth sports coaching, serving as a head coach for both boys’ and girls’ basketball programs and as treasurer for a local youth lacrosse club. Private Client Services is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension plan sponsors, and other businesses. The firm employs a structured discovery and risk-profiling process to develop investment strategies and offers a range of implementation platforms, including discretionary and non-discretionary management options.

Annamaria Vitelli is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust with a Series 65 designation and 18 years of industry experience. She previously worked at PNC Bank from 2007 to 2025 before joining Beacon Trust in 2025. Beacon Trust serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management through a multi-team advisory staff and employs an open-architecture investment platform with a risk-first framework and tax-aware management.

Tucker Sandercock is a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Chatham Wealth Management and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. Merit Financial Group is a multi-team SEC-registered advisory firm serving individual investors, retirement plans, ESOPs, and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified asset allocation with both internally managed and third-party strategies, offering a range of account options and investment customization through its network of advisers.

Bernadette Strout is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Prosperity Capital Advisors. Her prior roles include positions at Cetera and First Allied Securities. In addition to her advisory work, she provides financial education as an instructor with Kaplan. Prosperity Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered enterprise adviser offering financial planning, consulting, and discretionary investment management to a diverse client base, including individuals, corporations, trustees, and retirement plans. The firm employs model-based, asset-allocation strategies and supervises portfolios using core and specialized models from providers like BlackRock, Dimensional, and Vanguard.

Richard Lewis is a financial advisor with Capital Analysts, holding a Series 66 designation and 30 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Lincoln Investment since 2012 and has an ongoing role with Kim Financial Group since 2002. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in benefits consulting for public sector employees and is a co-owner of a real estate partnership. Capital Analysts serves a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth investors, trusts, foundations, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm offers portfolio management, advisor-managed custom and model portfolios, third-party manager access, and retirement-plan advice through a nationwide network of advisors and its in-house investment management team.

Scott Doyle is a financial advisor at Kovack Advisors, Inc. with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at firms including SCF Investment Advisors, National Securities Corp, and Stifel Independent Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, Doyle is involved in senior health insurance, providing Medicare plan guidance through an independent senior health insurance representative business. Kovack Advisors, Inc. is a multi-team registered investment adviser with approximately 260 advisors and over $6 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, banks, and government entities, utilizing a risk-based investment process supported by Envestnet and employing both internally developed and third-party models.

Kevin Roche is a financial advisor at Leo Wealth, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at firms including Penn Capital Management and LHT Consultants. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as an adjunct professor at Drexel University and is Deputy Mayor and Commissioner responsible for Revenue and Finance in the Borough of Haddonfield. Leo Wealth serves high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and corporate clients with portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services. The firm employs ETF-based core and thematic models alongside systematic single-stock strategies, combining internal models and third-party sub-advisors to construct diversified, risk-tiered portfolios.

Peter Gellman is a financial advisor at Belpointe Asset Management LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Palmerston Group Advisors LLC for 28 years and is a managing member of Palmerston Group, L.P. and Palmerston Group Indemnity Solutions, L.L.C., firms affiliated with his prior employer. Belpointe Asset Management is a multi-team registered investment adviser with over 160 advisors managing more than $7.5 billion for individuals, corporations, trusts, and other advisers. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting, employing customized portfolios and a range of advisory and administrative services.

Kevin Cave is a financial advisor at Santander Securities LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked within the Santander organization since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Treasurer of the Great Dane Club of Raritan Valley, a local dog club. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in assets under management across over 10,800 client relationships. The firm provides investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, financial planning, and access to securities-based lending and insurance products, primarily leveraging third-party discretionary managers and the FMAX wrap-fee platform.

Jenica Roffina is a financial advisor at Kintra Wealth, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked for Commonwealth Financial for 12 years. Outside of finance, she owns Sea Change Fitness, a personal training business. Kintra Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, foundations, pension plans, and corporations with wealth management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and portfolio management. The firm combines client interviews and document review with model-driven asset allocation and fundamental security analysis to optimize tax efficiency and account integration.

Matthew Cilento is a financial advisor at Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities and JPMORGAN Chase Bank, N.A. from 2021 to 2024. Chelsea Advisory provides financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm focuses on a fundamental, long-term investment approach with diversified portfolios and generally manages accounts on a discretionary basis.

Paul Cummings is a financial advisor with Arax Advisory Partners in Madison, NJ, holding Series 65 and Series 66 credentials and four years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Transcend Capital Advisors, Corient, Geller Advisors, Fiduciary Trust Company International, Abbott Downing (a Wells Fargo business), and Merrill. Arax Advisory Partners serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, institutions, and businesses. The firm offers a range of services such as portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and private fund advisory, utilizing a combination of in-house teams, external managers, model portfolios, and alternative investments.

Edward Ruja is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with Series 66 credentials and has been in the industry since 2026. Prior to joining Simplicity Wealth, he held positions at several firms including Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of finance, his work history includes roles in the service industry and country club management. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base ranging from individual investors to institutional clients and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds investment approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, alongside managing a TAMP platform with model portfolios and third-party managers.

Joshua Mondschein is a financial advisor at RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. with 37 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at RMR Wealth Builders since 2020, following a decade at Calton & Associates, Inc. He is the owner and president of Mondschein Associates, Inc., a licensed insurance agency specializing in personal and commercial lines, pension consulting, asset protection, and estate planning. Mondschein also serves as an uncompensated board member of the William H. Kearns Foundation and is a director at HR Ease, LLC, a benefit administration platform. RMR Wealth Builders is a multi-team SEC-registered investment advisory firm managing approximately $2.2 billion in assets, primarily serving individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, annuity services, and digital-asset management, with client relationships organized around registered investment adviser representatives who implement tailored investment strategies.