Karsten Appel is a financial advisor with Aegis Capital Corp., holding a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Aegis in 2025, he worked briefly at Equitable Advisors, LLC and has a background including positions at Stony Brook University and Colorado State University. Aegis Capital Corp. provides investment advisory and related financial services to individual and corporate clients, offering a range of solutions including asset management, financial planning, brokerage, and occasional investment banking. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA member broker-dealer, serving clients through multiple platforms and sponsoring programs with a focus on non-discretionary advisory relationships.

Yitzchok Goodman is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Brooklyn, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 43 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and National Securities Corp. Goodman is also involved in insurance sales through B. Riley Wealth Insurance. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered advisory firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets across about 274 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering a wide range of advisory programs and financial planning services through multiple program structures and both proprietary and third-party investment models.

Rebecca Pino is a financial advisor at TSA Management Inc with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. She previously worked at Halliday Financial and Nostra. Outside of her advisory role, she is a co-owner of a financial media blog and the founder and CEO of Try Inertia LLC, a company developing an app focused on spending and budgeting insights. TSA Portfolio Management provides investment supervisory services to individuals, retirement, and institutional accounts through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation, quarterly rebalancing, and a combination of fundamental, qualitative, and technical analysis, managing a diverse mix of securities while limiting aggressive tactics.

Barry Shapiro is a financial advisor at Strategic Blueprint, LLC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Strategic Blueprint in 2025, he has been involved with BShapiro Financial and Commonwealth Financial Network since 2011. He is the owner of BShapiro Financial Inc. Strategic Blueprint, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers a range of services including portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, family office services, and a subscription advisory program, using customized, goal-based strategies and ongoing client education.

Michael Romer is a financial advisor at TSA Management Inc with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Halliday Financial, LLC and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. Outside of his advisory role, Romer is involved in several business ventures, including part ownership in hospitality and consumer product companies and consulting activities. TSA Portfolio Management provides investment supervisory services to individuals, retirement, and institutional accounts through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation, quarterly rebalancing, and a combination of fundamental, qualitative, and technical analysis, managing a broad mix of securities for approximately 2,800 client relationships.

Steven Howe is a financial advisor at Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp with 19 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at several firms, including Vanderbilt Securities, LLC and Sterling Monroe Securities, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with True Gritt LTD, operating under the name Vanderbilt Financial Group, which is not investment-related. Consolidated Portfolio Review provides investment management and financial planning services to individual and institutional clients through a multi-advisor platform. The firm’s approach combines strategic asset allocation with fundamental and technical analysis, offering proprietary model portfolios as well as access to independent third-party sub-advisors.

Gerald Fershtman is a financial advisor with Maxim Financial Advisors LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Maxim Financial Advisors since 2017 and associated with Maxim Group LLC since 2002. Maxim Financial Advisors LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment supervisory services and referrals to third-party managers for a diverse range of clients, including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and institutional entities. The firm’s advisors tailor investment strategies combining mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, options, and active reallocation across various platforms and third-party managers.

Leonard Marzigliano III is a financial advisor at The Pinnacle Financial Group with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc for 14 years. Marzigliano is also affiliated with LPL Financial. The Pinnacle Financial Group offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm integrates fundamental analysis with both long-term and short-term trading strategies, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis.

Elisa Verna Caspare is a financial advisor with The Pinnacle Financial Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has worked at LPL Financial since 2017 and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC from 2013 to 2017. Caspare is also involved in a separate wealth strategies business for tax and investment purposes. The Pinnacle Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a written Investment Policy Statement for each client and applies fundamental analysis across various instruments, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and the option to allocate to third-party managers.

Jason Konskier is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 13 years of industry experience. He is currently with NFSG Corporation and previously worked at Realta Investment Advisors, Realta Equities, Wells Fargo Clearing, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with Simplicity, focusing on research and analysis related to potential insurance sales. NFSG Corporation provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management with a focus on diversified portfolios and utilizes an internal portfolio manager along with third-party asset managers to support its representatives.

George Folias is a financial advisor with The Pinnacle Financial Group, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 34 years of industry experience. He has been with The Pinnacle Financial Group and LPL Financial since 2014. The Pinnacle Financial Group provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and employs fundamental analysis across various investment instruments, managing accounts primarily on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring and annual reviews.

Adanlys Santos Pichardo is a financial advisor with First Advisors National, LLC, holding a Series 63 designation and nine years of industry experience. Her work history includes roles at Teras Capital LLC, My Secure Advantage, and Primerica Advisors. First Advisors National provides investment management, asset allocation advice, and retirement plan consulting primarily to individual clients and ERISA plan participants. The firm employs tactical and strategic asset allocation with a focus on third-party money manager selection and oversight.

Michael Desmond is an advisor at Procyon with 11 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at Procyon Advisors, LLC since 2021 following prior roles at Procyon Institutional Partners, LLC and Pivotal Planning Group, LLC. He is a partner at Procyon Tax, LLC, where he refers clients for in-house tax services. Procyon serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, businesses, institutional investors, retirement plans, and registered investment advisors. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, institutional consulting, and model-portfolio delivery services with a focus on customized, fundamentally driven portfolios using a mix of mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities, and fixed income.

Justin Corbin is a financial advisor at Vanderbilt Advisory Services with 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Cadaret Grant & Co., Inc. and LPL Financial. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in music performance through a contracting position with Nik Entertainment Co. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach and integrates retirement-plan and benefits services with advisory and plan administration through formal partnerships.

Peter Laplaca is a CFP® and ChFC® with 32 years of industry experience. He currently works at Composition Wealth, LLC and has previously held roles at Citi Private Advisory, Boston Private Wealth, SVB Wealth, and First Citizens Investor Services. He is also an adjunct professor at Berkeley College, where he teaches a CFP course. Composition Wealth provides investment management and financial planning services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, businesses, and retirement plans, employing a primarily long-term approach centered on diversified mutual funds and ETFs combined with fundamental and technical analysis.

Christopher Guarino is a CFP® professional with four years of industry experience. He currently works at Composition Wealth, LLC and previously held roles at SVB Wealth LLC / First Citizens Bank and Bank of New York Mellon. Composition Wealth provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual securities and private investment funds, and manages approximately $9.47 billion in discretionary assets.

Joseph Battaglia is a financial advisor at Gladstone Wealth Partners with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Gladstone Wealth Partners since 2023, as well as Sequent Planning, LLC since 2020. Outside of his advisory roles, he serves as President of Senior Services of North America, where he manages operations and strategic planning. Gladstone Wealth Partners serves individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations through a network of nearly 100 investment advisers. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, with investment approaches tailored at the representative level and supported by platform-level due diligence on sub-advisers and model providers.

Eliyahu Mizrachi is a financial advisor with B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc., holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and bringing 24 years of industry experience. He has worked at B. Riley Wealth Advisors since 2016 and previously at National Securities Corp for eight years. Mizrachi is involved in financial planning and insurance sales through affiliated activities. B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered firm managing approximately $7.03 billion in client assets with about 274 advisors. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans, offering a variety of advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement solutions through multiple account structures and proprietary asset allocation models.

Renat Mamashev is a financial advisor with Cyndeo Wealth Partners, holding a Series 65 license and bringing two years of industry experience. He is also CEO and Athletes Agent at Bridge Sports & Entertainment. Cyndeo Wealth Partners serves individuals, families, corporations, and business owners with portfolio management, financial planning, family office services, and consulting. The firm manages approximately $2.58 billion, using customized portfolios that incorporate firm-developed models, third-party managers, and a broad range of investment instruments.

Emiliano Avalos Paiz is a financial advisor at Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC with a Series 66 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Arete, he worked at Fincadia and has a background in education, having taught at various schools including W.C. Mepham High School and Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm manages assets primarily on a discretionary basis, employing both advisor-driven and proprietary model allocations, and integrates with affiliated financial businesses and product channels.