James Rank is a financial advisor at Aspire Advisors, LLC with 8 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Aspire Advisors since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he dedicates a portion of his time to consulting on retirement plan service engagements and client relations for Hamilton Cavanaugh & Associates, Inc., a broker-dealer. Aspire Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, retirement planning, and retirement plan consulting services to individuals, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm manages client assets predominantly through discretionary model portfolios and combines fundamental and technical analysis in its research.

Akshat Piprottar is a financial advisor at Night Owl Capital Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Night Owl Capital since 2022. Prior to that, he held positions at Bank of America and Zimmer Biomet and spent several years as a student. Night Owl Capital Management provides discretionary investment management to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, focusing on concentrated, long-term public equity investments primarily in mid- and large-cap companies. The firm manages approximately $865.8 million in client assets through separately managed accounts and private pooled vehicles, employing fundamental analysis and valuation discipline.

Edward Palleschi is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with First Long Island Investors, LLC since 2003 and serves as the firm's Executive Managing Director and a member of its Investment Committee. First Long Island Investors, LLC is a boutique wealth management firm that offers discretionary portfolio management and family-office style services to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified asset allocation strategy and manages multiple private funds and pooled vehicles while maintaining affiliated broker-dealer and referral arrangements.

Lawrence Bedard is a financial advisor with D.H. Hill Advisors, Inc., holding Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at D.H. Hill Advisors and its related entities since 2015 and has been involved with Capital Growth Corp since 1989, where he also operates as an insurance agent. Additionally, he serves as an insurance agent with Omni Financial & Insurance Services. D.H. Hill Advisors offers wealth-management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, corporations, foundations, and trusts, combining discretionary and nondiscretionary investment management with financial planning. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including tactical asset allocation and tax-aware techniques, while managing assets through both firm-level strategies and advisor-managed custom portfolios.

Jeb Armstrong is a financial advisor at Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC with 7 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Clear Harbor since 2018. Prior to joining Clear Harbor, he was employed at Tecogen Inc and was self-employed for a period. Clear Harbor Asset Management provides financial planning, consulting, and both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to a range of clients including individuals, pooled vehicles, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combined bottom-up and top-down investment approach and manages approximately $1.743 billion in assets across 19 advisors.

Andy Selfors is a financial advisor with United Asset Strategies Inc. in Garden City, NY, where he has worked since 2017. He has five years of industry experience and previously was affiliated with Baruch College from 2016 to 2018. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets through a team-based advisory model that employs diversified and tailored portfolios combining core holdings, ETFs, options strategies, and active fixed-income management.

Wei Lee is a financial advisor at United Asset Strategies Inc. with four years of industry experience and has been with the firm since 2011. United Asset Strategies provides discretionary investment management, retirement-plan consulting, participant-directed brokerage services, and estate and financial planning for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $2.22 billion in client assets and employs a team-based advisory model focused on diversified, tailored portfolios using a variety of investment strategies including options and active fixed-income management.

Carl Zuckerberg is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience and is a principal at RZH Advisors LLC, where he has worked since 2000. He holds a Series 63 license and is based in Stamford, CT. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in fixed insurance sales as an insurance agent. RZH Advisors serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, business entities, and charitable organizations, providing fee-based wealth management, discretionary investment management, and financial planning. The firm manages approximately $2.1 billion in assets, typically on a discretionary basis, and utilizes a range of investment vehicles including mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with some portfolios incorporating Dimensional Fund Advisors strategies.

Brian Crane is a financial advisor at Tortoise Investment Management, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Tortoise since 2022. His prior roles include positions at Spring Street Market and Williams College. Tortoise Investment Management provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals and trusts, focusing on risk management, tax efficiency, and a conservative long-term approach. The firm also offers financial planning and advice on various non-investment matters upon client request.

Ginger Romero Pardlo is a financial advisor with TSA Management Inc and holds a Series 66 designation. She has 18 years of industry experience and has been with Halliday Financial, LLC since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as Treasurer for the American Community School of Abu Dhabi PTA and as a temporary assistant to the Managing Director at Pall Mall Consultancy. TSA Portfolio Management provides investment supervisory services to individuals, retirement, and institutional accounts, focusing on strategic asset allocation and a mix of fundamental, qualitative, and technical analysis. The firm manages a diversified range of securities and is notable for its high assets under management per advisor within a small team.

Michaelangelo Dooley is a CFP® with 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with New Edge Wealth in Stamford, CT, having previously worked at UBS Financial Services for 12 years. Dooley serves on the board of directors for South Florida After-School All-Stars and became Chairman in August 2022. New Edge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, foundations, and trusts, offering a variety of advisory services including wealth strategy, portfolio management, and institutional consulting. The firm focuses on asset allocation and investor behavior, utilizing a blend of independent managers, model strategies, and proprietary solutions with technology-enhanced, human-reviewed investment processes.

Janet Doherty is a financial advisor at Vanderbilt Advisory Services with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at New Century Financial Group, Royal Alliance Associates, and Ids Life Insurance Company. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as trustee for a family irrevocable trust and is involved in fixed annuity insurance sales. Vanderbilt Advisory Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm combines strategic asset allocation with fundamental and technical analysis, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning and consulting services.

Loren Bailey is a financial advisor with Lifemark Securities Corp. and holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 65 and Series 63 licenses. He has 30 years of industry experience, including prior roles at J.P. Morgan Securities and Client First Capital, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, Bailey also serves as an independent insurance agent focusing on Medicare insurance and works as a part-time caregiver. Lifemark Securities Corp. provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services primarily to individual investors and retirement plan sponsors. The firm offers tailored, suitability-driven advice with both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, utilizing programs such as Unified Managed Accounts and Separately Managed Accounts.

Raymond Pruzinsky is a financial advisor with Seacrest Wealth Management, LLC, holding the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 44 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. In addition to his advisory work, he operates a non-variable insurance agency providing various insurance policies to clients. Seacrest Wealth Management is a multi-advisor SEC-registered firm offering comprehensive wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis across a range of investment vehicles and provides specialized services such as divorce financial mediation and consulting related to variable annuities and employer-sponsored plans.

Renato Estefano is a financial advisor at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC since 2023, as well as at Leucadia Asset Management and Jefferies & Company, Inc. since 2012. Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC provides fee-based financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm offers a customized, collaborative planning process covering a range of topics including tax and estate planning, executive compensation, and philanthropic planning.

Vincent Fiore is a financial advisor with Principal Advised Services and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 26 years of industry experience, including roles at Principal Advised Services since 2022 and Principal Financial Services and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2005. Principal Advised Services provides investment advice and related services primarily to retirement plan participants and retail IRA clients, offering both non-discretionary recommendations and a discretionary, wrap-fee investment management program called SimpleInvest. The firm combines third-party research and proprietary models, serving clients through its integration with the Principal Financial Group family of companies.

James Diver is a CFP® with 10 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Procyon since 2021. Prior to that, he worked at Pivotal Planning Group, LLC for seven years. He is a partner at Procyon Tax, LLC, where he refers clients for in-house tax services. Procyon serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, families, businesses, and institutional investors, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan advisory, and consulting services. The firm emphasizes customized, fundamentally driven portfolios and operates through multiple offices and affiliated businesses, supporting both discretionary and non-discretionary asset management.

Peter Tcherepnine is a financial advisor with Gamco Asset Management Inc., holding Series 63 and 65 licenses and bringing 59 years of industry experience. He worked at Loeb Partners Corporation for 37 years before joining GAMCO Investors Inc. in 2019. He serves on the board of the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS, Inc.) and on the board of Loeb Holding, which is no longer engaged in investment activities. Gamco Asset Management Inc. provides discretionary investment management and separate-account solutions to a diverse client base, applying a research-driven value discipline complemented by growth strategies. The firm manages approximately $11.6 billion in discretionary assets and offers tailored portfolio management with an emphasis on bottom-up analysis and catalyst-driven investment theses.

Louis Orgera is a CFP® with 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently serves as an advisor at Level Four Advisory Services and has prior experience at Mid Atlantic Securities, Inc. and operates a CPA practice focused on tax services for small businesses and individuals. Additionally, he acts as an executor for an estate and is involved in selling life insurance on a limited basis. Level Four Advisory Services is an SEC-registered enterprise investment adviser managing over $5 billion across more than 13,800 client relationships. The firm serves a diverse client base with fee-only financial planning, asset management, and retirement plan advisory services, employing model portfolios managed internally or through sub-advisers and third-party managers.

Gilles Gouraige is a financial advisor at NewEdge Wealth with one year of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at John Hancock Investment Management. NewEdge Wealth primarily serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as foundations, endowments, and other institutional or charitable clients. The firm offers comprehensive advisory services and employs an investment process that emphasizes asset allocation and investor behavior, utilizing a combination of model strategies, separately managed accounts, and proprietary investment solutions.