Derek Thisse is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at GW & Wade, LLC, Commonwealth Financial Network, and D. K. Brede Investment Management. Outside of advising, he manages a small residential rental property. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment strategy using fundamental and quantitative analysis, with access to a broad range of investment options and affiliated service companies.

Stephen Schneider is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with Series 66 registration and five years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Planet Professional and the University of Massachusetts Amherst Math Department, as well as ownership of Deerfield Spirit Shoppe Inc. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a variety of advisory programs and services. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction and access to managed model portfolios.

David Nathanson is a financial advisor with VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 43 years of industry experience. Nathanson has been with VOYA Financial Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is an independent insurance agent specializing in the sale of fixed insurance products. VOYA Financial Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, including retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers a range of financial services, including planning, portfolio management, wrap programs, and third-party money manager access, typically delivering non-discretionary recommendations.

Alexander Travers is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth Financial Network since 2007. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset managers. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support to its affiliated advisors.

Timothy Pinch is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 37 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at G. W. & Wade Asset Management Company, Inc. for over three decades before joining The Colony Group, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is involved as a passive owner of race horses and serves on the council of Glastonbury Abbey, a religious non-profit, as well as on the board of the Mass Soldier's Legacy Fund, a charitable trust providing educational grants to children of Massachusetts fallen servicemen and servicewomen. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, corporations, retirement plans, and institutions, offering comprehensive investment management and wealth services. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach utilizing fundamental and quantitative analysis, multiple asset classes, and integrates advice across managed and held-away assets.

David Keefe III is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Waltham, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 32 years of industry experience, including longstanding roles with New York Life Insurance Company and Nylife Securities Inc. He operates 4 Point Financial, through which he sells New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Keefe is also a board member of the Boston Estate Planning Council and participates in a professional networking group, NE500. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers tailored advice across multiple program types, focusing mainly on non-discretionary assets and working with individual investors, institutional sponsors, and plan sponsors within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Ryan Will is a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including LPL Financial and Pioneer Institutional Asset Management. Outside of his advisory work, he is the president and owner of Boston Residential, a business he has run since 2003. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized portfolios with a long-term approach and oversight of third-party managers.

Brad Capland is a Series 66-credentialed financial advisor with 26 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC since 2016 and has prior experience at LPL Financial and MetLife Securities Inc. He also operates a CPA practice providing accounting and tax services for businesses, trusts, and individuals. Integrated Wealth Concepts serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent advisors. The firm offers discretionary investment management, financial planning, family office, and retirement plan advisory services, employing customized portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed income using primarily long-term strategies alongside tactical rebalancing.

Bryan Gesualdo is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Waltham, MA, holding a Series 66 designation and 11 years of industry experience. He has worked with Eagle Strategies since 2019 and has been affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company and its related entities since 2014. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, as well as charitable and corporate clients. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, delivering solutions through various program types while focusing on tailoring recommendations to client objectives and plan sponsor criteria.

Carlos Escobar is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and previously worked at Fidelity Investments. Outside of his advisory role, he has experience in livestock management with Palmira Capital. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage account holders. The firm delivers services through an integrated model tied to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, emphasizing long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its planning approach.

Tyler Rich is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at The Colony Group, LLC, GW & Wade, LLC, GW & Wade Asset Management Company, LLC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC provides wealth advisory and investment management services to individuals, families, retirement plans, institutions, and businesses. The firm employs a long-term investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework and offers a range of financial and fiduciary services.

Joel Roberts is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. He is currently with Empower Advisory Group, where he has worked since 2026, following prior roles at Brescor Wealth Advisory LLC, Aurora Management Services LLC, and J.P. Marvel Wealth Management. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms and emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning approach.

Austin Howie is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with eight years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2017 and previously worked at the Metrowest YMCA. 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 around $212.7 billion in client assets. The firm offers a comprehensive adviser-support platform with managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and a variety of investment options.

David Appel is a ChFC® professional with 33 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial, Integrity Alliance, Lion Street Financial, Royal Alliance Associates, and Signator Investors. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans through a network of independent financial advisors. The firm provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and family office services, employing customized portfolios with a long-term investment approach while incorporating shorter-term trades for rebalancing and cash management.

Monica Feyock is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group based in Norfolk, MA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience, including roles at SmartBear Software LLC and Gwfs Equities, Inc. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to certain retail brokerage clients. The firm offers integrated services linked to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, with an investment approach that emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and regular rebalancing.

Mark Smiley is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He has worked with The Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities since 2014, and has been with Primerica Advisors since 1999. Smiley serves on the Board of Corporators at Bay Savings Savings Bank, providing feedback on customer service. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services. The firm employs a range of investment strategies through proprietary and third-party portfolios and supports various account-level services such as lending solutions and donor-advised funds.

Jack Freedman is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Hightower Advisors. Prior to joining Hightower, he worked at Bickling Financial Services and attended Bentley University. Outside of his advisory role, Freedman is the owner of Creatore LLC, a marketing company. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm’s approach emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers, along with a variety of investment strategies including alternative investments and custom indexing.

Congqun Jian is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of industry experience. Jian has worked with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and is also affiliated with J&Z Financial Services, Inc., where they serve as president. Their background includes roles at the Heartland Institute of Financial Education and World Financial Group. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a broad client base including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm delivers services through a large advisor network using model portfolios and third-party managers, with a focus on integrated retirement plan solutions and a range of advisory platforms.

Wendy Wong is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Save My Cents, CVS Health, Rue Gilt Groupe, AT Kearney, and Dartmouth College. NewEdge Advisors is an enterprise-scale registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations through a network of independent investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a wide range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party managers, utilizing multiple program structures and technology tools to support both advisors and clients.

Christopher Tobey is a CFP® with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at CWM, LLC since 2020 and previously spent ten years at Purshe Kaplan Sterling and Atlantic Capital Management. Tobey is based in Southborough, MA. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm employs discretionary model portfolios overseen by an internal Investment Committee and offers a range of services including portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and comprehensive retirement-plan solutions.