Paul Lacava is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Melville, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 33 years of industry experience. He has worked with New York Life Insurance Company and affiliated firms since 1991 and operates under DBAs Wealth Conservation Group, Inc. and Benefits Plus Financial Services, Inc., both focused on selling New York Life products and brokering non-registered insurance products. Outside of financial services, he is involved as an owner of a company engaged in automobile engine research and development. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services, emphasizing tailored recommendations and primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Keith Salegna is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC and has 32 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at LPL Financial and Private Advisor Group since 2011, as well as maintaining a longstanding affiliation with Ray Young since 1993. Salegna is also involved with RK Wealth Advisors, LLC in a non-investment capacity. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm utilizes a fiduciary-based advisory model and provides access to proprietary and third-party managed account solutions.

Lily Tanzil Onne is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 24 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Citigroup since 2015, having worked previously at Merrill since 2005. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a wide range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm implements multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and combines large institutional scale with unique market roles and arrangements.

Richard Bellofatto is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 31 years of industry experience, including 16 years at Park Avenue Securities and 9 years at Guardian Life. In addition to his advisory role, he works as a licensed real estate salesperson and serves as a consultant for Intuitive Cloud. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue® Wealth Management, is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, retirement consulting, and a range of investment advisory programs.

Yong Sheng Chen is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 29 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2012 and also serves as president of Elite Eagle Inc., a non-investment-related business. Additionally, he is involved with Finger Lakes LLC, a hotel partnership. Transamerica Financial Advisors provides investment advisory, brokerage, and retirement-plan services to a diverse client base including individual investors, employer-sponsored plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to deliver advisory services through multiple platforms such as Transamerica ONE, TFA365, and Transamerica ALPHA.

Robert Testa is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 36 years of industry experience. He previously worked at National Planning Corporation for 17 years and has been with Commonwealth and Paris International Corporation since 2017. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a basketball evaluator for the East Coast Basketball Conference. 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 about $213 billion in client assets. The firm offers a wide range of advisor support services, including discretionary and nondiscretionary managed-account programs, access to third-party asset managers, and custody and clearing services.

Daniel Zhao is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Citigroup Global Markets since 2013 and previously spent seven years at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies through discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The firm combines large institutional scale with unique market roles, including in-house research, derivatives services, and bespoke solutions for very large client relationships.

John Schafer is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 33 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Janney since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, he is a co-owner of WJ Realty LLC in Massapequa, NY. Janney Montgomery Scott is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, and institutional sponsors, offering a range of brokerage, financial planning, and advisory services supported by centralized asset management and custody capabilities.

Joseph Lucien is a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott with 12 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 63 designations and has been with Janney since 2013. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, and municipal clients, offering brokerage, financial planning, consulting, and various advisory programs.

Shareef Doumet is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding a Series 66 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation and Transamerica Retirement Solutions for six years. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a bank/trust officer supporting retirement plan account relationships and assists with business development and consulting for a boutique interior design firm. Principal Securities provides brokerage and advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers financial planning, retirement consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs, with investment implementation generally handled on a discretionary basis by the TPMMs.

James Zhou is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses, and has three years of industry experience. Prior to his current roles, he worked at Bloomberg LP for 22 years. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse clientele including individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Christine Eriksen is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Melville, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 16 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm employs a fiduciary standard for its RIA services and provides both model portfolio and customized portfolio management options.

Sergiy Mizevych is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2012. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies with in-house research and risk management capabilities, operating at a large institutional scale with specialized market roles.

Karina Elizabeth Morales Medina is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with eight years of industry experience. She holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at Citigroup since 2016, with a brief period supporting Victory Capital Mutual Funds and serving as an HR Support Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering multi-asset, multi-manager investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm combines large institutional scale with in-house research and specialized market roles, providing a range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions.

Minde Lu is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Flushing, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 34 years of industry experience. She has been with Eagle Strategies since 2012 and has worked with Nylife Securities LLC and New York Life Insurance Company since 2006. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, including individuals and institutions, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a substantial portion of assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Thomas Theodorou is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, and DAG Securities. Oppenheimer is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm offers a broad range of programs including asset management, consulting, and retirement services, with advisory services that cover equity, balanced, and fixed-income portfolios through both discretionary and non-discretionary approaches.

Jason Klager is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 19 years of industry experience. He is currently affiliated with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and has held roles there since 2013, also serving as a Bank Officer for HSBC Bank USA, N.A., an affiliate of the firm. Klager’s career includes over a decade of continuous service within the HSBC organization. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. provides managed account programs to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement accounts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers a range of program types, from client-directed to fully discretionary portfolios, and employs a structured investment process that incorporates strategic and tactical asset allocation in collaboration with HSBC Global Asset Management and other affiliated providers.

Timothy Mcparland is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company since 2008 and previously worked at Union Financial, Inc. from 2021 to 2023. Outside of his advisory role, he is engaged in fixed insurance brokerage, specializing in life, disability, group, and long-term care insurance. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed abroad. The firm offers financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager programs, with advisory arrangements that include both direct advisory roles and promoter referral services.

Robert Schwartz is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets who holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 41 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2007. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs, broker-dealer execution, and custody services. The firm uses multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and maintains unique market roles, including operating as a swap dealer and futures commission merchant.

Paul Tuomey is a financial advisor with Schwab Wealth Advisory in Mineola, NY, holding a Series 66 designation and nine years of industry experience. His career includes positions at Charles Schwab & Co., Signature Premier Properties, and BlackRock Fund Advisors. Outside of finance, Tuomey officiates college basketball contests during non-market hours. Schwab Wealth Advisory provides non-discretionary fiduciary investment advice through the Schwab Wealth Advisory program, offering annual financial reviews, retirement and planning consultations, and investment recommendations using Schwab’s research tools. The firm delivers advice within the Charles Schwab ecosystem without discretionary trading authority, focusing on client-directed investment decisions.