Penelope Spees is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at VALIC Financial Advisors since 2000. She also holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been an agent at Agia since 2022, involved in non-securities insurance products. VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer serving primarily U.S. individuals, including high net worth clients and employer-sponsored retirement participants. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and unified managed accounts through a large network of advisors and utilizes centralized technology and model solutions to support its extensive client base.

Jack Mutchnik is a financial advisor with Rockefeller Financial LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and five years of industry experience. He has worked at Rockefeller Capital Management since 2024 and joined Rockefeller Financial LLC in 2021. His background includes roles at Truist Investment Services, Leidos Inc., and BB&T Scott & Stringfellow. Rockefeller Financial LLC serves high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, institutional clients, retirement plans, foundations, and corporations. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services, and operates as a registered broker-dealer providing securities transactions, variable insurance products, placement, and investment banking services.

Jastinder Sohi is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company since 2016. He holds a Series 66 license and is based in Bethesda, MD. Chevy Chase Trust Company provides investment management, personal trust, family wealth, and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on macroeconomic trends and sector themes, combining fiduciary trust, custody, and investment management functions.

Robert Ugiansky is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Bethesda, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 30 years of industry experience. He has worked with New York Life Insurance Company and its affiliates since 1998 and has been associated with Capital Associates LLC for 15 years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the board of First Tee of Howard County, an organization focused on character education and life skills for young people. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers multiple program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client objectives, managing most regulatory assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Krystian Suber is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked with OneDigital Investment Advisors, KB Financial Partners, M Holdings Securities, M Financial, Massachusetts Mutual, and Chubb Limited. Outside of his advisory role, he is president of Horizon Edge Realty, LLC, which manages rental income properties. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm offers both point-in-time planning and ongoing discretionary management through model and customized portfolios and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund.

Natalie Hedrick is a CFP®-designated financial advisor at Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC with 14 years of industry experience. She has worked at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Investors Services, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities Inc. in various advisory and insurance roles. Hedrick is also involved in multiple insurance brokerage activities, including roles as partner and proprietor in insurance-related businesses. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm combines advisory and broker-dealer services, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment options, with a focus on tailored asset allocation and diversification strategies.

Thomas Lawson is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience, currently advising at Creative Planning since 2026. Prior to joining Creative Planning, he worked at PNC Investments for two years and The Vanguard Group for nine years. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by selective private market exposure and tax-efficient investing.

Cindy Pepple is a financial advisor at William Blair with 27 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at William Blair since 2021, following a 19-year tenure at Brown Advisory Securities, LLC. William Blair’s Private Wealth Management division offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and wealth services to individuals, foundations, pension, and corporate clients. The firm employs an active, research-driven approach across equities, fixed income, and alternative strategies, providing proprietary models and access to private funds and co-investment opportunities.

Atricia Roberts is a CFP® and Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Kestra Advisory, bringing 10 years of industry experience. She has worked with Kestra Advisory since 2019 and previously at Bank of America. In addition to her advisory role, Roberts serves as COO and Partner at Curo Private Wealth, overseeing client service operations. Kestra Advisory Services provides investment advisory and retirement-plan consulting to a wide range of institutional and individual clients, including large plan sponsors. The firm offers fiduciary consulting, plan-level investment advice, and access to multiple management platforms and third-party solutions, serving clients such as sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors.

Stacy Murchison is a financial advisor at Chevy Chase Trust Company with 19 years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® designation as well as Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Murchison has been with Chevy Chase Trust since 2006. Chevy Chase Trust Company advises high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients, providing investment management alongside personal trust and wealth planning services. The firm employs a thematic investment approach focused on secular trends and diversification, serving primarily multi-million dollar client relationships.

Bernard Nowak II is a CFA® charterholder with 23 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Brown Advisory since 2015. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and is based in New York, NY. Brown Advisory provides investment management and advisory services to a diverse client base, including high net worth individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental research approach to construct concentrated portfolios and offers a range of strategies including sustainable-investment options, along with model portfolios and sub-advisory services.

Rahul Bhatti is a financial advisor at Truist Advisory Services with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked in various roles within the Truist organizations since 2021, including Truist Investment Services and SunTrust Bank prior to that. Outside of his advisory work, he has an ownership stake in a Bruster’s ice cream franchise in Odenton, Maryland. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting, supported by third-party platforms and AI-enabled research tools, with an emphasis on integrated inter-affiliate service arrangements.

Jay Logwood is a financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors in Linthicum Heights, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Valic Financial Advisors since 2014 and is also associated with Agia, where he works as an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, offering discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services. The firm utilizes Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction and manages approximately $26.4 billion in discretionary assets across 1,239 advisors.

Beth Venit is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 20 years of industry experience. She has worked at Creative Planning since 2025 and previously spent a decade at Burt Wealth Advisors. Outside of her advisory role, she has ownership in a rental property business. Creative Planning provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, offering a financial planning-led investment process that includes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and access to private market investments. The firm also features affiliated legal, trust, and recordkeeping businesses alongside its advisory services.

Brooke Navin is a financial advisor with T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 10 years of industry experience. She has been with T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. since 2016. T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. provides a retirement-focused advisory service to individual investors and households, combining nondiscretionary goals-based financial planning, retirement income planning, and discretionary investment management using proprietary T. Rowe Price mutual funds and ETFs. The firm utilizes model portfolios, tax-aware rebalancing, and Monte Carlo simulations to deliver point-in-time financial plans and ongoing reviews.

Sarah Mathews is a financial advisor at PNC Wealth Management with nine years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Bank of America and Merrill for ten years. PNC Wealth Management offers retail brokerage and advisory services through model-based programs, including an invitation-only digital portfolio strategy pilot for employees that uses algorithm-driven risk assessments and implements investments via approved model strategies.

Paula Cooley is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services, holding CFP® and Series 63 designations and bringing 12 years of industry experience. She has worked with Union Financial Inc since 2021 and has been associated with Principal Securities Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Co. since 2013. Outside of advising, Paula is the founder and CFO of LifeMusic, Inc., a company that produces specialty music for Alzheimer's patients, and serves as president of the Victoria Springs Home Owner's Association. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager solutions under various advisory and promoter arrangements.

Joseph Geier is a financial advisor at MAI Capital Management, LLC with 24 years of industry experience. He holds the PFS™ designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses. Prior to joining MAI Capital Management in 2021, he led Geier Asset Management for 21 years and Geier Financial Management for over 30 years. MAI Capital Management provides investment management, integrated wealth management, retirement plan consulting, and family-office services to high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, sports professionals, trusts, and institutional clients. The firm manages $72.3 billion in assets and offers customized portfolio strategies through a combination of in-house management and third-party advisers, integrating financial planning and tax services into many client relationships.

Kayla Rainer is a Series 66 licensed advisor at Truist Advisory Services with one year of industry experience. She has been with Truist Investment Services and its successor entities since 2008. Truist Advisory Services provides investment consulting and advisory services to individuals, corporate clients, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations, utilizing a combination of discretionary manager relationships and non-discretionary consulting supported by AI-enabled equity research and supervisory oversight.

Deborah Engle is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 13 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Hightower Securities, LLC and Hightower Advisors since 2012. Outside of her advisory work, she is involved in graphic design and event management through Finishing Touches Events and also engages in digital album designing and photo retouching with Clay and Company. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, using both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.