James Emanuelson is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at Avenir Corporation, where he has worked since 2021. His prior experience includes roles at Bank of America, Merrill, Davidson Park Capital, and Houlihan Lokey Capital. Avenir Corporation provides discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and private funds. The firm follows a bottom-up, core value investment strategy focused on capital preservation, real returns, and a margin of safety, managing concentrated portfolios that often include convertibles and distressed debt.

Hugh Quinn is a CFP® with two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Brown | Miller Wealth Management, LLC. His prior experience includes roles at Cerity Partners LLC, McAdam LLC, and Northwestern Mutual. Brown | Miller Wealth Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser managing nearly $1 billion for individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement plans, and businesses. The firm offers customized, tax-aware asset allocations using a combination of active and passive strategies and provides both discretionary portfolio management and consulting services.

Anabel Quintero is a financial advisor with Mv Capital Management, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 30 years of industry experience. Her career includes long-term roles at Mv Capital Management and Mv Financial Group, as well as Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. Mv Capital Management, Inc. serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as institutional entities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm’s investment process emphasizes customized asset allocation and security selection supported by an Investment Committee and in-house research.

Jhonny Merida Soto is a CFP® with two years of industry experience currently serving at Glassman Wealth Services, LLC. Prior to joining Glassman Wealth Services in 2025, he worked at Edelman Financial Engines for five years and held positions at Turn2Partners, Washington Wealth Advisors, and Access National Bank. His background also includes four years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and experience outside finance at Chick-Fil-A. Glassman Wealth Services provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment approach includes allocations to mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with distinctive practices such as the routine use of Dimensional Fund Advisors funds, formal AI governance, and client-controlled cryptocurrency purchases.

Wendy Payne is a financial advisor with Centurion Wealth Management in McLean, VA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. She has worked with SPIRE Securities, LLC since 2015 and is the founder and CEO of Life Stage Transitions, LLC, which provides education and consulting for newly independent individuals and couples. Centurion Wealth Management serves high-net-worth and individual investors, retirement plans, and corporate entities with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm focuses on diversified, asset-allocation driven portfolios overseen by an investment committee and offers private investment opportunities to eligible clients.

Timothy Coughlin is a CFP® with 25 years of industry experience, currently serving at Edgemoor Investment Advisors, Inc. since 2004. He has also been associated with Integrity Funds Distributor, Inc. since 2009. Edgemoor Investment Advisors provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, and a registered investment company. The firm employs a value-oriented, fundamental analysis approach to build concentrated equity and income portfolios aimed at long-term capital preservation, appreciation, and income.

Michael Mussio is a CFP® and CFA® with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving at FBB Capital Partners since 2008. He is a managing member of a personal investment holding company and serves on the parish finance council at St. Raphael Catholic Church. Additionally, he is a board member of the Jubilee Association of Maryland’s campaign leadership committee. FBB Capital Partners advises individual and high-net-worth clients, family offices, and institutions on comprehensive wealth and risk management. The firm employs a diversified, low-cost investment approach incorporating stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments, using model portfolio structures and discretionary trading authority to manage approximately $2.39 billion in assets for about 1,000 clients.

Kevin Jarcho is a CFP® and Series 65-licensed advisor at Warner Financial, Inc. in Bethesda, MD, with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Warner Financial since 2021 and previously spent five years at Intact Technology. Warner Financial provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a top-down approach to build diversified portfolios primarily with no-load mutual funds and ETFs, focusing on cost, tax implications, and risk management.

Matthew Bigelow is a financial advisor with Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Incorporated and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 10 years of industry experience, primarily with Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas entities since 2013. His role includes securities research and assisting with investment management. Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Incorporated provides private wealth management services on a non-discretionary, fee-based basis to a single ultra-high-net-worth family, focusing on tailored investment strategies and coordination with the client’s other professionals. The firm operates as both a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser, managing portfolios with a combination of equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs.

Gregory Estes is a CFA® charterholder with eight years of industry experience. He currently works at Councilor Wealth LLC and has held previous roles at May Barnhard Investments, Augustine Asset Management, and Intrepid Capital Management. Councilor Wealth provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining fundamental analysis, technical analysis, and modern portfolio theory, and integrates financial planning with its advisory services.

Paula Friedman is a CFP® with 18 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at McLean Asset Management Corp. since 2013. She is the managing member of Retirement Researcher, LLC, a firm providing educational tools and resources on retirement income planning. McLean Asset Management Corporation offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs portfolio strategies based on Modern Portfolio Theory and broad asset allocation, with a focus on no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and approved managers.

Brandyn Polmateer is a CFP® and ChFC® with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently with Bull Harbor Capital LLC and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and Lifeworks Advisors. Bull Harbor Capital LLC serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $355 million for over 400 clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services through a team of 28 advisors.

David Petersen is a CFP® with 37 years of industry experience, currently serving at FSA Wealth Partners in Rockville, MD. He has been with Financial Services Advisory, Inc. since 1982. FSA Wealth Partners is a multi-advisor firm managing approximately three-quarters of a billion dollars in assets, providing discretionary asset management and limited financial planning to individuals, business owners, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a technical analysis-driven investment process with an explicit exit framework, combining actively managed and indexed funds alongside tactical strategies.

Paul Meehan is a CFA® charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Edgemoor Investment Advisors, Inc. since 2006 and previously worked at Integrity Funds Distributor, Inc. from 2009 to 2016. Edgemoor Investment Advisors provides discretionary investment management and related services to high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, and a registered investment company. The firm follows a value-oriented, fundamental analysis approach, building concentrated equity and income portfolios designed for long-term holding, and offers financial planning at no additional charge to its advisory clients.

Matthew Gelfand is a CFP® and CFA® with 21 years of industry experience. He is currently with Princeton Global Asset Management LLC and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill, Tricolor Capital Advisors, Moreland Associates, and Rockefeller Capital Management. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the Investment and Compensation Committees of The Forward Association and is a member of the Board of Advisors for The Journal of Taxation of Investments. Princeton Global Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and endowments. The firm uses a fundamental analysis-based investment process tailored to clients’ specific needs and incorporates third-party managers and technology platforms to enhance portfolio management and estate-planning services.

Camille Svitek is a CFP® and CFA® with five years of industry experience, currently serving at Evermay Wealth Management, LLC. Her prior roles include positions at Prime Capital Investment Advisors, Sendero Wealth Management, and SmartBiz Loans. Evermay Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm that serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement and profit-sharing plans. The firm takes a team-centric approach to provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting tailored to clients’ investor profiles.

Jennifer Stewart is a CFP® with three years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Glassman Wealth Services, LLC. Her prior work includes roles at Evermay Wealth Management, Fastmarkets AMM, Argus Media, and Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Glassman Wealth Services provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored investment approach that incorporates mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with attention to cash management and integration of non-managed assets.

Leslie Irby is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience and is currently with Rembert Pendleton Jackson, where she has worked since 2007. She holds a Series 65 license and is based in Vienna, VA. Irby has been with the firm through its various phases, including its operation as SSB Wealth Management, Inc. D/B/A Rembert Pendleton Jackson. Rembert Pendleton Jackson provides investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and business consulting to individual and institutional clients, including high-net-worth individuals and plan sponsors. The firm uses a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach to design diversified asset allocations and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios.

Austin Philbin is a financial advisor at Activ8 Family Office LLC with 14 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at OFS, Dynasty Securities, LLC, and Dynasty Financial Partners. Activ8 Family Office primarily serves professional athletes and their related families, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm provides a Holistic Client Management Program that includes financial planning, investment management, cash management, and tax services, with portfolios tailored to clients’ individual objectives.

Patrick Mc Namara is a CFP® and Series 66-registered advisor at Glassman Wealth Services, LLC with three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Pathstone, Campbell Wealth, First Financial Group, and KPMG, as well as service in the U.S. Marine Corps. Glassman Wealth Services serves individual and high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a tailored investment approach that includes mutual funds, ETFs, independent managers, and private funds, with a methodology that accounts for less-liquid investments and integrates non-managed assets into client reporting.