Reuben De Almeida is a financial advisor with Santander Securities LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 19 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bank of America N.A., Merrill, Pruco Securities, and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is currently based in Scotch Plains, NJ. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in regulatory assets under management across about 10,800 client relationships. The firm offers investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, and access to securities-based lending and insurance products, primarily onboarding retail investors through its FMAX wrap-fee platform and third-party discretionary managers.

Thomas Trynin is a financial advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and previously worked at Red Hook Management, LLC for ten years before joining Simon Quick Advisors in 2022. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and non-profit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial and tax planning, and administrative services. The firm combines private fund management, sub-advisory relationships, and integrated back-office offerings, including tax return preparation and bill-pay services.

Joseph Palermo is a financial advisor with Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc., holding a Series 66 designation and two years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Crestline Investors and Alta Park Capital, as well as positions in education at Penn State University and Poly Prep Country Day School. He is also involved in insurance sales through the Palermo Insurance Agency. Chelsea Advisory Services provides financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, and some corporate clients. The firm typically manages diversified portfolios on a discretionary basis with a fundamental, long-term approach and integrates its advisory services with an affiliated broker-dealer and custody platform.

Stephen Roth is a CFP® professional with 23 years of industry experience. He has been with Gladstone Wealth Partners since 2015 and previously worked at Private Portfolio Partners, LLC and LPL Financial, LLC. Roth is also involved in benefit consulting and insurance-related activities through firms such as Emerson Reid Company and Crump. Gladstone Wealth Partners provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting to individual and high-net-worth investors, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm operates through a network of independent advisers who implement tailored strategies, utilize third-party managers, and offer ongoing financial planning and consulting services.

Jeffrey Crystal is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 27 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including Morgan Stanley, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and BrookeReed Consulting. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, and institutional investors. The firm uses a fund-of-funds investment approach with ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, and combines advisory services with technology and operational support for other advisors through its managed account platform.

James Mota is a CFP® professional with 15 years of experience in financial advisory roles. He is currently with Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC and has previously worked at firms including B. Riley Wealth Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services, Prudential Insurance, and Allstate Insurance Company. Outside of his advisory work, Mota is the founder and CEO of The Building Blocks Foundation, a nonprofit providing clothing and essentials to homeless students in NYC public schools, and he serves on the Alumni Council for The American College of Financial Services. Arete Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of advisor-driven and proprietary model-based investment strategies and offers discretionary portfolio management along with access to third-party money managers.

David Pitt is a CFP® certificant with 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Beacon Trust and previously worked at Hennion & Walsh Inc. and Allied Wealth Partners, among other firms. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, retirement-plan advisory, and trustee services to individuals, trusts, pension, and charitable entities. The firm manages roughly $4.26 billion in discretionary assets and employs an open-architecture investment approach that includes in-house strategies, factor-based models, separately managed accounts, and independent managers, with a focus on tax awareness and customized fixed-income portfolios.

Daniel Weitz is a CFP® with 14 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC since 2011. He holds a Series 65 license and is based in Morristown, NJ. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and nonprofit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients, offering wealth management, investment consulting, financial and tax planning, and administrative services. The firm employs a diversified investment approach including unaffiliated independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, and affiliated private funds, and provides integrated tax and back-office services.

Richard Gustafson is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at firms including C2P Capital Advisory Group and ONETEAM Financial. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Assistant Director of Divorce Professionals of Ft. Lauderdale, a networking organization for professionals assisting individuals through divorce. Simplicity Wealth serves a wide range of clients, including individual investors, retirement plans, corporate and institutional investors, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds strategy using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, providing advisory services as well as technology and operational support for other advisers through its managed account platform.

Anthony Catapano is a financial advisor at Regal Investment Advisors LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 and Series 63 credentials. Prior to joining Regal and its affiliate Regulus Financial Group, he worked for Morgan Stanley for four years. Outside of finance, his background includes roles in the restaurant industry. Regal Investment Advisors, operating as LionShare, provides model portfolio implementation and discretionary investment management through a sub-advisory platform serving SEC- and state-registered advisers and their clients. The firm manages approximately $2.88 billion across proprietary and third-party strategies and handles trade execution, rebalancing, and overlay management within strategy parameters.

Dean Bantis is an Investment Advisor Representative with Siebert AdvisorNXT, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Spartan Capital Securities LLC since 2017 and previously at Dawson James Securities. Bantis divides his time between Siebert AdvisorNXT and Muriel Siebert & Co., both under the Siebert Financial Corporation. Siebert AdvisorNXT serves individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and certain business entities through a web-based wealth management platform. The firm utilizes a risk-tolerance questionnaire and Modern Portfolio Theory to construct portfolios of low-cost ETFs and ETNs, combining algorithmic and adviser-assisted strategies with access to third-party managers and specialty options-based approaches.

Ryan Degrau is a Certified Financial Planner™ with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently with RMR Wealth Builders, Inc., where he has worked since 2023, following prior roles at Calton & Associates, Inc. and earlier years at RMR Wealth Builders. Outside of advising, he serves as a director for HR Ease, a benefit administration platform, and holds board positions with the From Tessa With Love Foundation and Community Resources of Staten Island, a nonprofit agency. RMR Wealth Builders, Inc. is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm managing approximately $2.9 billion with 52 advisors. The firm serves individuals, retirement plans, and institutional clients, offering portfolio management, financial planning, retirement fiduciary services, and specialist advisory options including annuity and digital asset management.

Zohaib Tariq is a financial advisor at Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. with 16 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and has held roles at firms including American Global Wealth Management, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Spartan Capital Securities. Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. serves individuals and various entities with discretionary and nondiscretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party and affiliated asset managers. The firm’s investment approach incorporates personalized financial assessments and uses historical data and optimization software to guide asset allocation, with portfolio management conducted by in-house advisors, sub-managers, or recommended external managers.

Matthew Kasper is a CFP® professional with 16 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with M Holdings Securities, Inc. and Cohn Financial Group. His background includes roles at Citigroup Inc. and PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. He is also involved as an insurance producer and consultant serving corporations, partnerships, and high-net-worth clients. M Holdings Securities, Inc. serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations through a network of independent firms. The firm offers a mix of advisory and brokerage services, including discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, retirement plan consulting, and insurance advisory, supported by a range of platform providers and sub-advisory arrangements.

Daniel Song is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Merit Financial Advisors in Westfield, NJ. His prior experience includes roles at Westfield Financial Planning and Newbridge Securities. Merit Financial Group, LLC manages approximately $10.6 billion for a diverse client base that includes individuals, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term, diversified investment strategy using model portfolios and customizable sleeves, with oversight from a central Investment Management team and Investment Committee.

David Konikow is a financial advisor with ValMark Advisers, Inc., holding the ChFC® designation and Series 66 license, and has 25 years of industry experience. He has been with ValMark Advisers and ValMark Securities since 2004 and has operated Konikow Associates Inc., a company specializing in employee benefits and life insurance, since 1984. He is a 50% owner of Konikow Associates, which he runs with his brother. ValMark Advisers provides investment management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, plan sponsors, and institutional users through a network of approximately 280 advisors. The firm offers diversified, goal-based portfolios primarily using mutual funds, ETFs, and third-party managers, and supports its advisors with due diligence, back-office services, and specialized advisory solutions.

William Lalor is a CFP® professional at Simon Quick Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Simon Quick Advisors since 2011. Simon Quick Advisors serves individuals, families, pension and nonprofit entities, endowments, foundations, and corporate clients by providing wealth management, investment consulting, financial planning, tax planning and compliance, and administrative services. The firm employs a diverse investment approach including unaffiliated independent managers, mutual funds, ETFs, affiliated private investment funds, and offers integrated tax and back-office services.

Meghan Stein is a financial advisor at Beacon Trust in Morristown, NJ, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. She has three years of experience, including prior roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and BASF. Outside of finance, she has worked in various educational and community settings, including Fairleigh Dickinson University and New Horizons Day Camp. Beacon Trust provides financial planning, tax preparation, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and certain business entities. The firm employs a risk-first investment approach using an open-architecture platform that includes in-house strategies, ETFs, mutual funds, and independent managers, supported by an integrated trust and banking referral capability.

Matthew Nardolillo is a financial advisor with Summit Financial, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He previously worked at World Equity Group for 14 years before joining Summit Financial in 2023. In addition to advisory services, he offers insurance products through various insurance companies. Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered multi-team advisory firm with over $26 billion in assets under management and 216 advisors. The firm provides a range of investment advisory and portfolio management programs, combining discretionary and consultative services tailored to client needs.

Matthew Nugent is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc. for 10 years and holds Series 63 and Series 65 registrations. Outside of his advisory role, Nugent is involved in fixed life insurance and fixed annuity sales through the Palermo Insurance Agency. Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc. provides financial planning, investment advisory, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, and corporate entities. The firm emphasizes a fundamental, long-term investment approach with discretionary portfolio management, focusing on diversified holdings across equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs.