Raymond Balroop is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations. His prior roles include positions at Hightower and Fifth Avenue Financial (MassMutual), where he worked for 16 years. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party portfolios, offering financial planning and portfolio management services with strategies that may include passive and active management, hedging, leverage, and derivatives.

Christopher Dunne is a CFP® with 15 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC since 2021. He also has experience with IDB Capital Corp. since 2015. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a diverse client base including individual and high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, accredited investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm employs a combination of proprietary ETF-based models and third-party model portfolios, utilizing both passive and active management strategies, and serves non-U.S. clients through affiliated entities in India and Singapore.

Erika Moromisato is an advisor at Brooklyn FI, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at several firms including Connective Wealth Partners, LLC and The Financial Gym. Her prior work includes a decade at Risk Placement Services, Inc. Brooklyn FI serves individual and high-net-worth clients with household-level investment management, financial planning, and retirement-account advisory services. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach while incorporating specialized external strategies and aggregates held-away assets into client portfolios.

Carmine Coppola is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Strata Capital Group, NYlife Securities, Eagle Strategies, New York Life Insurance, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and Metlife Securities. He is involved in insurance brokering through Strata Capital Group, focusing on non-registered insurance products. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, and institutional clients with discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan consulting. The firm employs a model-based investment approach emphasizing low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds, and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting for retirement plans.

Gabe Bryan is a CFP® and Series 65-registered financial advisor with Bridgewater Advisors Inc. in New York, NY, where he has worked since 2008. He has five years of industry experience. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. is a multi-advisor SEC-registered investment firm managing approximately $2.14 billion for about 540 clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and tax-preparation services, with an investment approach that combines active and index strategies across traditional and alternative asset classes.

Joseph Vanacore is a financial advisor at Fortis Group Advisors LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked with firms including LPL Financial and MassMutual Life Insurance Company. Outside of advisory roles, he is involved with IDS Autoshred, a family-owned business. Fortis Group Advisors LLC provides investment advisory and wealth-planning services to individuals, employer-sponsored retirement plans, institutions, trusts, and estates. The firm offers diversified portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA plan services, using risk-profiling technology and tax-aware strategies to tailor client portfolios.

John Marx is a financial advisor at Edge Wealth Management, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 63 designation with four years of industry experience. He has been with Edge Wealth Management since 2013. Edge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and ancillary financial planning to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm’s investment process is based on fundamental analysis and tailored to each client’s objectives, managing approximately $770.7 million in discretionary assets for about 261 clients.

Zane Belcak is a financial advisor at Cornerstone Planning Group with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Zynergy Retirement Planning, as well as in educational roles at Monmouth University and Flanders School District. Cornerstone Planning Group serves individuals, businesses, qualified retirement plans, foundations, trusts, and estates with discretionary portfolio management, comprehensive financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and educational seminars. The firm employs a model-based investment approach focusing on low-cost, passive ETFs and mutual funds and offers ERISA fiduciary consulting and flexible financial planning engagement structures.

Sean Lawless is a CFA® charterholder based in New York, NY, with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with ARS Investment Partners, LLC since 2016 and previously worked five years at Modern Asset Management. ARS Investment Partners is an SEC-registered adviser serving individual, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. The firm employs an Investment Committee process that integrates macro and sector analysis with fundamental research to construct tailored portfolios, including separately managed accounts and ETF-based strategies.

Molly Scalzo is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with 17 years of industry experience. She is currently with Wiss Private Client Advisors, LLC and previously worked at Edward Jones among other firms. Wiss Private Client Advisors, LLC is a team of ten advisors managing approximately $1.2 billion, serving high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios across a range of investment types and incorporates private placements and digital-asset investments for select clients.

Anna Marie Mock is a CFP® professional with seven years of experience, currently serving as an advisor at HIGHLAND Financial Advisors, LLC since 2014. She is part of a seven-advisor team based in Wayne, NJ. HIGHLAND Financial Advisors provides wealth management and investment services to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and small business entities. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach with strategic asset allocation, using broadly diversified mutual funds and ETFs, and offers integrated tax support and educational programs for clients.

Elizabeth Emr is a ChFC® and holds a Series 63 license, with 45 years of industry experience. She has worked at LPL Financial for 20 years and has been with Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2018. Outside of advisory work, she is a member of Emr Management, LLC, which handles accounting and business expense management for her practice. Signature Wealth Management Partners, LLC provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm offers both stand-alone financial planning and comprehensive wealth management services, managing portfolios through a mix of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across five risk-based strategies.

Cristhian Perez is a financial advisor with Corrado Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Bloomberg L.P., Cammack Retirement Group, and Cammack Larhette Brokerage, Inc. Corrado Advisors serves individuals, business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services alongside financial planning and consulting. The firm employs a diverse investment approach that includes equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative strategies, supported by an affiliated professional network of CPAs, insurance agents, and legal counsel.

Timothy Parker is a CFA® charterholder with 21 years of industry experience. He is affiliated with Regency Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2004. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, trusts, and foundations. Regency Wealth Management provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, managing approximately $538 million in regulatory assets with a team of five advisors.

Michael Lehman is a CFP® professional with 29 years of experience in the financial industry. He is currently with Premier Path Wealth Partners, LLC and has previously worked at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith, and Wells Fargo Clearing. Premier Path Wealth Partners provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, and business entities, utilizing a multi-analytic investment approach across a variety of asset classes and incorporating both internal management and third-party platforms. The firm manages a large asset base with a compact team and offers a range of services including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and access to private pooled investments.

Lance Armenta is a financial advisor at Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at UBS Financial Services, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Equitable Advisors, and Morgan Stanley. Shufro, Rose & Co. provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, retirement accounts, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes individualized, long-term portfolio management using equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds, and cash equivalents.

Angela Liu is a financial advisor at Avestar Capital, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. She joined Avestar Capital in 2025 after a ten-year period away from the workforce. Avestar Capital is a SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for individual and high-net-worth clients, private investment funds, accredited and qualified investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm combines proprietary ETF-based models with outsourced model portfolios, offering financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, due diligence services, and access to private funds and special purpose vehicles.

Reema Patel is a CFP® professional at Councilor Wealth LLC with two years of industry experience. She has worked at May Barnhard Investments, LLC, a subsidiary of Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C., where she also provides accounting services including tax, audit, and advisory. Councilor Wealth provides portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, retirement plans, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm employs long-term investment strategies and integrates financial planning with investment management, serving clients with a range of asset levels.

John Koller is a financial advisor at Oppenheimer + Close, LLC in New York, NY, holding a Series 63 designation with four years of industry experience. He has been with Oppenheimer + Close since 2013. Oppenheimer + Close serves individuals, families, retirement-plan participants, and trusts, including high-net-worth clients and accredited investors. The firm employs a long-term, value-oriented investment approach focused on exchange-listed equities and offers discretionary portfolio management, fiduciary retirement advice, coordinated financial planning, and management of affiliated limited-partnership funds.

Joseph Lanza is a financial advisor with Vision Retirement, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 39 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at LPL Financial and Sagepoint Financial. Outside of advising, he owns Juice Journey LLC, a business based in Edgewater, NJ. Vision Retirement is an SEC-registered advisory firm serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with integrated financial planning, fiduciary investment management, and retirement plan rollover guidance. The firm operates as a multi-adviser team, combining third-party portfolio strategists and technology-driven solutions with firm oversight and tax-aware investment tools.