Robert Diquollo is a financial advisor at Mariner with 24 years of industry experience and holds the PFS™ designation. He previously worked at Brinton Eaton for 10 years before joining Mariner Wealth Advisors, where he spent six years. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on several nonprofit boards, including as Treasurer for the Fund for Newark Abbey and Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Newark Abbey/St. Benedict’s Prep School, and is involved with the New School University School of Public Engagement and other nonprofit organizations. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and corporations, offering services such as investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and tax services. The firm utilizes customized discretionary portfolios with in‑house and third‑party resources, and provides specialized offerings like Core Family Office services and employer financial wellness tools.

Peter Needham is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC and its affiliated entities since 2019 and previously spent 17 years at American Economic Planning Group. Outside of advisory work, he is involved with Wealth Enhancement Group’s non-variable insurance business. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm that serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning and asset management services, employing a strategic investment approach that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

Sean Greaves is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. holding a Series 66 credential and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Cetera, UBS Financial Services, and Northwestern Mutual. Outside of finance, he owns HTR Cards, a business focused on buying and selling sports cards and memorabilia through online platforms and live shows. GWN Securities provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients through various managed account programs, employing a combination of sub-advisers and model-based allocations that incorporate asset allocation and Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm is known for its use of tactical market-timing and momentum-based strategies within select legacy programs.

Lisa Kops Wendel is a financial advisor with United Planners' Financial Services of America, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with United Planners since 2009 and previously worked at Phage Partners LLC. Additionally, she is president of Wendel Financial Group, a marketing entity unrelated to investment activities. United Planners Financial Services serves a diverse client base including individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, retirement plans, and institutional clients. The firm offers financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage solutions through an open-architecture platform utilizing multiple custodians and third-party money managers.

Angela Lestrade is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Iselin, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. She has 16 years of industry experience, including nine years at Morgan Stanley and a tenure at Allianz Global Investors Managed Accounts LLC. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2019. TIAA‑CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans. The firm distinguishes between one-time planning services and ongoing portfolio management, acting as adviser to donor-advised funds and leveraging a vertically integrated investment approach.

Justin Heaslip is a financial advisor with GWN Securities Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 11 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Royal Alliance from 2015 to 2018 and Valic Financial Advisors from 2018 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he has provided consulting assistance related to catering and event space operations for a family business in Stamford, CT. GWN Securities provides investment advisory and related services to individual and corporate clients through multiple managed account programs and financial planning consults. The firm employs a mix of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and uses market-timing and momentum-based strategies in certain legacy programs.

Thomas Rose is a financial advisor with Private Advisor Group, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 25 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at LPL Financial LLC and WS Griffith Securities, Inc. He also operates Main Street Wealth Management, a DBA affiliated with his advisory activities. Private Advisor Group serves individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement plans, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and a range of managed account solutions including proprietary platforms and third-party strategies.

Bret Kaye is a CFP® affiliated with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services and its predecessor firms since 2013. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services provides comprehensive financial planning, asset management, and retirement-plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm manages over $122 billion in regulatory assets under management through a broad advisor network and employs a diversified investment approach that combines passive and active management overseen by an internal Investment Committee.

Matthew Clifford is a financial advisor at RBC Rochdale, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with City National Rochdale since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as an LLC member of Sweet Vivi’s Bakery, an online bakery for his daughter. RBC Rochdale serves a diverse client base including high net worth individuals, corporations, charitable organizations, and government entities. The firm employs a multi-strategy investment process combining quantitative screening, statistical modeling, and fundamental analysis, with an emphasis on tailored portfolio construction using proprietary tools and collaboration with sub-advisors.

Daniel Foran is a CFP® certificant with 43 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with CWM, LLC and has held previous roles at LPL Financial and Raymond James Financial Services. He is also involved in teaching through Financial Network Educators and operates Foran Financial Group. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients. The firm manages discretionary accounts using model portfolios developed by an in-house Investment Committee and offers a range of services such as portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement-plan solutions.

Gregory Klar is a CFP® professional with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at SFI Advisors, LLC and TIAA/TIAA-CREF. Outside of advisory work, he is a managing member of an e-commerce platform, New Ventures AMZ, LLC. Mariner serves a diverse client base, including individuals, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and coordinated tax and family office services. The firm employs discretionary, customized portfolios supported by an internal investment committee and combines in-house research with third-party managers, delivering a broad range of strategies and integrated tax, accounting, and financial wellness solutions.

Aditya Krishnaswamy is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC and holds a Series 66 designation. He joined the firm in 2026 and has prior experience at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and SAP. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans through a network of advisors, offering advisory programs, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm operates both as an SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer, providing custody, execution, and brokerage services alongside investment advice.

Youjun Liu is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Edison, NJ. He holds the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license, with 10 years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at NYLIFE Securities LLC since 2016 and New York Life Insurance Company since 2013. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse range of individual and institutional clients, 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.

Daniel Thurm is a CFP® and ChFC® with 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Primerica Advisors and has also been associated with Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2006. Thurm operates Comprehensive Wealth Strategies, LLC, a related investment business. Primerica Advisors serves a broad retail client base with both brokerage and advisory services, offering various proprietary and third-party investment programs alongside financial and retirement planning.

Patrick Trombetta is a financial advisor at Cetera Planning Partners with 10 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. He has worked with firms including Avantax and 1st Global Advisors and has been a consulting partner and financial advisor at MS Investment Partners since 2016. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as the head varsity soccer coach at Trinity Hall School. Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on pre-retirees and retirees by providing investment management, financial planning, and retirement-related advice. The firm integrates a formal planning process with diversified allocations and offers ancillary services such as tax planning, bookkeeping, and estate planning through third-party providers.

Viresh Bawa is a financial advisor at Integrity Alliance, LLC with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at Brokers International Financial Services and MetLife. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as president of two financial planning and insurance-related businesses and works as an associate director focusing on actuarial model development and quantitative analysis. Integrity Alliance serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of 164 independent advisors. The firm offers comprehensive asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting using both advisor-managed and model-based portfolios across various investment strategies and platforms.

Hui Liang Lee is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and bringing 21 years of industry experience. Lee has worked at Guardian Life and Park Avenue Securities since 2011. Outside of his advisory role, he consults on Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) products in partnership with Protective Financial and Insurance Services. Park Avenue Securities LLC, operating as Park Avenue Wealth Management, is a dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of brokerage services, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment advisory programs, including a hybrid digital advisory solution called VestWise™.

Michael Bernstein is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF in Princeton, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2017 and has prior experience with Pruco Securities, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Mass Mutual Investors Services, and MSI Financial Services. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing ties to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory approach distinguishes between one-time financial planning and ongoing discretionary management that includes model and customized portfolios.

Nazma Begum is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, based in Berkeley Heights, NJ, and has seven years of industry experience. She previously worked at TD Ameritrade and TD Bank. Outside of her advisory role, she is also an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, wrap programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models for portfolio construction.

David Cevallos is a financial advisor at TD Private Client Wealth LLC with a Series 66 designation. He has experience at several firms, including Wells Fargo Bank, UBER, and TD Bank. Cevallos has been with TD Private Client Wealth LLC since 2026. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap‑fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning support, and uses a combination of affiliated and third-party sub-managers in its investment approach.