Nochum Wilner is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors holding a Series 66 designation and 14 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Park Avenue Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he provides tax preparation services through Wilner Wealth Strategists LLC and serves as secretary on the board of Congregation PNAM Inc. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers brokerage and advisory relationships, financial planning, and retirement and business consulting, implementing investment strategies through proprietary models, third-party managers, and a digital advice platform.

Brian Wood is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF who holds a Series 66 designation and has 25 years of industry experience. He has worked at TIAA-CREF since 2007. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs primarily to individuals connected to TIAA-administered retirement plans, as well as trusts, estates, partnerships, and small corporate retirement plans. The firm offers both planning services and ongoing portfolio management using model and customized investment strategies within a fiduciary framework.

Gari Semon is a financial advisor with Guardian Life and holds a Series 66 designation. He has 17 years of industry experience and has worked at firms including Park Avenue Securities, BGS Capital Management LLC, Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, and Victors Maywood. Outside of his advisory role, he maintains an independent financial professional business advising clients based on their goals and risk tolerance. Guardian Life’s subsidiary, Park Avenue Wealth Management, serves individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and corporate clients with brokerage services, financial planning, and investment advisory programs that include both proprietary and third-party models.

Karin Feldstein is a ChFC® credentialed financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life), based in Saddle Brook, NJ. She has 13 years of industry experience, including roles at New York Life Insurance Co and Nylife Securities LLC. Feldstein operates Persevere Wealth Strategies LLC, which sells New York Life products and brokers non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base of individual and institutional investors, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages a majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis through a network of affiliated adviser representatives.

Greg Schultheis is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently affiliated with CWM, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Carson Wealth, Taylor Financial Group, Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, Goldman Sachs, and The Ayco Company. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, families, foundations, endowments, corporations, and institutional clients through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, sub-advisory services, and retirement-plan solutions, utilizing discretionary model portfolios and a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.

David Fuchs is a CFP® with nine years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at CWM, LLC and Carson Wealth since 2026. He previously worked at Advisors Capital Management, LLC, BNY Mellon Securities Corporation, AXA Distributors, LLC, and Westworld One Cumulus Media. Outside of his advisory role, he assists at Nissim Tutoring Services by creating lesson plans and supporting CFP exam preparation. CWM, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that serves a broad mix of clients, including individuals, high-net-worth families, foundations, corporations, and institutional investors through a network of over 600 advisors. The firm manages discretionary portfolios using model strategies and integrates fundamental and technical analysis, third-party sub-advisors, and customization tools, with a notable focus on retirement plan services and transparent operational practices.

Peter Gordinier is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 30 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Clearing, and Raymond James Financial Services. He is also involved in Ramapo Wealth Advisors as an independent contractor. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered, enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in assets and serving a national client base that includes individuals, pension plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory and portfolio management services, utilizing both in-house and third-party strategies, and provides ongoing monitoring, financial planning, and consulting.

Donald Strangfeld is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott in Montvale, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and having 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Janney Montgomery Scott since 1996. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as co-chair of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Board. Janney Montgomery Scott manages approximately $110 billion in client assets and serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients. The firm offers brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs through a combination of in-house and third-party portfolio management.

Elozor Preil is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Primerica Advisors. He has worked extensively with Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance, holding roles at both firms since 2002 and 2003 respectively. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a long-term care and term life insurance business under Wealth Advisory Group. Park Avenue Securities serves a broad retail client base including individual, high-net-worth, charitable, and corporate clients, offering both brokerage and advisory services. The firm employs a mix of proprietary portfolios, third-party managers, and digital advice platforms to implement investment strategies on discretionary and non-discretionary bases.

Daniel Hankinson is a financial advisor at Eagle Strategies (NY Life) with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Eagle Strategies and NYLIFE Securities, LLC since 2020, as well as New York Life Insurance Company since 2019. Outside of his advisory role, Hankinson serves as a director of the West Milford Chamber of Commerce and volunteers as a head coach for a local travel basketball team. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm offers a range of program types and emphasizes tailoring recommendations to client and plan sponsor objectives, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

James Apostolico is a CFP® and ChFC® with 38 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently with Integrity Alliance, LLC and has previously worked at Lion Street Financial, The Leaders Group Inc, and Integrated Financial Planning. Outside of advisory services, he owns The IFP Group, Inc, which provides life, fixed annuity, and health insurance products. Integrity Alliance, LLC serves a diverse client base including individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans through a network of 164 independent advisers. The firm offers asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting, utilizing a variety of investment strategies and platforms.

Victor Cepeda is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC in Ramsey, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Allstate Insurance Co for 15 years before joining TD Bank N.A. and TD Private Client Wealth LLC in 2023. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth private clients, and retail clients, offering portfolio management, access to various investment vehicles, and financial planning support through a combination of affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Eldridge Hawkins is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) holding a Series 66 license and three years of industry experience. Prior to joining Eagle Strategies, he worked at New York Life and Equitable Advisors. He is also the sole owner and CEO of Black Belt Security & Investigations, LLC, a security guard business. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individual investors and institutional plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services primarily through non-discretionary asset management within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Nicholas Smerina is a financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2008. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing a broad range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer execution and custody services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies through both discretionary and non-discretionary programs and offers specialized solutions for high-net-worth clients alongside its institutional-scale operations.

Justin Cerritelli is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. He has 18 years of industry experience, including positions at Bank of America, Merrill, Provident Bank, and LPL Financial. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients, using strategic and tactical asset allocation across a variety of affiliated and third-party investment managers.

Robert C. Kievit is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials. He has 42 years of industry experience, including roles at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance. He also provides training services to agencies and agents on practice management and macro-economic planning, including the use of the Living Balance Sheet system. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a diverse retail client base with transaction-based brokerage and fee-based advisory services, offering proprietary and third-party investment programs, financial planning, and business consulting. The firm utilizes a range of investment strategies and platforms to meet client needs across multiple account types.

Veton Kaba is a financial advisor at Creative Planning with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Edelman Financial Engines, UBS Financial Services Inc., 1st Global Capital Corp., 1st Global Advisors, Inc., and Headquarters Advisory Group, LLC. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, foundations, and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that includes low-cost indexing, buy-and-hold strategies, and selective private market exposure, managing approximately $295.6 billion in client assets.

Jay Day Jr. is a financial advisor with Janney Montgomery Scott, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. He worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for 14 years before joining Janney in 2023. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a large, dually registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $110 billion in client assets. The firm serves a diverse client base including individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporate and retirement plan sponsors, charitable organizations, and municipal clients, offering brokerage services, financial planning, consulting, and multiple advisory programs.

Jill Van Nostrand is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors and holds a Series 66 designation. She has seven years of industry experience and has worked at Park Avenue Securities and Guardian Life Insurance Company since 2018. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as an adjunct professor teaching music history at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Seton Hall University, and she volunteers on the NAIFA Board of Directors. Park Avenue Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients, offering brokerage and advisory services alongside financial and business consulting. The firm utilizes a combination of proprietary model portfolios, third-party managers, and digital advice solutions to implement investment strategies.

Robert Pactwa Jr. is a financial advisor with Principal Financial Services in Parsippany, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes roles at Edward Jones and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Principal Securities provides brokerage and registered investment advisory services to a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and active-duty U.S. military personnel stationed abroad. The firm’s services include direct advisory programs, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party money manager asset allocation and separately managed account solutions.